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BRCA1 functions as a novel transcriptional cofactor in HIV-1 infection
https://doi.org/10.1186/s12985-015-0266-8
© Guendel et al.; licensee BioMed Central. 2015
- Received: 25 September 2014
- Accepted: 14 February 2015
- Published: 6 March 2015
Abstract
Background
Viruses have naturally evolved elegant strategies to manipulate the host’s cellular machinery, including ways to hijack cellular DNA repair proteins to aid in their own replication. Retroviruses induce DNA damage through integration of their genome into host DNA. DNA damage signaling proteins including ATR, ATM and BRCA1 contribute to multiple steps in the HIV-1 life cycle, including integration and Vpr-induced G2/M arrest. However, there have been no studies to date regarding the role of BRCA1 in HIV-1 transcription.
Methods
Here we performed various transcriptional analyses to assess the role of BRCA1 in HIV-1 transcription by overexpression, selective depletion, and treatment with small molecule inhibitors. We examined association of Tat and BRCA1 through in vitro binding assays, as well as BRCA1-LTR association by chromatin immunoprecipitation.
Results
BRCA1 was found to be important for viral transcription as cells that lack BRCA1 displayed severely reduced HIV-1 Tat-dependent transcription, and gain or loss-of-function studies resulted in enhanced or decreased transcription. Moreover, Tat was detected in complex with BRCA1 aa504-802. Small molecule inhibition of BRCA1 phosphorylation effector kinases, ATR and ATM, decreased Tat-dependent transcription, whereas a Chk2 inhibitor showed no effect. Furthermore, BRCA1 was found at the viral promoter and treatment with curcumin and ATM inhibitors decreased BRCA1 LTR occupancy. Importantly, these findings were validated in a highly relevant model of HIV infection and are indicative of BRCA1 phosphorylation affecting Tat-dependent transcription.
Conclusions
BRCA1 presence at the HIV-1 promoter highlights a novel function of the multifaceted protein in HIV-1 infection. The BRCA1 pathway or enzymes that phosphorylate BRCA1 could potentially be used as complementary host-based treatment for combined antiretroviral therapy, as there are multiple potent ATM inhibitors in development as chemotherapeutics.
Keywords
- Antiviral
- Small molecule inhibitor
- Viral transcription
- BRCA1
- HIV-1
- ATM
- Phosphorylation
- Post-translational modification
Background
Human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) is the etiological agent of the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). Currently approved combined antiretroviral therapy (cART) rely primarily on viral-based inhibitors, and present research efforts focus on finding new non-essential host targets that can provide viral inhibition without creating drug-resistance selective pressure on the virus. Therefore understanding the involvement of host factors might present a way to design better approaches to complement treatment and expand therapy considerations for multiple co-infections or HIV-associated malignancies.
The HIV-1 transactivator of transcription, Tat, is an essential regulatory protein that modulates the viral chromatin landscape and transcriptional activation by association with the transactivation response RNA loop region, TAR, present on the proviral 5′ region at the transcriptional initiation site (nt +1 to +57) on the HIV-1 long terminal repeat (LTR). The Tat/TAR complex is able to recruit various critical host factors including basal transcription factors TBP, TFIIB, TFIID, TFIIH, TAF55, and Sp1 [1]. Of importance, Tat/TAR recruits the pTEF-b complex (Cdk9/Cyclin T1) to the RNA polymerase II holoenzyme (RNAP II) that occupies the LTR [2-7]. pTEF-b is a ubiquitous positive acting elongation factor that actively phosphorylates the carboxyl-terminal domain (CTD) of RNAP II, and has been shown to be a critical cofactor for Tat activation of elongation [8-10].
Retroviruses induce DNA damage through integration of their genome into the host DNA. DNA damage signaling proteins including ATR, ATM and BRCA1, contribute to multiple steps in the HIV-1 life cycle, including integration and Vpr-induced G2/M arrest [11-14]. However, there have been no studies to date regarding the role of BRCA1 in HIV-1 transcription. Largely characterized in cancer, the breast cancer susceptibility gene, BRCA1, is a tumor suppressor protein that has implications in processes such as cell cycle, DNA repair, and transcription. These functions are accomplished by BRCA1 interacting with cellular transcription and host factors, in addition to stern regulatory mechanisms [15,16]. BRCA1 was first implicated in transcription when its C-terminus [amino acid (aa) 1560–1863] fused to Gal4 was able to activate transcription [17], with aa1760-1863 being the minimal transactivation domain (TAD). Within this TAD are two BRCA1 C-terminus (BRCT) motifs that are found in a large family of proteins important for DNA damage response, such as DNA ligase IV, p53BP1, and base excision response scaffold protein XRCC1 [18]. Since then, numerous other findings have served to strengthen the connection between transcription and BRCA1. For example, BRCA1 is part of the RNAP II holoenzyme complex [19-21]. BRCA1 also interacts with multiple cofactors and transcription factors including CBP/p300, Sp1, STAT1, estrogen receptor and BRG1 [22,23]. Among the genes found to be transactivated by BRCA1 are Mdm2, Bax, p21/Waf1, p27/Kip1, and GADD45α [24-30]. Moreover, BRCA1 has been shown to be in complex with pTEF-b, and Cyclin T1 has been shown to be an essential factor for BRCA1-dependent activation of RNAP II transcription [31]. Additionally, BRCA1 was reported to interact with the SWI/SNF catalytic core unit BRG1 [32]. In recent years, it has been further linked to chromatin alterations in cancer, including recruitment to sites of DNA repair, indicating a direct function of BRCA1 in transcriptional control through chromatin structure modulation [33-36].
