CCR5AS lncRNA variation differentially regulates CCR5, influencing HIV disease outcome.
Nat Immunol
; 20(7): 824-834, 2019 07.
Article
in En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-31209403
ABSTRACT
Multiple genome-wide studies have identified associations between outcome of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection and polymorphisms in and around the gene encoding the HIV co-receptor CCR5, but the functional basis for the strongest of these associations, rs1015164A/G, is unknown. We found that rs1015164 marks variation in an activating transcription factor 1 binding site that controls expression of the antisense long noncoding RNA (lncRNA) CCR5AS. Knockdown or enhancement of CCR5AS expression resulted in a corresponding change in CCR5 expression on CD4+ T cells. CCR5AS interfered with interactions between the RNA-binding protein Raly and the CCR5 3' untranslated region, protecting CCR5 messenger RNA from Raly-mediated degradation. Reduction in CCR5 expression through inhibition of CCR5AS diminished infection of CD4+ T cells with CCR5-tropic HIV in vitro. These data represent a rare determination of the functional importance of a genome-wide disease association where expression of a lncRNA affects HIV infection and disease progression.
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Genetic Variation
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HIV Infections
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Gene Expression Regulation
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RNA, Antisense
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HIV-1
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Receptors, CCR5
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RNA, Long Noncoding
Type of study:
Prognostic_studies
Limits:
Humans
Language:
En
Journal:
Nat Immunol
Journal subject:
ALERGIA E IMUNOLOGIA
Year:
2019
Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
United States