ATR and GADD45alpha mediate HIV-1 Vpr-induced apoptosis
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ATR and GADD45alpha mediate HIV-1 Vpr-induced apoptosis
Abstract
The human immunodeficiency virus type-1 (HIV-1) accessory gene vpr encodes a conserved 96-amino-acid protein that is necessary and sufficient for the HIV-1-induced block of cellular proliferation. Expression of vpr in CD4+ lymphocytes results in G2 arrest, followed by apoptosis. In a previous study, we identified the ataxia telangiectasia-mutated (ATM) and Rad3-related protein (ATR) as a cellular factor that mediates Vpr-induced cell cycle arrest. In the present study, we report that the breast cancer-associated protein-1 (BRCA1), a known target of ATR, is activated in the presence of Vpr. In addition, the gene encoding the growth arrest and DNA damage-45 protein alpha (GADD45alpha), a known transcriptional target of BRCA1, is upregulated by Vpr in an ATR-dependent manner. We demonstrate that RNAi-mediated silencing of either ATR or GADD45alpha leads to nearly complete suppression of the proapoptotic effect of Vpr. Our results support a model in which Vpr-induced apoptosis is mediated via ATR phosphorylation of BRCA1, and consequent upregulation of GADD45alpha.
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