Importance of Membrane Fusion Mediated by Human Immunodeficiency Virus Envelope Glycoproteins for Lysis of Primary CD4-Positive T Cells
AUTOR(ES)
LaBonte, Jason A.
FONTE
American Society for Microbiology
RESUMO
In established T-cell lines, the membrane-fusing capacity of the human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) envelope glycoproteins mediates cytopathic effects, both syncytium formation and single-cell lysis. Furthermore, changes in the HIV-1 envelope glycoproteins are responsible for the increased CD4+ T-cell-depleting ability observed in infected monkeys upon in vivo passage of simian-human immunodeficiency virus (SHIV) chimeras. In this study, a panel of SHIV envelope glycoproteins and their mutant counterparts defective in membrane-fusing capacity were expressed in primary human CD4+ T cells. Compared with controls, all of the functional HIV-1 envelope glycoproteins induced cell death in primary CD4+ T-cell cultures, whereas the membrane fusion-defective mutants did not. Death occurred almost exclusively in envelope glycoprotein-expressing cells and not in bystander cells. Under standard culture conditions, most dying cells underwent lysis as single cells. When the cells were cultured at high density to promote syncytium formation, the envelope glycoproteins of the passaged, pathogenic SHIVs induced more syncytia than those of the respective parental SHIV. These results demonstrate that the HIV-1 envelope glycoproteins induce the death of primary CD4+ T lymphocytes by membrane fusion-dependent processes.
ACESSO AO ARTIGO
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=110943Documentos Relacionados
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