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Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
Short communication: SAHA (vorinostat) induces CDK9 Thr-186 (T-loop) phosphorylation in resting CD4+ T cells: implications for reactivation of latent HIV.
AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses 2015 January
The histone deacetylase inhibitor (HDACi) suberoylanilide hydroxyamic acid (SAHA), also known as vorinostat, has recently been reported to activate latent HIV-1 in patients undergoing antiretroviral therapy. It is possible that SAHA reactivation of latent viruses may involve effects on cellular transcription factors such as positive transcription elongation factor b (P-TEFb), a protein kinase whose core is composed of CDK9 and Cyclin T1. P-TEFb is recruited by the HIV-1 Tat protein to activate productive RNA polymerase II elongation of the integrated provirus. We found that SAHA treatment of isolated resting CD4(+) T cells induced CDK9 Thr-186 (T-loop) phosphorylation in six of eight healthy donors and increased Cyclin T1 expression in one donor; Thr-186 phosphorylation is required for P-TEFb function. Disulfiram, another small molecule currently under evaluation in clinical trials for reactivation of latent HIV-1, was also found capable of inducing CDK9 Thr-186 phosphorylation and Cyclin T1 levels in resting CD4(+) T cells from healthy donors. In a Jurkat CD4(+) T cells HIV-1 latency system, disulfiram reactivated the latent provirus and induced CDK9 Thr-186 phosphorylation. Our findings suggest that small molecules capable of reactivating latent HIV-1 in resting CD4(+) T cells may function in part by increasing CDK9 Thr-186 phosphorylation and perhaps Cyclin T1 expression, thereby up-regulating P-TEFb function.
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