CHD1 and CHD2 are positive regulators of HIV-1 gene expression

M. J. Rodgers,David Banks,K. Bradley,J. Young

Published 2014 in Virology Journal

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BackgroundRetroviruses encode a very limited number of proteins and therefore must exploit a wide variety of host proteins for completion of their lifecycle.MethodsWe performed an insertional mutagenesis screen to identify novel cellular regulators of retroviral replication.ResultsThis approach identified the ATP-dependent chromatin remodeler, chromodomain helicase DNA-binding protein 2 (CHD2), as well as the highly related CHD1 protein, as positive regulators of both MLV and HIV-1 replication in rodent and human cells. RNAi knockdown of either CHD2 or the related CHD1 protein, in human cells resulted in a block to infection by HIV-1, specifically at the level of transcription.ConclusionsThese results demonstrate that CHD1 and CHD2 can act as positive regulators of HIV-1 gene expression.

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