scholarly journals Role for CCR5Δ32 Protein in Resistance to R5, R5X4, and X4 Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 in Primary CD4+ Cells

2004 ◽  
Vol 78 (5) ◽  
pp. 2277-2287 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lokesh Agrawal ◽  
Xihua Lu ◽  
Jin Qingwen ◽  
Zainab VanHorn-Ali ◽  
Ioan Vlad Nicolescu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Human Immunodeficiency Virus ◽  
Mononuclear Cells ◽  
Genetic Resistance ◽  
Surface Expression ◽  
Mutant Protein ◽  
Cell Surface Expression ◽  
Wild Type ◽  
Immunodeficiency Virus ◽  
Hiv 1

ABSTRACT CCR5Δ32 is a loss-of-function mutation that abolishes cell surface expression of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) coreceptor CCR5 and provides genetic resistance to HIV infection and disease progression. Since CXCR4 and other HIV coreceptors also exist, we hypothesized that CCR5Δ32-mediated resistance may be due not only to the loss of CCR5 function but also to a gain-of-function mechanism, specifically the active inhibition of alternative coreceptors by the mutant CCR5Δ32 protein. Here we demonstrate that efficient expression of the CCR5Δ32 protein in primary CD4+ cells by use of a recombinant adenovirus (Ad5/Δ32) was able to down-regulate surface expression of both wild-type CCR5 and CXCR4 and to confer broad resistance to R5, R5X4, and X4 HIV type 1 (HIV-1). This may be important clinically, since we found that CD4+ cells purified from peripheral blood mononuclear cells of individuals who were homozygous for CCR5Δ32, which expressed the mutant protein endogenously, consistently expressed lower levels of CXCR4 and showed less susceptibility to X4 HIV-1 isolates than cells from individuals lacking the mutation. Moreover, CD4+ cells from individuals who were homozygous for CCR5Δ32 expressed the mutant protein in five of five HIV-exposed, uninfected donors tested but not in either of two HIV-infected donors tested. The mechanism of inhibition may involve direct scavenging, since we were able to observe a direct interaction of CCR5 and CXCR4 with CCR5Δ32, both by genetic criteria using the yeast two-hybrid system and by biochemical criteria using the coimmunoprecipitation of heterodimers. Thus, these results suggest that at least two distinct mechanisms may account for genetic resistance to HIV conferred by CCR5Δ32: the loss of wild-type CCR5 surface expression and the generation of CCR5Δ32 protein, which functions as a scavenger of both CCR5 and CXCR4.

scholarly journals The Dimer Initiation Sequence Stem-Loop of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 Is Dispensable for Viral Replication in Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cells

2003 ◽  
Vol 77 (15) ◽  
pp. 8329-8335 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. K. Hill ◽  
M. Shehu-Xhilaga ◽  
S. M. Campbell ◽  
P. Poumbourios ◽  
S. M. Crowe ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Human Immunodeficiency Virus ◽  
Mononuclear Cells ◽  
Wild Type ◽  
Peripheral Blood Mononuclear ◽  
Stem Loop ◽  
Immunodeficiency Virus ◽  
Blood Mononuclear Cells ◽  
T Cell Lines ◽  
Hiv 1

ABSTRACT Human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) contains two copies of genomic RNA that are noncovalently linked via a palindrome sequence within the dimer initiation site (DIS) stem-loop. In contrast to the current paradigm that the DIS stem or stem-loop is critical for HIV-1 infectivity, which arose from studies using T-cell lines, we demonstrate here that HIV-1 mutants with deletions in the DIS stem-loop are replication competent in peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs). The DIS mutants contained either the wild-type (5′GCGCGC3′) or an arbitrary (5′ACGCGT3′) palindrome sequence in place of the 39-nucleotide DIS stem-loop (NLCGCGCG and NLACGCGT). These DIS mutants were replication defective in SupT1 cells, concurring with the current model in which DIS mutants are replication defective in T-cell lines. All of the HIV-1 DIS mutants were replication competent in PBMCs over a 40-day infection period and had retained their respective DIS mutations at 40 days postinfection. Although the stability of the virion RNA dimer was not affected by our DIS mutations, the RNA dimers exhibited a diffuse migration profile when compared to the wild type. No defect in protein processing of the Gag and GagProPol precursor proteins was found in the DIS mutants. Our data provide direct evidence that the DIS stem-loop is dispensable for viral replication in PBMCs and that the requirement of the DIS stem-loop in HIV-1 replication is cell type dependent.

