遗传 ›› 2015, Vol. 37 ›› Issue (5): 480-486.doi: 10.16288/j.yczz.15-004

• 研究报告 • 上一篇    下一篇

HIV-1初始传播病毒Vpr基因遗传变异对诱导G2期阻滞及细胞凋亡的影响

赵建元1,2,丁寄葳2,米泽云2,周金明2,魏涛1,岑山2   

  1. 1. 北京联合大学应用文理学院,北京 100192;
    2. 中国医学科学院医药生物技术研究所,北京 100050
  • 收稿日期:2015-01-04 出版日期:2015-05-20 发布日期:2015-05-20
  • 通讯作者: 岑山,博士,研究员,研究方向:病毒学。E-mail: shancen@hotmail.com;魏涛,硕士,教授,研究方向:病毒学。E-mail: weitao@buu.edu.cn
  • 作者简介:赵建元,硕士研究生,专业方向:病毒学。E-mail: Zjyuan815@163.com
  • 基金资助:
    北京联合大学研究生创新基金(编号:12246994501)和国家基金委-加拿大国立卫生研究院研究基金课题(CIHR)合作基金(编号:81361128017)资助

Genetic variance in the HIV-1 founder virus Vpr affects its ability to induce cell cycle G2 arrest and cell apoptosis

Jianyuan Zhao1, 2, Jiwei Ding2, Zeyun Mi2, Jinming Zhou2, Tao Wei1, Shan Cen2   

  1. 1. Department of Food Science, College of Arts & Science of Beijing Union University, Beijing 100192, China;
    2. Institute of Medicinal Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Medical Science and Peking Union Medical School, Beijing 100050, China
  • Received:2015-01-04 Online:2015-05-20 Published:2015-05-20

摘要: 人免疫缺陷病毒(HIV-1)急性感染过程中,病毒的遗传多样性显著减少,往往只有一株或几株病毒可以建立有效感染,这种病毒被称为初始传播病毒(Transmitted/Founder virus)。病毒蛋白R(Vpr)是HIV-1的辅助蛋白之一,在病毒复制过程中起重要作用。研究初始传播病毒Vpr基因遗传变异与生物学特征对于阐明病毒建立感染的关键环节具有重要意义。文章利用流式细胞术分析了C亚型HIV-1初始传播病毒株与慢性感染株MJ4的 Vpr蛋白诱导细胞G2期阻滞和细胞凋亡的能力。结果显示,初始传播病毒ZM246和ZM247的Vpr诱导细胞G2期阻滞和细胞凋亡的能力显著高于慢性感染株MJ4 Vpr。氨基酸序列分析表明,初始传播病毒Vpr在第77、85和94位上存在高频突变。研究结果提示初始传播病毒可能在病毒感染早期,通过Vpr基因的遗传突变,提升病毒诱导细胞停滞G2期和细胞凋亡的能力,进而促进病毒在宿主体内的复制和传播。

关键词: 人免疫缺陷病毒, 初始传播病毒, 病毒蛋白R(Vpr), 细胞G2 期阻滞, 细胞凋亡

Abstract: In the event of acute infection, only a few HIV-1 viral variants can establish the initial productive clinical infection, and these viral variants are known as transmitted/founder viruses (T/F viruses). As one of the accessory proteins of HIV-1, viral protein R (Vpr) plays an important role in viral replication. Therefore, the characterization of T/F virus Vpr is beneficial to understand how virus replicates in a new host. In this study, flow cytometry was used to analyze the effect of G2 arrest and cell apoptosis induced by the T/F virus Vpr and the chronic strain MJ4 Vpr. The results showed that the ability of T/F virus ZM246 Vpr and ZM247 Vpr inducing G2 arrest and cell apoptosis are more potent than the MJ4 Vpr. The comparison of protein sequences indicated that the amino acids of 77, 85 and 94 contain high freqency mutations, suggesting that these sites may be involved in inducing G2 arrest and cell apoptosis. Taken together, our work suggests that in acute infections, T/F viruses increase the capacity of G2 arrest and cell apoptosis and promote viral replication and transmission in a new host by Vpr genetic mutation.

Key words: HIV-1, founder virus, Vpr, cell G2 arrest, cell apoptosis