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Educator Materials Demonstration HIV Protease Inhibitors
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HIVPROTEASEINHIBITORSOVERVIEW
Thisdemonstrationispartofaseriesofactivitiesanddemonstrationsfocusingonvariousaspectsofthehumanimmunodeficiencyvirus(HIV)lifecycle.
HIVisaretrovirus,atypeofvirusthatintegratesitsgenomeintothehostcell’sgenome.(Twootheractivitiesfocusonthereversetranscriptionandintegrationstepsoftheviralreplicationcycle.)HIVhasgenescommontoallretroviruses(thegenesgag,pol,andenv)thatencodestructuralproteinsandenzymes,aswellasgenesthatareuniquetoitsviralstructureandfunction.Thisactivityfocusesonthegagandpolgenes.ThesetwogenesaretranscribedintoasingleRNAmolecule,whichisthentranslatedtoproduceasinglepolyprotein.TheGag-PolpolyproteiniscleavedbytheHIVproteaseenzymetogeneratesixproteinsessentialforassemblingthevirusparticle.
Duringthisactivity,youwilldemonstratethemechanismbywhichtheGag-PolpolyproteinisproducedandcleavedbyHIVprotease.ThedemonstrationmodelsthisprocessandalsoshowshowinhibitingHIVproteaseactivitypreventsthevirusfromcreatingmatureproteins.ProteaseinhibitorsareaclassofdrugsusedtotreatHIVinfection.
KEYCONCEPTSANDLEARNINGOBJECTIVES
• HIVRNAcanbetranslatedintopolyproteins;post-translationalcleavageofthesepolyproteinsresultsinthegenerationoffunctionalviralproteins.
• OneofthedrugsdevelopedagainstHIVinterfereswiththefunctionofanHIVenzyme,aprotease,responsibleforcleavingHIVpolyproteins.
Studentswillbeableto
• applytheconceptsofproteinsynthesisandenzymefunctiontoviralreplicationandtheHIVlifecycle.
CURRICULUMCONNECTIONS
Curriculum Standards
NGSS(2013) HS-LS1-1
APBiology(2013) 3.B.1;3.C.3;4.A.1;4.B.1
KEYTERMS
virus,genome,DNA,mRNA,gene,transcription,translation,enzyme,ribosome,inhibitor,protease,protein,capsid,reversetranscriptase,integrase,polymerase,5’cap,3’tail
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TIMEREQUIREMENTS
IfstudentsarefamiliarwiththeHIVlifecycle,thedemonstrationitselftakesapproximately15minutes.Preparationofmaterialsshouldtakeabout30minutesthefirsttimeitisdone.
SUGGESTEDAUDIENCE
ThislessonisappropriateforAPBiology.
PRIORKNOWLEDGE
Studentsshouldbefamiliarwiththeprocessesoftranscriptionandtranslationineukaryoticcells.
MATERIALS
• Woodendowel7/8inchindiametertorepresentHIVRNA.
o Thedowelcanbepurchasedatmosthomeimprovementorcraftstoresoronline.
o Thedowelshouldbepreparedaheadofclassbycoloringdifferentpartstoindicatedifferentgenesorgroupsofgenes.
• Rollofcashregistertape2¼”×130ft(57mm×39m)torepresentthehostcell’sribosome.
o Thecashregistertapeisavailableatmostbusinesssupplystoresoronline.
o Thepaperrolledoutofthecashregistertapewillrepresentthepolyproteinbeingsynthesized.
o Besurethatthecentralcoreoftheregistertapefitsoverthewoodendowel.
• Scissorstorepresenttheviralproteaseenzyme.
• Styrofoamcone2¾”×17/8”(69.85mm×47.62mm)torepresenttheproteaseinhibitor.
o TheStyrofoamconescanbefoundintheflowerarrangementdepartmentofmostcraftstoresoronline.
o Theconeshouldbelargeenoughtofitbetweenthebladesofthescissorsandpreventthescissorsfromcutting.
