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Oswald J, Constantine M, Adegbuyi A, Omorogbe E, Dellomo AJ, Ehrlich ES. E3 Ubiquitin Ligases in Gammaherpesviruses and HIV: A Review of Virus Adaptation and Exploitation. Viruses 2023; 15:1935. [PMID: 37766341 PMCID: PMC10535929 DOI: 10.3390/v15091935] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/21/2023] [Revised: 09/10/2023] [Accepted: 09/12/2023] [Indexed: 09/29/2023] Open
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For productive infection and replication to occur, viruses must control cellular machinery and counteract restriction factors and antiviral proteins. Viruses can accomplish this, in part, via the regulation of cellular gene expression and post-transcriptional and post-translational control. Many viruses co-opt and counteract cellular processes via modulation of the host post-translational modification machinery and encoding or hijacking kinases, SUMO ligases, deubiquitinases, and ubiquitin ligases, in addition to other modifiers. In this review, we focus on three oncoviruses, Epstein-Barr virus (EBV), Kaposi's sarcoma herpesvirus (KSHV), and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and their interactions with the ubiquitin-proteasome system via viral-encoded or cellular E3 ubiquitin ligase activity.
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Towson University, Towson, MD 21252, USA
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In nature, viral coinfection is as widespread as viral infection alone. Viral coinfections often cause altered viral pathogenicity, disrupted host defense, and mixed-up clinical symptoms, all of which result in more difficult diagnosis and treatment of a disease. There are three major virus-virus interactions in coinfection cases: viral interference, viral synergy, and viral noninterference. We analyzed virus-virus interactions in both aspects of viruses and hosts and elucidated their possible mechanisms. Finally, we summarized the protocol of viral coinfection studies and key points in the process of virus separation and purification.
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Savoret J, Mesnard JM, Gross A, Chazal N. Antisense Transcripts and Antisense Protein: A New Perspective on Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1. Front Microbiol 2021; 11:625941. [PMID: 33510738 PMCID: PMC7835632 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2020.625941] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/04/2020] [Accepted: 12/14/2020] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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It was first predicted in 1988 that there may be an Open Reading Frame (ORF) on the negative strand of the Human Immunodeficiency Virus type 1 (HIV-1) genome that could encode a protein named AntiSense Protein (ASP). In spite of some controversy, reports began to emerge some years later describing the detection of HIV-1 antisense transcripts, the presence of ASP in transfected and infected cells, and the existence of an immune response targeting ASP. Recently, it was established that the asp gene is exclusively conserved within the pandemic group M of HIV-1. In this review, we summarize the latest findings on HIV-1 antisense transcripts and ASP, and we discuss their potential functions in HIV-1 infection together with the role played by antisense transcripts and ASPs in some other viruses. Finally, we suggest pathways raised by the study of antisense transcripts and ASPs that may warrant exploration in the future.
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- Juliette Savoret
- Institut de Recherche en Infectiologie de Montpellier (IRIM), CNRS, Université de Montpellier, Montpellier, France
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- Institut de Recherche en Infectiologie de Montpellier (IRIM), CNRS, Université de Montpellier, Montpellier, France
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- Institut de Recherche en Infectiologie de Montpellier (IRIM), CNRS, Université de Montpellier, Montpellier, France
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- Institut de Recherche en Infectiologie de Montpellier (IRIM), CNRS, Université de Montpellier, Montpellier, France
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Palmeira JDF, Argañaraz GA, de Oliveira GXLM, Argañaraz ER. Physiological relevance of ACOT8-Nef interaction in HIV infection. Rev Med Virol 2019; 29:e2057. [PMID: 31179598 DOI: 10.1002/rmv.2057] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/06/2019] [Revised: 04/29/2019] [Accepted: 05/01/2019] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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During human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection, Nef viral protein plays a crucial role in viral pathogenesis and progression of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome. Nef is expressed in the early stages of infection and alters the cellular environment increasing infectivity, viral replication, and the evasion of host immune response through several mechanisms. Nef has numerous functional domains that allow it to interact with a number of proteins, interfering with intracellular traffic. Among these proteins, human peroxisomal thioesterase 8, ACOT8, has been shown to be an important cellular partner of Nef. It has been suggested that this interaction may be involved in Nef-dependent endocytosis and also in the modulation of lipid composition in membrane rafts. However, the actual role of this interaction, as well as the mechanisms involved, has not yet been fully elucidated. In this review, we focused on the interplay between Nef and ACOT8 proteins, highlighting the possible physiological relevance in HIV infection.
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- Laboratory of Molecular Neurovirology, Faculty of Health Science, University of Brasília, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Molecular Neurovirology, Faculty of Health Science, University of Brasília, Brazil
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Usmani SM, Murooka TT, Deruaz M, Koh WH, Sharaf RR, Di Pilato M, Power KA, Lopez P, Hnatiuk R, Vrbanac VD, Tager AM, Allen TM, Luster AD, Mempel TR. HIV-1 Balances the Fitness Costs and Benefits of Disrupting the Host Cell Actin Cytoskeleton Early after Mucosal Transmission. Cell Host Microbe 2019; 25:73-86.e5. [PMID: 30629922 DOI: 10.1016/j.chom.2018.12.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/24/2017] [Revised: 09/11/2018] [Accepted: 12/11/2018] [Indexed: 01/23/2023]
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HIV-1 primarily infects T lymphocytes and uses these motile cells as migratory vehicles for effective dissemination in the host. Paradoxically, the virus at the same time disrupts multiple cellular processes underlying lymphocyte motility, seemingly counterproductive to rapid systemic infection. Here we show by intravital microscopy in humanized mice that perturbation of the actin cytoskeleton via the lentiviral protein Nef, and not changes to chemokine receptor expression or function, is the dominant cause of dysregulated infected T cell motility in lymphoid tissue by preventing stable cellular polarization required for fast migration. Accordingly, disrupting the Nef hydrophobic patch that facilitates actin cytoskeletal perturbation initially accelerates systemic viral dissemination after female genital transmission. However, the same feature of Nef was subsequently critical for viral persistence in immune-competent hosts. Therefore, a highly conserved activity of lentiviral Nef proteins has dual effects and imposes both fitness costs and benefits on the virus at different stages of infection.
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- Shariq M Usmani
- Center for Immunology and Inflammatory Diseases, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA 02114, USA; Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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- Center for Immunology and Inflammatory Diseases, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA 02114, USA; Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA; University of Manitoba, Department of Immunology, Winnipeg, MB, Canada
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- Center for Immunology and Inflammatory Diseases, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA 02114, USA; Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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- University of Manitoba, Department of Immunology, Winnipeg, MB, Canada
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- Center for Immunology and Inflammatory Diseases, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA 02114, USA; Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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- Center for Immunology and Inflammatory Diseases, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA 02114, USA; Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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- Ragon Institute of MGH, MIT, and Harvard, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
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- University of Manitoba, Department of Immunology, Winnipeg, MB, Canada
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- University of Manitoba, Department of Immunology, Winnipeg, MB, Canada
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- Center for Immunology and Inflammatory Diseases, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA 02114, USA; Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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- Center for Immunology and Inflammatory Diseases, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA 02114, USA; Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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- Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA; Ragon Institute of MGH, MIT, and Harvard, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
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- Center for Immunology and Inflammatory Diseases, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA 02114, USA; Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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- Center for Immunology and Inflammatory Diseases, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA 02114, USA; Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
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Kmiec D, Akbil B, Ananth S, Hotter D, Sparrer KMJ, Stürzel CM, Trautz B, Ayouba A, Peeters M, Yao Z, Stagljar I, Passos V, Zillinger T, Goffinet C, Sauter D, Fackler OT, Kirchhoff F. SIVcol Nef counteracts SERINC5 by promoting its proteasomal degradation but does not efficiently enhance HIV-1 replication in human CD4+ T cells and lymphoid tissue. PLoS Pathog 2018; 14:e1007269. [PMID: 30125328 PMCID: PMC6117100 DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1007269] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/02/2018] [Revised: 08/30/2018] [Accepted: 08/08/2018] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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SERINC5 is a host restriction factor that impairs infectivity of HIV-1 and other primate lentiviruses and is counteracted by the viral accessory protein Nef. However, the importance of SERINC5 antagonism for viral replication and cytopathicity remained unclear. Here, we show that the Nef protein of the highly divergent SIVcol lineage infecting mantled guerezas (Colobus guereza) is a potent antagonist of SERINC5, although it lacks the CD4, CD3 and CD28 down-modulation activities exerted by other primate lentiviral Nefs. In addition, SIVcol Nefs decrease CXCR4 cell surface expression, suppress TCR-induced actin remodeling, and counteract Colobus but not human tetherin. Unlike HIV-1 Nef proteins, SIVcol Nef induces efficient proteasomal degradation of SERINC5 and counteracts orthologs from highly divergent vertebrate species, such as Xenopus frogs and zebrafish. A single Y86F mutation disrupts SERINC5 and tetherin antagonism but not CXCR4 down-modulation by SIVcol Nef, while mutation of a C-proximal di-leucine motif has the opposite effect. Unexpectedly, the Y86F change in SIVcol Nef had little if any effect on viral replication and CD4+ T cell depletion in preactivated human CD4+ T cells and in ex vivo infected lymphoid tissue. However, SIVcol Nef increased virion infectivity up to 10-fold and moderately increased viral replication in resting peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) that were first infected with HIV-1 and activated three or six days later. In conclusion, SIVcol Nef lacks several activities that are conserved in other primate lentiviruses and utilizes a distinct proteasome-dependent mechanism to counteract SERINC5. Our finding that evolutionarily distinct SIVcol Nefs show potent anti-SERINC5 activity supports a relevant role of SERINC5 antagonism for viral fitness in vivo. Our results further suggest this Nef function is particularly important for virion infectivity under conditions of limited CD4+ T cell activation. The accessory protein Nef promotes primate lentiviral replication and enhances the pathogenicity of HIV-1 by mechanisms of immune evasion and enhancing viral infectivity and replication. Here, we show that the evolutionarily most isolated primate lentivirus SIVcol lacks several otherwise conserved Nef functions. Nevertheless, SIVcol Nef potently antagonizes SERINC5, a recently discovered inhibitor of viral infectivity, by down-modulating it from the cell surface and inducing its proteasomal degradation. We identified Y86 in SIVcol Nef as a key determinant of SERINC5 antagonism. Efficient counteraction of SERINC5 did not increase HIV-1 replication in preactivated CD4+ T cells and in ex vivo infected lymphoid tissue but had modest enhancing effects when resting PBMCs were first infected and activated six days later. Evolution of high anti-SERINC5 activity by SIVcol Nef supports a relevant role of this antagonism in vivo, for instance by enhancing virion infectivity under conditions of limited T cell activation.
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- Dorota Kmiec
- Institute of Molecular Virology, Ulm University Medical Center, Ulm, Germany
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- Institute of Molecular Virology, Ulm University Medical Center, Ulm, Germany
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, Integrative Virology, CIID, University Hospital Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
- German Center for Infection Research (DZIF), Partner Site Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Institute of Molecular Virology, Ulm University Medical Center, Ulm, Germany
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, Integrative Virology, CIID, University Hospital Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
- German Center for Infection Research (DZIF), Partner Site Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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- TransVIHMI, Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, University of Montpellier, INSERM, Montpellier, France
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- TransVIHMI, Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, University of Montpellier, INSERM, Montpellier, France
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- Donnelly Centre, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Donnelly Centre, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Departments of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Institute of Virology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
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- Institute of Clinical Chemistry and Clinical Pharmacology, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany
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- Institute of Molecular Virology, Ulm University Medical Center, Ulm, Germany
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, Integrative Virology, CIID, University Hospital Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
- German Center for Infection Research (DZIF), Partner Site Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Institute of Molecular Virology, Ulm University Medical Center, Ulm, Germany
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Coinfections involving viruses are being recognized to influence the disease pattern that occurs relative to that with single infection. Classically, we usually think of a clinical syndrome as the consequence of infection by a single virus that is isolated from clinical specimens. However, this biased laboratory approach omits detection of additional agents that could be contributing to the clinical outcome, including novel agents not usually considered pathogens. The presence of an additional agent may also interfere with the targeted isolation of a known virus. Viral interference, a phenomenon where one virus competitively suppresses replication of other coinfecting viruses, is the most common outcome of viral coinfections. In addition, coinfections can modulate virus virulence and cell death, thereby altering disease severity and epidemiology. Immunity to primary virus infection can also modulate immune responses to subsequent secondary infections. In this review, various virological mechanisms that determine viral persistence/exclusion during coinfections are discussed, and insights into the isolation/detection of multiple viruses are provided. We also discuss features of heterologous infections that impact the pattern of immune responsiveness that develops.
