HIV-1 Nef intersects the macrophage CD40L signalling pathway to promote resting-cell infection

Simon Swingler, Beda Brichacek, Jean-Marc Jacque, Catherine Ulich, Jin Zhou and Mario Stevenson ()
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Simon Swingler: University of Massachusetts Medical School
Beda Brichacek: University of Massachusetts Medical School
Jean-Marc Jacque: University of Massachusetts Medical School
Catherine Ulich: University of Massachusetts Medical School
Jin Zhou: University of Massachusetts Medical School
Mario Stevenson: University of Massachusetts Medical School

Nature, 2003, vol. 424, issue 6945, 213-219

Abstract: Abstract All primate lentiviruses (HIV-1, HIV-2, SIV) encode Nef proteins, which are important for viral replication and pathogenicity in vivo1,2,3. It is not known how Nef regulates these processes. It has been suggested that Nef protects infected cells from apoptosis and recognition by cytotoxic T lymphocytes4,5,6. Other studies suggest that Nef influences the activation state of the infected cell, thereby enhancing the ability of that cell to support viral replication7,8,9,10. Here we show that macrophages that express Nef or are stimulated through the CD40 receptor release a paracrine factor that renders T lymphocytes permissive to HIV-1 infection. This activity requires the upregulation of B-cell receptors involved in the alternative pathway of T-lymphocyte stimulation. T lymphocytes stimulated through this pathway become susceptible to viral infection without progressing through the cell cycle. We identify two proteins, soluble CD23 and soluble ICAM, that are induced from macrophages by Nef and CD40L, and which mediate their effects on lymphocyte permissivity. Our results reveal a mechanism by which Nef expands the cellular reservoir of HIV-1 by permitting the infection of resting T lymphocytes.

Date: 2003
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