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Carcone A, Journo C, Dutartre H. Is the HTLV-1 Retrovirus Targeted by Host Restriction Factors? Viruses 2022; 14:v14081611. [PMID: 35893677 PMCID: PMC9332716 DOI: 10.3390/v14081611] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/01/2022] [Revised: 07/18/2022] [Accepted: 07/19/2022] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
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Human T cell leukemia virus type 1 (HTLV-1), the etiological agent of adult T cell leukemia/lymphoma (ATLL) and of HTLV-1-associated myelopathy/tropical spastic paraparesis (HAM/TSP), was identified a few years before Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV). However, forty years later, our comprehension of HTLV-1 immune detection and the host immune responses to HTLV-1 is far more limited than for HIV. In addition to innate and adaptive immune responses that rely on specialized cells of the immune system, host cells may also express a range of antiviral factors that inhibit viral replication at different stages of the cycle, in a cell-autonomous manner. Multiple antiviral factors allowing such an intrinsic immunity have been primarily and extensively described in the context HIV infection. Here, we provide an overview of whether known HIV restriction factors might act on HTLV-1 replication. Interestingly, many of them do not exert any antiviral activity against HTLV-1, and we discuss viral replication cycle specificities that could account for these differences. Finally, we highlight future research directions that could help to identify antiviral factors specific to HTLV-1.
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Maksimova V, Panfil AR. Human T-Cell Leukemia Virus Type 1 Envelope Protein: Post-Entry Roles in Viral Pathogenesis. Viruses 2022; 14:v14010138. [PMID: 35062342 PMCID: PMC8778545 DOI: 10.3390/v14010138] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/20/2021] [Revised: 01/09/2022] [Accepted: 01/11/2022] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Human T-cell leukemia virus type 1 (HTLV-1) is an oncogenic retrovirus that is the causative infectious agent of adult T-cell leukemia/lymphoma (ATL), an aggressive and fatal CD4+ T-cell malignancy, and HTLV-1-associated myelopathy/tropical spastic paraparesis (HAM/TSP), a chronic neurological disease. Disease progression in infected individuals is the result of HTLV-1-driven clonal expansion of CD4+ T-cells and is generally associated with the activities of the viral oncoproteins Tax and Hbz. A closely related virus, HTLV-2, exhibits similar genomic features and the capacity to transform T-cells, but is non-pathogenic. In vitro, HTLV-1 primarily immortalizes or transforms CD4+ T-cells, while HTLV-2 displays a transformation tropism for CD8+ T-cells. This distinct tropism is recapitulated in infected people. Through comparative studies, the genetic determinant for this divergent tropism of HTLV-1/2 has been mapped to the viral envelope (Env). In this review, we explore the emerging roles for Env beyond initial viral entry and examine current perspectives on its contributions to HTLV-1-mediated disease development.
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- Victoria Maksimova
- Biomedical Sciences Graduate Program, Center for Retrovirus Research, Department of Veterinary Biosciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA;
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- Center for Retrovirus Research, Comprehensive Cancer Center and Solove Research Institute, Department of Veterinary Biosciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA
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Diversity of cell phenotypes among MT-2 cell lines affects the growth of U937 cells and cytokine production. Hum Cell 2018; 32:185-192. [PMID: 30560508 DOI: 10.1007/s13577-018-00231-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/25/2018] [Accepted: 12/07/2018] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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We previously reported the diversity of structure and integration sites of human T-cell leukemia virus type 1 (HTLV-1) provirus among different MT-2 cell lines. This raised the question as to whether cell phenotypes also differed among MT-2 cell lines. The influence of two different MT-2 cell lines (MT-2J and MT-2B) on the growth of the promonocytic leukemia cell line, U937, was investigated. Protein levels and mRNA expression of cytokines were also investigated. In addition, Western blot analysis of HTLV-1 regulatory proteins, Tax and HBZ, was also performed. Culture supernatant from MT-2B, but not MT-2J, cells showed marked suppressive effects on U937 cell growth. MT-2B showed high tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-α, TNF-β, and interferon (IFN)-γ both in protein levels of the culture supernatant and mRNA levels of the cells. Analysis using recombinant cytokines indicated that the suppressive effects of MT-2B were due, at least in part, to high levels of TNF-β and its synergic effects with IFN-γ in the culture supernatant. Protein levels of HTLV-1 Tax and HBZ were higher in MT-2B than those in MT-2J cells. These molecules have been reported to affect the cytokine production of HTLV-1 infected cells; therefore, the difference in these molecules may have accounted for the differences in cytokine production between MT-2J and MT-2B cells. Furthermore, because MT-2 cells showed a large variation of integrated HTLV-1 proviruses as well as cell phenotypes, it is important to exercise caution in the assessment and interpretation of experimental data from MT-2 cells.
