scholarly journals Binding and Transfer of Human Immunodeficiency Virus by DC-SIGN+ Cells in Human Rectal Mucosa

2005 ◽  
Vol 79 (9) ◽  
pp. 5762-5773 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kevin B. Gurney ◽  
Julie Elliott ◽  
Hoorig Nassanian ◽  
Carol Song ◽  
Elizabeth Soilleux ◽  
...  

ABSTRACT The role of DC-SIGN on human rectal mucosal dendritic cells is unknown. Using highly purified human rectal mucosal DC-SIGN+ cells and an ultrasensitive real-time reverse transcription-PCR assay to quantify virus binding, we found that HLA-DR+/DC-SIGN+ cells can bind and transfer more virus than the HLA-DR+/DC-SIGN− cells. Greater than 90% of the virus bound to total mucosal mononuclear cells (MMCs) was accounted for by the DC-SIGN+ cells, which comprise only 1 to 5% of total MMCs. Significantly, anti-DC-SIGN antibodies blocked 90% of the virus binding when more-physiologic amounts of virus inoculum were used. DC-SIGN expression in the rectal mucosa was significantly correlated with the interleukin-10 (IL-10)/IL-12 ratio (r = 0.58, P < 0.002; n = 26) among human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-positive patients. Ex vivo and in vitro data implicate the role of IL-10 in upregulating DC-SIGN expression and downregulating expression of the costimulatory molecules CD80/CD86. Dendritic cells derived from monocytes (MDDCs) in the presence of IL-10 render the MDDCs less responsive to maturation stimuli, such as lipopolysaccharide and tumor necrosis factor alpha, and migration to the CCR7 ligand macrophage inflammatory protein 3β. Thus, an increased IL-10 environment could render DC-SIGN+ cells less immunostimulatory and migratory, thereby dampening an effective immune response. DC-SIGN and the IL-10/IL-12 axis may play significant roles in the mucosal transmission and pathogenesis of HIV type 1.

2003 ◽  
Vol 77 (7) ◽  
pp. 4389-4395 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anuska Llano ◽  
Jordi Barretina ◽  
Arantxa Gutiérrez ◽  
Bonaventura Clotet ◽  
José A. Esté

ABSTRACT There is a relationship between CD4-T-cell number and circulating interleukin 7 (IL-7) levels in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-positive individuals. Here, we show that IL-7 induced a dose-dependent production of CCL3 (MIP-1α), CCL4 (MIP-1β), and CCL5 (RANTES) in peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC), ex vivo tonsil lymphoid tissue of HIV− individuals, and PBMC from HIV+ individuals, suggesting that IL-7 may regulate β-chemokine production in vivo. In a cross-sectional study of HIV+ individuals (n = 130), a weak but significant correlation between IL-7 and RANTES was noted (r = 0.379; P < 0.001). Remarkably, the correlation between IL-7 and RANTES increased to an r value of 0.798 (P < 0.001) if individuals with low CD4 cell counts (<200 cells/μl) were excluded from the analysis. Our results suggest that there is a relationship between IL-7 and the production of RANTES both in vitro and in vivo that is lost in immune-compromised patients (CD4 count of <200 cells/μl) but that could be restored by antiretroviral therapy. Unlike the case for IL-7, high levels of RANTES suggest an intermediate stage of HIV disease progression.


1998 ◽  
Vol 72 (6) ◽  
pp. 5121-5127 ◽  
Author(s):  
Prasad S. Koka ◽  
John K. Fraser ◽  
Yvonne Bryson ◽  
Gregory C. Bristol ◽  
Grace M. Aldrovandi ◽  
...  

ABSTRACT Human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1)-infected individuals often exhibit multiple hematopoietic abnormalities reaching far beyond loss of CD4+ lymphocytes. We used the SCID-hu (Thy/Liv) mouse (severe combined immunodeficient mouse transplanted with human fetal thymus and liver tissues), which provides an in vivo system whereby human pluripotent hematopoietic progenitor cells can be maintained and undergo T-lymphoid differentiation and wherein HIV-1 infection causes severe depletion of CD4-bearing human thymocytes. Herein we show that HIV-1 infection rapidly and severely decreases the ex vivo recovery of human progenitor cells capable of differentiation into both erythroid and myeloid lineages. However, the total CD34+ cell population is not depleted. Combination antiretroviral therapy administered well after loss of multilineage progenitor activity reverses this inhibitory effect, establishing a causal role of viral replication. Taken together, our results suggest that pluripotent stem cells are not killed by HIV-1; rather, a later stage important in both myeloid and erythroid differentiation is affected. In addition, a primary virus isolated from a patient exhibiting multiple hematopoietic abnormalities preferentially depleted myeloid and erythroid colony-forming activity rather than CD4-bearing thymocytes in this system. Thus, HIV-1 infection perturbs multiple hematopoietic lineages in vivo, which may explain the many hematopoietic defects found in infected patients.


