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J Virol. 1991 January; 65(1): 81-88

Transdominant repressors for human T-cell leukemia virus type I rex and human immunodeficiency virus type 1 rev function.

SANDOZ Research Institute, Vienna, Austria.

ABSTRACT

Human T-cell leukemia virus type I (HTLV-I) encodes a 27-kDa trans-acting gene product (Rex) which is involved in the regulated expression of transcripts coding for the viral structural proteins. We used oligonucleotide-directed mutagenesis to generate a series of mutant HTLV-I rex genes. Transient expression experiments demonstrated that 3 of 28 mutant proteins are functionally inactive on the homologous HTLV-I rex response element, whereas an additional 2 mutant proteins are functionally inactive on the heterologous human immunodeficiency virus type 1 rev response element. One of these mutants is able to suppress the function of the wild-type HTLV-I Rex protein in trans on the homologous rex response element sequence. Furthermore, all of these mutants are able to inhibit Rex function on the heterologous rev response element sequence. Intriguingly, only three of these mutants are able to inhibit the human immunodeficiency virus type 1 Rev protein in a dominant-negative manner.

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