scholarly journals Costimulation of Naive CD8+ Lymphocytes Induces CD4 Expression and Allows Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 Infection

1998 ◽  
Vol 72 (11) ◽  
pp. 9054-9060 ◽  
Author(s):  
Scott G. Kitchen ◽  
Yael D. Korin ◽  
Michael D. Roth ◽  
Alan Landay ◽  
Jerome A. Zack
Keyword(s):  
Human Immunodeficiency Virus ◽  
Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type ◽  
Virus Type ◽  
Surface Expression ◽  
Cell Surface Expression ◽  
Rapid Disease Progression ◽  
Cd8 Cells ◽  
Immunodeficiency Virus ◽  
Hiv 1

ABSTRACT Human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) infection requires cell surface expression of CD4. Costimulation of CD8+/CD4− T lymphocytes by anti-CD3 and anti-CD28 antibodies or by allogeneic dendritic cells induced expression of CD4 and rendered these CD8 cells susceptible to HIV-1 infection. Naive CD45RA+ cells responded with greater expression of CD4 than did CD45RO+ cells. CD8+lymphocytes derived from fetal or newborn sources exhibited a greater tendency to express CD4, consistent with their naive states. This mechanism of infection suggests HIV-induced perturbation of the CD8 arm of the immune response and could explain the generally rapid disease progression seen in HIV-infected children.

scholarly journals Effect of Calcium-Modulating Cyclophilin Ligand on Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 Particle Release and Cell Surface Expression of Tetherin

2009 ◽  
Vol 83 (24) ◽  
pp. 13032-13036 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mariana G. Bego ◽  
Mathieu Dubé ◽  
Johanne Mercier ◽  
Éric A. Cohen
Keyword(s):  
Human Immunodeficiency Virus ◽  
Cell Surface ◽  
Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type ◽  
Virus Type ◽  
Surface Expression ◽  
Cell Surface Expression ◽  
Particle Release ◽  
Immunodeficiency Virus ◽  
Hiv 1

ABSTRACT The human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) accessory protein Vpu enhances virus particle release by counteracting a host factor that retains virions at the surfaces of infected cells. It was recently demonstrated that cellular protein BST-2/CD317/Tetherin restricts HIV-1 release in a Vpu-dependent manner. Calcium-modulating cyclophilin ligand (CAML) was also proposed to be involved in this process. We investigated whether CAML is involved in cell surface expression of Tetherin. Here, we show that CAML overexpression in permissive Cos-7 cells or CAML depletion in restrictive HeLa cells has no effect on HIV-1 release or on Tetherin surface expression, indicating that CAML is not required for Tetherin-mediated restriction of HIV-1 release.

scholarly journals Nef-Induced CD4 Endocytosis in Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 Host Cells: Role of p56lck Kinase

2009 ◽  
Vol 83 (14) ◽  
pp. 7117-7128 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nadine Laguette ◽  
Christelle Brégnard ◽  
Jérôme Bouchet ◽  
Alexandre Benmerah ◽  
Serge Benichou ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Human Immunodeficiency Virus ◽  
Cell Surface ◽  
Surface Expression ◽  
Lymphoid Cells ◽  
Cell Surface Expression ◽  
Target Cells ◽  
Immunodeficiency Virus ◽  
Internalization Rate ◽  
Hiv 1

ABSTRACT Human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) Nef interferes with the endocytic machinery to modulate the cell surface expression of CD4. However, the basal trafficking of CD4 is governed by different rules in the target cells of HIV-1: whereas CD4 is rapidly internalized from the cell surface in myeloid cells, CD4 is stabilized at the plasma membrane through its interaction with the p56 lck kinase in lymphoid cells. In this study, we showed that Nef was able to downregulate CD4 in both lymphoid and myeloid cell lines but that an increase in the internalization rate of CD4 could be observed only in lymphoid cells. Expression of p56 lck in nonlymphoid CD4-expressing cells restores the ability of Nef in order to increase the internalization rate of CD4. Concurrent with this observation, the expression of a p56 lck -binding-deficient mutant of CD4 in lymphoid cells abrogates the Nef-induced acceleration of CD4 internalization. We also show that the expression of Nef causes a decrease in the association of p56 lck with cell surface-expressed CD4. Regardless of the presence of p56 lck , the downregulation of CD4 by Nef was followed by CD4 degradation. Our results imply that Nef uses distinct mechanisms to downregulate the cell surface expression levels of CD4 in either lymphoid or myeloid target cells of HIV-1.