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Sauter D, Kirchhoff F. Multilayered and versatile inhibition of cellular antiviral factors by HIV and SIV accessory proteins. Cytokine Growth Factor Rev 2018. [PMID: 29526437 DOI: 10.1016/j.cytogfr.2018.02.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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HIV-1, the main causative agent of AIDS, and related primate lentiviruses show a striking ability to efficiently replicate throughout the lifetime of an infected host. In addition to their high variability, the acquisition of several accessory genes has enabled these viruses to efficiently evade or counteract seemingly strong antiviral immune responses. The respective viral proteins, i.e. Vif, Vpr, Vpu, Vpx and Nef, show a stunning functional diversity, acting by various mechanisms and targeting a large variety of cellular factors involved in innate and adaptive immunity. A focus of the present review is the accumulating evidence that Vpr, Vpu and Nef not only directly target cellular antiviral factors at the protein level, but also suppress their expression by modulating the activity of immune-regulatory transcription factors such as NF-κB. Furthermore, we will discuss the ability of accessory proteins to act as versatile adaptors, removing antiviral proteins from their sites of action and/or targeting them for proteasomal or endolysosomal degradation. Here, the main emphasis will be on emerging examples for functional interactions, synergisms and switches between accessory primate lentiviral proteins. A better understanding of this complex interplay between cellular immune defense mechanisms and viral countermeasures might facilitate the development of effective vaccines, help to prevent harmful chronic inflammation, and provide insights into the establishment and maintenance of latent viral reservoirs.
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- Daniel Sauter
- Institute of Molecular Virology, Ulm University Medical Center, Meyerhofstr. 1, 89081 Ulm, Germany.
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- Institute of Molecular Virology, Ulm University Medical Center, Meyerhofstr. 1, 89081 Ulm, Germany.
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Manrique S, Sauter D, Horenkamp FA, Lülf S, Yu H, Hotter D, Anand K, Kirchhoff F, Geyer M. Endocytic sorting motif interactions involved in Nef-mediated downmodulation of CD4 and CD3. Nat Commun 2017; 8:442. [PMID: 28874665 PMCID: PMC5585231 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-017-00481-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/08/2016] [Accepted: 07/03/2017] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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Lentiviral Nefs recruit assembly polypeptide complexes and target sorting motifs in cellular receptors to induce their internalization. While Nef-mediated CD4 downmodulation is conserved, the ability to internalize CD3 was lost in HIV-1 and its precursors. Although both functions play key roles in lentiviral replication and pathogenicity, the underlying structural requirements are poorly defined. Here, we determine the structure of SIVmac239 Nef bound to the ExxxLM motif of another Nef molecule at 2.5 Å resolution. This provides a basis for a structural model, where a hydrophobic crevice in simian immunodeficiency virus (SIV) Nef targets a dileucine motif in CD4 and a tyrosine-based motif in CD3. Introducing key residues into this crevice of HIV-1 Nef enables CD3 binding but an additional N-terminal tyrosine motif is required for internalization. Our resolution of the CD4/Nef/AP2 complex and generation of HIV-1 Nefs capable of CD3 downregulation provide insights into sorting motif interactions and target discrimination of Nef.HIV and simian immunodeficiency virus (SIV) Nef proteins both stimulate the clathrin-mediated endocytosis of CD4 but differ in downmodulation of the immune receptor CD3. Here, the authors present the structure of SIV Nef bound to the ExxxLM motif of another Nef molecule, which allows them to propose a model how Nef recognizes these motifs in CD3 and CD4.
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- Santiago Manrique
- Institute of Innate Immunity, Department of Structural Immunology, University of Bonn, Sigmund-Freud-Str. 25, 53127, Bonn, Germany.,Max Planck-Institute of Molecular Physiology, Department Physical Biochemistry, Otto-Hahn-Str. 11, 44227, Dortmund, Germany
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- Institute of Molecular Virology, Ulm University Medical Center, Meyerhofstr. 1, 89081, Ulm, Germany
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- Max Planck-Institute of Molecular Physiology, Department Physical Biochemistry, Otto-Hahn-Str. 11, 44227, Dortmund, Germany
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- Max Planck-Institute of Molecular Physiology, Department Physical Biochemistry, Otto-Hahn-Str. 11, 44227, Dortmund, Germany.,Center of Advanced European Studies and Research (caesar), Ludwig-Erhard-Allee 2, 53175, Bonn, Germany
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- Institute of Molecular Virology, Ulm University Medical Center, Meyerhofstr. 1, 89081, Ulm, Germany
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- Institute of Molecular Virology, Ulm University Medical Center, Meyerhofstr. 1, 89081, Ulm, Germany
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- Institute of Innate Immunity, Department of Structural Immunology, University of Bonn, Sigmund-Freud-Str. 25, 53127, Bonn, Germany.,Center of Advanced European Studies and Research (caesar), Ludwig-Erhard-Allee 2, 53175, Bonn, Germany
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- Institute of Molecular Virology, Ulm University Medical Center, Meyerhofstr. 1, 89081, Ulm, Germany
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- Institute of Innate Immunity, Department of Structural Immunology, University of Bonn, Sigmund-Freud-Str. 25, 53127, Bonn, Germany. .,Max Planck-Institute of Molecular Physiology, Department Physical Biochemistry, Otto-Hahn-Str. 11, 44227, Dortmund, Germany. .,Center of Advanced European Studies and Research (caesar), Ludwig-Erhard-Allee 2, 53175, Bonn, Germany.
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Rossi FW, Prevete N, Rivellese F, Lobasso A, Napolitano F, Granata F, Selleri C, de Paulis A. HIV-1 Nef promotes migration and chemokine synthesis of human basophils and mast cells through the interaction with CXCR4. Clin Mol Allergy 2016; 14:15. [PMID: 27822141 PMCID: PMC5088669 DOI: 10.1186/s12948-016-0052-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/07/2016] [Accepted: 10/25/2016] [Indexed: 01/03/2023] Open
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Background The Nef protein can be detected in plasma of HIV-1-infected patients and plays a role in the pathogenesis of HIV-1. Nef produced during the early stages of infection is fundamental in creating the ideal environment for viral replication, e.g. by reducing the ability of infected cells to induce an immune response. Aim Based on previous experience showing that both Tat and gp41 of HIV-1 are potent chemotactic factors for basophils and mast cells, and gp120 is a powerful stimulus for the release of histamine and cytokines (IL-4 and IL-13) from basophils, in this study we aimed to verify if the HIV Nef protein can exert some effects on basophils and mast cells purified from healthy volunteers through the interaction with the CXCL12 receptor, CXCR4. Methods Basophils purified from peripheral blood cells of 30 healthy volunteers and mast cells obtained from lung tissue of ten healthy volunteers were tested by flow cytometric analysis, chemotaxis and chemokine production by ELISA assays. Results Nef is a potent chemoattractant for basophils and lung mast cells obtained from healthy, HIV-1 and HIV-2 seronegative individuals. Incubation of basophils and mast cells with Nef induces the release of chemokines (CXCL8/IL-8 and CCL3/MIP-1α). The chemotactic activity of Nef on basophils and mast cells is mediated by the interaction with CXCR4 receptors, being blocked by preincubation of FcεRI+ cells with an anti-CXCR4 Ab. Stimulation with Nef or CXCL12/SDF-1α, a CXCR4 ligand, desensitizes basophils to a subsequent challenge with an autologous or heterologous stimulus. Conclusions These results indicate that Nef, a HIV-1-encoded α-chemokine homolog protein, plays a direct role in basophils and mast cell recruitment and activation at sites of HIV-1 replication, by promoting directional migration of human FcεRI+ cells and the release of chemokines from these cells. Together with our previous results, these data suggest that FcεRI+ cells contribute to the dysregulation of the immune system in HIV-1 infection.
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- Francesca Wanda Rossi
- Department of Translational Medical Sciences and Center for Basic and Clinical Immunology Research (CISI), University of Naples Federico II, Via S. Pansini 5, 80131 Naples, Italy
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- Department of Translational Medical Sciences and Center for Basic and Clinical Immunology Research (CISI), University of Naples Federico II, Via S. Pansini 5, 80131 Naples, Italy
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- Department of Translational Medical Sciences and Center for Basic and Clinical Immunology Research (CISI), University of Naples Federico II, Via S. Pansini 5, 80131 Naples, Italy ; Centre for Experimental Medicine and Rheumatology, William Harvey Research Institute, Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London, London, UK
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- Department of Translational Medical Sciences and Center for Basic and Clinical Immunology Research (CISI), University of Naples Federico II, Via S. Pansini 5, 80131 Naples, Italy
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- Department of Translational Medical Sciences and Center for Basic and Clinical Immunology Research (CISI), University of Naples Federico II, Via S. Pansini 5, 80131 Naples, Italy
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- Department of Translational Medical Sciences and Center for Basic and Clinical Immunology Research (CISI), University of Naples Federico II, Via S. Pansini 5, 80131 Naples, Italy
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- Hematology Branch, Department of Medicine, University of Salerno, Salerno, Italy
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- Department of Translational Medical Sciences and Center for Basic and Clinical Immunology Research (CISI), University of Naples Federico II, Via S. Pansini 5, 80131 Naples, Italy
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Pereira EA, daSilva LLP. HIV-1 Nef: Taking Control of Protein Trafficking. Traffic 2016; 17:976-96. [PMID: 27161574 DOI: 10.1111/tra.12412] [Citation(s) in RCA: 95] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/17/2016] [Revised: 05/05/2016] [Accepted: 05/05/2016] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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The Nef protein of the human immunodeficiency virus is a crucial determinant of viral pathogenesis and disease progression. Nef is abundantly expressed early in infection and is thought to optimize the cellular environment for viral replication. Nef controls expression levels of various cell surface molecules that play important roles in immunity and virus life cycle, by directly interfering with the itinerary of these proteins within the endocytic and late secretory pathways. To exert these functions, Nef physically interacts with host proteins that regulate protein trafficking. In recent years, considerable progress was made in identifying host-cell-interacting partners for Nef, and the molecular machinery used by Nef to interfere with protein trafficking has started to be unraveled. Here, we briefly review the knowledge gained and discuss new findings regarding the mechanisms by which Nef modifies the intracellular trafficking pathways to prevent antigen presentation, facilitate viral particle release and enhance the infectivity of HIV-1 virions.
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- Estela A Pereira
- Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, Ribeirão Preto Medical School, University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil
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- Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, Ribeirão Preto Medical School, University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil
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Differential Ability of Primary HIV-1 Nef Isolates To Downregulate HIV-1 Entry Receptors. J Virol 2015; 89:9639-52. [PMID: 26178998 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.01548-15] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/17/2015] [Accepted: 07/06/2015] [Indexed: 01/02/2023] Open
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UNLABELLED HIV-1 Nef downregulates the viral entry receptor CD4 as well as the coreceptors CCR5 and CXCR4 from the surface of HIV-infected cells, and this leads to promotion of viral replication through superinfection resistance and other mechanisms. Nef sequence motifs that modulate these functions have been identified via in vitro mutagenesis with laboratory HIV-1 strains. However, it remains unclear whether the same motifs contribute to Nef activity in patient-derived sequences and whether these motifs may differ in Nef sequences isolated at different infection stages and/or from patients with different disease phenotypes. Here, nef clones from 45 elite controllers (EC), 46 chronic progressors (CP), and 43 acute progressors (AP) were examined for their CD4, CCR5, and CXCR4 downregulation functions. Nef clones from EC exhibited statistically significantly impaired CD4 and CCR5 downregulation ability and modestly impaired CXCR4 downregulation activity compared to those from CP and AP. Nef's ability to downregulate CD4 and CCR5 correlated positively in all cohorts, suggesting that they are functionally linked in vivo. Moreover, impairments in Nef's receptor downregulation functions increased the susceptibility of Nef-expressing cells to HIV-1 infection. Mutagenesis studies on three functionally impaired EC Nef clones revealed that multiple residues, including those at novel sites, were involved in the alteration of Nef functions and steady-state protein levels. Specifically, polymorphisms at highly conserved tryptophan residues (e.g., Trp-57 and Trp-183) and immune escape-associated sites were responsible for reduced Nef functions in these clones. Our results suggest that the functional modulation of primary Nef sequences is mediated by complex polymorphism networks. IMPORTANCE HIV-1 Nef, a key factor for viral pathogenesis, downregulates functionally important molecules from the surface of infected cells, including the viral entry receptor CD4 and coreceptors CCR5 and CXCR4. This activity enhances viral replication by protecting infected cells from cytotoxicity associated with superinfection and may also serve as an immune evasion strategy. However, how these activities are maintained under selective pressure in vivo remains elusive. We addressed this question by analyzing functions of primary Nef clones isolated from patients at various infection stages and with different disease phenotypes, including elite controllers, who spontaneously control HIV-1 viremia to undetectable levels. The results indicated that downregulation of HIV-1 entry receptors, particularly CCR5, is impaired in Nef clones from elite controllers. These functional impairments were driven by rare Nef polymorphisms and adaptations associated with cellular immune responses, underscoring the complex molecular pathways responsible for maintaining and attenuating viral protein function in vivo.
