Leptomycin B inhibits equine infectious anemia virus Rev and feline immunodeficiency virus Rev function but not the function of the hepatitis B virus posttranscriptional regulatory element

G. C. Otero, M. E. Harris, J. E. Donello, T. J. Hope*

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Abstract

Human immunodeficiency virus type 1 Rev export depends upon the presence of the nuclear export signal (NES), a leucine-rich stretch of hydrophobic amino acids. Recently, the nuclear NES-binding receptor has been identified as CRM1 or exportin 1. Rev export has been shown to be CRM1 dependent. The function of the atypical NES-containing Rev-like proteins of equine infectious anemia virus (EIAV) and feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV) is inhibited by leptomycin B, a drug that specifically blocks NES-CRM1 interactions. These data suggest that the function of atypical NES-containing proteins is CRM1 dependent. In contrast to the inhibition of EIAV Rev and FIV Rev, the cytoplasmic accumulation of hepatitis B virus (HBV) posttranscriptional regulatory element (PRE)-containing and Mason-Pfizer monkey virus (MPMV) constitutive transport element (CTE)-containing RNAs is not inhibited by leptomycin B treatment. We conclude that the HBV PRE, like the MPMV CTE, functions independently of an NES receptor-exportin 1 interaction.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)7593-7597
Number of pages5
JournalJournal of virology
Volume72
Issue number9
DOIs
StatePublished - 1998

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Insect Science
  • Virology
  • Microbiology
  • Immunology

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