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. 1994 Apr;68(4):2662–2670. doi: 10.1128/jvi.68.4.2662-2670.1994

Negative regulation of the 5' long terminal repeat (LTR) by the 3' LTR in the murine proviral genome.

M A Gama Sosa 1, D H Rosas 1, R DeGasperi 1, E Morita 1, M R Hutchison 1, R M Ruprecht 1
PMCID: PMC236743  PMID: 8139043

Abstract

To assess the influence of the 3' long terminal repeat (LTR) on the promoter/enhancer activity of the 5' LTR, a set of isogenic retroviral vectors differing only in the U3 region of the 3' LTR was constructed. These U3 elements were derived from viruses with different tissue tropism. The 5' LTR originated from Moloney murine leukemia virus and directed the transcription of a reporter gene (chloramphenicol acetyltransferase [CAT] gene), giving rise to plasmids of the general configuration LTR-CAT-LTR'. Following transfection of these chimeric constructs into various cell types, the CAT activity in a given cell line was inversely related to the activity of the downstream U3 region when used in a single-LTR construct in that cell type, indicating negative regulation of the 5' LTR by the chimeric 3' LTR'. Our data indicate that a highly active 3' LTR interferes with gene expression from the 5' LTR. Potential mechanisms for this down-regulation are discussed.

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