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Miura M, Miyazato P, Satou Y, Tanaka Y, Bangham CRM. Epigenetic changes around the pX region and spontaneous HTLV-1 transcription are CTCF-independent. Wellcome Open Res 2018; 3:105. [PMID: 30607369 PMCID: PMC6305241 DOI: 10.12688/wellcomeopenres.14741.2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 12/03/2018] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Background: The human retrovirus HTLV-1 inserts the viral complementary DNA of 9 kb into the host genome. Both plus- and minus-strands of the provirus are transcribed, respectively from the 5′ and 3′ long terminal repeats (LTR). Plus-strand expression is rapid and intense once activated, whereas the minus-strand is transcribed at a lower, more constant level. To identify how HTLV-1 transcription is regulated, we investigated the epigenetic modifications associated with the onset of spontaneous plus-strand expression and the potential impact of the host factor CTCF. Methods: Patient-derived peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) and in vitro HTLV-1-infected T cell clones were examined. Cells were stained for the plus-strand-encoded viral protein Tax, and sorted into Tax
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– populations. Chromatin immunoprecipitation and methylated DNA immunoprecipitation were performed to identify epigenetic modifications in the provirus. Bisulfite-treated DNA fragments from the HTLV-1 LTRs were sequenced. Single-molecule RNA-FISH was performed, targeting HTLV-1 transcripts, for the estimation of transcription kinetics. The CRISPR/Cas9 technique was applied to alter the CTCF-binding site in the provirus, to test the impact of CTCF on the epigenetic modifications. Results: Changes in the histone modifications H3K4me3, H3K9Ac and H3K27Ac were strongly correlated with plus-strand expression. DNA in the body of the provirus was largely methylated except for the pX and 3′ LTR regions, regardless of Tax expression. The plus-strand promoter was hypomethylated when Tax was expressed. Removal of CTCF had no discernible impact on the viral transcription or epigenetic modifications. Conclusions: The histone modifications H3K4me3, H3K9Ac and H3K27Ac are highly dynamic in the HTLV-1 provirus: they show rapid change with the onset of Tax expression, and are reversible. The HTLV-1 provirus has an intrinsic pattern of epigenetic modifications that is independent of both the provirus insertion site and the chromatin architectural protein CTCF which binds to the HTLV-1 provirus.