2000 ◽  
Vol 74 (18) ◽  
pp. 8550-8557 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gene G. Olinger ◽  
Mohammed Saifuddin ◽  
Gregory T. Spear

ABSTRACT The ability of human immunodeficiency virus strain MN (HIVMN), a T-cell line-adapted strain of HIV, and X4 and R5 primary isolates to bind to various cell types was investigated. In general, HIVMN bound to cells at higher levels than did the primary isolates. Virus bound to both CD4-positive (CD4+) and CD4-negative (CD4−) cells, including neutrophils, Raji cells, tonsil mononuclear cells, erythrocytes, platelets, and peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC), although virus bound at significantly higher levels to PBMC. However, there was no difference in the amount of HIV that bound to CD4-enriched or CD4-depleted PBMC. Virus bound to CD4− cells was up to 17 times more infectious for T cells in cocultures than was the same amount of cell-free virus. Virus bound to nucleated cells was significantly more infectious than virus bound to erythrocytes or platelets. The enhanced infection of T cells by virus bound to CD4− cells was not due to stimulatory signals provided by CD4− cells or infection of CD4− cells. However, anti-CD18 antibody substantially reduced the enhanced virus replication in T cells, suggesting that virus that bound to the surface of CD4−cells is efficiently passed to CD4+ T cells during cell-cell adhesion. These studies show that HIV binds at relatively high levels to CD4− cells and, once bound, is highly infectious for T cells. This suggests that virus binding to the surface of CD4− cells is an important route for infection of T cells in vivo.


2003 ◽  
Vol 77 (23) ◽  
pp. 12865-12874 ◽  
Author(s):  
Suryaram Gummuluru ◽  
Mark Rogel ◽  
Leonidas Stamatatos ◽  
Michael Emerman

ABSTRACT Interactions of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) with immature dendritic cells (DC) are believed to be multifactorial and involve binding to the CD4 antigen, DC-specific ICAM-3-grabbing nonintegrin (DC-SIGN), mannose binding C-type lectin receptors (MCLR), and heparan sulfate proteoglycans (HSPG). In this study we assessed the relative contributions of these previously defined virus attachment factors to HIV binding and accumulation in DC and the subsequent transfer of the bound virus particle to CD4+ T cells. Using competitive inhibitors of HIV-1 attachment to DC, we have identified the existence of DC-SIGN-, MCLR-, and HSPG-independent mechanism(s) of HIV attachment and internalization. Furthermore, virus particles bound by DC independently of CD4, DC-SIGN, MCLR, and HSPG are efficiently transmitted to T cells. Treatment of virus particles with the protease subtilisin or treatment of immature DC with trypsin significantly reduced virus binding, thus demonstrating the role of HIV envelope glycoprotein interactions with unidentified DC-surface factor(s). Finally, this DC-mediated virus binding and internalization are dependent on lipid rafts. We propose that pathways to HIV-1 attachment and uptake in DC exhibit functional redundancy; that is, they are made up of multiple independent activities that can, at least in part, compensate for one another.


Blood ◽  
2000 ◽  
Vol 95 (1) ◽  
pp. 48-55
Author(s):  
Thomas B. Campbell ◽  
Anne Sevin ◽  
Robert W. Coombs ◽  
Gregory C. Peterson ◽  
Mary Rosandich ◽  
...  

Genetic modification of hemopoietic progenitor cells ex vivo, followed by the infusion of the genetically modified cells into the human immunodeficiency virus-1 (HIV-1) infected donor, has been proposed as a treatment for HIV-1 infection. The current study was undertaken to evaluate the effect of hemopoietic stem cell mobilization and harvesting on HIV-1 replication in persons with HIV-1 infection. Eighteen HIV-1–infected persons received recombinant granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (G-CSF; Filgrastim) 10 μg/kg per day, for 7 days. On days 4 and 5, peripheral blood mononuclear cells were harvested by leukapheresis. The CD4+ lymphocyte count at entry was >500/μL for 6 subjects, 200 to 500/μL for 6 subjects, and <200/μL for 6 subjects. For 9 of 18 subjects, plasma HIV-1 RNA levels increased 4- to 100-fold (>0.6 log10) above baseline between days 4 and 7 and returned to baseline by day 27. Significant increases of plasma HIV-1 RNA levels occurred in 5 subjects despite 3-drug antiretroviral therapy. Changes in CD4+ and CD34+ cells during mobilization and harvesting were similar in all subjects whether they had or did not have increased plasma HIV-1 RNA levels. Thus, mobilization and harvesting of bone marrow progenitor cells from persons infected with HIV-1 induced a transient increase in viral replication in some patients but was not associated with adverse effects. (Blood. 2000;95: 48-55)


2005 ◽  
Vol 79 (9) ◽  
pp. 5386-5399 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cinzia Nobile ◽  
Caroline Petit ◽  
Arnaud Moris ◽  
Katharina Skrabal ◽  
Jean-Pierre Abastado ◽  
...  

