Binding of HIV-1 virions to $ α_{4} $$ β_{7} $ expressing cells and impact of antagonizing $ α_{4} $$ β_{7} $ on HIV-1 infection of primary $ CD4^{+} $ T cells

Abstract HIV-1 envelope glycoprotein is reported to interact with $ α_{4} $$ β_{7} $, an integrin mediating the homing of lymphocytes to gut-associated lymphoid tissue, but the significance of $ α_{4} $$ β_{7} $ in HIV-1 infection remains controversial. Here, using HIV-1 strain BaL, the gp120 of which was previously shown to be capable of interacting with $ α_{4} $$ β_{7} $, we demonstrated that $ α_{4} $$ β_{7} $ can mediate the binding of whole HIV-1 virions to $ α_{4} $$ β_{7} $-expressing transfectants. We further constructed a cell line stably expressing $ α_{4} $$ β_{7} $ and confirmed the $ α_{4} $$ β_{7} $-mediated HIV-1 binding. In primary lymphocytes with activated $ α_{4} $$ β_{7} $ expression, we also observed significant virus binding which can be inhibited by an anti-$ α_{4} $$ β_{7} $ antibody. Moreover, we investigated the impact of antagonizing $ α_{4} $$ β_{7} $ on HIV-1 infection of primary $ CD4^{+} $ T cells. In $ α_{4} $$ β_{7} $-activated $ CD4^{+} $ T cells, both anti-$ α_{4} $$ β_{7} $ antibodies and introduction of short-hairpin RNAs specifically targeting $ α_{4} $$ β_{7} $ resulted in a decreased HIV-1 infection. Our findings indicate that $ α_{4} $$ β_{7} $ may serve as an attachment factor at least for some HIV-1 strains. The established approach provides a promising means for the investigation of other viral strains to understand the potential roles of $ α_{4} $$ β_{7} $ in HIV-1 infection..

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2014

Erschienen:

2014

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:29

Enthalten in:

Virologica Sinica - 29(2014), 6 vom: Dez., Seite 381-392

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Li, Chang [VerfasserIn]
Jin, Wei [VerfasserIn]
Du, Tao [VerfasserIn]
Wu, Biao [VerfasserIn]
Liu, Yalan [VerfasserIn]
Shattock, Robin J. [VerfasserIn]
Hu, Qinxue [VerfasserIn]

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β
Binding
HIV-1
Infection
Integrin α
Primary CD4
RNA interference
T cells

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© Wuhan Institute of Virology, CAS and Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2014

doi:

10.1007/s12250-014-3525-8

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

OLC2101992485