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Nakano Y, Matsuda K, Yoshikawa R, Yamada E, Misawa N, Hirsch VM, Koyanagi Y, Sato K. Down-modulation of primate lentiviral receptors by Nef proteins of simian immunodeficiency virus (SIV) of chimpanzees (SIVcpz) and related SIVs: implication for the evolutionary event at the emergence of SIVcpz. J Gen Virol 2015; 96:2867-2877. [PMID: 26041873 DOI: 10.1099/vir.0.000207] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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It has been estimated that human immunodeficiency virus type 1 originated from the zoonotic transmission of simian immunodeficiency virus (SIV) of chimpanzees, SIVcpz, and that SIVcpz emerged by the recombination of two lineages of SIVs in Old World monkeys (SIVgsn/mon/mus in guenons and SIVrcm in red-capped mangabeys) and SIVcpz Nef is most closely related to SIVrcm Nef. These observations suggest that SIVrcm Nef had an advantage over SIVgsn/mon/mus during the evolution of SIVcpz in chimpanzees, although this advantage remains uncertain. Nef is a multifunctional protein which downregulates CD4 and coreceptor proteins from the surface of infected cells, presumably to limit superinfection. To assess the possibility that SIVrcm Nef was selected by its superior ability to downregulate viral entry receptors in chimpanzees, we compared its ability to down-modulate viral receptor proteins from humans, chimpanzees and red-capped mangabeys with Nef proteins from eight other different strains of SIVs. Surprisingly, the ability of SIVrcm Nef to downregulate CCR5, CCR2B and CXCR6 was comparable to or lower than SIVgsn/mon/mus Nef, indicating that ability to down-modulate chemokine receptors was not the selective pressure. However, SIVrcm Nef significantly downregulates chimpanzee CD4 over SIVgsn/mon/mus Nefs. Our findings suggest the possibility that the selection of SIVrcm Nef by ancestral SIVcpz is due to its superior capacity to down-modulate chimpanzees CD4 rather than coreceptor proteins.
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- Yusuke Nakano
- Laboratory of Viral Pathogenesis, Institute for Virus Research, Kyoto University, Kyoto 6068507, Japan
- Department of Medical Virology, Faculty of Life Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto 8608556, Japan
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- Laboratory of Molecular Microbiology, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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- Laboratory of Viral Pathogenesis, Institute for Virus Research, Kyoto University, Kyoto 6068507, Japan
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- Laboratory of Viral Pathogenesis, Institute for Virus Research, Kyoto University, Kyoto 6068507, Japan
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- Laboratory of Viral Pathogenesis, Institute for Virus Research, Kyoto University, Kyoto 6068507, Japan
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- Laboratory of Molecular Microbiology, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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- Laboratory of Viral Pathogenesis, Institute for Virus Research, Kyoto University, Kyoto 6068507, Japan
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- CREST, Japan Science and Technology Agency, Saitama 3220012, Japan
- Laboratory of Viral Pathogenesis, Institute for Virus Research, Kyoto University, Kyoto 6068507, Japan
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Yamada E, Yoshikawa R, Nakano Y, Misawa N, Koyanagi Y, Sato K. Impacts of humanized mouse models on the investigation of HIV-1 infection: illuminating the roles of viral accessory proteins in vivo. Viruses 2015; 7:1373-90. [PMID: 25807049 PMCID: PMC4379576 DOI: 10.3390/v7031373] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/19/2015] [Revised: 03/10/2015] [Accepted: 03/10/2015] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
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Human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) encodes four accessory genes: vif, vpu, vpr, and nef. Recent investigations using in vitro cell culture systems have shed light on the roles of these HIV-1 accessory proteins, Vif, Vpr, Vpu, and Nef, in counteracting, modulating, and evading various cellular factors that are responsible for anti-HIV-1 intrinsic immunity. However, since humans are the exclusive target for HIV-1 infection, conventional animal models are incapable of mimicking the dynamics of HIV-1 infection in vivo. Moreover, the effects of HIV-1 accessory proteins on viral infection in vivo remain unclear. To elucidate the roles of HIV-1 accessory proteins in the dynamics of viral infection in vivo, humanized mouse models, in which the mice are xenotransplanted with human hematopoietic stem cells, has been utilized. This review describes the current knowledge of the roles of HIV-1 accessory proteins in viral infection, replication, and pathogenicity in vivo, which are revealed by the studies using humanized mouse models.
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- Eri Yamada
- Laboratory of Viral Pathogenesis, Institute for Virus Research, Kyoto University, Kyoto 6068507, Japan.
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- Laboratory of Viral Pathogenesis, Institute for Virus Research, Kyoto University, Kyoto 6068507, Japan.
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- Laboratory of Viral Pathogenesis, Institute for Virus Research, Kyoto University, Kyoto 6068507, Japan.
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- Laboratory of Viral Pathogenesis, Institute for Virus Research, Kyoto University, Kyoto 6068507, Japan.
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- Laboratory of Viral Pathogenesis, Institute for Virus Research, Kyoto University, Kyoto 6068507, Japan.
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- Laboratory of Viral Pathogenesis, Institute for Virus Research, Kyoto University, Kyoto 6068507, Japan.
- CREST, Japan Science and Technology Agency, Saitama 3220012, Japan.
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HIV-1 Nef and Vpu are functionally redundant broad-spectrum modulators of cell surface receptors, including tetraspanins. J Virol 2014; 88:14241-57. [PMID: 25275127 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.02333-14] [Citation(s) in RCA: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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UNLABELLED HIV-1 Nef and Vpu are thought to optimize virus replication in the infected host, at least in part via their ability to interfere with vesicular host cell trafficking. Despite the use of distinct molecular mechanisms, Nef and Vpu share specificity for some molecules such as CD4 and major histocompatibility complex class I (MHC-I), while disruption of intracellular transport of the host cell restriction factor CD317/tetherin represents a specialized activity of Vpu not exerted by HIV-1 Nef. To establish a profile of host cell receptors whose intracellular transport is affected by Nef, Vpu, or both, we comprehensively analyzed the effect of these accessory viral proteins on cell surface receptor levels on A3.01 T lymphocytes. Thirty-six out of 105 detectable receptors were significantly downregulated by HIV-1 Nef, revealing a previously unappreciated scope with which HIV-1 Nef remodels the cell surface of infected cells. Remarkably, the effects of HIV-1 Vpu on host cell receptor exposure largely matched those of HIV-1 Nef in breadth and specificity (32 of 105, all also targeted by Nef), even though the magnitude was generally less pronounced. Of particular note, cell surface exposure of all members of the tetraspanin (TSPAN) protein family analyzed was reduced by both Nef and Vpu, and the viral proteins triggered the enrichment of TSPANs in a perinuclear area of the cell. While Vpu displayed significant colocalization and physical association with TSPANs, interactions of Nef with TSPANs were less robust. TSPANs thus emerge as a major target of deregulation in host cell vesicular transport by HIV-1 Nef and Vpu. The conservation of this activity in two independent accessory proteins suggests its importance for the spread of HIV-1 in the infected host. IMPORTANCE In this paper, we define that HIV-1 Nef and Vpu display a surprising functional overlap and affect the cell surface exposure of a previously unexpected breadth of cellular receptors. Our analyses furthermore identify the tetraspanin protein family as a previously unrecognized target of Nef and Vpu activity. These findings have implications for the interpretation of effects detected for these accessory gene products on individual host cell receptors and illustrate the coevolution of Nef and Vpu function.
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Sopper S, Mätz-Rensing K, Mühl T, Heeney J, Stahl-Hennig C, Sauermann U. Host factors determine differential disease progression after infection with nef-deleted simian immunodeficiency virus. J Gen Virol 2014; 95:2273-2284. [PMID: 24928910 PMCID: PMC4165933 DOI: 10.1099/vir.0.066563-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/17/2023] Open
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Infection of macaques with live attenuated simian immunodeficiency virus (SIV) usually results in long-lasting efficient protection against infection with pathogenic immunodeficiency viruses. However, attenuation by deletion of regulatory genes such as nef is not complete, leading to a high viral load and fatal disease in some animals. To characterize immunological parameters and polymorphic host factors, we studied 17 rhesus macaques infected with attenuated SIVmac239ΔNU. Eight animals were able to control viral replication, whereas the remaining animals (non-controllers) displayed variable set-point viral loads. Peak viral load at 2 weeks post-infection (p.i.) correlated significantly with set-point viral load (P<0.0001). CD4(+) T-cell frequencies differed significantly soon after infection between controllers and non-controllers. Abnormal B-cell activation previously ascribed to Nef function could already be observed in non-controllers 8 weeks after infection despite the absence of Nef. Two non-controllers developed an AIDS-like disease within 102 weeks p.i. Virus from these animals transmitted to naïve animals replicated at low levels and the recipients did not develop immunodeficiency. This suggested that host factors determined differential viral load and subsequent disease course. Known Mhc class I alleles associated with disease progression in SIV WT infection only marginally influenced the viral load in Δnef-infected animals. Protection from SIVmac251 was associated with homozygosity for MHC class II in conjunction with a TLR7 polymorphism and showed a trend with initial viral replication. We speculated that host factors whose effects were usually masked by Nef were responsible for the different disease courses in individual animals upon infection with nef-deleted viruses.
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- Sieghart Sopper
- Tumor Immunology Lab, Hematology and Oncology, Medical University Innsbruck and Tyrolean Cancer Research Institute, Innsbruck, Austria
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- Pathology Unit, German Primate Center, Leibniz Institute for Primate Research, Goettingen, Germany
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- Unit of Infection Models, German Primate Center, Leibniz Institute for Primate Research, Kellnerweg 4, 37077 Goettingen, Germany
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- Department of Veterinary Medicine, The University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
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- Unit of Infection Models, German Primate Center, Leibniz Institute for Primate Research, Kellnerweg 4, 37077 Goettingen, Germany
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- Unit of Infection Models, German Primate Center, Leibniz Institute for Primate Research, Kellnerweg 4, 37077 Goettingen, Germany
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Ramirez PW, Famiglietti M, Sowrirajan B, DePaula-Silva AB, Rodesch C, Barker E, Bosque A, Planelles V. Downmodulation of CCR7 by HIV-1 Vpu results in impaired migration and chemotactic signaling within CD4⁺ T cells. Cell Rep 2014; 7:2019-30. [PMID: 24910430 DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2014.05.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/18/2013] [Revised: 10/31/2013] [Accepted: 05/07/2014] [Indexed: 10/25/2022] Open
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The chemokine receptor CCR7 plays a crucial role in the homing of central memory and naive T cells to peripheral lymphoid organs. Here, we show that the HIV-1 accessory protein Vpu downregulates CCR7 on the surface of CD4(+) T cells. Vpu and CCR7 were found to specifically interact and colocalize within the trans-Golgi network, where CCR7 is retained. Downmodulation of CCR7 did not involve degradation or endocytosis and was strictly dependent on Vpu expression. Stimulation of HIV-1-infected primary CD4(+) T cells with the CCR7 ligand CCL19 resulted in reduced mobilization of Ca(2+), reduced phosphorylation of Erk1/2, and impaired migration toward CCL19. Specific amino acid residues within the transmembrane domain of Vpu that were previously shown to be critical for BST-2 downmodulation (A14, A18, and W22) were also necessary for CCR7 downregulation. These results suggest that BST-2 and CCR7 may be downregulated via similar mechanisms.
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- Peter W Ramirez
- Division of Microbiology and Immunology, Department of Pathology, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, UT 84112, USA
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- Division of Microbiology and Immunology, Department of Pathology, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, UT 84112, USA; School of Medicine, Università Vita-Salute San Raffaele, 20132 Milan, Italy; AIDS Immunopathogenesis Unit, Division of Immunology, Transplantation and Infectious Diseases, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, 20132 Milan, Italy
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- Department of Immunology/Microbiology, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL 60612, USA
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- Division of Microbiology and Immunology, Department of Pathology, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, UT 84112, USA
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- Department of Core Facilities, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, UT 84112, USA
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- Department of Immunology/Microbiology, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL 60612, USA
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- Division of Microbiology and Immunology, Department of Pathology, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, UT 84112, USA
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- Division of Microbiology and Immunology, Department of Pathology, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, UT 84112, USA.
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Chandrasekaran P, Moore V, Buckley M, Spurrier J, Kehrl JH, Venkatesan S. HIV-1 Nef down-modulates C-C and C-X-C chemokine receptors via ubiquitin and ubiquitin-independent mechanism. PLoS One 2014; 9:e86998. [PMID: 24489825 PMCID: PMC3906104 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0086998] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/18/2013] [Accepted: 12/16/2013] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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Human and Simian Immunodeficiency virus (HIV-1, HIV-2, and SIV) encode an accessory protein, Nef, which is a pathogenesis and virulence factor. Nef is a multivalent adapter that dysregulates the trafficking of many immune cell receptors, including chemokine receptors (CKRs). Physiological endocytic itinerary of agonist occupied CXCR4 involves ubiquitinylation of the phosphorylated receptor at three critical lysine residues and dynamin-dependent trafficking through the ESCRT pathway into lysosomes for degradation. Likewise, Nef induced CXCR4 degradation was critically dependent on the three lysines in the C-terminal -SSLKILSKGK- motif. Nef directly recruits the HECT domain E3 ligases AIP4 or NEDD4 to CXCR4 in the resting state. This mechanism was confirmed by ternary interactions of Nef, CXCR4 and AIP4 or NEDD4; by reversal of Nef effect by expression of catalytically inactive AIP4-C830A mutant; and siRNA knockdown of AIP4, NEDD4 or some ESCRT-0 adapters. However, ubiquitinylation dependent lysosomal degradation was not the only mechanism by which Nef downregulated CKRs. Agonist and Nef mediated CXCR2 (and CXCR1) degradation was ubiquitinylation independent. Nef also profoundly downregulated the naturally truncated CXCR4 associated with WHIM syndrome and engineered variants of CXCR4 that resist CXCL12 induced internalization via an ubiquitinylation independent mechanism.
