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Nef Is Dispensable for Resistance of Simian Immunodeficiency Virus-Infected Macrophages to CD8+ T Cell Killing. J Virol 2015; 89:10625-36. [PMID: 26269172 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.01699-15] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/06/2015] [Accepted: 08/04/2015] [Indexed: 01/29/2023] Open
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UNLABELLED Simian immunodeficiency virus (SIV)-specific CD8(+) T cells kill SIV-infected CD4(+) T cells in an major histocompatibility complex class I (MHC-I)-dependent manner. However, they are reportedly less efficient at killing SIV-infected macrophages. Since the viral accessory protein Nef has been shown to downregulate MHC-I molecules and enhance cytotoxic T lymphocyte (CTL) evasion in human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1)-infected CD4(+) T cells, we examined whether Nef played a role in protecting SIV-infected macrophages from killing by SIV-specific CD8(+) T cells. To explore the role of Nef in CD8(+) T cell evasion, we compared the ability of freshly sorted SIV-specific CD8(+) T cells to readily suppress viral replication or eliminate CD4(+) T cells or monocyte-derived macrophages infected with SIV variants containing wild-type (WT) or mutated nef genes. As expected, SIV-specific CD8(+) T cells suppressed viral replication and eliminated the majority of SIV-infected CD4(+) T cells, and this killing was enhanced in CD4(+) T cells infected with the nef variants. However, macrophages infected with nef variants that disrupt MHC-I downregulation did not promote rapid killing by freshly isolated CD8(+) T cells. These results suggest that mechanisms other than Nef-mediated MHC-I downregulation govern the resistance of SIV-infected macrophages to CD8(+) T cell-mediated killing. This study has implications for viral persistence and suggests that macrophages may afford primate lentiviruses some degree of protection from immune surveillance. IMPORTANCE Myeloid cells are permissive for HIV/SIV replication in vitro and may contribute to viral persistence in vivo. While many studies have been geared to understanding how CD8(+) T cells control viral replication in CD4(+) T cells, the role of these cells in controlling viral replication in macrophages is less clear. Primary, unstimulated CD8(+) T cells insignificantly suppress viral replication or eliminate SIV-infected macrophages. Since the viral Nef protein downregulates MHC-I and provides infected cells some degree of protection from CD8(+) T cell-mediated effector functions, we evaluated whether Nef may be contributing to the resistance of macrophages to CD8(+) T cell suppression. Our results suggest that Nef is not involved in protecting infected macrophages from CD8(+) T cell killing and suggest that other mechanisms are involved in macrophage evasion from CD8 surveillance.
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Human T-cell leukemia virus type 1 Tax-deregulated autophagy pathway and c-FLIP expression contribute to resistance against death receptor-mediated apoptosis. J Virol 2013; 88:2786-98. [PMID: 24352466 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.03025-13] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/11/2023] Open
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UNLABELLED The human T-cell leukemia virus type 1 (HTLV-1) Tax protein is considered to play a central role in the process that leads to adult T-cell leukemia/lymphoma (ATL) and HTLV-1-associated myelopathy/tropical spastic paraparesis (HAM/TSP). HTLV-1 Tax-expressing cells show resistance to apoptosis induced by Fas ligand (FasL) and tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-related apoptosis-inducing ligand (TRAIL). The regulation of Tax on the autophagy pathway in HeLa cells and peripheral T cells was recently reported, but the function and underlying molecular mechanism of the Tax-regulated autophagy are not yet well defined. Here, we report that HTLV-1 Tax deregulates the autophagy pathway, which plays a protective role during the death receptor (DR)-mediated apoptosis of human U251 astroglioma cells. The cellular FLICE-inhibitory protein (c-FLIP), which is upregulated by Tax, also contributes to the resistance against DR-mediated apoptosis. Both Tax-induced autophagy and Tax-induced c-FLIP expression require Tax-induced activation of IκB kinases (IKK). Furthermore, Tax-induced c-FLIP expression is regulated through the Tax-IKK-NF-κB signaling pathway, whereas Tax-triggered autophagy depends on the activation of IKK but not the activation of NF-κB. In addition, DR-mediated apoptosis is correlated with the degradation of Tax, which can be facilitated by the inhibitors of autophagy. IMPORTANCE Our study reveals that Tax-deregulated autophagy is a protective mechanism for DR-mediated apoptosis. The molecular mechanism of Tax-induced autophagy is also illuminated, which is different from Tax-increased c-FLIP. Tax can be degraded via manipulation of autophagy and TRAIL-induced apoptosis. These results outline a complex regulatory network between and among apoptosis, autophagy, and Tax and also present evidence that autophagy represents a new possible target for therapeutic intervention for the HTVL-1 related diseases.
