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CAF-1 promotes HIV-1 latency by leading the formation of phase-separated suppressive nuclear bodies

ABSTRACT: HIV-1 latency is a major obstacle to achieve a functional cure for AIDS. To eradicate the viral reservoir, one of the strategies is to specifically reactivate HIV-1-infected cells and followed by elimination with potent immune surveillance. However, present latency-reversing agents (LRAs) are quite dissatisfactory because of their high toxicity and low efficiency. New targets need to be identified to develop more promising LRAs. Here, we found that histone chaperone chromatin assembly factor 1 (CAF-1) promotes HIV-1 latency by forming versatile suppressive nuclear bodies. CAF-1 plays a leading role for the formation of bodies recruiting multi-layer suppressive epigenetic modifiers and maintainers, and is of the characteristic of liquid-liquid phase separation (LLPS). Three distinct disordered regions of CHAF1A subunit coalesce CAF-1 body components by forming LLPS and play a key in maintaining HIV-1 latency. Therefore, disruptive induction of phase-separated CAF-1 body could be an important strategy to reactivate latent HIV-1.

ORGANISM(S): Homo Sapiens

SUBMITTER: Hui Zhang

PROVIDER: PXD024172 | iProX | Tue Feb 09 00:00:00 GMT 2021

REPOSITORIES: iProX

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Histone chaperone CAF-1 promotes HIV-1 latency by leading the formation of phase-separated suppressive nuclear bodies.

Ma Xiancai X Chen Tao T Peng Zhilin Z Wang Ziwen Z Liu Jun J Yang Tao T Wu Liyang L Liu Guangyan G Zhou Mo M Tong Muye M Guan Yuanjun Y Zhang Xu X Lin Yingtong Y Tang Xiaoping X Li Linghua L Tang Zhonghui Z Pan Ting T Zhang Hui H

The EMBO journal 20210319 10

HIV-1 latency is a major obstacle to achieving a functional cure for AIDS. Reactivation of HIV-1-infected cells followed by their elimination via immune surveillance is one proposed strategy for eradicating the viral reservoir. However, current latency-reversing agents (LRAs) show high toxicity and low efficiency, and new targets are needed to develop more promising LRAs. Here, we found that the histone chaperone CAF-1 (chromatin assembly factor 1) is enriched on the HIV-1 long terminal repeat ( ...[more]

PMID: 33739466

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CAF-1 promotes HIV-1 latency by leading the formation of phase-separated suppressive nuclear bodies

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Histone chaperone CAF-1 promotes HIV-1 latency by leading the formation of phase-separated suppressive nuclear bodies.

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