Genetic Studies with the Fission YeastSchizosaccharomyces pombe Suggest Involvement of Wee1, Ppa2, and Rad24 in Induction of Cell Cycle Arrest by Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 Vpr

ABSTRACT Accessory protein Vpr of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) arrests cell cycling at G2/M phase in human and simian cells. Recently, it has been shown that Vpr also causes cell cycle arrest in the fission yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe, which shares the cell cycle regulatory mechanisms with higher eukaryotes including humans. In this study, in order to identify host cellular factors involved in Vpr-induced cell cycle arrest, the ability of Vpr to cause elongated cellular morphology (cdcphenotype) typical of G2/M cell cycle arrest in wild-type and various mutant strains of S. pombe was examined. Our results indicated that Vpr caused the cdc phenotype in wild-type S. pombe as well as in strains carrying mutations, such as the cdc2-3w, Δcdc25,rad1-1, Δchk1, Δmik1, and Δppa1 strains. However, other mutants, such as thecdc2-1w, Δwee1, Δppa2, and Δrad24 strains, failed to show a distinct cdcphenotype in response to Vpr expression. Results of these genetic studies suggested that Wee1, Ppa2, and Rad24 might be required for induction of cell cycle arrest by HIV-1 Vpr. Cell proliferation was inhibited by Vpr expression in all of the strains examined including the ones that did not show the cdc phenotype. The results supported the previously suggested possibility that Vpr affects the cell cycle and cell proliferation through different pathways.

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