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- Prabha Chandrasekaran
- Laboratory of Molecular Immunology, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
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- Laboratory of Molecular Immunology, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
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- Laboratory of Molecular Immunology, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
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- Laboratory of Molecular Immunology, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
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- Laboratory of Immunoregulation, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
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- Laboratory of Molecular Immunology, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
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Van Nuffel A, Ariën KK, Stove V, Schindler M, O'Neill E, Schmökel J, Van de Walle I, Naessens E, Vanderstraeten H, Van Landeghem K, Taghon T, Pulkkinen K, Saksela K, Garcia JV, Fackler OT, Kirchhoff F, Verhasselt B. Primate lentiviral Nef proteins deregulate T-cell development by multiple mechanisms. Retrovirology 2013; 10:137. [PMID: 24237970 PMCID: PMC3906981 DOI: 10.1186/1742-4690-10-137] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/29/2013] [Accepted: 10/28/2013] [Indexed: 01/21/2023] Open
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Background A nef gene is present in all primate lentiviral genomes and is important for high viral loads and progression to AIDS in human or experimental macaque hosts of HIV or SIV, respectively. In these hosts, infection of the thymus results in a decreased output of naive T cells that may contribute to the development of immunodeficiency. We have previously shown that HIV-1 subtype B Nef proteins can block human T-cell development. However, the underlying mechanism(s) and the conservation of this Nef function between different groups of HIV and SIV remained to be determined. Results We investigated whether reduction of thymic output is a conserved function of highly divergent lentiviral Nef proteins including those from both types of human immunodeficiency viruses (HIV-1 and HIV-2), their direct simian counterparts (SIVcpz, SIVgor and SIVsmm, respectively), and some additional SIV strains. We found that expression of most of these nef alleles in thymocyte progenitors impaired T-cell development and reduced thymic output. For HIV-1 Nef, binding to active p21 protein (Cdc42/Rac)-activated kinase (PAK2) was a major determinant of this function. In contrast, selective disruption of PAK2 binding did not eliminate the effect on T-cell development of SIVmac239 Nef, as was shown by expressing mutants in a newly discovered PAK2 activating structural motif (PASM) constituted by residues I117, H121, T218 and Y221, as well as previously described mutants. Rather, down-modulation of cell surface CD3 was sufficient for reduced thymic output by SIVmac Nef, while other functions of SIV Nefs contributed. Conclusions Our results indicate that primate lentiviral Nef proteins impair development of thymocyte precursors into T cells in multiple ways. The interaction of HIV-1 Nef with active PAK2 by HIV-1 seem to be most detrimental, and downregulation of CD3 by HIV-2 and most SIV Nef proteins sufficient for reduced thymic output. Since the reduction of thymic output by Nef is a conserved property of divergent lentiviruses, it is likely to be relevant for peripheral T-cell depletion in poorly adapted primate lentiviral infections.
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- Anouk Van Nuffel
- Department of Clinical Chemistry, Microbiology, and Immunology, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium.
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Watkins RL, Zou W, Denton PW, Krisko JF, Foster JL, Garcia JV. In vivo analysis of highly conserved Nef activities in HIV-1 replication and pathogenesis. Retrovirology 2013; 10:125. [PMID: 24172637 PMCID: PMC3907037 DOI: 10.1186/1742-4690-10-125] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/16/2013] [Accepted: 10/23/2013] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND The HIV-1 accessory protein, Nef, is decisive for progression to AIDS. In vitro characterization of the protein has described many Nef activities of unknown in vivo significance including CD4 downregulation and a number of activities that depend on Nef interacting with host SH3 domain proteins. Here, we use the BLT humanized mouse model of HIV-1 infection to assess their impact on viral replication and pathogenesis and the selection pressure to restore these activities using enforced in vivo evolution. RESULTS We followed the evolution of HIV-1LAI (LAI) with a frame-shifted nef (LAINeffs) during infection of BLT mice. LAINeffs was rapidly replaced in blood by virus with short deletions in nef that restored the open reading frame (LAINeffs∆-1 and LAINeffs∆-13). Subsequently, LAINeffs∆-1 was often replaced by wild type LAI. Unexpectedly, LAINeffs∆-1 and LAINeffs∆-13 Nefs were specifically defective for CD4 downregulation activity. Viruses with these mutant nefs were used to infect BLT mice. LAINeffs∆-1 and LAINeffs∆-13 exhibited three-fold reduced viral replication (compared to LAI) and a 50% reduction of systemic CD4+ T cells (>90% for LAI) demonstrating the importance of CD4 downregulation. These results also demonstrate that functions other than CD4 downregulation enhanced viral replication and pathogenesis of LAINeffs∆-1 and LAINeffs∆-13 compared to LAINeffs. To gain insight into the nature of these activities, we constructed the double mutant P72A/P75A. Multiple Nef activities can be negated by mutating the SH3 domain binding site (P72Q73V74P75L76R77) to P72A/P75A and this mutation does not affect CD4 downregulation. Virus with nef mutated to P72A/P75A closely resembled the wild-type virus in vivo as viral replication and pathogenesis was not significantly altered. Unlike LAINeffs described above, the P72A/P75A mutation had a very weak tendency to revert to wild type sequence. CONCLUSIONS The in vivo phenotype of Nef is significantly dependent on CD4 downregulation but minimally on the numerous Nef activities that require an intact SH3 domain binding motif. These results suggest that CD4 downregulation plus one or more unknown Nef activities contribute to enhanced viral replication and pathogenesis and are suitable targets for anti-HIV therapy. Enforced evolution studies in BLT mice will greatly facilitate identification of these critical activities.
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- Richard L Watkins
- Division of Infectious Diseases, Center for AIDS Research, 2042 Genetic Medicine, University of North Carolina, Campus Box 7042, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7042, USA.
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Watkins RL, Zou W, Denton PW, Krisko JF, Foster JL, Garcia JV. In vivo analysis of highly conserved Nef activities in HIV-1 replication and pathogenesis. Retrovirology 2013. [PMID: 24172637 DOI: 10.1186/742-4690-10-125] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/03/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND The HIV-1 accessory protein, Nef, is decisive for progression to AIDS. In vitro characterization of the protein has described many Nef activities of unknown in vivo significance including CD4 downregulation and a number of activities that depend on Nef interacting with host SH3 domain proteins. Here, we use the BLT humanized mouse model of HIV-1 infection to assess their impact on viral replication and pathogenesis and the selection pressure to restore these activities using enforced in vivo evolution. RESULTS We followed the evolution of HIV-1LAI (LAI) with a frame-shifted nef (LAINeffs) during infection of BLT mice. LAINeffs was rapidly replaced in blood by virus with short deletions in nef that restored the open reading frame (LAINeffs∆-1 and LAINeffs∆-13). Subsequently, LAINeffs∆-1 was often replaced by wild type LAI. Unexpectedly, LAINeffs∆-1 and LAINeffs∆-13 Nefs were specifically defective for CD4 downregulation activity. Viruses with these mutant nefs were used to infect BLT mice. LAINeffs∆-1 and LAINeffs∆-13 exhibited three-fold reduced viral replication (compared to LAI) and a 50% reduction of systemic CD4+ T cells (>90% for LAI) demonstrating the importance of CD4 downregulation. These results also demonstrate that functions other than CD4 downregulation enhanced viral replication and pathogenesis of LAINeffs∆-1 and LAINeffs∆-13 compared to LAINeffs. To gain insight into the nature of these activities, we constructed the double mutant P72A/P75A. Multiple Nef activities can be negated by mutating the SH3 domain binding site (P72Q73V74P75L76R77) to P72A/P75A and this mutation does not affect CD4 downregulation. Virus with nef mutated to P72A/P75A closely resembled the wild-type virus in vivo as viral replication and pathogenesis was not significantly altered. Unlike LAINeffs described above, the P72A/P75A mutation had a very weak tendency to revert to wild type sequence. CONCLUSIONS The in vivo phenotype of Nef is significantly dependent on CD4 downregulation but minimally on the numerous Nef activities that require an intact SH3 domain binding motif. These results suggest that CD4 downregulation plus one or more unknown Nef activities contribute to enhanced viral replication and pathogenesis and are suitable targets for anti-HIV therapy. Enforced evolution studies in BLT mice will greatly facilitate identification of these critical activities.
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- Richard L Watkins
- Division of Infectious Diseases, Center for AIDS Research, 2042 Genetic Medicine, University of North Carolina, Campus Box 7042, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7042, USA.
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Park IW, He JJ. HIV-1 Nef-mediated T-cell activation and chemotaxis are decoupled using a HIV-1/SIVpbj1.9. chimeric nef variant. Arch Virol 2012; 158:845-52. [PMID: 23224761 DOI: 10.1007/s00705-012-1560-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/23/2012] [Accepted: 10/17/2012] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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HIV-1 Nef is known to activate CD4+ T cells but inhibit their migration toward SDF-1α. However, it is not clear how this protein orchestrates these two seemingly concomitant events. In this study, by comparing these two activities of HIV-1 Nef with those of its primate counterpart, SIVpbj1.9, we found that HIV-1 Nef activated T cells only in the presence of CD3/ CD28 stimulation, while SIVpbj1.9 Nef did even without CD3/CD28. We also observed that HIV-1 Nef inhibited T-cell chemotaxis toward SDF-1α, while SIVpbj1.9 Nef did not. A hybrid between HIV-1 and SIVpbj1.9 Nef completely abrogated the chemotaxis blockade by HIV-1 Nef while failing to activate T cells without CD3/CD28 co-stimulation. Mutations in the myristoylation and SH3-binding site, but not the basic-rich domain, in Nef were unresponsive to CD3/CD28 stimulation but reversed the inhibition of migration. These findings indicate that the signals for T-cell activation by Nef do not necessarily parallel those for T-cell migration.
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- In-Woo Park
- Department of Cell Biology and Anatomy, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, University of North Texas Health Science Center, CBH-316, 3500 Camp Bowie Blvd, Fort Worth, TX 76107, USA.
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Chandrasekaran P, Buckley M, Moore V, Wang LQ, Kehrl JH, Venkatesan S. HIV-1 Nef impairs heterotrimeric G-protein signaling by targeting Gα(i2) for degradation through ubiquitination. J Biol Chem 2012; 287:41481-98. [PMID: 23071112 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m112.361782] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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The HIV Nef protein is an important pathogenic factor that modulates cell surface receptor trafficking and impairs cell motility, presumably by interfering at multiple steps with chemotactic receptor signaling. Here, we report that a dominant effect of Nef is to trigger AIP4 E3 ligase-mediated Gα(i2) ubiquitination, which leads to Gα(i2) endolysosomal sequestration and destruction. The loss of the Gα(i2) subunit was demonstrable in many cell types in the context of gene transfection, HIV infection, or Nef protein transduction. Nef directly interacts with Gα(i2) and ternary complexes containing AIP4, Nef, and Gα(i2) form. A substantial reversal of Gα(i2) loss and a partial recovery of impaired chemotaxis occurred following siRNA knockdown of AIP4 or NEDD4 or by inhibiting dynamin. The N-terminal myristoyl group, (62)EEEE(65) motif, and (72)PXXP(75) motif of Nef are critical for this effect to occur. Nef expression does not affect a Gq(i5) chimera where the five C-terminal residues of Gq are replaced with those of Gα(i2). Lysine at position 296 of Gα(i2) was identified as the critical determinant of Nef-induced degradation. By specifically degrading Gα(i2), Nef directly subverts leukocyte migration and homing. Impaired trafficking and homing of HIV Nef-expressing lymphocytes probably contributes to early immune dysfunction following HIV infection.
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- Prabha Chandrasekaran
- Laboratory of Molecular Immunology, NIAID, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA
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Turville SG, Peretti S, Pope M. Lymphocyte-dendritic cell interactions and mucosal acquisition of SIV/HIV infection. Curr Opin HIV AIDS 2012; 1:3-9. [PMID: 19372776 DOI: 10.1097/01.coh.0000194109.14601.20] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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PURPOSE OF REVIEW Several previous models of HIV dissemination implicated dendritic cells as viral conduits to the lymphatics. However, recent macaque transmission and microbicide studies have highlighted a more complex situation. RECENT FINDINGS Resting CD4 lymphocytes are observed to be the major infected population in mucosal tissue after vaginal challenge with SIV. Resting lymphocytes appear to bridge infection over short distances, whereas activated lymphocytes provide long-distance virus dissemination as a result of greater virus amplification. In addition, dendritic cells might be early carriers of virus, transmitting virus to T cells locally and to the lymph nodes, and thus support parallel mechanisms in transmission. Microbicide studies using agents against CCR5 corroborate a model that infection at the mucosa must occur for transmission to be successful. The fast-rate dendritic cell trafficking of virus to the lymphatics may not result in immediate and efficient viral replication in lymphatic tissue. As dendritic cells might also be infected at the mucosa before lymphatic trafficking, this would enable them to transfer virus in this region at a later timepoint. SUMMARY There are now several models that can be attributed to the mucosal acquisition of SIV/HIV. One feature that unites these models is that infection in the mucosa must occur for dissemination to take place. Whether this is a feature of CD4 lymphocytes, dendritic cells or macrophage infection is still unclear. A model that intertwines one or more of the above cell types would be more prudent than addressing each in isolation.
