Interactions between HIV proteins and host restriction factors: implications for potential therapeutic intervention in HIV infection

F Rashid, SD Zaongo, H Iqbal, V Harypursat… - Frontiers in …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Different host proteins target different HIV proteins and antagonize their functions,
depending on the stage of the HIV life cycle and the stage of infection. Concurrently, HIV …

Beyond Impairment of Virion Infectivity: New Activities of the Anti-HIV Host Cell Factor SERINC5

S Sid Ahmed, K Bajak, OT Fackler - Viruses, 2024 - mdpi.com
Members of the serine incorporator (SERINC) protein family exert broad antiviral activity,
and many viruses encode SERINC antagonists to circumvent these restrictions. Significant …

[HTML][HTML] HIV Nef expression down-modulated GFAP expression and altered glutamate uptake and release and proliferation in astrocytes

KM Wilson, JJ He - Aging and disease, 2023 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
HIV infection of astrocytes leads to restricted gene expression and replication but abundant
expression of HIV early genes Tat, Nef and Rev. A great deal of neuroHIV research has so …

Variation in HIV-1 Nef function within and among viral subtypes reveals genetically separable antagonism of SERINC3 and SERINC5

SW Jin, FM Mwimanzi, JK Mann, MB Bwana… - PLoS …, 2020 - journals.plos.org
HIV Nef counteracts cellular host restriction factors SERINC3 and SERINC5, but our
understanding of how naturally occurring global Nef sequence diversity impacts these …

HIV-1 Nef interacts with the cyclin K/CDK13 complex to antagonize SERINC5 for optimal viral infectivity

Q Chai, S Li, MK Collins, R Li, I Ahmad, SF Johnson… - Cell reports, 2021 - cell.com
Summary HIV-1-negative factor (Nef) protein antagonizes serine incorporator 5 (SERINC5)
by redirecting this potent restriction factor to the endosomes and lysosomes for degradation …

HIV-1 subtype C Nef-mediated SERINC5 down-regulation significantly contributes to overall Nef activity

D Naicker, N Sonela, SW Jin, T Mulaudzi, D Ojwach… - Retrovirology, 2023 - Springer
Background Nef performs multiple cellular activities that enhance HIV-1 pathogenesis. The
role of Nef-mediated down-regulation of the host restriction factor SERINC5 in HIV-1 …

Differential Pressures of SERINC5 and IFITM3 on HIV-1 Envelope Glycoprotein over the Course of HIV-1 Infection

S Beitari, Q Pan, A Finzi, C Liang - Journal of virology, 2020 - Am Soc Microbiol
Infection of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) is subject to restriction by cellular
factors. Serine incorporator 5 (SERINC5) and interferon-inducible transmembrane 3 …

Cul3-KLHL20 E3 ubiquitin ligase plays a key role in the arms race between HIV-1 Nef and host SERINC5 restriction

S Li, R Li, I Ahmad, X Liu, SF Johnson, L Sun… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
HIV-1 must counteract various host restrictions to establish productive infection. SERINC5 is
a potent restriction factor that blocks HIV-1 entry from virions, but its activity is counteracted …

HIV-1 restriction by SERINC5

L Cano-Ortiz, T Luedde, C Münk - Medical Microbiology and Immunology, 2023 - Springer
Serine incorporator 5 (SERINC5 or SER5) is a multipass transmembrane protein with ill-
defined cellular activities. SER5 was recently described as a human immunodeficiency virus …

An amino acid polymorphism within the HIV-1 Nef dileucine motif functionally uncouples cell surface CD4 and SERINC5 downregulation

MJ Mumby, AL Johnson, SM Trothen… - Journal of …, 2021 - Am Soc Microbiol
ABSTRACT Serine incorporator 5 (SERINC5) reduces the infectivity of progeny HIV-1 virions
by incorporating into the outer host-derived viral membrane during egress. To counter …