Taking into account these findings and its well-documented involvement in transcriptional regulation and chromatin remodeling capabilities, we were interested in determining whether BRCA1 participates in HIV-1 Tat-dependent transcription. Here, we have demonstrated BRCA1 enhancement of HIV-1 Tat-dependent transcription through gain-of-function and loss-of-function studies. Tat was detected in complex with BRCA1 at aa504-802 through in vitro binding assays and co-immunoprecipitated with BRCA1. Additionally, inhibition of the effector kinase ATM, but not Chk2, resulted in transcriptional decrease by loss of BRCA1 from the viral promoter. Therefore, targeting the host BRCA1 activation pathway can serve as an attractive strategy for the development of novel host-based therapeutics that target HIV-1 viral transcription.
Results and discussion
BRCA1 enhances HIV-1 Tat-dependent transcription
The molecular function of BRCA1 has been the subject of intensive studies since it was cloned in 1994 [37]. Primarily in cancer, it has been characterized as a multifaceted tumor suppressor protein due to its role in cell cycle progression, DNA repair and DNA damage response processes, transcription, RNAi pathway regulation, and apoptosis [23,38]. Limited studies have linked BRCA1 to HIV-1. Initially, Zimmerman et al. [13] showed BRCA1-H2AX foci formation was required for Vpr-induced G2 arrest. Later, this same group further elaborated on the role of BRCA1 in infection by showing Vpr-induced ATR-dependent activation of BRCA1 at serine substrate S1423 as a response to genotoxic stress, suggesting a model for Vpr-induced apoptosis via transcriptional regulation of the BRCA1 target gene, GADD45α [11]. Around the same time, Coberley et al. [12] demonstrated alterations of various genes contributing to cell cycle transition at the G2/M checkpoint through a temporal genetic network study in mock or R5-tropic HIV-1 infected primary macrophages. Specifically, infection activated mediators of cell cycling at different times during infection including BRCA1 (intermediate), and GADD45α (late). Furthermore, BRCA1 may function as a transcriptional coactivator or corepressor, a function that varies depending on its ability to recruit both the basal transcription machinery and proteins implicated in chromatin remodeling [32,39]. Consequently, we were interested in characterizing BRCA1 function in HIV-1 transcription.
HIV-1 Tat-dependent transcription is more efficient in cells containing BRCA1. A. UWB1.289 BRCA1 null and UWB1.289 + BRCA1 cells and were co-transfected with pcDNA or pcTat, LTR-Luc, and CMV-Luc (Renilla) plasmid DNA. Dual-Glo luciferase assay was performed 48 hours later as described by the manufacturer. Raw data was normalized to Renilla luciferase expression in both cell lines, fold changes were calculated against pcDNA (−Tat) condition for each cell line. B. TZM-bl cells were co-transfected with pcDNA or pcTat, and BRCA1 (wild-type) plasmid DNA. Bright-Glo luciferase assay was performed 48 hours pos-transfection as described by the manufacturer. Cells containing pcTat and pcDNA were used as baseline value for Tat-dependent LTR activation. C. TZM-bl cells were co-transfected with pcDNA or pcTat, and BRCA1 4P (mutant) plasmid DNA (S1387A, S1423A, S1457A, and S1524A). Bright-Glo luciferase assay was performed 48 hours post-transfection. Cells containing pcTat and pcDNA were used as baseline value for Tat-dependent LTR activation. D. TZM-bl cells were co-transfected with pcTat or siRNA against GFP (control) and BRCA1. Bright-Glo luciferase assay was performed 48 hours post-transfection (left panel). Cells containing pcTat and siGFP were used as baseline value for Tat-dependent LTR activation. BRCA1 depletion was confirmed by qRT-PCR and western blot (middle panel and inset). Fold changes against siGFP were calculated relative to Actin using the ΔΔCt method. CellTiter-Glo cell viability assay (right panel) was performed as described by the manufacturer and viability normalized to cells transfected with siGFP. Transfection assays were performed in triplicate and data plotted represents averaged data of two independent experiments. Error bars show the standard error of two averaged independent measurements. Viability assays were performed in triplicate. Western blots were performed for two independent experiments. Double asterisk indicates statistically significant difference p ≤ 0.01.
