Rab27a controls HIV-1 1 assembly by regulating plasma membrane levels of phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate

PEHUÉN PEREYRA GERBER; MERCEDES CABRINI; CAROLINA JANCIC; LUCIANA PAOLETTI; CLAUDIA BANCHIO; CATALINA VON BILDERLING; LORENA SIGAUT; LÍA ISABEL PIETRASANTA; GABRIEL DUETTE; ERIC O. FREED; GENEVIEVE DE SAINT BASILE; CATARINA FERREIRA MOITA; LUIS FERREIRA MOITA; SEBASTIAN AMIGORENA; PHILIPPE BENAROCH; JORGE GEFFNER; MATÍAS OSTROWSKI

JOURNAL OF CELL BIOLOGY

ROCKEFELLER UNIV PRESS

Lugar: New York; Año: 2015 vol. 209 p. 435 - 452

0021-9525

During the late stages of the HIV-1 replication cycle, the viral polyprotein Pr55Gag  is recruited to the plasma membrane (PM), where it binds phosphatidylinositol4,5- bisphosphate [PI(4,5)P2] and directs HIV-1 assembly. We show that Rab27a controls the trafficking of late endosomes carrying phosphatidylinositol 4-kinase type 2 alpha (PI4KIIa) towards the PM of CD4+ T cells. Hence, Rab27a promotes high levels of PM phosphatidylinositol 4-phosphate and the localized production of PI(4,5)P2, therefore controlling Pr55Gag membrane association. Rab27a also controls PI(4,5)P2 levels at the Virus-Containing Compartments of macrophages. By screening Rab27a effectors, we identified that Slp2a, Slp3 and Slac2b are required for the association of Pr55Gag  with the PM and that Slp2a cooperates with Rab27a in the recruitment of PI4KIIa to the PM. We conclude that by directing the trafficking of PI4KIIa-positive endosomes towards the PM, Rab27a controls PI(4,5)P2 production and, consequently, HIV-1 replication.