scholarly journals Comparison of G-to-A Mutation Frequencies Induced by APOBEC3 Proteins in H9 Cells and Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cells in the Context of Impaired Processivities of Drug-Resistant Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 Reverse Transcriptase Variants

2008 ◽  
Vol 82 (13) ◽  
pp. 6536-6545 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stefanie Andrea Knoepfel ◽  
Nadine Christina Salisch ◽  
Peter Michael Huelsmann ◽  
Pia Rauch ◽  
Hauke Walter ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Human Immunodeficiency Virus ◽  
Mononuclear Cells ◽  
Wild Type ◽  
Peripheral Blood Mononuclear ◽  
Virus Variant ◽  
Immunodeficiency Virus ◽  
Blood Mononuclear Cells ◽  
Apobec3 Proteins ◽  
Hiv 1

ABSTRACT APOBEC3 proteins can inhibit human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) replication by inducing G-to-A mutations in newly synthesized viral DNA. However, HIV-1 is able to overcome the antiretroviral activity of some of those enzymes by the viral protein Vif. We investigated the impact of different processivities of HIV-1 reverse transcriptases (RT) on the frequencies of G-to-A mutations introduced by APOBEC3 proteins. Wild-type RT or the M184V, M184I, and K65R+M184V RT variants, which are increasingly impaired in their processivities, were used in the context of a vif-deficient molecular HIV-1 clone to infect H9 cells and peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs). After two rounds of infection, a part of the HIV-1 env gene was amplified, cloned, and sequenced. The M184V mutation led to G-to-A mutation frequencies that were similar to those of the wild-type RT in H9 cells and PBMCs. The frequencies of G-to-A mutations were increased after infection with the M184I virus variant. This effect was augmented when using the K65R+M184V virus variant (P < 0.001). Overall, the G-to-A mutation frequencies were lower in PBMCs than in H9 cells. Remarkably, 38% ± 18% (mean ± standard deviation) of the env clones derived from PBMCs did not harbor any G-to-A mutation. This was rarely observed in H9 cells (3% ± 3%). Our data imply that the frequency of G-to-A mutations induced by APOBEC3 proteins can be influenced by the processivities of HIV-1 RT variants. The high number of nonmutated clones derived from PBMCs leads to several hypotheses, including that additional antiretroviral mechanisms of APOBEC3 proteins other than their deamination activity might be involved in the inhibition of vif-deficient viruses.

scholarly journals DC-SIGN Interactions with Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 and 2 and Simian Immunodeficiency Virus

2001 ◽  
Vol 75 (10) ◽  
pp. 4664-4672 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stefan Pöhlmann ◽  
Frédéric Baribaud ◽  
Benhur Lee ◽  
George J. Leslie ◽  
Melissa D. Sanchez ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Human Immunodeficiency Virus ◽  
Cell Surface ◽  
Lectin Binding ◽  
Surface Expression ◽  
Cell Surface Expression ◽  
Virus Binding ◽  
Expression Levels ◽  
Immunodeficiency Virus ◽  
Hiv 1

ABSTRACT Dendritic cells (DCs) efficiently bind and transmit human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) to cocultured T cells and so may play an important role in HIV transmission. DC-SIGN, a novel C-type lectin that is expressed in DCs, has recently been shown to bind R5 HIV type 1 (HIV-1) strains and a laboratory-adapted X4 strain. To characterize the interaction of DC-SIGN with primate lentiviruses, we investigated the structural determinants of DC-SIGN required for virus binding and transmission to permissive cells. We constructed a panel of DC-SIGN mutants and established conditions which allowed comparable cell surface expression of all mutants. We found that R5, X4, and R5X4 HIV-1 isolates as well as simian immunodeficiency and HIV-2 strains bound to DC-SIGN and could be transmitted to CD4/coreceptor-positive cell types. DC-SIGN contains a single N-linked carbohydrate chain that is important for efficient cell surface expression but is not required for DC-SIGN-mediated virus binding and transmission. In contrast, C-terminal deletions removing either the lectin binding domain or the repeat region abrogated DC-SIGN function. Trypsin-EDTA treatment inhibited DC-SIGN mediated infection, indicating that virus was maintained at the surface of the DC-SIGN-expressing cells used in this study. Finally, quantitative fluorescence-activated cell sorting analysis of AU1-tagged DC-SIGN revealed that the efficiency of virus transmission was strongly affected by variations in DC-SIGN expression levels. Thus, variations in DC-SIGN expression levels on DCs could greatly affect the susceptibility of human individuals to HIV infection.