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- Stuart G Turville
- Center for Biomedical Research, Population Council, New York, New York, USA
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Meuwissen PJ, Stolp B, Iannucci V, Vermeire J, Naessens E, Saksela K, Geyer M, Vanham G, Arien KK, Fackler OT, Verhasselt B. Identification of a highly conserved valine-glycine-phenylalanine amino acid triplet required for HIV-1 Nef function. Retrovirology 2012; 9:34. [PMID: 22537596 PMCID: PMC3476393 DOI: 10.1186/1742-4690-9-34] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/16/2011] [Accepted: 04/27/2012] [Indexed: 12/02/2022] Open
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Background The Nef protein of HIV facilitates virus replication and disease progression in infected patients. This role as pathogenesis factor depends on several genetically separable Nef functions that are mediated by interactions of highly conserved protein-protein interaction motifs with different host cell proteins. By studying the functionality of a series of nef alleles from clinical isolates, we identified a dysfunctional HIV group O Nef in which a highly conserved valine-glycine-phenylalanine (VGF) region, which links a preceding acidic cluster with the following proline-rich motif into an amphipathic surface was deleted. In this study, we aimed to study the functional importance of this VGF region. Results The dysfunctional HIV group O8 nef allele was restored to the consensus sequence, and mutants of canonical (NL4.3, NA-7, SF2) and non-canonical (B2 and C1422) HIV-1 group M nef alleles were generated in which the amino acids of the VGF region were changed into alanines (VGF→AAA) and tested for their capacity to interfere with surface receptor trafficking, signal transduction and enhancement of viral replication and infectivity. We found the VGF motif, and each individual amino acid of this motif, to be critical for downregulation of MHC-I and CXCR4. Moreover, Nef’s association with the cellular p21-activated kinase 2 (PAK2), the resulting deregulation of cofilin and inhibition of host cell actin remodeling, and targeting of Lck kinase to the trans-golgi-network (TGN) were affected as well. Of particular interest, VGF integrity was essential for Nef-mediated enhancement of HIV virion infectivity and HIV replication in peripheral blood lymphocytes. For targeting of Lck kinase to the TGN and viral infectivity, especially the phenylalanine of the triplet was essential. At the molecular level, the VGF motif was required for the physical interaction of the adjacent proline-rich motif with Hck. Conclusion Based on these findings, we propose that this highly conserved three amino acid VGF motif together with the acidic cluster and the proline-rich motif form a previously unrecognized amphipathic surface on Nef. This surface appears to be essential for the majority of Nef functions and thus represents a prime target for the pharmacological inhibition of Nef.
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- Pieter J Meuwissen
- Department of Clinical Chemistry, Microbiology, and Immunology, Ghent University, Ghent, (B-9000), Belgium
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Landi A, Iannucci V, Nuffel AV, Meuwissen P, Verhasselt B. One protein to rule them all: modulation of cell surface receptors and molecules by HIV Nef. Curr HIV Res 2012; 9:496-504. [PMID: 22103833 PMCID: PMC3290772 DOI: 10.2174/157016211798842116] [Citation(s) in RCA: 72] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/20/2011] [Revised: 09/02/2011] [Accepted: 09/17/2011] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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The HIV-1, HIV-2 and SIV Nef protein are known to modulate the expression of several cell surface receptors and molecules to escape the immune system, to alter T cell activation, to enhance viral replication, infectivity and transmission and overall to ensure the optimal environment for infection outcome. Consistent and continuous efforts have been made over the years to characterize the modulation of expression of each of these molecules, in the hope that a better understanding of these processes essential for HIV infection and/or pathogenesis will eventually highlight new therapeutic targets. In this article we provide an extensive review of the knowledge gained so far on this important and evolving topic.
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- Alessia Landi
- Department of Clinical Biology, Immunology and Microbiology, Ghent University, Gent, Belgium
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Cai C, Rodepeter FR, Rossmann A, Teymoortash A, Lee JS, Quint K, Di Fazio P, Ocker M, Werner JA, Mandic R. Nef from SIV(mac239) decreases proliferation and migration of adenoid-cystic carcinoma cells and inhibits angiogenesis. Oral Oncol 2011; 47:847-54. [PMID: 21763177 DOI: 10.1016/j.oraloncology.2011.06.502] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/11/2011] [Revised: 06/20/2011] [Accepted: 06/21/2011] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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The HIV/SIV accessory protein Nef is known to down-modulate cell surface receptors that are required for virus entry such as CD4, CCR5 and CXCR4 to block lethal viral superinfection of the infected cell. The chemokine receptor CXCR4 also plays an important role in promoting cell proliferation, metastasis and tumor angiogenesis. Therefore it was of interest to evaluate if Nef can down-regulate CXCR4 in tumor cells since this could affect these critical prognostic parameters. The CXCR4-expressing cell line ACC3 that was derived from a salivary gland adenoid cystic carcinoma (ACC) of the head and neck was transfected with Nef from SIV(mac239) and cell surface expression of the receptor was monitored by FACS analysis. Real time proliferation of cells was measured with the xCELLigence system (Roche, Mannheim, Germany). Cell migration was detected by an in vitro scratch assay. Similarly, COS-7 cells were co-transfected with CXCR4 and Nef and were treated as described for ACC3. In vitro tube formation was deployed to assess the effect of Nef on angiogenesis. siRNA was used for CXCR4 knockdown. Cell surface down-modulation of endogenous CXCR4 could be observed in ACC3 cells after Nef-transfection as well as in COS-7 cells after co-transfection of CXCR4 and Nef. Proliferation as well as migration of Nef-transfected ACC3 tumor cells appeared significantly reduced. In vitro tube formation was significantly lowered after Nef-transfection or CXCR4 knockdown with siRNA. SIV-Nef could serve as an interesting tool to study the biologic behavior of CXCR4-expressing tumors such as ACC. Deploying SIV-Nef thereby could help in the discovery of new therapeutic approaches for the treatment of ACC and other CXCR4-expressing tumors.
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- Chengzhong Cai
- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, University Hospital Giessen and Marburg, Campus Marburg, Baldingerstrasse, D-35033 Marburg, Germany
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Raymond A, Campbell-Sims T, Khan M, Lang M, Huang M, Bond V, Powell M. HIV Type 1 Nef is released from infected cells in CD45(+) microvesicles and is present in the plasma of HIV-infected individuals. AIDS Res Hum Retroviruses 2011; 27:167-78. [PMID: 20964480 DOI: 10.1089/aid.2009.0170] [Citation(s) in RCA: 132] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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HIV-1 Nef has been demonstrated to be integral for viral persistence, infectivity, and the acceleration of disease pathogenesis (AIDS) in humans. Nef has also been detected in the plasma of HIV-infected individuals and is released from infected cells. The form in which Nef is released from infected cells is unknown. However, Nef is a myristoylated protein and has been shown to interact with the intracellular vesicular trafficking network. Here we show that Nef is released in CD45-containing microvesicles. This microvesicular Nef (mvNef) is detected in the plasma of HIV-infected individuals at relatively high concentrations (10 ng/ml). It is also present in tissue culture supernatants of Jurkat cells infected with HIV(MN). Interestingly, plasma mvNef levels in HIV(+) patients did not significantly correlate with viral load or CD4 count. Microvesicular Nef levels persisted in the plasma of HIV-infected individuals despite the use of antiretroviral therapy, even in individuals with undetectable viral loads. Using cell lines, we found Nef microvesicles induce apoptosis in Jurkat T-lymphocytes but had no observed effect on the U937 monocytic cell line. Given the large amount of mvNef present in the plasma of HIV-infected individuals, the apoptotic effect of mvNef on T cells, and the observed functions of extracellular soluble Nef in vitro, it seems likely that in vivo mvNef may play a significant role in the pathogenesis of AIDS.
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- Morehouse School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia
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- Morehouse School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia
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- Morehouse School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia
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- Morehouse School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia
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- Morehouse School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia
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The presence of a vpu gene and the lack of Nef-mediated downmodulation of T cell receptor-CD3 are not always linked in primate lentiviruses. J Virol 2010; 85:742-52. [PMID: 21068258 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.02087-10] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023] Open
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Nef is an accessory protein critical for the ability of human and simian immunodeficiency viruses (HIV and SIV) to replicate efficiently in their respective hosts. Previous analyses of members of 15 different primate lentivirus lineages revealed a link between Nef function and the presence of a vpu gene. In particular, Nef proteins of all vpu-containing viruses had lost their ability to downmodulate the T cell (TCR-CD3) receptor. Here we examined Nef proteins from eight additional SIV lineages, including SIVgor, SIVwrc, SIVolc, SIVgri, SIVdrl, SIVlho, SIVden, and SIVasc, from western lowland gorillas, western red colobus monkeys, olive colobus monkeys, grivet monkeys, drills, L'Hoest's monkeys, Dent's mona monkeys, and red-tailed monkeys, respectively. We found that except for the nef gene of SIVdrl, all of them were efficiently expressed and modulated CD4, major histocompatibility complex class I (MHC-I), CD28, CXCR4, and Ii cell surface expression and/or enhanced viral infectivity and replication. Furthermore, the Nef proteins of SIVgri, SIVlho, SIVwrc, SIVolc, and SIVgor antagonized tetherin. As expected, the Nef protein of SIVgor, which carries vpu, failed to downmodulate CD3, whereas those of SIVwrc, SIVgri, SIVlho, and SIVasc, which lack vpu, were capable of performing this function. Surprisingly, however, the Nef protein of the vpu-containing SIVden strain retained the ability to downmodulate TCR-CD3, whereas that of SIVolc, which does not contain vpu, was unable to perform this function. Although the SIVden Vpu is about 20 amino acids shorter than other Vpu proteins, it degrades CD4 and antagonizes tetherin. Our data show that there are exceptions to the link between the presence of a vpu gene and nef alleles deficient in CD3 modulation, indicating that host properties also affect the selective pressure for Nef-mediated disruption of TCR-CD3 signaling. Our results are also further evidence that tetherin antagonism is a common function of primate lentivirus Nef proteins and that the resistance of human tetherin to Nef represents a relevant barrier to cross-species transmission of SIVs to humans.
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Specht A, Telenti A, Martinez R, Fellay J, Bailes E, Evans DT, Carrington M, Hahn BH, Goldstein DB, Kirchhoff F. Counteraction of HLA-C-mediated immune control of HIV-1 by Nef. J Virol 2010; 84:7300-11. [PMID: 20463068 PMCID: PMC2898263 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.00619-10] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/22/2010] [Accepted: 05/04/2010] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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A host genetic variant (-35C/T) correlates with increased human leukocyte antigen C (HLA-C) expression and improved control of HIV-1. HLA-C-mediated immunity may be particularly protective because HIV-1 is unable to remove HLA-C from the cell surface, whereas it can avoid HLA-A- and HLA-B-mediated immunity by Nef-mediated down-modulation. However, some individuals with the protective -35CC genotype exhibit high viral loads. Here, we investigated whether the ability of HIV-1 to replicate efficiently in the "protective" high-HLA-C-expression host environment correlates with specific functional properties of Nef. We found that high set point viral loads (sVLs) were not associated with the emergence of Nef variants that had acquired the ability to down-modulate HLA-C or were more effective in removing HLA-A and HLA-B from the cell surface. However, in individuals with the protective -35CC genotype we found a significant association between sVLs and the efficiency of Nef-mediated enhancement of virion infectivity and modulation of CD4, CD28, and the major histocompatibility complex class II (MHC-II)-associated invariant chain (Ii), while this was not observed in subjects with the -35TT genotype. Since the latter Nef functions all influence the stimulation of CD4(+) T helper cells by antigen-presenting cells, they may cooperate to affect both the activation status of infected T cells and the generation of an antiviral cytotoxic T-lymphocyte (CTL) response. In comparison, different levels of viremia in individuals with the common -35TT genotype were not associated with differences in Nef function but with differences in HLA-C mRNA expression levels. Thus, while high HLA-C expression may generally facilitate control of HIV-1, Nef may counteract HLA-C-mediated immune control in some individuals indirectly, by manipulating T-cell function and MHC-II antigen presentation.
