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History says, don’t hope On this side of the grave But then, once in a lifetime The longed-for tidal wave Of justice can rise up And hope and history rhyme. Seamus Heaney, 1995 Nobel Laureate in Literature 1996 UNC commencement speaker “Voices from Lemnos”. The dawn of HIV - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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History says, don’t hopeOn this side of the graveBut then, once in a lifetimeThe longed-for tidal waveOf justice can rise upAnd hope and history rhyme.
Seamus Heaney,1995 Nobel Laureate in Literature1996 UNC commencement speaker “Voices from Lemnos”
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In May 1983: doctors at the Institute Pasteur in France reported that they had isolated a new virus, which they suggested might be the cause of AIDS.Barre-Sinoussi F. … and Montagnier L. (1983), 'Isolation of a T-Lymphotropic retrovirus from a patient at risk for Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS)', Science, May 20
In May 1983: doctors at the NIH in the US reported that a retrovirus virus related to Human T cell Leukemia virus was present in patients with AIDS.Gelman EP … and Gallo RC. (1983), “Proviral DNA of a retrovirus, human T-cell leukemia virus, in two patients with’AIDS, Science, May 20
January 1985 It becomes clear that LAV and HTLV-III are the same virus andThe FDA licenses the first blood test for AIDS
The dawn of HIVA retrovirus causes AIDS
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In May 1983: doctors at the Institute Pasteur in France reported that they had isolated a new virus, which they suggested might be the cause of AIDS.Barre-Sinoussi F. … and Montagnier L. (1983), 'Isolation of a T-Lymphotropic retrovirus from a patient at risk for Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS)', Science, May 20
In May 1983: doctors at the NIH in the US reported that a retrovirus virus related to Human T cell Leukemia virus was present in patients with AIDS.Gelman EP … and Gallo RC. (1983), “Proviral DNA of a retrovirus, human T-cell leukemia virus, in two patients with’AIDS, Science, May 20
January 1985 It becomes clear that LAV and HTLV-III are the same virus andThe FDA licenses the first blood test for AIDS
But what isa retrovirus?
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But what isa retrovirus?
THE BIOLOGY OF HIV, SIV, AND OTHER LENTIVIRUSES: Harrington and Swanstrom
Retroviruses are part of a big family tree!
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To understand this discoveryWe need to go back to the beginning
DNA -> RNA -> Proteins
The central dogma--Don’t forget this!
We called this step translation
DNA -> RNA -> Proteins
How about this step?
DNA -> RNA -> Proteins
It’s called Transcription
DNA -> RNA -> Proteins
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• Cellular machines are largely made up of proteins.
• Proteins are made up of chains of amino acids.
• The sequence of these amino acids are "encoded" in the cell's DNA. DNA is transcribed into RNA, which is then translated into protein.
• When one gene is mutated, one protein (a machine) is affected (usually disabled).
As a general rule, one gene encodes one protein
This information flows requiresmachinery to carry it out
DNA RNA Protein
ReplicationDNA Polymerase
Transcription Translation
RNA Polymerase Ribosome
Process in Black, Enzyme in Blue
Enzymes are machines (most often made of only proteins) that catalyze a specific biochemical reaction
Transcription looks like this
Or in a slightly more detailed view
Many viruses have genomes like ours, composed of DNA
Other viruses have genomes that skip DNA
But retroviruses do things differently
Retroviruses. CSHL Press Fig. 1-5
RNA
DNA
RNA
But retroviruses do things differently
Retroviruses. CSHL Press Fig. 1-5
RNA
DNA
RNA
This part is BACKWARDS
Retroviruses. CSHL Press Fig. 1-5
RNA
DNA
RNA
How do they do that??
Let’s take a closer look at the virus
Let’s take a closer look at the virus
How does HIV infect new people?
How does HIV infect new people?
How does HIV infect new people?
How does HIV infect new people?
Now let’s look closely to what happens when virus enters T cells
And if we look Even more closely
Retroviruses have stripped down genomesSo they make good use of what they have
Let’s look at reverse transcriptase
Science. 1992 Jun 26;256(5065):1783-90
It’s a distant relative of DNA polymerase!
=Bacterial DNA polymersae
Encoded in pol are reverse transcriptase, RNAse H, and integrase!
Reverse transcriptase, the amazing enzyme that does it all
This will be important later!
This remarkable reversal of the central dogma wasSimultaneously discovered by David Baltimore and Howard TeminAnd earned them the1975 Nobel Prize in Medicine or Physiology
David Baltimore
Howard Temin
Now that the provirus is integrated in your DNA,It can generate new viruses
This involves transcription,Translation and processing of viral proteins
The Gag protein gets cleaved into piecesby an enzyme called a protease
The Gag protein gets cleaved into piecesby an enzyme called a protease
Gag Capsid
Matrix
This cleavage is essential to make an infectious virion!