Based on these findings, we next wanted to examine the functional consequences of BRCA1 selective depletion in Tat-dependent transcription. To assess the effect of BRCA1 knockdown in HIV-1 transcription, we first screened various siRNAs against BRCA1 and selected the one producing more effective depletion results (data not shown). TZM-bl cells were co-transfected with Tat and siRNA against BRCA1 or GFP as a non-specific control, and luciferase assays were performed 48 hours post-transfection. Results in Figure 1D show that luciferase activity was significantly reduced by ~49% in cells transfected with siBRCA1 compared to cells transfected with siGFP (compare lanes 4 and 5). As additional controls, BRCA1 levels in these cells were assayed by qRT-PCR and western blot. BRCA1 was successfully repressed (~90%) at the transcriptional level (compare lanes 6 and 7) and protein levels were decreased by ~68% (inset western blot panel). To discard the possibility that the decrease in Tat-dependent transcription was due to cytotoxic effects upon BRCA1 knockdown, we performed viability assays on these samples. No changes in cell viability were observed between samples transfected with control siRNA or BRCA1 siRNA (compare lanes 8 and 9), indicating that the transcriptional efficiency loss is specific to BRCA1 selective depletion. Collectively, these data support the permissive role of BRCA1 for Tat-dependent HIV-1 transcription.
BRCA1 is in complex with Tat
BRCA1 associates with Tat. A. Schematic of five GST-BRCA1 fragments spanning the whole length protein. B. TZM-bl cells were transfected with Flag-Tat plasmid DNA for 48 hours. One milligram of whole cell protein extract was incubated with 1 μg GST-BRCA1 constructs overnight and processed as described in the Methods section. Samples were analyzed by western blot (top panel WB: anti-Flag, bottom panel WB: anti-BRCA1). C. TZM-bl cells were transfected with Flag-Tat plasmid DNA for 48 hours. One milligram of TZM-bl whole cell protein extract was immunoprecipitated with anti-BRCA1 and anti-IgG antibodies and analyzed by western blot (top panel WB: anti-BRCA1, middle panel WB: anti-Flag, bottom panel WB: anti-BRG1). Western blots are representative of two independent experiments.
BRCA1 status affects enhancement of Tat-dependent transcription during infection with pseudotyped particles
BRCA1 status affects enhancement of Tat-dependent transcription during infection with pseudotyped particles. A. Schematic depicting the LTR-driven reporter plasmid pNL-RRE-SA-Luc. B. UWB1.289 BRCA1 null and UWB1.289 + BRCA1 cells and were co-transfected with pcTat and CMV-Luc (Renilla) plasmid DNA 24 hours prior to infection with LTR-driven reporter viral particles. Dual-Glo luciferase assay was performed 24 hours post-infection as described by the manufacturer. Raw data was normalized to Renilla luciferase expression in both cell lines, fold changes were calculated against + Tat mock infected cells (lane 1). Transfection and infection assays were performed in triplicate and data plotted represents averaged data of two independent experiments. Single asterisk indicates p < 0.05. C. UWB1.289 BRCA1 null and UWB1.289 + BRCA1 cells were infected with VSVG-pseudotyped NL4-3. Cells were collected 48 hours post-infection, stained with propidium iodine, and analyzed by flow cytometry. Results are representative of three biological replicates. D. Cells were infected as described above and collected at 48 hours post-infection for ChIP analysis. Antibodies used for ChIP were anti-RNA polymerase II (RNAP II, 10 μg), anti-Sp1 (10 μg), and anti-V5 (10 μg). Quantitative PCR was performed using SYBR Green PCR Master Mix to analyze immunoprecipitated material.
Given the importance of BRCA1 to the cell cycle and the fact that HIV-1 transcription has been shown to be enhanced in the G2 phase of the cell cycle [11-13,23,43,44], experiments were performed to determine if UWB1.289 cells had a difference in cell cycle distribution. It has been previously shown that UWB1.289 cells display no difference in cell cycle profile in the absence of stress, but when cells were subjected to irradiation, a G2/M arrest was observed with the BRCA1 complemented cells [40]. To determine if any alterations in cell cycle were occurring in the UWB1.289 and UWB1.289 + BRCA1 cells following HIV infection, cell cycle analysis using propidium iodine staining and flow cytometry was performed. No changes in cell cycle distribution between these two cell derivatives were observed (Figure 3C). As Sp1 is a well-known interacting partner of BRCA1, the binding of Sp1 to the LTR in the presence and absence of BRCA1 was assessed by chromatin immunoprecipitation. ChIP assays from vNL-Luc infected –BRCA1 and + BRCA1 cells were performed using antibodies against RNAP II (positive control), V5 (negative control) and Sp1. There was no significant difference in Sp1 or RNAP II binding to the LTR between the two cell populations (Figure 3D), indicating that differential binding of Sp1 to the LTR is not a contributing factor to the decreased LTR activation observed in the –BRCA1 cells. Collectively, these results suggest that BRCA1 plays a direct and critical role in Tat-dependent HIV transcription independent of cell cycle effects.
