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Journal of Virology, December 2001, p. 11365-11372, Vol. 75, No. 23
0022-538X/01/$04.00+0   DOI: 10.1128/JVI.75.23.11365-11372.2001
Copyright © 2001, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.

Moloney Murine Leukemia Virus Integrase Protein Augments Viral DNA Synthesis in Infected Cells

Lilin Lai,1 Hongmei Liu,1 Xiaoyun Wu,1 and John C. Kappes1,2,3,*

Departments of Medicine1 and Microbiology,2 University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama 35294, and Research Service, Birmingham Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Birmingham, Alabama 352333

Received 2 July 2001/Accepted 5 September 2001

Mutations in the IN domain of retroviral DNA may affect multiple steps of the virus life cycle, suggesting that the IN protein may have other functions in addition to its integration function. We previously reported that the human immunodeficiency virus type 1 IN protein is required for efficient viral DNA synthesis and that this function requires specific interaction with other viral components but not enzyme (integration) activity. In this report, we characterized the structure and function of the Moloney murine leukemia virus (MLV) IN protein in viral DNA synthesis. Using an MLV vector containing green fluorescent protein as a sensitive reporter for virus infection, we found that mutations in either the catalytic triad (D184A) or the HHCC motif (H61A) reduced infectivity by approximately 1,000-fold. Mutations that deleted the entire IN (Delta IN) or 34 C-terminal amino acid residues (Delta 34) were more severely defective, with infectivity levels consistently reduced by 10,000-fold. Immunoblot analysis indicated that these mutants were similar to wild-type MLV with respect to virion production and proteolytic processing of the Gag and Pol precursor proteins. Using semiquantitative PCR to analyze viral cDNA synthesis in infected cells, we found the Delta 34 and Delta IN mutants to be markedly impaired while the D184A and H61A mutants synthesized cDNA at levels similar to the wild type. The DNA synthesis defect was rescued by complementing the Delta 34 and Delta IN mutants in trans with either wild-type IN or the D184A mutant IN, provided as a Gag-IN fusion protein. However, the DNA synthesis defect of Delta IN mutant virions could not be complemented with the Delta 34 IN mutant. Taken together, these analyses strongly suggested that the MLV IN protein itself is required for efficient viral DNA synthesis and that this function may be conserved among other retroviruses.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: University of Alabama at Birmingham, Department of Medicine, THT 513H, 1530 3rd Ave. South, Birmingham, AL 35294. Phone: (205) 934-0051. Fax: (205) 975-7300. E-mail: kappesjc{at}uab.edu.

Journal of Virology, December 2001, p. 11365-11372, Vol. 75, No. 23
0022-538X/01/$04.00+0   DOI: 10.1128/JVI.75.23.11365-11372.2001
Copyright © 2001, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.


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