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- Michi Miura
- Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Imperial College London, London, W2 1PG, UK
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- Center for AIDS Research, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, 860-0811, Japan
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- Center for AIDS Research, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, 860-0811, Japan
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- Department of Immunology, University of the Ryukyus, Okinawa, 903-0215, Japan
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- Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Imperial College London, London, W2 1PG, UK
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Miura M, Miyazato P, Satou Y, Tanaka Y, Bangham CR. Spontaneous HTLV-1 transcription is accompanied by distinct epigenetic changes in the 5′ and 3′ long terminal repeats. Wellcome Open Res 2018; 3:105. [DOI: 10.12688/wellcomeopenres.14741.1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 08/20/2018] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Background:The human retrovirus HTLV-1 inserts the viral complementary DNA of 9 kb into the host genome. Both plus- and minus-strands of the provirus are transcribed, respectively from the 5′ and 3′ long terminal repeats (LTR). Plus-strand expression is rapid and intense once activated, whereas the minus-strand is transcribed at a lower, more constant level. To identify how HTLV-1 transcription is regulated, we investigated the epigenetic modifications associated with the onset of spontaneous plus-strand expression and the potential impact of the host factor CTCF.Methods:Patient-derived peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) and in vitro HTLV-1-infected T cell clones were examined. Cells were stained for the plus-strand-encoded viral protein Tax, and sorted into Tax+and Tax–populations. Chromatin immunoprecipitation and methylated DNA immunoprecipitation were performed to identify epigenetic modifications in the provirus. Bisulfite-treated DNA fragments from the HTLV-1 LTRs were sequenced. Single-molecule RNA-FISH was performed, targeting HTLV-1 transcripts, for the estimation of transcription kinetics. The CRISPR/Cas9 technique was applied to alter the CTCF-binding site in the provirus, to test the impact of CTCF on the epigenetic modifications.Results:Changes in the histone modifications H3K4me3, H3K9Ac and H3K27Ac were strongly correlated with plus-strand expression. DNA in the body of the provirus was largely methylated except for the pX and 3′ LTR regions, regardless of Tax expression. The plus-strand promoter was hypomethylated when Tax was expressed. Removal of CTCF had no discernible impact on the viral transcription or epigenetic modifications.Conclusions:The histone modifications H3K4me3, H3K9Ac and H3K27Ac are highly dynamic in the HTLV-1 provirus: they show rapid change with the onset of Tax expression, and are reversible. The HTLV-1 provirus has an intrinsic pattern of epigenetic modifications that is independent of both the provirus insertion site and the chromatin architectural protein CTCF which binds to the HTLV-1 provirus.
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RNA stability regulates human T cell leukemia virus type 1 gene expression in chronically-infected CD4 T cells. Virology 2017; 508:7-17. [PMID: 28478312 DOI: 10.1016/j.virol.2017.04.029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/06/2017] [Revised: 04/25/2017] [Accepted: 04/26/2017] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Regulation of expression of HTLV-1 gene products from integrated proviruses plays an important role in HTLV-1-associated disease pathogenesis. Previous studies have shown that T cell receptor (TCR)- and phorbol ester (PMA) stimulation of chronically infected CD4 T cells increases the expression of integrated HTLV-1 proviruses in latently infected cells, however the mechanism remains unknown. Analysis of HTLV-1 RNA and protein species following PMA treatment of the latently HTLV-1-infected, FS and SP T cell lines demonstrated rapid induction of tax/rex mRNA. This rapid increase in tax/rex mRNA was associated with markedly enhanced tax/rex mRNA stability while the stability of unspliced or singly spliced HTLV-1 RNAs did not increase. Tax/rex mRNA in the HTLV-1 constitutively expressing cell lines exhibited high basal stability even without PMA treatment. Our data support a model whereby T cell activation leads to increased HTLV-1 gene expression at least in part through increased tax/rex mRNA stability.
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Cellular Immune Responses against Simian T-Lymphotropic Virus Type 1 Target Tax in Infected Baboons. J Virol 2016; 90:5280-5291. [PMID: 26984729 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.00281-16] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/12/2016] [Accepted: 03/12/2016] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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UNLABELLED There are currently 5 million to 10 million human T-lymphotropic virus type 1 (HTLV-1)-infected people, and many of them will develop severe complications resulting from this infection. A vaccine is urgently needed in areas where HTLV-1 is endemic. Many vaccines are best tested in nonhuman primate animal models. As a first step in designing an effective HTLV-1 vaccine, we defined the CD8(+) and CD4(+) T cell response against simian T-lymphotropic virus type 1 (STLV-1), a virus closely related to HTLV-1, in olive baboons (Papio anubis). Consistent with persistent antigenic exposure, we observed that STLV-1-specific CD8(+) T cells displayed an effector memory phenotype and usually expressed CD107a, gamma interferon (IFN-γ), and tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-α). To assess the viral targets of the cellular immune response in STLV-1-infected animals, we used intracellular cytokine staining to detect responses against overlapping peptides covering the entire STLV-1 proteome. Our results show that, similarly to humans, the baboon CD8(+) T cell response narrowly targeted the Tax protein. Our findings suggest that the STLV-1-infected baboon model may recapitulate some of the important aspects of the human response against HTLV-1 and could be an important tool for the development of immune-based therapy and prophylaxis. IMPORTANCE HTLV-1 infection can lead to many different and often fatal conditions. A vaccine deployed in areas of high prevalence might reduce the incidence of HTLV-1-induced disease. Unfortunately, there are very few animal models of HTLV-1 infection useful for testing vaccine approaches. Here we describe cellular immune responses in baboons against a closely related virus, STLV-1. We show for the first time that the immune response against STLV-1 in naturally infected baboons is largely directed against the Tax protein. Similar findings in humans and the sequence similarity between the human and baboon viruses suggest that the STLV-1-infected baboon model might be useful for developing a vaccine against HTLV-1.