Small molecule inhibition of BRCA1 gene expression affects HIV-1 Tat-dependent transcription
Currently, there are no therapeutic agents specifically targeting BRCA1. However recently, it has been documented that curcumin reduces expression of the BRCA1 gene by histone acetylation impairment at the BRCA1 promoter [45]. Generally, curcumin is categorized as a multifactorial compound characterized by tolerable doses linked to antioxidant therapy, anti-tumor effects, and anti-viral effects [45-50]. Moreover, curcumin has been shown to suppress pathways concomitant to HIV-1 replication and HIV-1 associated neurocognitive disorders (HAND); and when administered as adjuvant therapy to existing cART, curcumin has been shown to enhance the protease inhibitor indinavir antiretroviral activity in persistently infected cells [51-54]. In addition, a recent study demonstrated multi-pathway involvement in curcumin-induced inhibition of Tat-dependent transcription [55]. Here, the authors showed modulation of the HDAC1/NF-κB pathway used by HIV-1 to exert chromatin remodeling at the viral promoter and further promoter activation by NF-κB. Despite curcumin not being BRCA1-specific, we were interested in using the compound as a model for small molecule inhibition of BRCA1.
Curcumin decreases BRCA1 occupancy at the HIV-1 LTR. A. TZM-bl cells were transfected with pcTat and treated the next day with vehicle (DMSO) or a titration of curcumin (0.5, 1, 10, and 20 μM). Samples were analyzed by western blot. Inset depicts a dose–response curve of BRCA1 protein abundance versus curcumin treatment based on the average densitometry counts with error bars representing standard error of three independent measurements. Western blot is representative of three independent experiments. Densitometry counts were taken from three independent treatments to acquire a dose–response curve of BRCA1 expression inhibition (inset plot) B. TZM-bl cells were transfected with pcTat and treated the next day with DMSO or 20 μM curcumin. Bright-Glo luciferase assays and CellTiter-Glo cell viability assays were performed 24 hours post-treatment as described by the manufacturer. Data was normalized to cells containing Tat and treated with DMSO as baseline for Tat-dependent LTR activation. Transfection and treatment assays were performed in triplicate and data plotted represents averaged data of two independent experiments. Error bars show the standard error of two averaged independent measurements. Viability assays were performed in triplicate. C. TZM-bl cells were transfected with pcTat and treated the next day with DMSO or curcumin (20 μM) for 24 hours prior to being collected for ChIP analysis. Antibodies used for ChIP were anti-BRCA1 (10 μg), anti-IgG (10 μg), and anti-RNA polymerase II (RNAP II, 10 μg). Quantitative PCR was performed using SYBR Green PCR Master Mix to analyze immunoprecipitated material. Single asterisk indicates p < 0.05 and double asterisk indicates statistically significant difference p ≤ 0.01.
Inhibition of upstream BRCA1 phosphorylation effectors, ATR/ATM, decreases Tat-dependent transcription
Inhibition of upstream BRCA1 phosphorylation effectors ATR/ATM, decreases Tat-dependent transcription. A. TZM-bl cells were transfected with pcTat and treated the next day with vehicle (water) and a titration of caffeine (500 μM, 2 mM and 5 mM). Bright-Glo luciferase assays were performed 48 hours post-treatment. Data was normalized to cells containing Tat and treated with DMSO as baseline for Tat-dependent LTR activation. B. CellTiter-Glo cell viability assays were performed 48 hours post-treatment. Data was normalized as in panel A. C. TZM-bl cells were transfected with pcTat and treated the next day with vehicle (DMSO) and a titration of ATM or Chk2 inhibitors (ATMin and Chk2in) at 0.1 μM, 1 μM and 10 μM. Bright-Glo luciferase assays were performed 48 hours post-treatment. Data was normalized as in panel A. D. CellTiter-Glo cell viability assays were performed 48 hours post-treatment. Data was normalized as in panel A. E. TZM-bl cells were co-transfected with pcTat or siRNA against GFP (control) and ATM. Bright-Glo luciferase assays were performed 48 hours post-treatment. Cells containing pcTat and siGFP were used as baseline value for Tat-dependent LTR activation. ATM depletion was confirmed by qRT-PCR and western blot (right panel and inset). Fold changes against siGFP were calculated relative to Actin using the ΔΔCt method. F. TZM-bl cells were transfected with pcTat and treated the next day with DMSO or ATM inhibitor (10 μM) for 48 hours prior to being collected for ChIP analysis. Antibodies used for ChIP were anti-BRCA1 (10 μg), anti-V5 (10 μg), and anti- pS10-H3 (10 μg). Transfection and treatment assays were performed in triplicate and data represents averaged data of two independent experiments. Viability assays were performed in triplicate. Error bars show the standard error of two averaged independent measurements. Double asterisk indicates statistically significant difference p ≤ 0.01.