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Fiandalo M, Kyprianou N. Caspase control: protagonists of cancer cell apoptosis. Exp Oncol 2012; 34:165-175. [PMID: 23070001 PMCID: PMC3721730] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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Emergence of castration-resistant metastatic prostate cancer is due to activation of survival pathways, including apoptosis suppression and anoikis resistance, and increased neovascularization. Thus targeting of apoptotic players is of critical significance in prostate cancer therapy since loss of apoptosis and resistance to anoikis are critical in aberrant malignant growth, metastasis and conferring therapeutic failure. The majority of therapeutic agents act through intrinsic mitochondrial, extrinsic death receptor pathways or endoplasmic reticulum stress pathways to induce apoptosis. Current therapeutic strategies target restoring regulatory molecules that govern the pro-survival pathways such as PTEN which regulates AKT activity. Other strategies focus on reactivating the apoptotic pathways either by down-regulating anti-apoptotic players such as BCL-2 or by up-regulating pro-apoptotic protein families, most notably, the caspases. Caspases are a family of cystine proteases which serve critical roles in apoptotic and inflammatory signaling pathways. During tumorigenesis, significant loss or inactivation of lead members in the caspase family leads to impairing apoptosis induction, causing a dramatic imbalance in the growth dynamics, ultimately resulting in aberrant growth of human cancers. Recent exploitation of apoptosis pathways towards re-instating apoptosis induction via caspase re-activation has provided new molecular platforms for the development of therapeutic strategies effective against advanced prostate cancer as well as other solid tumors. This review will discuss the current cellular landscape featuring the caspase family in tumor cells and their activation via pharmacologic intervention towards optimized anti-cancer therapeutic modalities. This article is part of a Special Issue entitled "Apoptosis: Four Decades Later".
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TRAIL is a member of the TNF superfamily that induces tumor-selective cell death by engaging the pro-apoptotic death receptors DR4 and DR5. The antitumor potential of the TRAIL pathway has been targeted by several therapeutic approaches including recombinant TRAIL and TRAIL-receptor agonist antibodies among others. Interest in sensitizing tumor cells to TRAIL-mediated apoptosis has driven investigations of TRAIL-receptor gene regulation, though regulation of the TRAIL gene has been less studied. Physiologically, TRAIL serves as a pro-apoptotic effector molecule in the immune surveillance of cancer that is conditionally expressed by immune cells upon stimulation via an interferon-response element that was identified in early studies of the TRAIL gene promoter. Here, we map the TRAIL gene promoter and review studies of TRAIL gene regulation that involve several modalities of gene regulation including transcription factors, epigenetics, single-nucleotide polymorphisms and functionally distinct isoforms.
