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- Title
Identification of Novel Subcellular Localization and Trafficking of HIV-1 Nef Variants from Reference Strains G (F1.93.HH8793) and H (BE.93.VI997).
- Authors
Van Nynatten, Logan R.; Johnson, Aaron L.; Dirk, Brennan S.; Pawlak, Emily N.; Jacob, Rajesh Abraham; Mansour Haeryfar, S. M.; Dikeakos, Jimmy D.
- Abstract
The human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) accessory protein Nef, plays an essential role in disease progression and pathogenesis via hijacking the host cellular membrane-trafficking machinery. Interestingly, HIV-1 group-M subtypes display differences in the rate of disease progression. However, few reports investigated how the cellular behaviors and activities of Nef isolates from reference strains may differ between HIV-1 group-M subtypes. Here, we characterize how differing cellular distributions of Nef proteins across group-M subtypes may impact protein function using immunofluorescence microscopy and flow cytometric analysis. We demonstrate that Nef variants isolated from HIV-1 group-M subtypes display differences in expression, with low expressing Nef proteins from reference strains of subtypes G (F1.93.HH8793) and H (BE.93.VI997) also displaying decreased functionality. Additionally, we demonstrate variations in the subcellular distribution and localization of these Nef proteins. Nef from subtype G (F1.93.HH8793) and H (BE.93.VI997) reference strains also failed to colocalize with the trans-Golgi network, and were not differentially localized to cellular markers of multivesicular bodies or lysosomes. Strikingly, our results demonstrate that HIV-1 Nef proteins from reference strains G (F1.93.HH8793) and H (BE.93.VI997) highly colocalize with labeled mitochondrial compartments.
- Subjects
HIV virus evolution; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; CELL membranes; FLOW cytometry; LYSOSOMES
- Publication
Viruses (1999-4915), 2018, Vol 10, Issue 9, p493
- ISSN
1999-4915
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/v10090493