Ns dormant. In contrast, we demonstrated that TI could be counteracted by specific inhibition of the upstream transcription or by cooperative activation of transcription initiation and elongation from the 5'LTR by the viral and host TFs. In the latter scenario, we envision that RNAPII initiating from the viral promoter competes successfully with the RNAPII that is elongating through the 5'LTR. Bec
Ns dormant. In contrast, we demonstrated that TI could be counteracted by specific inhibition of the upstream transcription or by cooperative activation of transcription initiation and elongation from the 5'LTR by the viral and host TFs. In the latter scenario, we envision that RNAPII initiating from the viral promoter competes successfully with the RNAPII that is elongating through the 5'LTR. Bec
T the level of gene expression act cooperatively to establish and maintain HIV latency. In conclusion, our study reveals that TI represents a key mechanism that antagonizes proviral gene expression to promote the latency of HIV. Furthermore, it demonstrates several means that could be used to counteract TI for reactivating latent HIV. Future mechanistic studies linking TI and other transcriptional
Me transcription through the provirus, since slight enrichment of elongating RNAPII in the HIV coding region of transcriptionally silent J-Lat 9.2 cells was observed using ChIPqPCR assay. However, transcription originating from the host promoter, ignoring pA sites in both LTRs and consequently splicing out the provirus together with the host intron (Han et al., 2004) is most likely less frequent t
Ost Microbe. Author manuscript; available in PMC 2014 November 03.Lenasi et al.PageWestern blotting 107 J-Lat or J-Lat shER cells were lysed in 0.8 ml of lysis buffer A (10 mM Tris-HCl [pH 7.4], 150 mM NaCl, 2 mM EDTA, 1 NP-40, 0.1 protease inhibitor) for 40 min at 4 . Proteins in the lysates were separated on SDS-PAGE electrophoresis. Western blotting was performed according to the standard pro
One (Figure 7D, bars 2 and 6) and in combination with HMBA (Figure 7D, bars 3 and 7) or Tat (Figure 7D, bars 4 and 8) to levels in untreated cells (Figure 7D, bars 1 and 5). Interestingly, *mRNA levels decreased concomitantly with the increased activation of transcription from the 5'LTR in both cell lines. Probably, the formation of the PIC at the 5'LTR prevents elongating complex from the upstrea
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S we failed to detect any Sp1 at the PP5*/ 5'LTR junction or in the coding region of the HIV genome (Figure 5B, bars 1, 2, 5 and 6). Thus, the absence of Sp1 at the 5'LTR in untreated cells is a result of TI due to the actively transcribed PP5* gene. The finding that TNF- stimulation increased the levels of Sp1 not only at the 3' but also at the 5'LTR indicates that stimulating PIC assembly on the