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SMYD2-Mediated Histone Methylation Contributes to HIV-1 Latency

2017; Cell Press; Volume: 21; Issue: 5 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1016/j.chom.2017.04.011

ISSN

1934-6069

Autores

Daniela Boehm, Mark Y. Jeng, Grégory Camus, Andrea Gramatica, Roland Schwarzer, Jeffrey R. Johnson, Philip A. Hull, Mauricio Montaño, Naoki Sakane, Sara Pagans, Robert Godin, Steven G. Deeks, Nevan J. Krogan, Warner C. Greene, Mélanie Ott,

Tópico(s)

Epigenetics and DNA Methylation

Resumo

Transcriptional latency of HIV is a last barrier to viral eradication. Chromatin-remodeling complexes and post-translational histone modifications likely play key roles in HIV-1 reactivation, but the underlying mechanisms are incompletely understood. We performed an RNAi-based screen of human lysine methyltransferases and identified the SET and MYND domain-containing protein 2 (SMYD2) as an enzyme that regulates HIV-1 latency. Knockdown of SMYD2 or its pharmacological inhibition reactivated latent HIV-1 in T cell lines and in primary CD4

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