Abstract
In this study, we demonstrate that the 7SK small nuclear ribonucleoprotein (snRNP) complex is recruited to the HIV-1 promoter via newly-synthesized HIV-1 nascent transcripts (short transcripts) in an hnRNP A1-dependent manner and negatively regulates viral transcript elongation. Our deep-sequence analysis showed these short transcripts were mainly arrested at approximately +50 to +70 nucleotides from the transcriptional start site in the U1 cells, an HIV-1 latent model. TNF-α treatment promptly disrupted the 7SK snRNP complex on the nascent transcripts and viral elongated transcripts were increased. This report provides insight into how 7SK snRNP complex is recruited to HIV-1 promoter in the absence of Tat.
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