Given that caffeine is a generic inhibitor, we wanted to explore treatment with a more specific compound. To confirm the importance of ATM in this process, the small molecule ATM inhibitor, KU55933 (which we will refer to henceforth as ATMin) was utilized. This inhibitor has been shown to specifically inhibit ATM in the low IC50 of 12.9 nM without inhibiting ATR at doses of up to 100 μM [63]. As Chk2 also phosphorylates BRCA1 in response to DNA damage [64], a Chk2 inhibitor (Chk2in) was also tested. TZM-bl cells were transfected with Tat and treated the next day with vehicle or a titration of ATMin or Chk2in. Forty eight hours post-treatment the cells were subjected to both luciferase (Figure 5C) and viability assays (Figure 5D). The results showed a dose-dependent Tat-dependent LTR transcriptional inhibition of up to ~55% in the presence of ATMin but not Chk2in (compare lanes 6 and 9, panel C), demonstrating ATM kinase specificity in this inhibitory process. Both inhibitors showed no cytotoxicity. To further confirm the specific participation of ATM in Tat-dependent transcription, we performed ATM selective depletion in Tat-transfected TZM-bl cells. Results in Figure 5E indicate that upon ATM knockdown, Tat transactivation of the viral promoter is decreased by ~45%. As additional controls, ATM levels in these cells were assayed by qRT-PCR and western blot. ATM expression was successfully decreased (~40%) at the transcriptional level (compare lanes 3 and 4) and protein levels were decreased by ~54% (inset panel) as confirmed by western blot using antibodies against ATM and β-actin as a loading control.
In order to functionally link the inhibitor study findings to BRCA1, ChIP assays from Tat-transfected DMSO- and ATMin-treated TZM-bl cells were performed using antibodies against Histone H3 phosphorylated at serine 10 [pS10-H3 (positive control)], V5 (negative control), and BRCA1. Results in Figure 5F reveal total BRCA1 (lane 3, compare white and black bars) occupancy loss (~2-fold) from the activated HIV-1 LTR with ATMin treatment when compared to the DMSO control. It is important to note that we also observed a decrease in pS10-H3 binding to the LTR following ATMin treatment as well as a decrease in RNAP II binding following curcumin treatment (Figure 4C). These results indicate that these treatments are affecting more than just BRCA1 binding to the LTR. As we hypothesize that BRCA1 may be acting as a scaffold protein, there are likely multiple LTR binding factors that will be influenced if BRCA1 leaves the LTR. However, we cannot rule out a global change at the promoter after treatments that is affecting multiple binding partners. Taken together, these results suggest that BRCA1 phosphorylation plays a role in Tat-dependent transcription as observed indirectly by the inhibition of upstream BRCA1 activators. Also, they are suggestive of ATM-dependent BRCA1 phosphorylation requirement for its recruitment to the HIV-1 LTR in the presence of Tat. Moreover, these results show that LTR transcription is potently and specifically inhibited by ATMin. These observations are correlated with various studies implicating these kinases in HIV-1 infection [14,65-68]. For example, caffeine and caffeine-related methylxanthines, including FDA-approved theophylline, have been used to inhibit HIV-1 integration in primary cells [65]. Similarly, HIV-1 IN has been shown to stimulate an ATM-dependent DNA damage response and that in the absence of this enzyme, cells are sensitized to retroviral-induced death [67]. Thus, treatment with ATMin suppressed viral replication, not only of wild-type, but drug-resistant HIV-1. Of interest for the present study, caffeine has been found to prevent pTEF-b dissociation from its 7SK snRNP inactive complex, illustrating an additional mechanism for its inhibition of Tat-dependent transcription [69].
BRCA1 is present at the HIV-1 LTR in HIV infected T-cells
BRCA1 is present at the HIV-1 LTR in HIV infected T-cells. A. CEM cells were infected with NL4-3 virus (p24 = 5000 pg/ml) for 4 hours and collected 72 hours post-infection for ChIP analysis. Antibodies used for ChIP were anti-BRCA1 (10 μg), anti-V5 (10 μg), and anti-histone H3-phosphorylated at S10 (pS10-H3, 5 μg). Quantitative PCR was performed using SYBR Green PCR Master Mix to analyze immunoprecipitated material. B. CEM cells were pre-treated with DMSO or 10 μM ATM inhibitor (ATMin) for 2 hours. Cells were then infected with NL4-3 virus (p24 = 5000 pg/ml) for 4 hours, followed by post-treating the cells with DMSO or ATMin. Cells were collected 72 hours post-infection for ChIP analysis. Antibodies used for ChIP were anti-BRCA1 (10 μg), p-BRCA1 S1423 (10 μg), and anti-V5 (10 μg). Quantitative PCR was performed using SYBR Green PCR Master Mix to analyze immunoprecipitated material. Double asterisk indicates statistically significant difference p ≤ 0.01.
