HIV - retroviruses Flashcards
Pneumocystis Carinii Pneumonia
rare lung infection
pts usually cured in 1 ten day treatment or died
but pts were asking for refills
clustering of these cases
Kaposi’s Sarcoma
relatively benign cancer usually seen in elderly
but cases were starting to present in 1981 in young gay men
AIDS defined by CDC in
september of 1982
1983
science realized that HIV-1 is causative agent of AIDS
retroviruses
enveloped
+ssRNA
that replicate through DNA intermediate using reverse transcriptase
Deltaretrovirus
complex
Oncovirinae
causes Human T cell leukemia
Lentivirus
complex
Lentivirinae
HIV-1, HIV-2, FIV
retroviruses encode
RNA dependent DNA pol transcriptase
Retroviruses replicate through
a DNA intermediate termed Provirus
How is provirus integrated into the host genome?
with help of integrase
What genes do simple retroviruses encode?
gag
pol
env
Complex retroviruses encode
accessory genes tat rev nef vif vpr vpu
what enzymes does GAG encode?
MA
CA
NC
MA
matrix protein that lines the envelope
CA
capsid protein
protects the core
most abundant
NC
Nucleocapsid protein
protects the genome
forms the core
Proteins that POL encodes?
RT
IN
PR
RT
reverse transcriptase
transcribes RNA genome
has RNAseH activity
IN
integrase protein
encoded by pool gene
needed for integration of provirus
PR
protease
essential for gag protein cleavage during maturation
ENV encodes proteins
SU
TM
SU
surface glycoprotein
outer envelop glycoprotein
major virus antigen