RT info:eu-repo/semantics/article T1 Transactive Response DNA- Binding Protein (TARDBP/TDP-43) Regulates Cell Permissivity to HIV- 1 Infection by Acting on HDAC6. A1 Valenzuela Fernández, Agustín A1 Cabrera Rodríguez, Romina A1 Pérez Yanes, Silvia A1 Montelongo, Rafaela A1 Lorenzo Salazar, José M. A1 Estévez Herrera, Judith A1 García Luis, Jonay A1 Íñigo Campos, Antonio A1 Rubio Rodríguez, Luis A. A1 Muñoz Barrera, Adrián A1 Trujillo González, Rodrigo Francisco A1 Dorta Guerra, Roberto A1 Casado, Concha A1 Pernas, María A1 Blanco, Julià A1 Flores, Carlos A2 Medicina Física y Farmacología A2 Grupo "Inmunología Celular y Viral" K1 TARDBP/TDP-43 K1 HDAC6 K1 pore fusion formation K1 cell-permissivity K1 HIV-1 infection AB The transactive response DNA-binding protein (TARDBP/TDP-43) influences the processing of diverse transcripts, including that of histone deacetylase 6 (HDAC6). Here, we assessed TDP-43activity in terms of regulating CD4+ T-cell permissivity to HIV-1 infection. We observed that overexpression of wt-TDP-43 increased both mRNA and protein levels of HDAC6, resulting in impairedHIV-1 infection independently of the viral envelope glycoprotein complex (Env) tropism. Consistently, using an HIV-1 Env-mediated cell-to-cell fusion model, the overexpression of TDP-43 levelsnegatively affected viral Env fusion capacity. Silencing of endogenous TDP-43 significantly decreasedHDAC6 levels and increased the fusogenic and infection activities of the HIV-1 Env. Using pseudovirus bearing primary viral Envs from HIV-1 individuals, overexpression of wt-TDP-43 stronglyreduced the infection activity of Envs from viremic non-progressors (VNP) and rapid progressors(RP) patients down to the levels of the inefficient HIV-1 Envs observed in long-term non-progressorelite controllers (LTNP-EC). On the contrary, silencing endogenous TDP-43 significantly favored theinfectivity of primary Envs from VNP and RP individuals, and notably increased the infection ofthose from LTNP-EC. Taken together, our results indicate that TDP-43 shapes cell permissivity toHIV-1 infection, affecting viral Env fusion and infection capacities by altering the HDAC6 levels andassociated tubulin-deacetylase anti-HIV-1 activity YR 2022 FD 2022 LK http://riull.ull.es/xmlui/handle/915/35372 UL http://riull.ull.es/xmlui/handle/915/35372 LA en DS Repositorio institucional de la Universidad de La Laguna RD 29-may-2024