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- Anke Specht
- Institute of Molecular Virology, University Hospital of Ulm, 89081 Ulm, Germany, Institute of Microbiology, University Hospital Center and University of Lausanne, 1011 Lausanne, Switzerland, Center for Human Genome Variation, Duke Institute for Genome Sciences and Policy, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina 27710, Institute of Genetics, University of Nottingham, Queens Medical Centre, NH7 2UH, Nottingham, United Kingdom, Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, Harvard Medical School, New England Primate Research Center, Southborough, Massachusetts 01772, Cancer and Inflammation Program, Laboratory of Experimental Immunology, SAIC-Frederick, Inc., NCI-Frederick, Frederick, Maryland 21702, Ragon Institute of MGH, MIT and Harvard, Boston, Massachusetts 02114, Departments of Medicine and Microbiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama 35294
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- Institute of Molecular Virology, University Hospital of Ulm, 89081 Ulm, Germany, Institute of Microbiology, University Hospital Center and University of Lausanne, 1011 Lausanne, Switzerland, Center for Human Genome Variation, Duke Institute for Genome Sciences and Policy, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina 27710, Institute of Genetics, University of Nottingham, Queens Medical Centre, NH7 2UH, Nottingham, United Kingdom, Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, Harvard Medical School, New England Primate Research Center, Southborough, Massachusetts 01772, Cancer and Inflammation Program, Laboratory of Experimental Immunology, SAIC-Frederick, Inc., NCI-Frederick, Frederick, Maryland 21702, Ragon Institute of MGH, MIT and Harvard, Boston, Massachusetts 02114, Departments of Medicine and Microbiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama 35294
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- Institute of Molecular Virology, University Hospital of Ulm, 89081 Ulm, Germany, Institute of Microbiology, University Hospital Center and University of Lausanne, 1011 Lausanne, Switzerland, Center for Human Genome Variation, Duke Institute for Genome Sciences and Policy, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina 27710, Institute of Genetics, University of Nottingham, Queens Medical Centre, NH7 2UH, Nottingham, United Kingdom, Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, Harvard Medical School, New England Primate Research Center, Southborough, Massachusetts 01772, Cancer and Inflammation Program, Laboratory of Experimental Immunology, SAIC-Frederick, Inc., NCI-Frederick, Frederick, Maryland 21702, Ragon Institute of MGH, MIT and Harvard, Boston, Massachusetts 02114, Departments of Medicine and Microbiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama 35294
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- Institute of Molecular Virology, University Hospital of Ulm, 89081 Ulm, Germany, Institute of Microbiology, University Hospital Center and University of Lausanne, 1011 Lausanne, Switzerland, Center for Human Genome Variation, Duke Institute for Genome Sciences and Policy, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina 27710, Institute of Genetics, University of Nottingham, Queens Medical Centre, NH7 2UH, Nottingham, United Kingdom, Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, Harvard Medical School, New England Primate Research Center, Southborough, Massachusetts 01772, Cancer and Inflammation Program, Laboratory of Experimental Immunology, SAIC-Frederick, Inc., NCI-Frederick, Frederick, Maryland 21702, Ragon Institute of MGH, MIT and Harvard, Boston, Massachusetts 02114, Departments of Medicine and Microbiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama 35294
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- Institute of Molecular Virology, University Hospital of Ulm, 89081 Ulm, Germany, Institute of Microbiology, University Hospital Center and University of Lausanne, 1011 Lausanne, Switzerland, Center for Human Genome Variation, Duke Institute for Genome Sciences and Policy, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina 27710, Institute of Genetics, University of Nottingham, Queens Medical Centre, NH7 2UH, Nottingham, United Kingdom, Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, Harvard Medical School, New England Primate Research Center, Southborough, Massachusetts 01772, Cancer and Inflammation Program, Laboratory of Experimental Immunology, SAIC-Frederick, Inc., NCI-Frederick, Frederick, Maryland 21702, Ragon Institute of MGH, MIT and Harvard, Boston, Massachusetts 02114, Departments of Medicine and Microbiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama 35294
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- Institute of Molecular Virology, University Hospital of Ulm, 89081 Ulm, Germany, Institute of Microbiology, University Hospital Center and University of Lausanne, 1011 Lausanne, Switzerland, Center for Human Genome Variation, Duke Institute for Genome Sciences and Policy, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina 27710, Institute of Genetics, University of Nottingham, Queens Medical Centre, NH7 2UH, Nottingham, United Kingdom, Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, Harvard Medical School, New England Primate Research Center, Southborough, Massachusetts 01772, Cancer and Inflammation Program, Laboratory of Experimental Immunology, SAIC-Frederick, Inc., NCI-Frederick, Frederick, Maryland 21702, Ragon Institute of MGH, MIT and Harvard, Boston, Massachusetts 02114, Departments of Medicine and Microbiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama 35294
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- Institute of Molecular Virology, University Hospital of Ulm, 89081 Ulm, Germany, Institute of Microbiology, University Hospital Center and University of Lausanne, 1011 Lausanne, Switzerland, Center for Human Genome Variation, Duke Institute for Genome Sciences and Policy, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina 27710, Institute of Genetics, University of Nottingham, Queens Medical Centre, NH7 2UH, Nottingham, United Kingdom, Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, Harvard Medical School, New England Primate Research Center, Southborough, Massachusetts 01772, Cancer and Inflammation Program, Laboratory of Experimental Immunology, SAIC-Frederick, Inc., NCI-Frederick, Frederick, Maryland 21702, Ragon Institute of MGH, MIT and Harvard, Boston, Massachusetts 02114, Departments of Medicine and Microbiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama 35294
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- Institute of Molecular Virology, University Hospital of Ulm, 89081 Ulm, Germany, Institute of Microbiology, University Hospital Center and University of Lausanne, 1011 Lausanne, Switzerland, Center for Human Genome Variation, Duke Institute for Genome Sciences and Policy, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina 27710, Institute of Genetics, University of Nottingham, Queens Medical Centre, NH7 2UH, Nottingham, United Kingdom, Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, Harvard Medical School, New England Primate Research Center, Southborough, Massachusetts 01772, Cancer and Inflammation Program, Laboratory of Experimental Immunology, SAIC-Frederick, Inc., NCI-Frederick, Frederick, Maryland 21702, Ragon Institute of MGH, MIT and Harvard, Boston, Massachusetts 02114, Departments of Medicine and Microbiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama 35294
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- Institute of Molecular Virology, University Hospital of Ulm, 89081 Ulm, Germany, Institute of Microbiology, University Hospital Center and University of Lausanne, 1011 Lausanne, Switzerland, Center for Human Genome Variation, Duke Institute for Genome Sciences and Policy, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina 27710, Institute of Genetics, University of Nottingham, Queens Medical Centre, NH7 2UH, Nottingham, United Kingdom, Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, Harvard Medical School, New England Primate Research Center, Southborough, Massachusetts 01772, Cancer and Inflammation Program, Laboratory of Experimental Immunology, SAIC-Frederick, Inc., NCI-Frederick, Frederick, Maryland 21702, Ragon Institute of MGH, MIT and Harvard, Boston, Massachusetts 02114, Departments of Medicine and Microbiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama 35294
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- Institute of Molecular Virology, University Hospital of Ulm, 89081 Ulm, Germany, Institute of Microbiology, University Hospital Center and University of Lausanne, 1011 Lausanne, Switzerland, Center for Human Genome Variation, Duke Institute for Genome Sciences and Policy, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina 27710, Institute of Genetics, University of Nottingham, Queens Medical Centre, NH7 2UH, Nottingham, United Kingdom, Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, Harvard Medical School, New England Primate Research Center, Southborough, Massachusetts 01772, Cancer and Inflammation Program, Laboratory of Experimental Immunology, SAIC-Frederick, Inc., NCI-Frederick, Frederick, Maryland 21702, Ragon Institute of MGH, MIT and Harvard, Boston, Massachusetts 02114, Departments of Medicine and Microbiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama 35294
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Laguette N, Brégnard C, Benichou S, Basmaciogullari S. Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) type-1, HIV-2 and simian immunodeficiency virus Nef proteins. Mol Aspects Med 2010; 31:418-33. [PMID: 20594957 DOI: 10.1016/j.mam.2010.05.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/15/2010] [Accepted: 05/26/2010] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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The genomes of all retroviruses encode the Gag Pol and Env structural proteins. Human and simian lentiviruses have acquired non-structural proteins among which Nef plays a major role in the evolution of viral infection towards an immunodeficiency syndrome. Indeed, in the absence of a functional nef gene, primate lentiviruses are far less pathogenic than their wild type counterparts. The multiple protein-protein interactions in which Nef is involved all contribute to explain the role played by Nef in HIV- and SIV-associated disease progression. This review summarizes common and distinct features among Nef proteins and how they contribute to increasing HIV and SIV fitness towards their respective hosts.
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- Nadine Laguette
- Institut Cochin, CNRS UMR8104, Université Paris Descartes, Paris, France
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Arhel N, Lehmann M, Clauss K, Nienhaus GU, Piguet V, Kirchhoff F. The inability to disrupt the immunological synapse between infected human T cells and APCs distinguishes HIV-1 from most other primate lentiviruses. J Clin Invest 2009; 119:2965-75. [PMID: 19759518 DOI: 10.1172/jci38994] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/20/2009] [Accepted: 07/22/2009] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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Viruses that infect T cells, including those of the lentivirus genus, such as HIV-1, modulate the responsiveness of infected T cells to stimulation by interacting APCs in a manner that renders the T cells more permissive for viral replication. HIV-1 and other primate lentiviruses use their Nef proteins to manipulate the T cell/APC contact zone, the immunological synapse (IS). It is known that primate lentiviral Nef proteins differ substantially in their ability to modulate cell surface expression of the TCR-CD3 and CD28 receptors critical for the formation and function of the IS. However, the impact of these differences in Nef function on the interaction and communication between virally infected T cells and primary APCs has not been investigated. Here we have used primary human cells to show that Nef proteins encoded by HIV-2 and most SIVs, which downmodulate cell surface expression of TCR-CD3, disrupt formation of the IS between infected T cells and Ag-presenting macrophages or DCs. In contrast, nef alleles from HIV-1 and its simian precursor SIVcpz failed to suppress synapse formation and events downstream of TCR signaling. Our data suggest that most primate lentiviruses disrupt communication between virally infected CD4+ Th cells and APCs, whereas HIV-1 and its SIV precursor have largely lost this capability. The resulting differences in the levels of T cell activation and apoptosis may play a role in the pathogenesis of AIDS.
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- Nathalie Arhel
- Institute of Molecular Virology, University of Ulm, Albert-Einstein-Allee 11, Ulm, Germany
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Schmökel J, Li H, Bailes E, Schindler M, Silvestri G, Hahn BH, Apetrei C, Kirchhoff F. Conservation of Nef function across highly diverse lineages of SIVsmm. Retrovirology 2009; 6:36. [PMID: 19358735 PMCID: PMC2678078 DOI: 10.1186/1742-4690-6-36] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/07/2008] [Accepted: 04/09/2009] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND SIVsmm is a simian immunodeficiency virus that persists efficiently without causing disease in naturally infected sooty mangabeys (SMs) but induces AIDS upon cross-species transmission to humans and macaques. Current phylogenetic data indicate that SIVsmm strains comprise a highly diverse group of viruses that can be subdivided into different lineages. Since only certain SIVsmm strains have successfully crossed the species barrier to humans and macaques, the question has been raised whether there are lineage specific differences in SIVsmm biology. In the present study we examined whether representatives of five different SIVsmm lineages show differences in the function of the accessory Nef protein, which plays an important role in viral persistence, transmission and pathogenesis. RESULTS We found that nef alleles from all SIVsmm lineages down-modulated CD4, MHC-I, CD28 and CD3 and up-regulated the invariant chain (Ii) associated with immature MHC-II molecules in human-derived cells. Moreover, they generally suppressed the responsiveness of virally infected T cells to activation, enhanced virion infectivity and promoted virus replication in human peripheral blood mononuclear cells. The functional activity of these nef alleles in the various assays varied substantially between different strains of SIVsmm but quantitative analyses did not reveal any significant lineage-specific differences in Nef function. CONCLUSION Nef alleles from different lineages of SIVsmm do not require adaptive changes to be functionally active in human cells. Strain rather than lineage-specific differences in Nef function may impact the virological and immunological feature of SIVsmm in SMs and possibly affected viral fitness and pathogenicity in human and macaque hosts.
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- Jan Schmökel
- Institute of Virology, University of Ulm, 89081 Ulm, Germany.
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Is the high virulence of HIV-1 an unfortunate coincidence of primate lentiviral evolution? Nat Rev Microbiol 2009; 7:467-76. [PMID: 19305418 DOI: 10.1038/nrmicro2111] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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In the subset of primate lentiviruses that contain a vpu gene - HIV-1 and its simian precursors - the Nef protein has lost the ability to down-modulate CD3, block T cell activation and suppress programmed death. Vpu counteracts a host restriction factor induced by the inflammatory cytokine interferon-alpha. I propose that the acquisition of vpu may have allowed the viral lineage that gave rise to HIV-1 to evolve towards greater pathogenicity by removing the selective pressure for a protective Nef function that prevents damagingly high levels of immune activation.
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Arhel NJ, Kirchhoff F. Implications of Nef: host cell interactions in viral persistence and progression to AIDS. Curr Top Microbiol Immunol 2009; 339:147-75. [PMID: 20012528 DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-02175-6_8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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The HIV and SIV Nef accessory proteins are potent enhancers of viral persistence and accelerate progression to AIDS in HIV-1-infected patients and non-human primate models. Although relatively small (27-35 kD), Nef can interact with a multitude of cellular factors and induce complex changes in trafficking, signal transduction, and gene expression that together converge to promote viral replication and immune evasion. In particular, Nef recruits several immunologically relevant cellular receptors to the endocytic machinery to reduce the recognition and elimination of virally infected cells by the host immune system, while simultaneously interacting with various kinases to promote T cell activation and viral replication. This review provides an overview on selected Nef interactions with host cell proteins, and discusses their possible relevance for viral spread and pathogenicity.
