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HIV-1 Tat transcriptional activity is regulated by acetylation

The human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) trans‐ activator protein, Tat, stimulates transcription from the viral long‐terminal repeats (LTR) through an RNA hairpin element, trans ‐activation responsive region (TAR). We and others have shown that trans ‐activator protein (Tat)‐associated histone acetylt...

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Published in:The EMBO journal 1999-11, Vol.18 (21), p.6106-6118
Main Authors: Kiernan, Rosemary E., Vanhulle, Caroline, Schiltz, Lou, Adam, Emmanuelle, Xiao, Hua, Maudoux, Frédéric, Calomme, Claire, Burny, Arsène, Nakatani, Yoshihiro, Jeang, Kuan-Teh, Benkirane, Monsef, Van Lint, Carine
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Summary:The human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) trans‐ activator protein, Tat, stimulates transcription from the viral long‐terminal repeats (LTR) through an RNA hairpin element, trans ‐activation responsive region (TAR). We and others have shown that trans ‐activator protein (Tat)‐associated histone acetyltransferases (TAHs), p300 and p300/CBP‐associating factor (PCAF), assist functionally in the activation of chromosomally integrated HIV‐1 LTR. Here, we show that p300 and PCAF also directly acetylate Tat. We defined two sites of acetylation located in different functional domains of Tat. p300 acetylated Lys50 in the TAR RNA binding domain, while PCAF acetylated Lys28 in the activation domain of Tat. In support of a functional role for acetylation in vivo , histone deacetylase inhibitor (trichostatin A) synergized with Tat in transcriptional activation of the HIV‐1 LTR. Synergism was TAR‐dependent and required the intact presence of both Lys28 and Lys50. Mechanistically, acetylation at Lys28 by PCAF enhanced Tat binding to the Tat‐associated kinase, CDK9/P‐TEFb, while acetylation by p300 at Lys50 of Tat promoted the dissociation of Tat from TAR RNA that occurs during early transcription elongation. These data suggest that acetylation of Tat regulates two discrete and functionally critical steps in transcription, binding to an RNAP II CTD‐kinase and release of Tat from TAR RNA.
ISSN:0261-4189
1460-2075
1460-2075
DOI:10.1093/emboj/18.21.6106