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- Joshua E Allen
- Laboratory of Translational Oncology and Experimental Cancer Therapeutics, Department of Medicine (Hematology/Oncology), Penn State Hershey Cancer Institute, Hershey, PA, USA
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Saklani A, Hegde B, Mishra P, Singh R, Mendon M, Chakrabarty D, Kamath DV, Lobo A, Mishra PD, Dagia NM, Padigaru M, Kulkarni-Almeida AA. NF-κB dependent anti-inflammatory activity of chlorojanerin isolated from Saussurea heteromalla. PHYTOMEDICINE : INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PHYTOTHERAPY AND PHYTOPHARMACOLOGY 2012; 19:988-997. [PMID: 22762939 DOI: 10.1016/j.phymed.2012.05.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/19/2011] [Revised: 04/25/2012] [Accepted: 05/29/2012] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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Medicinal plants have shown great promise as a source of novel drug compounds for the treatment of inflammatory disorders. In our search for new entities with anti-inflammatory potential, the extracts of the whole plant of Saussurea heteromalla (family-Asteraceae), collected from Himalayas, were evaluated in the high throughput screen for TNF-α and IL-6 inhibitors. The extract blocked TNF-α and IL-6 production in LPS stimulated THP-1 cells (human acute monocyte leukemia cell line) completely at 10 and 30 μg/ml. The plant has been found as a new source of chlorojanerin, a guaianolide type of sesquiterpene lactone. Chlorojanerin was shown to be significantly effective in inhibiting TNF-α and IL-6 production in LPS-stimulated THP-1 cells (IC(50)=2.3±0.2 μM and 1.8±0.7 μM respectively). The compound also blocked TNF-α and IL-6 production from LPS-stimulated human monocytes (IC(50)=1.5±0.4 and 0.7±0.2 μM respectively) and synovial cells from a patient with rheumatoid arthritis (IC(50)<0.03 and 0.5 μM respectively). Transcriptional profiling of the LPS stimulated THP-1 cells revealed that chlorojanerin exerted its anti-inflammatory effect by inhibiting the expression of 8 genes involved in activating the transcription factor - NF-κB. Real time analysis of these genes validated the effect of chlorojanerin on the classical downstream targets of NF-κB. Thus, this study clearly delineated 8 genes which were specifically mitigated due to the effect of chlorojanerin on NF-κB induced signaling at the mRNA level. Further, chlorojanerin at 5 μM also inhibited the binding of NF-κB in a GFP reporter assay system by 55.5% thus validating the microarray gene expression data. This work is a step towards the isolation and characterization of lead anti-inflammatory agents from the extract of Saussurea heteromalla, which can be developed into better therapeutic molecules targeted towards some specific inflammatory diseases.
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- Arvind Saklani
- Department of Natural Products-Botany, Piramal Healthcare Limited, 1 Nirlon Complex, Goregaon (East), Mumbai 400063, India
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Arainga M, Takeda E, Aida Y. Identification of bovine leukemia virus tax function associated with host cell transcription, signaling, stress response and immune response pathway by microarray-based gene expression analysis. BMC Genomics 2012; 13:121. [PMID: 22455445 PMCID: PMC3441221 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2164-13-121] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/03/2011] [Accepted: 03/16/2012] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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Background Bovine leukemia virus (BLV) is associated with enzootic bovine leukosis and is closely related to human T-cell leukemia virus type I. The Tax protein of BLV is a transcriptional activator of viral replication and a key contributor to oncogenic potential. We previously identified interesting mutant forms of Tax with elevated (TaxD247G) or reduced (TaxS240P) transactivation effects on BLV replication and propagation. However, the effects of these mutations on functions other than transcriptional activation are unknown. In this study, to identify genes that play a role in the cascade of signal events regulated by wild-type and mutant Tax proteins, we used a large-scale host cell gene-profiling approach. Results Using a microarray containing approximately 18,400 human mRNA transcripts, we found several alterations after the expression of Tax proteins in genes involved in many cellular functions such as transcription, signal transduction, cell growth, apoptosis, stress response, and immune response, indicating that Tax protein has multiple biological effects on various cellular environments. We also found that TaxD247G strongly regulated more genes involved in transcription, signal transduction, and cell growth functions, contrary to TaxS240P, which regulated fewer genes. In addition, the expression of genes related to stress response significantly increased in the presence of TaxS240P as compared to wild-type Tax and TaxD247G. By contrast, the largest group of downregulated genes was related to immune response, and the majority of these genes belonged to the interferon family. However, no significant difference in the expression level of downregulated genes was observed among the Tax proteins. Finally, the expression of important cellular factors obtained from the human microarray results were validated at the RNA and protein levels by real-time quantitative reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction and western blotting, respectively, after transfecting Tax proteins into bovine cells and human HeLa cells. Conclusion A comparative analysis of wild-type and mutant Tax proteins indicates that Tax protein exerts a significant impact on cellular functions as diverse as transcription, signal transduction, cell growth, stress response and immune response. Importantly, our study is the first report that shows the extent to which BLV Tax regulates the innate immune response.