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Martin F, Taylor GP, Jacobson S. Inflammatory manifestations of HTLV-1 and their therapeutic options. Expert Rev Clin Immunol 2015; 10:1531-46. [PMID: 25340428 DOI: 10.1586/1744666x.2014.966690] [Citation(s) in RCA: 84] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Human T lymphotropic virus type 1 (HTLV-1) is one of the most intriguing retroviruses infecting humans. Most commonly, infection remains undetected, since it does not cause obvious harm, yet in 4-9% of patients, this infection can be devastating, causing adult T-cell leukemia/lymphoma and/or HTLV-1 associated myelopathy/tropical spastic paraparesis (HAM/TSP). This review concentrates on all inflammatory aspects of HTLV-1 infection: HAM/TSP, HTLV-1 associated uveitis, HTLV-1 associated conjunctivitis, sicca syndrome and interstitial keratitis, HTLV-1 associated Sjögren's syndrome, Hashimoto's thyroiditis and Graves' disease, HTLV-1 associated pulmonary disease, infective dermatitis associated with HTLV-1, HTLV-1 associated inflammatory myositis and HTLV-1 associated arthritis. With the exception of HAM/TSP treatment, studies of these conditions are sparse and even for HAM/TSP, the level of evidence is limited. While control or elimination of infection remains a goal, most therapy beyond symptomatic management is directed at the immune response to HTLV-1.
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- Fabiola Martin
- Department of Biology, Hull and York Medical School, Center for Immunology and Infection, University of York, YO10 5DD, UK
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Lim AG, Maini PK. HTLV-I infection: a dynamic struggle between viral persistence and host immunity. J Theor Biol 2014; 352:92-108. [PMID: 24583256 DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2014.02.022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/19/2013] [Revised: 12/19/2013] [Accepted: 02/19/2014] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Human T-lymphotropic virus type I (HTLV-I) causes chronic infection for which there is no cure or neutralising vaccine. HTLV-I has been clinically linked to the development of adult T-cell leukaemia/lymphoma (ATL), an aggressive blood cancer, and HAM/TSP, a progressive neurological and inflammatory disease. Infected individuals typically mount a large, persistently activated CD8(+) cytotoxic T-lymphocyte (CTL) response against HTLV-I-infected cells, but ultimately fail to effectively eliminate the virus. Moreover, the identification of determinants to disease manifestation has thus far been elusive. A key issue in current HTLV-I research is to better understand the dynamic interaction between persistent infection by HTLV-I and virus-specific host immunity. Recent experimental hypotheses for the persistence of HTLV-I in vivo have led to the development of mathematical models illuminating the balance between proviral latency and activation in the target cell population. We investigate the role of a constantly changing anti-viral immune environment acting in response to the effects of infected T-cell activation and subsequent viral expression. The resulting model is a four-dimensional, non-linear system of ordinary differential equations that describes the dynamic interactions among viral expression, infected target cell activation, and the HTLV-I-specific CTL response. The global dynamics of the model is established through the construction of appropriate Lyapunov functions. Examining the particular roles of viral expression and host immunity during the chronic phase of HTLV-I infection offers important insights regarding the evolution of viral persistence and proposes a hypothesis for pathogenesis.