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- Nathalie J Arhel
- Institute of Virology, Universitätsklinikum Ulm, Albert-Einstein-Allee 11, 89081 Ulm, Germany
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Laguette N, Benichou S, Basmaciogullari S. Human immunodeficiency virus type 1 Nef incorporation into virions does not increase infectivity. J Virol 2009; 83:1093-104. [PMID: 18987145 PMCID: PMC2612363 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.01633-08] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/31/2008] [Accepted: 10/26/2008] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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The viral protein Nef contributes to the optimal infectivity of human and simian immunodeficiency viruses. The requirement for Nef during viral biogenesis particles suggests that Nef might play a role in this process. Alternatively, because Nef is incorporated into viruses, it might play a role when progeny virions reach target cells. We challenged these hypotheses by manipulating the amounts of Nef incorporated in viruses while keeping its expression level constant in producer cells. This was achieved by forcing the incorporation of Nef into viral particles by fusing a Vpr sequence to the C-terminal end of Nef. A cleavage site for the viral protease was introduced between Nef and Vpr to allow the release of Nef fragments from the fusion protein during virus maturation. We show that the resulting Nef-CS-Vpr fusion partially retains the ability of Nef to downregulate cell surface CD4 and that high amounts of Nef-CS-Vpr are incorporated into viral particles compared with what is seen for wild-type Nef. The fusion protein is processed during virion maturation and releases Nef fragments similar to those found in viruses produced in the presence of wild-type Nef. Unlike viruses produced in the presence of wild-type Nef, viruses produced in the presence of Nef-CS-Vpr do not have an increase in infectivity and are as poorly infectious as viruses produced in the absence of Nef. These findings demonstrate that the presence of Nef in viral particles is not sufficient to increase human immunodeficiency virus type 1 infectivity and suggest that Nef plays a role during the biogenesis of viral particles.
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- Nadine Laguette
- Institut Cochin, CNRS UMR8104, Université Paris Descartes, Paris, France
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Hidalgo-Estévez AM, Punzón C, Sanchez-Duffhues G, Muñoz E, Fresno M. HIV-1-Tat potentiates CXCL12/stromal cell-derived factor 1-induced downregulation of membrane CXCR4 in T lymphocytes through protein kinase C zeta. Mol Immunol 2008; 46:106-15. [PMID: 18760839 DOI: 10.1016/j.molimm.2008.07.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/15/2008] [Revised: 07/04/2008] [Accepted: 07/08/2008] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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We have investigated the role of intracellular HIV-1 Tat on CXCR4 expression on T cells. We found that stable or doxycycline-regulated expression of HIV-1 Tat on Jurkat T cells results in lower cell surface expression of CXCR4, but not of other chemokine receptors. This effect was not due to an alteration in CXCR4 transcription, and total CXCR4 levels remained unaltered. Rather, when cells were treated with CXCL12/Stromal Cell-Derived Factor 1, a faster downmodulation of CXCR4 was observed although resurfacing was unaffected. Similar effect was seen in peripheral human T cells transiently transfected with Tat. At the molecular level Tat did not alter cellular levels of G-coupled receptor kinases 2 and 6 and beta-arrestin, proteins involved in CXCR4 downregulation. Neither Tat significantly affected phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase activation in response to CXCL12. Interestingly, in Jurkat cell clones stably expressing both Protein kinase (PK)-Czeta and HIV-1 Tat, CXCL12 induced a faster CXCR4 internalization than in cells only expressing HIV-1 Tat. In contrast in Jurkat cell stably expressing a dominant negative PKCzeta, Tat enhancement of CXCR4 internalization was abrogated. Thus, our results show a new function of HIV-1 Tat, its ability to regulate CXCR4 expression via PKCzeta. The significance of those results is discussed.
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- Alicia M Hidalgo-Estévez
- Centro de Biología Molecular "Severo Ochoa" (CSIC-UAM), Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, c/Nicolás Cabrera, 1. Campus Universitario de Cantoblanco, 28049 Madrid, Spain
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Srivastava S, Swanson SK, Manel N, Florens L, Washburn MP, Skowronski J. Lentiviral Vpx accessory factor targets VprBP/DCAF1 substrate adaptor for cullin 4 E3 ubiquitin ligase to enable macrophage infection. PLoS Pathog 2008; 4:e1000059. [PMID: 18464893 PMCID: PMC2330158 DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1000059] [Citation(s) in RCA: 181] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/20/2007] [Accepted: 04/08/2008] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Vpx is a small virion-associated adaptor protein encoded by viruses of the HIV-2/SIVsm lineage of primate lentiviruses that enables these viruses to transduce monocyte-derived cells. This probably reflects the ability of Vpx to overcome an as yet uncharacterized block to an early event in the virus life cycle in these cells, but the underlying mechanism has remained elusive. Using biochemical and proteomic approaches, we have found that Vpx protein of the pathogenic SIVmac 239 strain associates with a ternary protein complex comprising DDB1 and VprBP subunits of Cullin 4–based E3 ubiquitin ligase, and DDA1, which has been implicated in the regulation of E3 catalytic activity, and that Vpx participates in the Cullin 4 E3 complex comprising VprBP. We further demonstrate that the ability of SIVmac as well as HIV-2 Vpx to interact with VprBP and its associated Cullin 4 complex is required for efficient reverse transcription of SIVmac RNA genome in primary macrophages. Strikingly, macrophages in which VprBP levels are depleted by RNA interference resist SIVmac infection. Thus, our observations reveal that Vpx interacts with both catalytic and regulatory components of the ubiquitin proteasome system and demonstrate that these interactions are critical for Vpx ability to enable efficient SIVmac replication in primary macrophages. Furthermore, they identify VprBP/DCAF1 substrate receptor for Cullin 4 E3 ubiquitin ligase and its associated protein complex as immediate downstream effector of Vpx for this function. Together, our findings suggest a model in which Vpx usurps VprBP-associated Cullin 4 ubiquitin ligase to enable efficient reverse transcription and thereby overcome a block to lentivirus replication in monocyte-derived cells, and thus provide novel insights into the underlying molecular mechanism. Monocyte-derived tissue macrophages play crucial roles in infection by primate lentiviruses. Human and simian lentiviruses of the HIV-2 and SIVsm/mac lineages encode a virion-bound virulence factor termed Vpx. Vpx is required to establish infection specifically of monocyte-derived cells, but the underlying molecular mechanism is unclear. In this study we characterize how the replication of SIVmac is blocked in the absence of Vpx and how Vpx overcomes this block. We find that Vpx is required for efficient reverse transcription of the incoming RNA genome, suggesting that Vpx acts early following virion entry into the macrophage, probably on events linked to virion uncoating and/or reverse transcription. We also identified a Vpx-associated ternary protein complex that is the key mediator of Vpx function specifically in macrophages. This complex links Vpx to the cellular machinery that mediates protein ubiquitination and degradation. Together, we describe the immediate downstream effector, the molecular machinery and a tentative mechanism that lentiviral Vpx uses to enable reverse transcription in macrophages. Our findings should lead to the conception of new strategies to control macrophage infection by human and simian lentiviruses.
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- Smita Srivastava
- Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Cold Spring Harbor, New York, United States of America
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The Mamu B 17-restricted SIV Nef IW9 to TW9 mutation abrogates correct epitope processing and presentation without loss of replicative fitness. Virology 2008; 375:307-14. [PMID: 18328525 DOI: 10.1016/j.virol.2008.02.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/2007] [Revised: 01/06/2008] [Accepted: 02/08/2008] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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CD8(+) cytotoxic T lymphocytes (CTL) play an important role in controlling virus replication in HIV- and SIV-infected humans and monkeys, respectively. Three well-studied SIV CTL determinants are the two Mamu A()01-restricted epitopes Gag CM9 and Tat SL8, and the Mamu B()17-restricted epitope Nef IW9. Point mutations leading to amino acid replacements in these epitopes have been reported to mediate SIV escape from CTL control. We found that synthetic peptides containing mutations in SIV Gag CM9 and Tat SL8 were no longer recognized by the respective CTL. On the other hand, the described I-to-T replacement at the N-terminal amino acid residue of the SIV Nef IW9 epitope only moderately affected CTL recognition of the variant peptide, TW9. In an attempt to dissect the mechanism of escape of the Nef TW9 mutation, we investigated the effect of this mutation on CTL recognition of CD4(+)T cells infected with an engineered SIV(mac)239 that contained the TW9 mutation in Nef. Although, the wild type and mutant virus both infected and efficiently replicated in rhesus macaque CD4(+)T cells, the TW9 mutant virus failed to induce IFN-gamma expression in an SIV Nef IW9-specific CTL clone. Thus, unlike escape from Gag CM9- or Tat SL8-specfic CTL control presumably by loss of epitope binding, these results point to a defect at the level of processing and/or presentation of the variant TW9 epitope with resultant loss of triggering of the cognate TCR on CTL generated against the wild type peptide. Our data highlight the value of functional assays using virus-infected target cells as opposed to peptide-pulsed APC when assessing relevant escape mutations in CTL epitopes.
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Valiathan RR, Resh MD. Differential control of CXCR4 and CD4 downregulation by HIV-1 Gag. Virol J 2008; 5:23. [PMID: 18267010 PMCID: PMC2262066 DOI: 10.1186/1743-422x-5-23] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/25/2008] [Accepted: 02/11/2008] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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Background The ESCRT (endosomal sorting complex required for transport) machinery functions to sort cellular receptors into the lumen of the multivesicular body (MVB) prior to lysosomal degradation. ESCRT components can also be recruited by enveloped viruses to sites of viral assembly where they have been proposed to mediate viral egress. For example, HIV-1 budding is dependent on Gag-mediated recruitment of the cellular ESCRTs-I, -III, AIP1/Alix and Vps4 proteins. Viral recruitment of ESCRT proteins could therefore impact on host cell processes such as receptor downregulation. Results Here we show that downregulation of the HIV-1 co-receptor, CXCR4, by its ligand SDF-1, is ESCRT-I dependent. Expression of HIV-1 Gag attenuated downregulation of CXCR4, resulting in accumulation of undegraded receptors within intracellular compartments. The effect of Gag was dependent on an ESCRT-I interacting motif within the C-terminal p6 region of Gag. In contrast, PMA-induced downregulation of the HIV-1 receptor CD4 was independent of ESCRT-I and Vps4; HIV-1 Gag had no effect on this process. Conclusion These results establish that the HIV-1 receptor, CD4, and co-receptor, CXCR4 are differentially regulated by ESCRT proteins. HIV-1 Gag selectively modulates protein sorting at the MVB, interfering with ESCRT-I dependent but not ESCRT-I independent processes.
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Nef-mediated enhancement of virion infectivity and stimulation of viral replication are fundamental properties of primate lentiviruses. J Virol 2007; 81:13852-64. [PMID: 17928336 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.00904-07] [Citation(s) in RCA: 90] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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Nef is a multifunctional accessory protein of primate lentiviruses. Recently, it has been shown that the ability of Nef to downmodulate CD4, CD28, and class I major histocompatibility complex is highly conserved between most or all primate lentiviruses, whereas Nef-mediated downregulation of T-cell receptor-CD3 was lost in the lineage that gave rise to human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1). Whether or not other Nef activities are preserved between different groups of primate lentiviruses remained to be determined. Here, we show that nef genes from a large variety of HIVs and simian immunodeficiency viruses (SIVs) enhance virion infectivity and stimulate viral replication in human cells and/or in ex vivo infected human lymphoid tissue (HLT). Notably, nef alleles from unpassaged SIVcpz and SIVsmm enhanced viral infectivity, replication, and cytopathicity in cell culture and in ex vivo infected HLT as efficiently as those from HIV-1 and HIV-2, their human counterparts. Furthermore, nef genes from several highly divergent SIVs that have not been found in humans were also highly active in human cells and/or tissues. Thus, most primate lentiviral Nefs enhance virion infectivity and stimulate viral replication. Moreover, our data show that SIVcpz and SIVsmm Nefs do not require adaptive changes to perform these functions in human cells or tissues and support the idea that nef alleles from other primate lentiviruses would also be capable of promoting efficient virus spread in humans.
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Stangler T, Tran T, Hoffmann S, Schmidt H, Jonas E, Willbold D. Competitive displacement of full-length HIV-1 Nef from the Hck SH3 domain by a high-affinity artificial peptide. Biol Chem 2007; 388:611-5. [PMID: 17552908 DOI: 10.1515/bc.2007.075] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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We studied the interaction of the artificial 12-aa proline-rich peptide PD1 with the SH3 domain of the hematopoietic cell kinase Hck and the peptide's potency in competitively displacing HIV-1 Nef from the Hck SH3 domain. PD1 was obtained from a phage display screen and exhibits exceptional affinity for the Hck SH3 domain (K(d)=0.23 microM). Competition experiments using NMR spectroscopy demonstrate that the peptide even displaces Nef from Hck SH3 and allow for estimation of the Nef-Hck SH3 dissociation constant (K(d)=0.44 microM), the strongest SH3 ligand interaction known so far. Consequences of this study for novel antiviral concepts are discussed.