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- Mariluz Arainga
- Viral Infectious Diseases Unit, RIKEN, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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Komizu Y, Yukihara M, Kariya R, Goto K, Okada S, Ueoka R. Selective accumulation of hybrid liposomes into adult T-cell leukemia cells along with induction of apoptosis. Bioorg Med Chem Lett 2011; 21:3962-5. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bmcl.2011.05.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/18/2011] [Revised: 05/02/2011] [Accepted: 05/06/2011] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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Zane L, Sibon D, Legras C, Lachuer J, Wierinckx A, Mehlen P, Delfau-Larue MH, Gessain A, Gout O, Pinatel C, Lançon A, Mortreux F, Wattel E. Clonal expansion of HTLV-1 positive CD8+ cells relies on cIAP-2 but not on c-FLIP expression. Virology 2010; 407:341-51. [DOI: 10.1016/j.virol.2010.07.023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/12/2010] [Revised: 05/11/2010] [Accepted: 07/16/2010] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Bleumink M, Köhler R, Giaisi M, Proksch P, Krammer PH, Li-Weber M. Rocaglamide breaks TRAIL resistance in HTLV-1-associated adult T-cell leukemia/lymphoma by translational suppression of c-FLIP expression. Cell Death Differ 2010; 18:362-70. [PMID: 20706274 DOI: 10.1038/cdd.2010.99] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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The human T-cell leukemia virus type-1 (HTLV-1)-associated adult T-cell leukemia/lymphoma (ATL) is incurable by currently known therapies. ATL samples and cell lines derived from ATL patients show restricted sensitivity to tumor necrosis factor-related apoptosis-inducing ligand (TRAIL) and CD95 ligand (CD95L). We have recently shown that HTLV-1-infected cells express elevated levels of cellular caspase-8 FLICE-inhibitory protein (c-FLIP) conferring resistance to receptor-mediated apoptosis. This finding underscores the demand to develop new strategies for treatment of ATL. In this study, we show that the naturally occurring herbal compound Rocaglamide (Roc) sensitizes CD95L- and TRAIL-induced apoptosis in HTLV-1-infected cells by downregulation of c-FLIP expression. Investigation of the molecular mechanism of Roc-mediated downregulation of c-FLIP revealed that it inhibits phosphorylation of the translation initiation factor 4E (eIF4E), a key factor that controls the rate-limiting step of translation, through inhibition of the MEK-ERK-MNK1 signaling pathway. This event prevents de novo synthesis of short-lived proteins such as c-FLIP in HTLV-1-infected cells. Our data suggest that Roc may serve as an adjuvant for TRAIL-based anticancer therapy.