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- Aaron G Lim
- Wolfson Centre for Mathematical Biology, Mathematical Institute, University of Oxford, Andrew Wiles Building, Radcliffe Observatory Quarter, Woodstock Road, Oxford OX2 6GG, UK.
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- Wolfson Centre for Mathematical Biology, Mathematical Institute, University of Oxford, Andrew Wiles Building, Radcliffe Observatory Quarter, Woodstock Road, Oxford OX2 6GG, UK.
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Rahman S, Quann K, Pandya D, Singh S, Khan ZK, Jain P. HTLV-1 Tax mediated downregulation of miRNAs associated with chromatin remodeling factors in T cells with stably integrated viral promoter. PLoS One 2012; 7:e34490. [PMID: 22496815 PMCID: PMC3319589 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0034490] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/19/2011] [Accepted: 03/01/2012] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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RNA interference (RNAi) is a natural cellular mechanism to silence gene expression and is predominantly mediated by microRNAs (miRNAs) that target messenger RNA. Viruses can manipulate the cellular processes necessary for their replication by targeting the host RNAi machinery. This study explores the effect of human T-cell leukemia virus type 1 (HTLV-1) transactivating protein Tax on the RNAi pathway in the context of a chromosomally integrated viral long terminal repeat (LTR) using a CD4+ T-cell line, Jurkat. Transcription factor profiling of the HTLV-1 LTR stably integrated T-cell clone transfected with Tax demonstrates increased activation of substrates and factors associated with chromatin remodeling complexes. Using a miRNA microarray and bioinformatics experimental approach, Tax was also shown to downregulate the expression of miRNAs associated with the translational regulation of factors required for chromatin remodeling. These observations were validated with selected miRNAs and an HTLV-1 infected T cells line, MT-2. miR-149 and miR-873 were found to be capable of directly targeting p300 and p/CAF, chromatin remodeling factors known to play critical role in HTLV-1 pathogenesis. Overall, these results are first in line establishing HTLV-1/Tax-miRNA-chromatin concept and open new avenues toward understanding retroviral latency and/or replication in a given cell type.
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Drexel Institute for Biotechnology and Virology Research, College of Medicine, Drexel University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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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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Gulzar N, Shroff A, Buberoglu B, Klonowska D, Kim JE, Copeland KFT. Properties of HTLV-I transformed CD8+ T-cells in response to HIV-1 infection. Virology 2010; 406:302-11. [PMID: 20708209 DOI: 10.1016/j.virol.2010.07.029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/22/2010] [Revised: 05/06/2010] [Accepted: 07/20/2010] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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HIV-1 infection studies of primary CD8(+) T-cells are hampered by difficulty in obtaining a significant number of targets for infection and low levels of productive infection. Further, there exists a paucity of CD8-expressing T-cell lines to address questions pertaining to the study of CD8(+) T-cells in the context of HIV-1 infection. In this study, a set of CD8(+) T-cell clones were originated through HTLV-I transformation in vitro, and the properties of these cells were examined. The clones were susceptible to T-cell tropic strains of the virus and exhibited HIV-1 production 20-fold greater than primary CD4(+) T-cells. Productive infection resulted in a decrease in expression of CD8 and CXCR4 molecules on the surface of the CD8(+) T-cell clones and antibodies to these molecules abrogated viral binding and replication. These transformed cells provide an important tool in the study of CD8(+) T-cells and may provide important insights into the mechanism(s) behind HIV-1 induced CD8(+) T-cell dysfunction.
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- N Gulzar
- National HIV and Retrovirology Laboratories, Public Health Agency of Canada, Ottawa, Canada
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The HTLV-1 Virological Synapse. Viruses 2010; 2:1427-1447. [PMID: 21994688 PMCID: PMC3185711 DOI: 10.3390/v2071427] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/09/2010] [Revised: 06/04/2010] [Accepted: 06/29/2010] [Indexed: 01/05/2023] Open
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Human T-lymphotropic virus-1 (HTLV-1) spreads efficiently between T-cells via a tight and highly organized cell-cell contact known as the virological synapse. It is now thought that many retroviruses and other viruses spread via a virological synapse, which may be defined as a virus-induced, specialized area of cell-to-cell contact that promotes the directed transmission of the virus between cells. We summarize here the mechanisms leading to the formation of the HTLV-1 virological synapse and the role played by HTLV-1 Tax protein. We propose a model of HTLV-1 transmission between T-cells based on the three-dimensional ultrastructure of the virological synapse. Finally, in the light of recent advances, we discuss the possible routes of HTLV-1 spread across the virological synapse.
