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Journal of Virology, November 2006, p. 10478-10486, Vol. 80, No. 21
0022-538X/06/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JVI.02596-05
Copyright © 2006, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 Gag Polyprotein Modulates Its Own Translation

Emma C. Anderson and Andrew M. L. Lever*

Department of Medicine, University of Cambridge, Level 5, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Hills Road, Cambridge CB2 2QQ, United Kingdom

Received 14 December 2005/ Accepted 7 August 2006

The full-length viral RNA of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) functions both as the mRNA for the viral structural proteins Gag and Gag/Pol and as the genomic RNA packaged within viral particles. The packaging signal which Gag recognizes to initiate genome encapsidation is in the 5' untranslated region (UTR) of the HIV-1 RNA, which is also the location of translation initiation complex formation. Hence, it is likely that there is competition between the translation and packaging processes. We studied the ability of Gag to regulate translation of its own mRNA. Gag had a bimodal effect on translation from the HIV-1 5' UTR, stimulating translation at low concentrations and inhibiting translation at high concentrations in vitro and in vivo. The inhibition was dependent upon the ability of Gag to bind the packaging signal through its nucleocapsid domain. The stimulatory activity was shown to depend on the matrix domain of Gag. These results suggest that Gag controls the equilibrium between translation and packaging, ensuring production of enough molecules of Gag to make viral particles before encapsidating its genome.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Department of Medicine, University of Cambridge, Level 5, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Hills Road, Cambridge CB2 2QQ, United Kingdom. Phone: 44 1223 330191. Fax: 44 1223 336846. E-mail: amll1{at}mole.bio.cam.ac.uk.

Journal of Virology, November 2006, p. 10478-10486, Vol. 80, No. 21
0022-538X/06/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JVI.02596-05
Copyright © 2006, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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