Conclusions
Our data has shown that BRCA1 functions as an enhancer of HIV-1 transcription through gain-of-function and loss-of-function studies. We have shown that BRCA1 region aa504-802 associates with Tat, encouraging the idea of its participation in Tat-dependent transcription. We have also used small molecule inhibitors as tools to assess the inhibitory effect of its targets on Tat-dependent HIV-1 5′ LTR transcription, highlighting the viability of therapeutic approaches targeting host cell proteins. BRCA1 phosphorylation in HIV-1 infected cells has primarily been described as a function of ATR as the effector kinase and as a DNA damage response event [11]. These data explored the effects of ATR/ATM-mediated phosphorylation of BRCA1 in Tat-dependent transcription. More importantly, we have shown for the first time that BRCA1 is present at the HIV-1 LTR in infection and that LTR occupancy by the phosphorylated species is decreased upon treatment with ATMin.
Methods
Cell culture and reagents
TZM-bl cells are engineered HeLa cells that express CD4, CCR5, and CXCR4 and contain integrated reporter genes for Firefly luciferase and β-galactosidase under the control of an HIV-1 long terminal repeat [70,71]. These cells were cultured to confluency in DMEM supplemented with 10% heat-inactivated FBS, 1% L-glutamine, and 1% streptomycin/penicillin (Gibco/BRL, Gaithersburg, MD, USA). UWB1.289 cells are derived from ovarian cancer in a germ line BRCA1 mutation carrier and lack expression of BRCA1 [40]. UWB1.289 + BRCA1 cells are a stable UWB1.289 derivative cell line carrying a pcDNA3 plasmid coding for wild-type hemagglutinin-tagged BRCA1 [72]. Cells were purchased from the American Type Culture Collection (Manassas, VA, USA) and were maintained in 1:1 RPMI 1640/MEGM (Lonza, Walkersville, MD, USA) supplemented with 3% fetal bovine serum. CEM is an uninfected T-cell line and is grown in RPMI media containing 10% FBS, 1% L-glutamine, and 1% streptomycin/penicillin.
Protein extracts and immunoblotting
Cells were collected, washed once with PBS and pelleted. For immunoprecipitation, cells were lysed in a buffer containing Tris–HCl pH 7.5, 120 mM NaCl, 5 mM EDTA, 0.5% NP-40, 50 mM NaF, 0.2 mM Na3VO4, 1 mM DTT and one tablet complete protease inhibitor cocktail per 50 ml. Lysis was performed under ice-cold conditions, incubated on ice for 30 min and spun at 4°C for 5 min at 14,000 rpm. The protein concentration for each preparation was determined with by Bradford assay (Sigma Aldrich, St. Louis, MO, USA). For immunoblotting, lysis buffer consisted of a 1:1 mixture of T-PER reagent (Pierce, Rockford, IL, USA) and 2X Tris-glycine SDS sample buffer (Novex, Life Technologies, Carlsbad, CA, USA), 33 mM DTT, and protease and phosphatase inhibitor mixture (1X Halt mixture, Pierce). Cells were collected directly in lysis buffer and boiled for 10 min. Cell extracts were resolved by SDS-PAGE on a 4-20% tris-glycine gel (Invitrogen, Life Technologies). Proteins were transferred to PVDF membranes by overnight transfer as described by the manufacturer (Invitrogen, Life Technologies). Membranes were blocked with PBS 0.1% Tween-20 + 3% BSA. Primary antibodies against specified proteins were incubated with the membrane in blocking solution overnight at 4°C. Antibodies against BRCA1 (sc-642) and BRG1 (sc-10768) were purchased from Santa Cruz Biotechnology (Santa Cruz, CA, USA). The ATM (2873) antibody was purchased from Cell Signaling (Beverly, MA, USA). The β-actin antibody (ab49900) was purchased from Abcam (Boston, MA, USA). Anti-Flag (F3165) was purchased from Sigma Aldrich. Membranes were washed twice with PBS + 0.1% Tween-20 and incubated with HRP-conjugated secondary antibody for 1 hour in blocking solution. Presence of secondary antibody (#32430 and #32460, Pierce) was detected by SuperSignal West Dura Extended Duration Substrate (Pierce). Luminescence was visualized on a Molecular Imager ChemiDoc XRS system Bio-Rad station (Bio-Rad, Hercules, CA, USA).
