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. 2025 Mar 8;18:9. doi: 10.1186/s13072-025-00573-x

Table 3.

Summary of factors known to alter histone methylation at the 5’ LTR

Mechanism Effect on HIV-1 Transcription Factor Cofactor Target histone/residue Cell line(s) used Reference(s)
Methyltransferase Repressive PRC2/EZH2 CBF-1 nuc-1/H3K27 Jurkat E4/E6/G4 [156]
J89, Jurkat 2D10, primary CD4+ [157]
CEM, Jurkat, primary CD4+/Tyagi-Sahu model [158]
CCRF-CEM, HeLa/LTR-luc Jurkat, MOLT4, SupT1, U1, primary CD4+ [159]
TZM-bl [160]
E4, primary CD4+ [161]
EHMT2 ? H3K9 E4, primary CD4+ [161]
293, ACH2, HeLa, OM10.1 [165]
SUV39H1 HP1g/BCL11B H3K9 293T, U1, TZM-bl, human microglia [140]
HeLa/LTR-luc, Jurkat, U1, primary CD4+ [166]
SMYD2 L3MBTL1 H4K20 293T, A72, primary CD4+ [175]
CARM1 ? H3R17, H3R26 2D10, S3, TZM-bl [186]
Activating 293, CV1, Jurkat, MEFs, primary murine macrophages [184]
2D10, S3, TZM-bl [186]
SMYD5 USP11/Tat H1, H2B, H3, H4 293T, J-Lat 5A8/A2/A72, HeLa [180]
PRMT1 p65/CARM1 H4R3 293, CV1, Jurkat, MEFs, primary murine macrophages [184]
Demethylase Repressive LSD1 BCL11B/NuRD H3K4 COS7, HeLa, MOLT4, Jurkat, Raji [138]
A293T, GHOST-X4/R5, Jurkat/IG5, Sup-T1 [139]
293T, U1, human microglia [171]
Activating UTX-1 p65/Tat H3K27 TZM-bl [163]