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- M Bleumink
- Tumor Immunology Program, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Im Neuenheimer Feld 280, Heidelberg, Germany
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Free HTLV-1 induces TLR7-dependent innate immune response and TRAIL relocalization in killer plasmacytoid dendritic cells. Blood 2009; 115:2177-85. [PMID: 20007807 DOI: 10.1182/blood-2009-06-224741] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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A recent report demonstrated that free human T-cell leukemia virus 1 (HTLV-1) could infect plasmacytoid dendritic cells (pDCs). The major role of pDCs is to secrete massive levels of interferon-alpha (IFN-alpha) upon virus exposure; however, the induction of IFN-alpha by HTLV-1 remains unknown. We demonstrate here that cell-free HTLV-1 generated a pDC innate immune response by producing massive levels of IFN-alpha that were inhibited by anti-HTLV-1 antibodies. HTLV-1 induced costimulatory molecules and rapid expression of the apoptotic ligand tumor necrosis factor-related apoptosis-inducing ligand (TRAIL). Furthermore, HTLV-1 stimulated pDC-induced apoptosis of CD4(+) T cells expressing DR5, transforming pDCs into IFN-producing killer pDCs. We also observed that an endosomal acidification inhibitor and a Toll-like receptor-7 (TLR7)-specific blocker drastically inhibited pDC response to HTLV-1. Three-dimensional microscopy analysis revealed that unstimulated pDCs were "dormant" IFN-producing killer pDCs with high levels of intracellular TRAIL that could be rapidly mobilized to the surface in response to TLR7 activation. Inhibition of viral degradation in endosomes by chloroquine maintained viral integrity, allowing virus detection by 3-dimensional microscopy. We demonstrate that pDCs respond to cell-free HTLV-1 by producing high levels of IFN-alpha and by mobilizing TRAIL on cell surface after TLR7 triggering. This is the first demonstration of an innate immune response induced by free HTLV-1.
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Daniel D, Yang B, Lawrence DA, Totpal K, Balter I, Lee WP, Gogineni A, Cole MJ, Yee SF, Ross S, Ashkenazi A. Cooperation of the proapoptotic receptor agonist rhApo2L/TRAIL with the CD20 antibody rituximab against non-Hodgkin lymphoma xenografts. Blood 2007; 110:4037-46. [PMID: 17724141 DOI: 10.1182/blood-2007-02-076075] [Citation(s) in RCA: 82] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Recombinant human rhApo2L/TRAIL selectively stimulates apoptosis in various cancer cells through its receptors DR4 and DR5, and is currently in clinical trials. Preclinical studies have established antitumor activity of rhApo2L/TRAIL in models of epithelial cancers; however, efficacy in non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL) models is not well studied. Of 7 NHL cell lines tested in vitro, rhApo2L/TRAIL stimulated apoptosis in BJAB, Ramos RA1, and DoHH-2 cells. Rituximab, a CD20 antibody used to treat certain types of NHL, augmented rhApo2L/TRAIL-induced caspase activation in Ramos RA1 and DoHH2 but not BJAB or SC-1 cells, through modulation of intrinsic rather than extrinsic apoptosis signaling. In vivo, rhApo2L/TRAIL and rituximab cooperated to attenuate or reverse growth of tumor xenografts of all 4 of these cell lines. Depletion of natural killer (NK) cells or serum complement substantially reduced combined efficacy against Ramos RA1 tumors, suggesting involvement of antibodydependent cell- and complement-mediated cytotoxicity. Both agents exhibited greater activity against disseminated than subcutaneous BJAB xenografts, and worked together to inhibit or abolish disseminated tumors and increase survival. Moreover, rhApo2L/TRAIL helped circumvent acquired rituximab resistance of a Ramos variant. These findings provide a strong rationale for clinical investigation of rhApo2L/TRAIL in combination with rituximab as a novel strategy for NHL therapy.
