RESUMO
The central termination sequence (CTS) terminates (+) strand DNA synthesis in certain lentiviruses. The molecular mechanism underlying this event, catalyzed by equine infectious anemia virus reverse transcriptase (EIAV RT), was evaluated by pre-steady-state kinetic techniques. Time courses in nucleotide incorporation using several DNA substrates were biphasic, consistent with release of enzyme from extended DNA being the rate-limiting step for turnover. While the burst amplitude reflecting the amount of functional RT-DNA complex was sequence-dependent, rate constants for initial product formation were not. Filter binding assays indicate the K(d) for CTS-containing substrate is only 2-fold higher than a random DNA and cannot account entirely for the large diminution in burst amplitudes. Measurements of processive DNA replication on a millisecond time scale indicate that the rate of polymerization is unaffected by the T(6)-tract within the CTS. However, termination products accumulate due to a substantial increase in the rate of nonproductive enzyme-nucleic acid complex formation after incorporation of four to five adenosines of a T(6)-tract within the CTS. During strand displacement synthesis through the CTS, products accumulate after incorporation of three to four adenosines. The rate of polymerization during strand displacement synthesis decreases 2-fold while the rate of nonproductive enzyme-nucleic acid complex formation is identical in the absence or presence of the displacement strand. These results have allowed us to develop a model for CTS-induced termination of (+) strand synthesis.
Assuntos
Replicação do DNA/genética , Vírus da Anemia Infecciosa Equina/genética , Sequência de Bases , Catálise , DNA Viral , Vírus da Anemia Infecciosa Equina/enzimologia , Cinética , Dados de Sequência Molecular , DNA Polimerase Dirigida por RNA/metabolismoRESUMO
Permeabilized preparations of equine infectious anemia virus (EIAV) are shown here to support efficient and accurate synthesis of full-length double-stranded proviral DNA. When (-) and (+) strand products were analyzed by Southern blotting, a discontinuity, mapping approximately to the center of the EIAV genome, could be demonstrated for the (+) strand, predicting a second site for initiation of DNA synthesis and a specific mechanism of (+) strand termination. Precise localization of this (+) strand origin within the integrase (IN) coding region was achieved through its in vitro selection and extension into, and excision from, nascent DNA by purified recombinant p66/p51 EIAV reverse transcriptase (RT), suggesting that the EIAV genome harbors a central polypurine tract (cPPT). In addition, a model system was developed for evaluating whether sequences immediately downstream of the cPPT would terminate (+) strand synthesis in the context of strand displacement. Such a sequence was indeed discovered which functions in a manner analogous to that of the central termination sequence (CTS) of HIV, where A-tract-induced minor groove compression has been suggested to induce localized distortion of the nucleic acid duplex and termination of (+) strand synthesis. This interpretation is reinforced by experiments indicating that read-through of the CTS can be efficiently promoted by substituting 2,6-diaminopurine for adenine, thereby relieving minor groove compression. The nucleotide substitution can also shift the site of termination in strand displacement (+) strand synthesis. Collectively, our data support proposals that lentiviruses may have evolved specialized mechanisms for initiating and terminating (+) strand DNA synthesis at the center of their genomes.
Assuntos
DNA Viral/genética , Vírus da Anemia Infecciosa Equina/genética , Replicação Viral , Animais , Células Cultivadas , DNA Viral/biossíntese , Genoma Viral , CavalosRESUMO
Initiation of minus (-) strand DNA synthesis was examined on templates containing R, U5, and primer-binding site regions of the human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1), feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV), and equine infectious anemia virus (EIAV) genomic RNA. DNA synthesis was initiated from (i) an oligoribonucleotide complementary to the primer-binding sites, (ii) synthetic tRNA(3Lys), and (iii) natural tRNA(3Lys), by the reverse transcriptases of HIV-1, FIV, EIAV, simian immunodeficiency virus, HIV type 2 (HIV-2), Moloney murine leukemia virus, and avian myeloblastosis virus. All enzymes used an oligonucleotide on wild-type HIV-1 RNA, whereas only a limited number initiated (-) strand DNA synthesis from either tRNA(3Lys). In contrast, all enzymes supported efficient tRNA(3Lys)-primed (-) strand DNA synthesis on the genomes of FIV and EIAV. This may be in part attributable to the observation that the U5-inverted repeat stem-loop of the EIAV and FIV genomes lacks an A-rich loop shown with HIV-1 to interact with the U-rich tRNA anticodon loop. Deletion of this loop in HIV-1 RNA, or disrupting a critical loop-loop complex by tRNA(3Lys) extended by 9 nt, restored synthesis of HIV-1 (-) strand DNA from primer tRNA(3Lys) by all enzymes. Thus, divergent evolution of lentiviruses may have resulted in different mechanisms to use the same host tRNA for initiation of reverse transcription.