Small molecule compounds
The ATM kinase inhibitor (ATMin) 2-morpholin-4-yl-6-thianthren-1-yl-pyran-4-one (KU55933) and Chk2 kinase inhibitor (Chk2in) 2-(4-(4-chlorophenoxy)phenyl)-1H-benzimidazole-5-carboxamide, were purchased from EMD4 Biosciences (Gibbstown, NJ, USA). Caffeine was purchased from Sigma Aldrich. Curcumin was purchased from Santa Cruz Biotechnology (sc-200509). All inhibitors were prepared in 10 mM stock solution dissolved in DMSO.
Transfections
UWB1.289 and UWB1.289 + BRCA1 cells were seeded in a 96-well plate and co-transfected with 0.5 μg of pRL-CMV-luciferase reporter (Renilla), HIV-1 LTR-luciferase reporter (Firefly), and pcTat101. The Renilla reporter plasmid was co-transfected to allow correction for differences in transfection efficiency. For siRNA transfection, TZM-bl cells were co-transfected in a 96-well plate with pcTat101 (0.5 μg) and siRNA against GFP (#P-002048-01-20, Dharmacon, Lafayette, CO, USA), Hs_BRCA1_15 or Hs_ATM_5 (#SI02664368 and #SI00299299, Qiagen, Valencia, CA, USA), using DharmaFECT Duo (Dharmacon). For other transcriptional assays, TZM-bl cells were co-transfected in a 96-well plate with pcTat101, BRCA1 (wild-type) [73], or BRCA1 4P (S1387A/S1423A/S1457A/ S1524A) mutant [constructed by swapping a cDNA fragment harboring the S1387A and S1423A mutations into the wild-type plasmid followed by adding additional mutations with sequential rounds of QuikChange site-directed mutagenesis (Stratagene, Santa Clara, CA, USA) using primer sets: 5′-GCAGTATTAACTGC ACAGAAAAGTAGTG-3′ and 5′-CACTACT TTTCTGTGCAGTTAATACTGC-3′ (S1457A); 5′-GAATAGAAACTACCCAGCTCAAGAGG A-3′ and 5′-GAGCTCCTCTTGAGCTGGGT AGTTTCTATTC-3′(S1524A)]. All cells were collected for luminescence analysis 48 hours post-transfection, and all transfections were performed using the Attractene reagent according to the manufacturer’s instructions (Qiagen) unless noted otherwise.
Luciferase and viability assays
Forty-eight hours post-transfection or drug treatment, luciferase activity of the Firefly luciferase was measured with Dual-Glo (for assays using Renilla luciferase) or Bright-Glo Luciferase Assay (Promega, Madison, WI, USA). Alternatively, CellTiter-Glo (Promega) was used to measure viability following the manufacturer’s recommendations. Luminescence was read from a 96-well plate on an EG&G Berthold luminometer (Berthold Technologies, Oak Ridge, TN, USA).
GST pull-down and immunoprecipitation
GST tagged proteins were purified as described previously [59]. Constructs were washed three times with PBS + 1% Triton X-100, pelleted and resuspended in PBS + 1% Triton X-100. Bead volume was normalized between samples by the addition of extra bead slurry prepared in the same manner for each condition. Whole cell protein extract from TZM-bl cells that were transfected with Flag-Tat101 for 48 hours was brought up to a final volume of 500 μl with lysis buffer and 1 μg of GST-BRCA1 constructs (1–500, 504–802, 697–1276, 1021–1552, 1501–1861) were rotated at 4°C overnight. GST-alone and GST-Tat beads were washed once with TNE150 + 0.1% NP-40 and twice with TNE50 + 0.1% NP-40. GST-BRCA1 beads were washed once with TNE300 + 0.1% NP-40, once with TNE150 + 0.1% NP-40, and once with TNE50 + 0.1% NP-40. For IP, 1 mg of whole cell protein was brought up to a final volume of 500 μl with TNE50 + 0.1% NP-40 and pre-cleared for 15 min with 50 μl of 30% A/G agarose bead slurry (CalBioChem, La Jolla, CA). Supernatants were transferred to a new tube with 10 μg of BRCA1 or normal rabbit IgG antibodies (Santa Cruz), and the solution was rotated overnight at 4°C. The next day complexes were precipitated with A/G beads for 90 min. Beads were washed once with TNE150 + 0.1% NP-40 and twice with TNE50 + 0.1% NP-40. Cells were collected directly in lysis buffer and boiled for 10 min. The GST-construct plasmids pDC78 GST-BRCA1 (1–500), pDC80 GST-BRCA1 (1021–1552), pDC81 GST-BRCA1 (1501–1861), pDC99 GST-BRCA1 (504–802), pDC208 GST-BRCA1 (697–1276) were originally a kind gift from Dr. Tanya Paull at the University of Texas/ICMB [58].