TEACHINGTIPS
Beforeconductingthedemonstration
• IfstudentsarenotfamiliarwiththestructureofHIV,itwillbehelpfulforthemtobecomefamiliarwiththebasics.HIVisanenvelopedretrovirusthatconsistsofanRNAgenome,aviralcapsid,andanoutermembrane,orenvelope,withembeddedproteins.ToseethestructureofHIV,visittheinteractive“VirusExplorer”athttps://www.hhmi.org/biointeractive/virus-explorer.ShowstudentstheHIVcrosssectionandpointouttothemtheHIVcapsidprotein(encodedbythegaggene)andtheintegrase,reversetranscriptase,andproteaseenzymes(encodedbythepolgene).Alsopoint
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outtheHIVRNAgenome.NotethatthefullHIVgenomeisencodedonasinglestrandofRNA.However,eachvirusparticlecontainstwoseparate,identicalRNAstrands.
• StudentsshouldalsobefamiliarwiththekeyeventsintheHIVlifecycle.Mainly,whenHIVinfectsacell,theHIVRNAgenomeisreverse-transcribedintoDNA,whichisthenintegratedintothehumangenome.ThisDNAcopyoftheHIVgenomeisthentranscribedintoRNAbythehostcellmachinery.TheHIVRNAcanbeincorporatedintonewvirusparticlesortranslatedintoproteins.AnanimationoftheHIVlifecycleisavailableathttps://www.hhmi.org/biointeractive/hiv-life-cycle.
• Studentsmaywonderwhetherhumancellsalsoproducepolyproteins.Humancellsdonotproducepolyproteins.Inhumancells,mRNAsaretypicallytranslatedintosingleproteins.However,severalRNAvirusesproducepolyproteins.Becausethismechanismisnotusedbyhostcellsandutilizesviralenzymes,theseenzymesmakegoodtargetsforantiviraldrugs.
Aftercompletingthedemonstration
• Aftercompletingtheactivity,youmaywanttoshowstudentsananimationdemonstratingproteaseinhibitionavailableathttp://www.hhmi.org/biointeractive/protease-inhibitors.
• StudentsmaywonderhowproteaseinhibitorsrelatetootherdrugsusedtotreatHIV.OtherdrugsareavailablethattargetdifferentstepsintheHIVlifecycle:viralentry,reversetranscription,integration,andproteincleavage.Thefirstsuchdrug,azidothymidine,whichinhibitstheviralreversetranscriptaseenzyme,wasapprovedbytheFoodandDrugAdministrationin1987.Thefirstproteaseinhibitor,saquinavir,wasapprovedin1995.Asof2015,eightproteaseinhibitorswerecommerciallyavailabletotreatHIV.BecauseHIVmutatesrapidlyduetothelackofproofreadingcapacityofreversetranscriptase,resistancecaneasilydevelopagainstanydrug.Tocombatresistance,doctorstypicallygivepatientsseveraldifferentantiretroviraldrugs.Thiscombinationtreatmentlowersthechancesofthevirusbecomingresistantbecausethevirusmustbecomeresistanttomultipledrugsthattargetdifferentaspectsofitslifecycle.
• Althoughhumancellsdonotproducepolyproteins,theydoproduceproteases.Proteasesmodifyproteinsoncetheyaremade.Manyproteinsthatareexportedfromthecytoplasmaresynthesizedbyribosomesasproproteins(orpreproteins)locatedontheroughendoplasmicreticulumandsubsequentlycleavedbyproteasestobecomefunctionalproteins.Forexample,proteasesactivateproproteinssuchasproinsulinandbloodclottingfactors.Proteasesarealsoresponsiblefordestroyingproteinsoncetheyarenolongerneeded.
PROCEDURE
BackgroundInformation
TheHIVgenomecontainsninegenes.Threeofthem(gag,pol,andenv)arecommontoallretrovirusesandtheothersareuniquetoHIV(seeFigure1forasimplifiedschematic).Inthisactivity,wewillfocusonthegagandpolgenes.Thegaggeneencodesthreeproteinsthatcomprisetheviralcapsid.Thepolgeneencodesthreeenzymesthatareessentialforviralgenomereplicationandintegrationintothehostgenome(reversetranscriptase,protease,andintegrase).WhenHIVDNAisintegratedintothehumangenome,itis
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transcribedtoproduceaprimaryRNAthatcaneitherbecomepartofnewvirusesorbetranslatedintovariousdifferentproteins.OneoftheproteinsthataregeneratedisaGag-Polpolyprotein.