ABSTRACT HIV-1 virions are efficiently captured by monocyte-derived immature dendritic cells (iDCs), as well as by cell lines expressing the lectin DC-SIGN. Viral infectivity can be retained for several days, and even enhanced, before transmission to CD4+ lymphocytes. The role of DC-SIGN in viral retention and enhancement of infection is not fully understood and varies according to the cell line expressing the lectin. We studied here the mechanisms underlying this process. We focused our study on X4-tropic human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) strains, since they were widely believed not to replicate in iDCs. However, we first show that X4 HIV replicates covertly and slowly in iDCs. This is also the case in Raji-DC-SIGN cells, which are classically used to study HIV transmission. We used either single-cycle or replicative HIV and measured viral RT and replication to further demonstrate that transfer of incoming virions from iDCs or DC-SIGN+ cells occurs only on the short-term (i.e., a few hours after viral exposure). There is no long-term storage of original HIV particles in these cells. A few days after viral exposure, replicative viruses, and not single-cycle virions, are transmitted to CD4+ cells. The cell-type-dependent activity of DC-SIGN reflects the ability of HIV to replicate covertly in some cells, and not in others.


2017 ◽  
Vol 10 ◽  
pp. 117864691771066 ◽  
Author(s):  
Giuseppe Corano Scheri ◽  
Saeid Najafi Fard ◽  
Ivan Schietroma ◽  
Andrea Mastrangelo ◽  
Claudia Pinacchio ◽  
...  

Background: To date, no data are available regarding the effects of probiotics on the pathway of tryptophan/serotonin metabolism among human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) 1–infected individuals. Because a condition of dysbiosis might be responsible for the altered use of tryptophan described in this population, the aim of this study was to investigate the link between probiotic supplementation and serotonin levels in combined antiretroviral therapy–treated patients and the subsistence of an interplay with inflammation. Methods: We conducted a pilot study that included 8 HIV-positive subjects. We collected blood and fecal samples before and after 6 months of probiotic supplementation, to measure the level of serotonin in serum and tryptophan in stool, the expression of CD38 and HLA-DR on peripheral CD4+ T lymphocytes (as immune activation markers), the expression of indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase 1 messenger RNA (mRNA) and IFN-γ mRNA (as markers of tryptophan metabolism and systemic inflammation). Results: After probiotic supplementation, we observed a significant increase in concentration of serum serotonin ( P = .008) and a decreased level of tryptophan in plasma. Moreover, a significant reduction in CD38 and HLA-DR expression on the surface of peripheral CD4+ T cells ( P = .008) and a reduced expression of indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase 1 mRNA on peripheral blood mononuclear cells ( P = .04) were observed. Conclusions: Considering that this probiotic (Vivomixx® in EU; Visbiome® in USA) has an influence on tryptophan metabolism, larger studies on this topic are needed.


1999 ◽  
Vol 73 (5) ◽  
pp. 4019-4028 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hideo Asada ◽  
Vera Klaus-Kovtun ◽  
Hana Golding ◽  
Stephen I. Katz ◽  
Andrew Blauvelt

ABSTRACT Human herpesvirus 6 (HHV-6) has been implicated as a cofactor in the progressive loss of CD4+ T cells observed in AIDS patients. Because dendritic cells (DC) play an important role in the immunopathogenesis of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) disease, we studied the infection of DC by HHV-6 and coinfection of DC by HHV-6 and HIV. Purified immature DC (derived from adherent peripheral blood mononuclear cells in the presence of granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor and interleukin-4) could be infected with HHV-6, as determined by PCR analyses, intracellular monoclonal antibody staining, and presence of virus in culture supernatants. However, HHV-6-infected DC demonstrated neither cytopathic changes nor functional defects. Interestingly, HHV-6 markedly suppressed HIV replication and syncytium formation in coinfected DC cultures. This HHV-6-mediated anti-HIV effect was DC specific, occurred when HHV-6 was added either before or after HIV, and was not due to decreased surface expression or function of CD4, CXCR4, or CCR5. Conversely, HIV had no demonstrable effect on HHV-6 replication. These findings suggest that HHV-6 may protect DC from HIV-induced cytopathicity in AIDS patients. We also demonstrate that interactions between HIV and herpesviruses are complex and that the observable outcome of dual infection is dependent on the target cell type.


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