scholarly journals The Pathogenicity of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) Type 1 Nef in CD4C/HIV Transgenic Mice Is Abolished by Mutation of Its SH3-Binding Domain, and Disease Development Is Delayed in the Absence of Hck

2001 ◽  
Vol 75 (19) ◽  
pp. 9378-9392 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zaher Hanna ◽  
Xiaoduan Weng ◽  
Denis G. Kay ◽  
Johanne Poudrier ◽  
Clifford Lowell ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Human Immunodeficiency Virus ◽  
Molecular Mechanisms ◽  
Surface Expression ◽  
Binding Domain ◽  
Cell Surface Expression ◽  
Disease Development ◽  
Pathogenic Potential ◽  
Immunodeficiency Virus ◽  
Hiv 1

ABSTRACT The human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) Nef protein is an important determinant of AIDS pathogenesis. We have previously reported that HIV-1 Nef is responsible for the induction of a severe AIDS-like disease in CD4C/HIV transgenic (Tg) mice. To understand the molecular mechanisms of this Nef-induced disease, we generated Tg mice expressing a mutated Nef protein in which the SH3 ligand-binding domain (P72XXP75XXP78) was mutated to A72XXA75XXQ78. This mutation completely abolished the pathogenic potential of Nef, although a partial downregulation of the CD4 cell surface expression was still observed in these Tg mice. We also studied whether Hck, one of the effectors previously found to bind to this PXXP motif of Nef, was involved in disease development. Breeding of Tg mice expressing wild-type Nef on an hck −/− (knockout) background did not abolish any of the pathological phenotypes. However, the latency of disease development was prolonged. These data indicate that an intact PXXP domain is essential for inducing an AIDS-like disease in CD4C/HIV Tg mice and suggest that interaction of a cellular effector(s) with this domain is required for the induction of this multiorgan disease. Our findings indicate that Hck is an important, but not an essential, effector of Nef and suggest that another factor(s), yet to be identified, may be more critical for disease development.

scholarly journals Hemofiltrate CC Chemokine 1[9-74] Causes Effective Internalization of CCR5 and Is a Potent Inhibitor of R5-Tropic Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 Strains in Primary T Cells and Macrophages

2002 ◽  
Vol 46 (4) ◽  
pp. 982-990 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jan Münch ◽  
Ludger Ständker ◽  
Stefan Pöhlmann ◽  
Frédéric Baribaud ◽  
Armin Papkalla ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Human Immunodeficiency Virus ◽  
T Cells ◽  
Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type ◽  
Virus Type ◽  
Proteolytic Processing ◽  
Cell Surface Expression ◽  
Cc Chemokine ◽  
Immunodeficiency Virus ◽  
Hiv 1

ABSTRACT Proteolytic processing of the abundant plasmatic human CC chemokine 1 (HCC-1) generates a truncated form, HCC-1[9-74], which is a potent agonist of CCR1, CCR3, and CCR5; promotes calcium influx and chemotaxis of T lymphoblasts, monocytes, and eosinophils; and inhibits infection by CCR5-tropic human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) isolates. In the present study we demonstrate that HCC-1[9-74] interacts with the second external loop of CCR5 and inhibits replication of CCR5-tropic HIV-1 strains in both primary T cells and monocyte-derived macrophages. Low concentrations of the chemokine, however, frequently enhanced the replication of CCR5-tropic HIV-1 isolates but not the replication of X4-tropic HIV-1 isolates. Only HCC-1[9-74] and HCC-1[10-74], but not other HCC-1 length variants, displayed potent anti-HIV-1 activities. Fluorescence-activated cell sorter analysis revealed that HCC-1[9-74] caused up to 75% down-regulation of CCR5 cell surface expression, whereas RANTES (regulated on activation, normal T-cell expressed and secreted) achieved a reduction of only about 40%. Studies performed with green fluorescent protein-tagged CCR5 confirmed that both HCC-1[9-74] and RANTES, but not full-length HCC-1, mediated specific internalization of the CCR5 HIV-1 entry cofactor. Our results demonstrate that the interaction with HCC-1[9-74] causes effective intracellular sequestration of CCR5, but they also indicate that the effect of HCC-1[9-74] on viral replication is subject to marked cell donor- and HIV-1 isolate-dependent variations.

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