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Okayama A. Natural history of human T-lymphotropic virus type 1 infection and immune system imbalances. Inflamm Regen 2010. [DOI: 10.2492/inflammregen.30.103] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022] Open
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Manuel SL, Schell TD, Acheampong E, Rahman S, Khan ZK, Jain P. Presentation of human T cell leukemia virus type 1 (HTLV-1) Tax protein by dendritic cells: the underlying mechanism of HTLV-1-associated neuroinflammatory disease. J Leukoc Biol 2009; 86:1205-16. [PMID: 19656902 DOI: 10.1189/jlb.0309172] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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HTLV-1 is the etiologic agent of a debilitating neurologic disorder, HAM/TSP. This disease features a robust immune response including the oligoclonal expansion of CD8+ CTLs specific for the viral oncoprotein Tax. The key pathogenic process resulting in the proliferation of CTLs and the presentation of Tax peptide remains uncharacterized. We have investigated the role of APCs, particularly DCs, in priming of the anti-Tax CTL response under in vitro and in vivo conditions. We investigated two routes (direct vs. indirect) of Tax presentation using live virus, infected primary CD4+/CD25+ T cells, and the CD4+ T cell line (C8166, a HTLV-1-mutated line that only expresses Tax). Our results indicated that DCs are capable of priming a pronounced Tax-specific CTL response in cell cultures consisting of naïve PBLs as well as in HLA-A*0201 transgenic mice (line HHD II). DCs were able to direct the presentation of Tax successfully through infected T cells, live virus, and cell-free Tax. These observations were comparable with those made with a known stimulant of DC maturation, a combination of CD40L and IFN-gamma. Our studies clearly establish a role for this important immune cell component in HTLV-1 immuno/neuropathogenesis and suggest that modulation of DC functions could be an important tool for therapeutic interventions.
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- Sharrón L Manuel
- Institute for Molecular Medicine and Infectious Disease, Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA 19102, USA
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Hayashi D, Kubota R, Takenouchi N, Tanaka Y, Hirano R, Takashima H, Osame M, Izumo S, Arimura K. Reduced Foxp3 expression with increased cytomegalovirus-specific CTL in HTLV-I-associated myelopathy. J Neuroimmunol 2008; 200:115-24. [PMID: 18639344 DOI: 10.1016/j.jneuroim.2008.06.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/21/2008] [Revised: 05/23/2008] [Accepted: 06/05/2008] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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Human T-lymphotropic virus type I (HTLV-I)-associated myelopathy/tropical spastic paraparesis (HAM/TSP) patients show high immune responses to HTLV-I. However, it is unclear whether the cytotoxic T lymphocyte (CTL) responses to other chronic viruses also increase. We investigated the responses in the peripheral blood by using HLA-A*0201/peptide pentamers. The frequency of cytomegalovirus (CMV)-specific CTL tended to be higher in HAM/TSP patients than in healthy controls (HCs). The frequency of CMV-specific CTL positively correlated with that of HTLV-I Tax-specific CTL. The frequency of Foxp3+ cells in CD4+ lymphocytes tended to be higher in HAM/TSP patients than in ACs and HCs. The expression level of Foxp3 was lower in HAM/TSP patients than in HCs and was inversely correlated with the CMV-specific CTL frequency. A percentage of Foxp3+ cells showed a positive correlation with the HTLV-I proviral load. These results suggest that a decrease in the Foxp3 expression may contribute to the high immune response to CMV and that the Foxp3+ regulatory T cells may play a role in the immune surveillance of HTLV-I.
