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ArticleScientific reports2017

Repression of Human T-lymphotropic virus type 1 Long Terminal Repeat sense transcription by Sp1 recruitment to novel Sp1 binding sites.

Sylvain Fauquenoy, Gwenaëlle Robette, Anna Kula, Caroline Vanhulle, Sophie Bouchat, Nadège Delacourt, Anthony Rodari, Céline Marban, Christian Schwartz, Arsène Burny and 3 more

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Article in Scientific reports, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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10 citing papers in PubMed, 13 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

13 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Sylvain FauquenoyService of Molecular Virology, Department of Molecular Biology (DBM), Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB), Rue des Professeurs Jeener et Brachet 12, 6041 Gosselies, Belgium.
Gwenaëlle RobetteService of Molecular Virology, Department of Molecular Biology (DBM), Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB), Rue des Professeurs Jeener et Brachet 12, 6041 Gosselies, Belgium.
Anna KulaService of Molecular Virology, Department of Molecular Biology (DBM), Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB), Rue des Professeurs Jeener et Brachet 12, 6041 Gosselies, Belgium.
Caroline VanhulleService of Molecular Virology, Department of Molecular Biology (DBM), Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB), Rue des Professeurs Jeener et Brachet 12, 6041 Gosselies, Belgium.
Sophie BouchatService of Molecular Virology, Department of Molecular Biology (DBM), Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB), Rue des Professeurs Jeener et Brachet 12, 6041 Gosselies, Belgium.
Nadège DelacourtService of Molecular Virology, Department of Molecular Biology (DBM), Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB), Rue des Professeurs Jeener et Brachet 12, 6041 Gosselies, Belgium.
Anthony RodariService of Molecular Virology, Department of Molecular Biology (DBM), Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB), Rue des Professeurs Jeener et Brachet 12, 6041 Gosselies, Belgium.
Céline MarbanBiomaterials and Bioengineering, Inserm UMR 1121, Faculty of Dentistry, University of Strasbourg, France.
Christian SchwartzInstitut Universitaire de Technologie Louis Pasteur, University of Strasbourg, Schiltigheim, France.
Arsène BurnyLaboratory of Experimental Hematology, Institut Jules Bordet, Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB), Brussels, Belgium.
Olivier RohrInstitut Universitaire de Technologie Louis Pasteur, University of Strasbourg, Schiltigheim, France.
Benoit Van DriesscheService of Molecular Virology, Department of Molecular Biology (DBM), Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB), Rue des Professeurs Jeener et Brachet 12, 6041 Gosselies, Belgium.
Carine Van LintService of Molecular Virology, Department of Molecular Biology (DBM), Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB), Rue des Professeurs Jeener et Brachet 12, 6041 Gosselies, Belgium.
Université Libre de Bruxelles · BEInstituts Universitaires de Technologie · FRInserm · FR

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Human T-lymphotropic Virus type 1 (HTLV-1) infection is characterized by viral latency in the majority of infected cells and by the absence of viremia. These features are thought to be due to the repression of viral sense transcription in vivo. Here, our in silico analysis of the HTLV-1 Long Terminal Repeat (LTR) promoter nucleotide sequence revealed, in addition to the four Sp1 binding sites previously identified, the presence of two additional potential Sp1 sites within the R region. We demonstrated that the Sp1 and Sp3 transcription factors bound in vitro to these two sites and compared the binding affinity for Sp1 of all six different HTLV-1 Sp1 sites. By chromatin immunoprecipitation experiments, we showed Sp1 recruitment in vivo to the newly identified Sp1 sites. We demonstrated in the nucleosomal context of an episomal reporter vector that the Sp1 sites interfered with both the sense and antisense LTR promoter activities. Interestingly, the Sp1 sites exhibited together a repressor effect on the LTR sense transcriptional activity but had no effect on the LTR antisense activity. Thus, our results demonstrate the presence of two new functional Sp1 binding sites in the HTLV-1 LTR, which act as negative cis-regulatory elements of sense viral transcription.

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Epigenetic RepressionHost-Pathogen InteractionsTerminal Repeat SequencesTranscription, GeneticBinding SitesChromatin ImmunoprecipitationHEK293 CellsHumansHuman T-lymphotropic virus 1Jurkat CellsProtein BindingSp1 Transcription FactorSp3 Transcription FactorSP1 protein, humanSp1 Transcription FactorSP3 protein, humanSp3 Transcription Factor

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PMID28256531
PMCPMC5335701
OpenAlexW2592421908

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