Tat-dependent adenosine-to-inosine modification of wild-type transactivation response RNA.

AUTOR(ES)

Sharmeen, L

RESUMO

Tat is a potent activator of gene expression in human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1). Activation by Tat requires a cis-acting element, the transactivation response (TAR) site, located in the viral long terminal repeat and the 5' end of all viral mRNAs. Sequences in TAR RNA can fold into a specific stem-loop structure, and certain features of the stem-loop are essential for Tat-mediated transactivation. In Xenopus oocytes, TAR sequences can inhibit the translation of 3' cis-linked mRNAs. However, coinjection of Tat and the TAR-containing RNA into oocyte nuclei relieves this translational inhibition [Braddock, M., Chambers, A., Wilson, W., Esnout, M. A., Adams, S.E. & Kingsman, S.M. (1989) Cell 58, 269-279]. We report here that the intramolecular TAR stem-loop structure is a substrate for the double-stranded RNA (dsRNA)-modifying activity, which converts adenosines to inosines. This activity is located in the nuclei of Xenopus oocytes. The specificity and extent of modification of adenosines in TAR is dependent on Tat. We propose that the dsRNA-modifying activity may be one of the cellular proteins that interacts with TAR in the nucleus. The possible role of TAR RNA modification in the expression of HIV-1 is discussed.

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