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- Daisuke Hayashi
- Department of Neurology and Geriatrics, Kagoshima University, 8-35-1 Sakuragaoka, Kagoshima 890-8544, Japan
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Asquith B, Bangham CRM. How does HTLV-I persist despite a strong cell-mediated immune response? Trends Immunol 2007; 29:4-11. [PMID: 18042431 DOI: 10.1016/j.it.2007.09.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/30/2007] [Revised: 08/23/2007] [Accepted: 09/05/2007] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Human T-lymphotropic virus type 1 (HTLV-1) is a pathogenic retrovirus that infects human CD4(+) T lymphocytes. Despite its presence in T cells, HTLV-1 causes little overt immunosuppression. This host-virus relationship has therefore been exploited as an excellent model system for studying the dynamic interaction between a persistent retrovirus and the normal human immune system. We use a combination of mathematical and experimental techniques to identify key factors on both sides of the in vivo host-virus interaction that significantly determine HTLV-I proviral load and disease risk. We develop a model to describe how these factors interact to enable viral persistence.
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- Becca Asquith
- Department of Immunology, Wright-Fleming Institute, Imperial College London, London, W2 1PG, UK.
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Pandya D, Rahman S, Wigdahl B, Khan ZK, Jain P. New insights into the pathogenesis, diagnosis and treatment of human T-cell leukemia virus type 1-induced disease. Future Virol 2007. [DOI: 10.2217/17460794.2.5.481] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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It has been over 25 years since the discovery of human T-cell leukemia virus type 1 (HTLV-1); however, the exact sequence of events that occur during primary infection, clinical latency or the development of disease remains unresolved. The advances in molecular virology and neuroimmunology have contributed significantly to our understanding of HTLV-1 pathogenesis, but also uncovered the complexity of the virus–host interaction both in the peripheral blood and the CNS. Here, we overview the general pathologic features of HTLV-1, molecular mechanisms of oncogenic transformation and characteristics of the host immune response during the associated neuroinflammatory process. We also discuss both current and new approaches in the diagnosis and therapy of HTLV-1 associated diseases – adult T-cell leukemia and HTLV-1-associated myelopathy/tropical spastic paraparesis. Finally, potentially important emerging areas of research that may have an impact on our understanding of the pathogenic mechanism have been briefly introduced.
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- Devanshi Pandya
- Drexel University College of Medicine, Department of Microbiology & Immunology, and, Center for Cancer Biology, Institute for Molecular Medicine & Infectious Disease, Philadelphia, PA 19102, USA
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- Drexel University College of Medicine, Department of Microbiology & Immunology, and, Center for Cancer Biology, Institute for Molecular Medicine & Infectious Disease, Philadelphia, PA 19102, USA
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- Drexel University College of Medicine, Department of Microbiology & Immunology, and, Center for Cancer Biology, Institute for Molecular Medicine & Infectious Disease, Philadelphia, PA 19102, USA
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- Drexel University College of Medicine, Department of Microbiology & Immunology, and, Center for Cancer Biology, Institute for Molecular Medicine & Infectious Disease, Philadelphia, PA 19102, USA
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- Drexel University College of Medicine, Department of Microbiology & Immunology, Institute for Molecular Medicine & Infectious Disease, New College Building, Room 18311, 245 North 15th Street, Philadelphia, PA 19102, USA
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Despite significant advances in our understanding of the immune response to persistent viruses like human T-cell lymphotropic virus type I (HTLV-I), many important questions remain unanswered. Mathematical modelling enables us to interpret and synthesise diverse experimental data in new ways and thus can contribute to our understanding. Here, we review recent advances in mathematical modelling of HTLV-I infection and illustrate how mathematics has enabled us to identify factors that determine an individual's viral burden and risk of developing HTLV-I-associated diseases.
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- Becca Asquith
- Department of Immunology, Imperial College London, London, UK.
