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HIV-1 NUCLEAR IMPORT: IN SEARCH OF A LEADER
Michael I. Bukrinsky1 and Omar K. Haffar2
1 The Picower Institute for Medical Research, Manhasset, NY 11030, 2Cytokine Networks Inc., 101 Elliott Ave West, Suite 428, Seattle, WA 98119
Received 11/7/97 Accepted 11/14/97
TABLE OF CONTENTS
- 1. Abstract
- 2. Introduction
- 3. Cellular Nuclear Import Machinery
- 4. HIV-1 Nuclear Import
- 4.1. Role of active nuclear import in the HIV-1 life cycle
4.2. Viral proteins that regulate nuclear import
4.2.1. Matrix Antigen (MA)
4.2.2. Integrase (IN)
4.2.3. Viral Protein R (Vpr)
- 5. Nuclear Import as a Drug Target
- 5.1. Compounds which inactivate viral NLSs
5.2. Compounds which bind to karyopherin alpha
5.3. Perspectives for development of nuclear import inhibitors as anti-HIV drugs.
- 6. Summary and Conclusions
- 7. Acknowledgment
- 8. References
- 9. Entire manuscript
Key words: Karyopherin, HIV-1, Vpr, Matrix antigen, Nuclear import, Anti-retroviral therapy, Preintegration complex
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