Published In

PLoS Pathogens

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

9-1-2020

Subjects

HIV -- Case studies

Abstract

HIV Nef counteracts cellular host restriction factors SERINC3 and SERINC5, but our understanding of how naturally occurring global Nef sequence diversity impacts these activities is limited. Here, we quantify SERINC3 and SERINC5 internalization function for 339 Nef clones, representing the major pandemic HIV-1 group M subtypes A, B, C and D. We describe distinct subtype-associated hierarchies for Nef-mediated internalization of SERINC5, for which subtype B clones display the highest activities on average, and of SERINC3, for which subtype B clones display the lowest activities on average. We further identify Nef polymorphisms that modulate its ability to counteract SERINC proteins, including substitutions in the N-terminal domain that selectively impair SERINC3 internalization. Our findings demonstrate that the SERINC antagonism activities of HIV Nef differ markedly among major viral subtypes and between individual isolates within a subtype, suggesting that variation in these functions may contribute to global differences in viral pathogenesis.

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Copyright (c) 2021 The Authors

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This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

DOI

10.1371/journal.ppat.1008813

Persistent Identifier

https://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/39056

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