Figure1.SimplifiedillustrationoftheHIVgenomeandtheproductionoftheGag-Polpolyprotein.TheHIVDNAintegratedintothehostgenomeisrepresentedbythecoloredrectanglesandthehostgenomeisthethinnerline.TheHIVDNAcontainsseveralgenesthatencodestructuralandregulatoryproteinsandenzymes.Thisillustrationshowsthethreemaingenes—gag,pol,andenv—thatareconservedamongallretroviruses.Thecodingregionofthevirusisflankedbynoncodingregionscalledlongterminalregions(orLTRs)thatcontainregulatoryelementsfortranscription.TheHIVDNAistranscribedintoasingleRNAmoleculethatisabout9,700nucleotideslongandthatcanbetranslatedtoproduceapeptideGag-Polpolyprotein.HIVproteasethencleavestheGag-PolpolyproteintoproducetheproteinsthatmakeuptheHIVcapsidandtheenzymesprotease,reversetranscriptase,andintegrase.(TheHIVRNAcanalsobesplicedtoproduceseveraldifferentRNAsthatcanthenbetranslatedintovariousotherproteins,includingregulatoryproteinsandenvelopeproteins.However,thisactivityonlyfocusesonproductionoftheGag-Polpolyprotein.)The5'capand3'tailarecomponentscommontoalleukaryoticmRNAs.The5'capprotectsthemRNAfromdegradationandallowsthecell’sribosometobindtothemRNAtostarttranslation.The3'tailalsoprotectsthemRNAfromdegradation.
Preparingthedowel
ThedowelrepresentsHIVRNA.Usingdifferentcolormarkersorpaint,colorinanareaonthedowelforeachofthekeyproteinregions(Figure2).
Figure2.Exampleofwhatthedowelshouldlooklike.
gag pol envhostgenome
Double-strandedHIVDNAintegratedintohostgenome:
Transcription(bythehostcell’sRNApolymerase)
gag pol env5'cap+UTR UTR+3'tail
Single-strandedHIVRNA:
TranslationofGag/Polpolyprotein(bythehostcell’sribosomes)
Proteincleavage(byHIVprotease)
HIVcapsidproteins
protease
reversetranscriptase
integrase
HIVGag-Polpolyprotein:
HIVproteins:
severalgenes severalgenes
untranslatedregion(UTR)
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Table1.SuggestedsectionsformarkingtheRNAdowel.
Region Genes Color Approximatelengthondowel
(mm)
5’capandUTR
nocolor 60
gag blue 220
pol black 310
vf/vpr/tat/rev/vpu yellow 100
env green 200
tat/rev/nef red 30
UTRand3’tail
nocolor 60
Note:Youcanpickanycolors;thesearejustsuggestions.Thegenesvf/vpr/tat/rev/vpureceiveasinglecolorforsimplicity.Thesameistruefortat/rev/nef.UTRstandsforuntranslatedregion;thisisaportionoftheRNAthatisnottranslatedintoprotein.The5'capand3'tailarecomponentscommontoalleukaryoticmRNAs.Thelengthofdifferentcoloredsegmentsonthedowelroughlycorrespondtothelengthsofgenes.
Conductingthedemonstration
Part1.ModelingGag-PolPolyproteinSynthesis
1.ShowstudentsthedowelandexplainthatitrepresentsHIVRNAthatwastranscribedbytheviralDNAintegratedintothehostgenome.Explainthateachcolorrepresentsadifferentgeneorclusterofgenes.Pointoutthegagandpolgenes(blueandblackcolorinFigure2).Thesetwogenescanbetranslatedasasinglepolyprotein.ThepolyproteinisthencleavedbytheHIVproteaseintoseveralproteins.Youwillmodelthisprocess.