Reporter virus generation and infections
pHCMV-G [74], which expresses the vesicular stomatitis virus glycoprotein, and pCMVΔR8.2 [75] have been previously described. pNL-RRE-SA-Luc was generated from pNL-Luc-RRE-SA [76] and pNL-RRE-SA [77] by inserting the luciferase gene (Firefly) within the XhoI cloning site of pNL-RRE-SA. Pseudotyped virions were prepared by co-transfecting 4×106 HEK-293 T cells with 7.5 μg of packaging construct pCMVΔR8.2, 10 μg of reporter vector plasmid pNL-RRE-SA-Luc, and 2.5 μg of the envelope plasmid pHCMV-G using Lipofectamine 2000 (Invitrogen, Life Technologies) as recommended by the manufacturer. Viral particles were harvested 2 days post-transfection, filtered through a 0.45 μm nitrocellulose membrane, and stored at −80°C. Levels of p24 in the viral supernatant were measured by ELISA using an in-house ELISA kit. Twenty-four hours before infection, UWB1.289 and UWB1.289 + BRCA1 cells were seeded in a 96-well plate and co-transfected with 0.25 μg of pRL-CMV-luciferase reporter (Renilla), and pcDNA or pcTat101. The next day, the cells were infected in 150 μL of medium containing virus (p24 = 2,000 pg). Twenty-four hours post-infection the cells were processed for luciferase readings using the Dual-Glo system (Promega).
HIV-1 NL4-3 was generated by transfection of plasmid pNL4-3 into HEK293T cells using lipofectamine 2000 (Invitrogen) as described previously [77]. For infection, CEM T-cells were incubated with the virus (p24 = 5,000 pg/ml) for 4 hours and then washed twice with medium to remove unbound viral particles. Infected cells were resuspended in fresh RPMI supplemented with 10% heat-inactivated FBS and incubated for 72 hours prior to ChIP assays.
Chromatin immunoprecipitation assays
Cells were crosslinked with 1% paraformaldehyde for 10 min and crosslinking was stopped by the addition of 125 mM glycine. Chromatin fragments were prepared from 5x106 cells per sample. Cells were lysed using SDS lysis buffer (1% SDS, 10 mM EDTA, 50 mM Tris–HCl pH 8.0, one tablet complete protease inhibitor cocktail per 50 ml) on ice for 10 min. Cells were sonicated on ice for 6 bursts of 10 seconds to obtain an average DNA length of 500 to 1000 bp (Misonix XL 2000, Misonix, NY, USA). Samples were processed as previously described [78]. Quantitative PCR was performed using SYBR Green PCR Master Mix (#4309155, Applied Biosystems, Foster City, CA) with 5 μl of immunoprecipitated material, 0.2 μM of primer [HIV-1 LTR (−69 − +175) Forward 5′-CTGGGCGGGACTGGGGAG-3′ and Reverse 5′-TCACACAACAGACGGGCACAC-3′]. The antibodies used for immunoprecipitation were as follows: total RNAP II CTD (ab817, Abcam), pS10-H3 (Novex, Life Technologies), BRCA1 (sc-642, Santa Cruz), p-BRCA1 S1423 (sc-101647, Santa, Cruz), Sp1 (5931, Cell Signaling), (IgG (sc-2027, Santa Cruz) or V5 (AbD Serotec, Oxford, UK).
qRT-PCR
RNA analysis of BRCA1 and ATM transcripts was performed after selective depletion with the respective siRNA. Total RNA was isolated from cell pellets using the RNeasy Kit (Qiagen) according to the manufacturer’s protocol. A total of 300 ng of RNA was used to generate cDNA with the High-Capacity RNA-to-cDNA Kit (#4387406, Invitrogen, Life Technologies) following manufacturer’s recommendations. Quantitative PCR was performed with SYBR Green PCR Master Mix Applied Biosystems). Fold changes were calculated relative to Actin using the ΔΔCt method. Primers used are described: BRCA1 Forward 5′-GGCTATCCTCTCAGAGTGACA TTT-3′ and Reverse 5′-GCTTTATCAGGTTAT GTTGCATGGT-3′ [79], ATM Forward 5′- CAGGGTAGTTTAGTTGAGGTTGACAG-3′ and Reverse 5′- CTATACTGGTGGTCAGTG CCAAAGT-3′ [80].
Declarations
Acknowledgements
We would like to thank Dr. Aarthi Narayanan (National Center for Biodefense and Infectious Diseases, George Mason University, Manassas, VA, USA) for generously providing the curcumin. We thank Dr. Fatah Kashanchi (National Center for Biodefense and Infectious Diseases, George Mason University, Manassas, VA, USA) for helpful discussions. Publication of this article was funded in part by the George Mason University Libraries Open Access Publishing Fund.
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