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- Antibodies, Monoclonal/pharmacology
- Antibodies, Monoclonal/therapeutic use
- Antibodies, Monoclonal, Murine-Derived
- Antibody Formation/drug effects
- Antineoplastic Agents/agonists
- Antineoplastic Agents/pharmacology
- Antineoplastic Agents/therapeutic use
- Apoptosis/drug effects
- Cell Line, Tumor
- Complement System Proteins/metabolism
- Drug Resistance, Neoplasm/drug effects
- Drug Synergism
- Female
- Humans
- Killer Cells, Natural/metabolism
- Lymphocyte Depletion
- Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin/drug therapy
- Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin/metabolism
- Mice
- Mice, Inbred ICR
- Mice, SCID
- Receptors, TNF-Related Apoptosis-Inducing Ligand/antagonists & inhibitors
- Receptors, TNF-Related Apoptosis-Inducing Ligand/metabolism
- Receptors, Tumor Necrosis Factor/antagonists & inhibitors
- Receptors, Tumor Necrosis Factor/metabolism
- Recombinant Proteins/agonists
- Recombinant Proteins/pharmacology
- Recombinant Proteins/therapeutic use
- Rituximab
- TNF-Related Apoptosis-Inducing Ligand/agonists
- TNF-Related Apoptosis-Inducing Ligand/pharmacology
- TNF-Related Apoptosis-Inducing Ligand/therapeutic use
- Transplantation, Heterologous
- Xenograft Model Antitumor Assays
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- Dylan Daniel
- Department of Molecular Oncology, Genentech, South San Francisco, CA 94080, USA
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Swingler S, Mann AM, Zhou J, Swingler C, Stevenson M. Apoptotic killing of HIV-1-infected macrophages is subverted by the viral envelope glycoprotein. PLoS Pathog 2007; 3:1281-90. [PMID: 17907802 PMCID: PMC2323301 DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.0030134] [Citation(s) in RCA: 141] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/11/2007] [Accepted: 07/26/2007] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Viruses have evolved strategies to protect infected cells from apoptotic clearance. We present evidence that HIV-1 possesses a mechanism to protect infected macrophages from the apoptotic effects of the death ligand TRAIL (tumor necrosis factor–related apoptosis-inducing ligand). In HIV-1–infected macrophages, the viral envelope protein induced macrophage colony-stimulating factor (M-CSF). This pro-survival cytokine downregulated the TRAIL receptor TRAIL-R1/DR4 and upregulated the anti-apoptotic genes Bfl-1 and Mcl-1. Inhibition of M-CSF activity or silencing of Bfl-1 and Mcl-1 rendered infected macrophages highly susceptible to TRAIL. The anti-cancer agent Imatinib inhibited M-CSF receptor activation and restored the apoptotic sensitivity of HIV-1–infected macrophages, suggesting a novel strategy to curtail viral persistence in the macrophage reservoir. Much of our understanding regarding mechanisms of HIV-1 persistence has been derived from studies with lymphocytes. However, mechanisms governing persistent infection of macrophages are less well understood. We investigated whether HIV-1 modulates macrophage function in a way that promotes their persist infection. We focused on a cytokine called macrophage colony-stimulating factor (M-CSF), because this pro-survival factor is induced upon infection by HIV-1. We found that the viral envelope gene was necessary for M-CSF induction of macrophages. M-CSF upregulated anti-apoptotic genes in macrophages and restricted the expression of the death receptor (tumor necrosis factor–related apoptosis-inducing ligand [TRAIL]-R1). As a consequence, HIV-1–infected macrophages were resistant to the apoptotic effects of TRAIL. If M-CSF was blocked by antibody or if the anti-apoptotic genes were silenced by RNA interference, the apoptotic sensitivity of HIV-1–infected macrophages was restored. Also, the anti-cancer drug Imatinib, which impairs activation of the M-CSF receptor, promoted the death of HIV-1–infected macrophages but not of uninfected macrophages. We believe that HIV-1 regulates M-CSF to extend macrophage survival and promote viral persistence in the host. Agents that interfere with M-CSF signaling, such as Imatinib, warrant further examination for activity against macrophage reservoirs in vivo.
