Productive human immunodeficiency virus type 1 assembly takes place at the plasma membrane |
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Authors: | Finzi Andrés Orthwein Alexandre Mercier Johanne Cohen Eric A |
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Affiliation: | Laboratory of Human Retrovirology, Institut de Recherches Cliniques de Montréal (IRCM), Univerisité de Montréal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. |
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Abstract: | Gag proteins are necessary and sufficient to direct human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) particle assembly and budding. Recent evidence suggests that Gag targeting to late endosomal/multivesicular body (LE/MVB) compartments occurs prior to viral particle budding at the plasma membrane (PM). However, the route that Gag follows before reaching its steady-state destinations still remains a subject of debate. Using a subcellular fractionation method that separates PM from LE/MVB combined with pulse-chase labeling, we analyzed Gag trafficking in HIV-1-producing HEK 293T cells. Our results reveal that the majority of newly synthesized Gag is primarily targeted to the PM. While PM-targeted Gag was efficiently released, a significant fraction of the remaining cell surface-associated Gag was found to be subsequently internalized to LE/MVB, where it accumulated, thus accounting for the majority of LE/MVB-associated Gag. Importantly, this accumulation of Gag in LE/MVB was found to be cholesterol dependent since it was sensitive to the sterol-binding drugs filipin and methyl-beta-cyclodextrin. These results point towards the PM as being the primary site of productive HIV-1 assembly in cells that also support Gag accumulation in intracellular compartments. |
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