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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1-3
pubmed:dateCreated
2004-5-11
pubmed:abstractText
Extracellular human immunodeficiency virus-1 (HIV-1) Tat protein and Tat-derived peptides are biologically active but mechanisms of Tat processing are not known. Within the highly conserved basic region of HIV-1 Tat protein (amino acids, a.a. 48-56), we identified two putative furin cleavage sites and showed that Tat protein was cleaved in vitro at the second site, RQRR\ (a.a. 53-56\). This in vitro cleavage was blocked by a monoclonal antibody that binds near the cleavage site or by the furin inhibitor alpha-1 PDX. Monocytoid cells rich in furin also degraded Tat and this process was slowed by the furin inhibitor or the specific monoclonal antibody. Furin processing did not affect the rates for Tat uptake and nuclear accumulation in HeLa or Jurkat cells, but the transactivation activity was greatly reduced. Furin processing is a likely mechanism for inactivating extracellular HIV-1 Tat protein.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
May
pubmed:issn
0014-5793
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
7
pubmed:volume
565
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
89-92
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-11-21
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:15135058-Amino Acid Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:15135058-Antibodies, Monoclonal, pubmed-meshheading:15135058-Binding Sites, pubmed-meshheading:15135058-Blotting, Western, pubmed-meshheading:15135058-Dose-Response Relationship, Drug, pubmed-meshheading:15135058-Furin, pubmed-meshheading:15135058-Gene Products, tat, pubmed-meshheading:15135058-HIV-1, pubmed-meshheading:15135058-HeLa Cells, pubmed-meshheading:15135058-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:15135058-Jurkat Cells, pubmed-meshheading:15135058-Molecular Sequence Data, pubmed-meshheading:15135058-Monocytes, pubmed-meshheading:15135058-Protein Binding, pubmed-meshheading:15135058-Protein Structure, Tertiary, pubmed-meshheading:15135058-Sequence Homology, Amino Acid, pubmed-meshheading:15135058-Transcriptional Activation, pubmed-meshheading:15135058-tat Gene Products, Human Immunodeficiency Virus
pubmed:year
2004
pubmed:articleTitle
Furin cleavage of the HIV-1 Tat protein.
pubmed:affiliation
Institute of Human Virology, University of Maryland Biotechnology Institute, 725 W. Lombard St. Rm. N533, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA. tikhonov@umbi.umd.edu
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.