2.Slidetherollofcashregistertapeontothedowel.Explainthattherollrepresentstheribosome.Theribosomerecognizesthe5'capsequenceofthemRNAandstartstranslation.
3.Haveoneortwostudentvolunteersholdthedowel,oneateachend.
4.Askanothervolunteertoslowlymovetherollofcashregistertapealongthedowel.Startunrollingthetapeasyoumovetheribosomeoverthestartofthegaggene(thebluesection).
5.Astheregistertape(ribosome)movesalongthedowel(RNA),it“translates”thepolyprotein,whichisrepresentedbyunrollingthepaper(Figure3).
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Figure3.ModelingthetranslationofHIVRNA.ThedowelrepresentsmRNAandthecashregistertaperepresentstheribosome.Starttranslation(whichmeansunrollingthetape)atthebeginningofthegaggene,whichismarkedinbluehere.ThepapercomingofftheregistertaperepresentstheGag-Polpolyprotein.
6.Whentherolloftapereachestheendofthegaggene,stopandmarktheendoftheGagproteinonthepaper(Figure4).
7.Continuetounrollthetapeuntilyoureachtheendofthepolgene(blacksection).Asyoureachtheend,ripthepapertoendtranslation.
Figure4.ContinuingtotranslatetheGag-Polpolyprotein.MarktheendofthegaggenewithalineonthewhiterollofpaperandcontinuetotranslatetheHIVmRNAuntilyoureachtheendofthepolgene(coloredblackhere).
8.ThewhitepaperyouproducedrepresentstheGag-Polpolyprotein.
Part2:ModelingcleavageoftheGag-Polpolyprotein(proteaseactivity)
9.AftertheGag-Polpolyproteinhasbeentranslated,theHIVprotease(scissors)cutsthepolyproteinintoseparateproteinstogeneratematureproteinsthatmakeupnewviralparticles(Figure5).Thegaggeneencodestheproteinsthatmakeupthecapsid,theproteincoatingaroundtheHIVviralgenome.Thepolgeneencodesthreeenzymes:protease,reversetranscriptase,andintegrase.
Pol Gag
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Figure5.ModelingthecleavageoftheGag-Polpolyproteinintosixproteins.Thefirstthreeproteins,encodedbythegaggene,arepartoftheHIVcapsid.Theotherthree,encodedbythepolgene,aretheHIVenzymesprotease,reversetranscriptase,andintegrase.
Part3:Modelingtheproteaseinhibitor
Todemonstratetheactionofaproteaseinhibitor,repeatsteps1through8above.Then,beforestep9,wedgeaStyrofoamconebetweenthebladesofthescissors(Figure6).Thisactionmodelshowaninhibitorymoleculemaybindtheactivesiteofproteaseenzymeandpreventitfrombindingtoitstarget(inthiscase,theregistertaperepresentingtheHIVpolyproteinGag-Pol).Iftheactionoftheproteaseisblocked,thentheGag-Polpolyproteinisnotseparatedintoindividualproteinsandcannotgeneratenewviruses.
Figure6.Modelingtheactionoftheproteaseinhibitor.Thescissorsrepresenttheproteaseenzyme,thebladesofthescissorsrepresenttheactivesite,andtheStyrofoamconerepresentstheproteaseinhibitordrug.
AUTHORS
WrittenbyPatriciaNolanBertino,Scotia-GlenvilleHighSchool,andAnthonyBertino,CanandaiguaAcademy.JamesBlankenship,PhD,CornellUniversity,advisedontheproject.PhotosandadditionalwritingbyMaryColvard.
EditedbyLeahM.Cataldo,PhD,BuckinghamBrowne&NicholsSchool;KarenGulliver,consultant;andLauraBonetta,PhD,HHMI.ReviewedbyMelissaCsikari,HHMI.
ScientificreviewbyAllenBateman,PhD,DebbyWalser-Kuntz,PhD,CarletonCollege,MunirSyed,PhD,HartwickCollege.