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- Simon Swingler
- Program in Molecular Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States of America
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- Program in Molecular Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States of America
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- Program in Molecular Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States of America
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- Program in Molecular Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States of America
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- Program in Molecular Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States of America
- * To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail:
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Silbermann K, Grassmann R. Human T cell leukemia virus type 1 Tax-induced signals in cell survival, proliferation, and transformation. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2007. [DOI: 10.1002/sita.200600119] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Lee DY, Lee MW, Lee HJ, Noh YH, Park SC, Lee MY, Kim KY, Lee WB, Kim SS. ERK1/2 activation attenuates TRAIL-induced apoptosis through the regulation of mitochondria-dependent pathway. Toxicol In Vitro 2006; 20:816-23. [PMID: 16563693 DOI: 10.1016/j.tiv.2006.01.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/03/2005] [Revised: 11/25/2005] [Accepted: 01/05/2006] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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Tumor necrosis factor-related apoptosis-inducing ligand (TRAIL) functions as an extracellular signal, which triggers apoptosis in tumor cells. In order to characterize the molecular events involved in TRAIL cytotoxic signaling, we attempted to determine the role of extracellular signal-regulated kinase 1/2 (ERK1/2), as well as its downstream targets in TRAIL-treated HeLa cells. Here we demonstrate that TRAIL exposure resulted in the activation of ERK1/2, and the elevation of anti-apoptotic Bcl-2 protein levels. ERK1/2 inhibition with PD98059 promoted cell death via the down-regulation of Bcl-2 protein levels, together with increasing mitochondrial damage, including the collapse of mitochondrial membrane potential, the release of cytochrome c from mitochondria to cytoplasm and caspase activity. These results suggest that the ERK1/2 activation is a kind of survival mechanism to struggle against TRAIL-induced stress condition in early stage, via activating cellular defense mechanisms like as the up-regulation of the Bcl-2/Bax ratio, as well as several mitochondrial events.
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- Do Yeon Lee
- Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, College of Medicine, Chung-Ang University, 221 Huksuk-dong, Dongjak-ku, Seoul 156-756, Republic of Korea
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Jacobsen E, LaCasce A. Update on the therapy of highly aggressive non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma. Expert Opin Biol Ther 2006; 6:699-708. [PMID: 16805709 DOI: 10.1517/14712598.6.7.699] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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This review focuses on the current understanding of the biology of highly aggressive non-Hodgkin's lymphomas, such as Burkitt's lymphoma, lymphoblastic lymphoma and adult T cell lymphoma/leukaemia. Specifically, this review will examine how our increased understanding of the pathophysiology of these diseases can be used to develop new therapies.
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- Eric Jacobsen
- Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Department of Medical Oncology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
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Park HU, Jeong SJ, Jeong JH, Chung JH, Brady JN. Human T-cell leukemia virus type 1 Tax attenuates gamma-irradiation-induced apoptosis through physical interaction with Chk2. Oncogene 2006; 25:438-47. [PMID: 16158050 DOI: 10.1038/sj.onc.1209059] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Checkpoint kinase 2 (Chk2) is known to mediate diverse cellular responses to genotoxic stress. The fundamental role of Chk2 is to regulate the network of genome-surveillance pathways that coordinate cell-cycle progression with DNA repair and cell survival or death. Defects in Chk2 contribute to the development of both hereditary and sporadic human cancers. We now present evidence that the human T-cell leukemia virus type-1 (HTLV-1) Tax protein directly interacts with Chk2 and the kinase activity of Chk2 is inhibited by Tax. The physical interaction of Chk2 and Tax was observed by co-immunoprecipitation assays in HTLV-1-infected T cells (C81) as well as GST pull-down assays using purified proteins. Binding and kinase activity inhibition studies with Tax deletion mutants indicated that at least two domains of Tax mediate the interaction with Chk2. We have analysed the functional consequence of de novo expression of Tax upon the cellular DNA-damage-induced apoptosis, which is mediated by Chk2. Using transient transfection and TUNEL assay, we found that gamma-irradiation-induced apoptosis was decreased in 293T and HCT-116 (p53(-/-)) cells expressing HTLV-1 Tax. Our studies demonstrate an important potential target of Tax in cellular transformation.
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- H U Park
- Virus Tumor Biology Section, Laboratory of Cellular Oncology, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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