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- Thomas Stangler
- Institut für Physikalische Biologie and BMFZ, Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf, Universitätsstrasse 1, D-40225 Düsseldorf, Germany
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Hoffmann S, Jonas E, König S, Preusser-Kunze A, Willbold D. Nef protein of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 binds its own myristoylated N-terminus. Biol Chem 2007; 388:181-3. [PMID: 17261081 DOI: 10.1515/bc.2007.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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HIV-1 Nef is a small protein (approx. 25 kDa) that is posttranslationally modified by myristoylation. To explain its complex activities, a 'Nef-cycle' is discussed, which postulates different molecular conformations of Nef. Using recombinant full-length non-myristoylated Nef and synthetic peptides, we demonstrate by fluorescence titration experiments that a peptide representing the myristoylated N-terminus of Nef is specifically bound by Nef. A non-myristoylated N-terminal fragment of Nef or a myristoylated control peptide does not bind to Nef. These results are the first direct experimental evidence of the existence of a myristate-binding pocket in Nef, a prerequisite of the postulated 'closed' Nef conformation.
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- Silke Hoffmann
- Institut für Physikalische Biologie and BMFZ, Heinrich-Heine-Universität, D-40225 Düsseldorf, Germany
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Burtey A, Rappoport JZ, Bouchet J, Basmaciogullari S, Guatelli J, Simon SM, Benichou S, Benmerah A. Dynamic Interaction of HIV-1 Nef with the Clathrin-Mediated Endocytic Pathway at the Plasma Membrane. Traffic 2006; 8:61-76. [PMID: 17140399 DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0854.2006.00512.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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The HIV-1 Nef protein perturbs the trafficking of membrane proteins such as CD4 by interacting with clathrin-adaptor complexes. We previously reported that Nef alters early/recycling endosomes, but its role at the plasma membrane is poorly documented. Here, we used total internal reflection fluorescence microscopy, which restricts the analysis to a approximately 100 nm region of the adherent surface of the cells, to focus on the dynamic of Nef at the plasma membrane relative to that of clathrin. Nef colocalized both with clathrin spots (CS) that remained static at the cell surface, corresponding to clathrin-coated pits (CCPs), and with approximately 50% of CS that disappeared from the cell surface, corresponding to forming clathrin-coated vesicles (CCVs). The colocalization of Nef with clathrin required the di-leucine motif essential for Nef binding to AP complexes and was independent of CD4 expression. Furthermore, analysis of Nef mutants showed that the capacity of Nef to induce internalization and downregulation of CD4 in T lymphocytes correlated with its localization into CCPs. In conclusion, this analysis shows that Nef is recruited into CCPs and into forming CCVs at the plasma membrane, in agreement with a model in which Nef uses the clathrin-mediated endocytic pathway to induce internalization of some membrane proteins from the surface of HIV-1-infected T cells.
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- Anne Burtey
- Institut Cochin, Département Maladies Infectieuses, Paris F-75014, France
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Wildum S, Schindler M, Münch J, Kirchhoff F. Contribution of Vpu, Env, and Nef to CD4 down-modulation and resistance of human immunodeficiency virus type 1-infected T cells to superinfection. J Virol 2006; 80:8047-59. [PMID: 16873261 PMCID: PMC1563805 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.00252-06] [Citation(s) in RCA: 154] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) utilizes Vpu, Env, and Nef to down-modulate its primary CD4 receptor from the cell surface, and this function seems to be critical for the pathogenesis of AIDS. The physiological relevance of CD4 down-modulation, however, is currently not well understood. In the present study, we analyzed the kinetics of CD4 down-modulation and the susceptibility of HIV-1-infected T cells to superinfection using proviral HIV-1 constructs containing individual and combined defects in vpu, env, and nef and expressing red or green fluorescent proteins. T cells infected with HIV-1 mutants containing functional nef genes expressed low surface levels of CD4 from the first moment that viral gene expression became detectable. In comparison, Vpu and Env had only minor to moderate effects on CD4 during later stages of infection. Consistent with these quantitative differences, Nef inhibited superinfection more efficiently than Vpu and Env. Notably, nef alleles from AIDS patients were more effective in preventing superinfection than those derived from a nonprogressor of HIV-1 infection. Our data suggest that protection against X4-tropic HIV-1 superinfection involves both CD4-independent and CD4-dependent mechanisms of HIV-1 Nef. X4 was effectively down-regulated by simian immunodeficiency virus and HIV-2 but not by HIV-1 Nef proteins. Thus, maximal protection seems to involve an as-yet-unknown mechanism that is independent of CD4 or coreceptor down-modulation. Finally, we demonstrate that superinfected primary T cells show enhanced levels of apoptosis. Accordingly, one reason that HIV-1 inhibits CD4 surface expression and superinfection is to prevent premature cell death in order to expand the period of effective virus production.
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- Steffen Wildum
- Department of Virology, University of Ulm, Albert-Einstein-Allee 11, 89081 Ulm, Germany
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Venzke S, Michel N, Allespach I, Fackler OT, Keppler OT. Expression of Nef downregulates CXCR4, the major coreceptor of human immunodeficiency virus, from the surfaces of target cells and thereby enhances resistance to superinfection. J Virol 2006; 80:11141-52. [PMID: 16928758 PMCID: PMC1642143 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.01556-06] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Lentiviral Nef proteins are key factors for pathogenesis and are known to downregulate functionally important molecules, including CD4 and major histocompatibility complex class I (MHC-I), from the surfaces of infected cells. Recently, we demonstrated that Nef reduces cell surface levels of the human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) entry coreceptor CCR5 (N. Michel, I. Allespach, S. Venzke, O. T. Fackler, and O. T. Keppler, Curr. Biol. 15:714-723, 2005). Here, we report that Nef downregulates the second major HIV-1 coreceptor, CXCR4, from the surfaces of HIV-infected primary CD4 T lymphocytes with efficiencies comparable to those of the natural CXCR4 ligand, stromal cell-derived factor-1 alpha. Analysis of a panel of mutants of HIV-1(SF2) Nef revealed that the viral protein utilized the same signature motifs for downmodulation of CXCR4 and MHC-I, including the proline-rich motif P(73)P(76)P(79)P(82) and the acidic cluster motif E(66)E(67)E(68)E(69.) Expression of wild-type Nef, but not of specific Nef mutants, resulted in a perinuclear accumulation of the coreceptor. Remarkably, the carboxy terminus of CXCR4, which harbors the classical motifs critical for basal and ligand-induced receptor endocytosis, was dispensable for the Nef-mediated reduction of surface exposure. Functionally, the ability of Nef to simultaneously downmodulate CXCR4 and CD4 correlated with maximum-level protection of Nef-expressing target cells from fusion with cells exposing X4 HIV-1 envelopes. Furthermore, the Nef-mediated downregulation of CXCR4 alone on target T lymphocytes was sufficient to diminish cells' susceptibility to X4 HIV-1 virions at the entry step. The downregulation of chemokine coreceptors is a conserved activity of Nef to modulate infected cells, an important functional consequence of which is an enhanced resistance to HIV superinfection.
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- Stephanie Venzke
- Department of Virology, University of Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 324, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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Michel N, Ganter K, Venzke S, Bitzegeio J, Fackler OT, Keppler OT. The Nef protein of human immunodeficiency virus is a broad-spectrum modulator of chemokine receptor cell surface levels that acts independently of classical motifs for receptor endocytosis and Galphai signaling. Mol Biol Cell 2006; 17:3578-90. [PMID: 16775006 PMCID: PMC1525246 DOI: 10.1091/mbc.e06-02-0117] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Chemokine receptors (CKRs) are important physiological mediators of immune defense, inflammatory responses, and angiogenesis, and they have also been implicated in a number of viral disease processes. Here, we report that the Nef protein of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) reduces cell surface levels of eight different members of the CC- and CXC-family of CKRs by up to 92%. This broad-range activity required specific elements in HIV(SF2) Nef, including the proline-rich motif P73P76P79P82 as well as the acidic cluster motif E66E67E68E69, and Nef expression induced a marked perinuclear accumulation of CKRs. Surprisingly, receptor mutagenesis demonstrated that the cytoplasmic tail of CCR5 and CXCR4, which is critical for basal and ligand-mediated endocytosis, was completely dispensable for this Nef activity. In contrast, triple-mutation of the highly conserved DRY motif in the second intracellular CKR loop abolished the Nef-mediated down-regulation of CXCR4 independently of this motif's role in CKR binding to heterotrimeric G proteins and signaling via the Galphai subunit. Thus, we identify the lentiviral pathogenicity factor Nef as a unique and broad-range modulator of CKR cell surface levels. Nef uses a mechanism that is distinct from well-established pathways orchestrating CKR metabolism and offers an interesting tool to study the multifaceted biology of CKRs.
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- Nico Michel
- Department of Virology, University of Heidelberg, D-69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Virology, University of Heidelberg, D-69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Virology, University of Heidelberg, D-69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Virology, University of Heidelberg, D-69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Virology, University of Heidelberg, D-69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Virology, University of Heidelberg, D-69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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Schindler M, Münch J, Kutsch O, Li H, Santiago ML, Bibollet-Ruche F, Müller-Trutwin MC, Novembre FJ, Peeters M, Courgnaud V, Bailes E, Roques P, Sodora DL, Silvestri G, Sharp PM, Hahn BH, Kirchhoff F. Nef-Mediated Suppression of T Cell Activation Was Lost in a Lentiviral Lineage that Gave Rise to HIV-1. Cell 2006; 125:1055-67. [PMID: 16777597 DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2006.04.033] [Citation(s) in RCA: 303] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/02/2005] [Revised: 02/22/2006] [Accepted: 04/11/2006] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
Abstract
High-level immune activation and T cell apoptosis represent a hallmark of HIV-1 infection that is absent from nonpathogenic SIV infections in natural primate hosts. The mechanisms causing these varying levels of immune activation are not understood. Here, we report that nef alleles from the great majority of primate lentiviruses, including HIV-2, downmodulate TCR-CD3 from infected T cells, thereby blocking their responsiveness to activation. In contrast, nef alleles from HIV-1 and a subset of closely related SIVs fail to downregulate TCR-CD3 and to inhibit cell death. Thus, Nef-mediated suppression of T cell activation is a fundamental property of primate lentiviruses that likely evolved to maintain viral persistence in the context of an intact host immune system. This function was lost during viral evolution in a lineage that gave rise to HIV-1 and may have predisposed the simian precursor of HIV-1 for greater pathogenicity in humans.
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- Apoptosis
- CD4 Antigens/immunology
- Cells, Cultured
- Cercocebus atys
- Down-Regulation
- Evolution, Molecular
- Gene Products, nef/genetics
- Gene Products, nef/immunology
- HIV-1/immunology
- HIV-1/pathogenicity
- HIV-1/physiology
- HIV-2/immunology
- HIV-2/physiology
- Humans
- Lentiviruses, Primate/immunology
- Lentiviruses, Primate/physiology
- Leukocytes, Mononuclear/immunology
- Leukocytes, Mononuclear/virology
- Lymphocyte Activation
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Phylogeny
- Receptor-CD3 Complex, Antigen, T-Cell/immunology
- Simian Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome/immunology
- Simian Immunodeficiency Virus/immunology
- Simian Immunodeficiency Virus/physiology
- T-Lymphocytes/immunology
- T-Lymphocytes/virology
- nef Gene Products, Human Immunodeficiency Virus
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Brenner M, Münch J, Schindler M, Wildum S, Stolte N, Stahl-Hennig C, Fuchs D, Mätz-Rensing K, Franz M, Heeney J, Ten Haaft P, Swigut T, Hrecka K, Skowronski J, Kirchhoff F. Importance of the N-distal AP-2 binding element in Nef for simian immunodeficiency virus replication and pathogenicity in rhesus macaques. J Virol 2006; 80:4469-81. [PMID: 16611907 PMCID: PMC1472002 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.80.9.4469-4481.2006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
Abstract
Point mutations in SIVmac239 Nef disrupting CD4 downmodulation and enhancement of virion infectivity attenuate viral replication in acutely infected rhesus macaques, but changes selected later in infection fully restore Nef function (A. J. Iafrate et al., J. Virol. 74:9836-9844, 2000). To further evaluate the relevance of these Nef functions for viral persistence and disease progression, we analyzed an SIVmac239 Nef mutant containing a deletion of amino acids Q64 to N67 (delta64-67Nef). This mutation inactivates the N-distal AP-2 clathrin adaptor binding element and disrupts the abilities of Nef to downregulate CD4, CD28 and CXCR4 and to stimulate viral replication in vitro. However, it does not impair the downmodulation of CD3 and class I major histocompatibility complex (MHC-I) or MHC-II and the upregulation of the MHC-II-associated invariant chain, and it has only a moderate effect on the enhancement of virion infectivity. Replication of the delta64-67Nef variant in acutely infected macaques was intermediate between grossly nef-deleted and wild-type SIVmac239. Subsequently, three of six macaques developed moderate to high viral loads and developed disease, whereas the remaining animals efficiently controlled SIV replication and showed a more attenuated clinical course of infection. Sequence analysis revealed that the deletion in nef was not repaired in any of these animals. However, some changes that slightly enhanced the ability of Nef to downmodulate CD4 and moderately increased Nef-mediated enhancement of viral replication and infectivity in vitro were observed in macaques developing high viral loads. Our results imply that both the Nef functions that were disrupted by the delta64-67 mutation and the activities that remained intact contribute to viral pathogenicity.
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Affiliation(s)
- Matthias Brenner
- Department of Virology, Universitätsklinikum, Albert-Einstein-Allee 11, 89081 Ulm, Germany
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