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Xie L, Green PL. Envelope is a major viral determinant of the distinct in vitro cellular transformation tropism of human T-cell leukemia virus type 1 (HTLV-1) and HTLV-2. J Virol 2006; 79:14536-45. [PMID: 16282453 PMCID: PMC1287554 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.79.23.14536-14545.2005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
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Human T-cell leukemia virus type 1 (HTLV-1) and HTLV-2 are related deltaretroviruses but are distinct in their disease-inducing capacity. These viruses can infect a variety of cell types, but only T lymphocytes become transformed, which is defined in vitro as showing indefinite interleukin-2-independent growth. Studies have indicated that HTLV-1 has a preferential tropism for CD4+ T cells in vivo and is associated with the development of leukemia and neurological disease. Conversely, the in vivo T-cell tropism of HTLV-2 is less clear, although it appears that CD8+ T cells preferentially harbor the provirus, with only a few cases of disease association. The difference in T-cell transformation tropism has been confirmed in vitro as shown by the preferential transformation of CD4+ T cells by HTLV-1 versus the transformation of CD8+ T cells by HTLV-2. Our previous studies showed that Tax and overlapping Rex do not confer the distinct T-cell transformation tropisms between HTLV-1 and HTLV-2. Therefore, for this study HTLV-1 and HTLV-2 recombinants were generated to assess the contribution of LTR and env sequences in T-cell transformation tropism. Both sets of proviral recombinants expressed p19 Gag following transfection into cells. Furthermore, recombinant viruses were replication competent and had the capacity to transform T lymphocytes. Our data showed that exchange of the env gene resulted in altered T-cell transformation tropism compared to wild-type virus, while exchange of long terminal repeat sequences had no significant effect. HTLV-2/Env1 preferentially transformed CD4+ T cells similarly to wild-type HTLV-1 (wtHTLV-1), whereas HTLV-1/Env2 had a transformation tropism similar to that of wtHTLV-2 (CD8+ T cells). These results indicate that env is a major viral determinant for HTLV T-cell transformation tropism in vitro and provides strong evidence implicating its contribution to the distinct pathogenesis resulting from HTLV-1 versus HTLV-2 infections.
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- Li Xie
- Department of Veterinary Biosciences, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA
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Sun J, Barbeau B, Tremblay MJ. HIV-1-mediated syncytium formation promotes cell-to-cell transfer of Tax protein and HTLV-I gene expression. Virus Res 2006; 118:120-9. [PMID: 16413627 DOI: 10.1016/j.virusres.2005.10.025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/13/2005] [Revised: 10/26/2005] [Accepted: 10/30/2005] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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An important increase in luciferase activity was detected following co-culture of Jurkat T cells transiently transfected with an HTLV-I-LTR-driven reporter construct with HIV-1- and HTLV-I-infected cells. Production of infectious HTLV-I and expression of the HTLV-I envelope were not required for this HIV-1-dependent induction while it was severely hampered by anti-gp120 and anti-CD4 antibodies. The HTLV-I Tax protein and the TRE1 repeats were found to be necessary for the HIV-1-mediated enhancement of HTLV-I LTR activity in the co-culture assay. As these results suggested triple fusion events involving all three cell types and the intracellular transfer of Tax, we labelled each cell line with a distinct fluorescent probe. Through confocal microscopy, a number of resulting syncytia and cell clusters were indeed observed to be positive for all three probes. We are proposing a model in which HIV-1-mediated syncytium formation between HIV-1- and HTLV-I-infected cells and uninfected T cells forms a "bridge" or "tunnel" through which Tax from the HTLV-I-infected cells can diffuse and activate HTLV-I-LTR transcription.
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- Jiangfeng Sun
- Department of Pathology and Molecular Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario and Faculty of Medicine, Laval University, Que., Canada
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Olindo S, Lézin A, Cabre P, Merle H, Saint-Vil M, Edimonana Kaptue M, Signate A, Césaire R, Smadja D. HTLV-1 proviral load in peripheral blood mononuclear cells quantified in 100 HAM/TSP patients: a marker of disease progression. J Neurol Sci 2005; 237:53-9. [PMID: 15972218 DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2005.05.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 92] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/14/2005] [Revised: 04/05/2005] [Accepted: 05/23/2005] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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A high proviral load of human T cell lymphotropic virus type 1 (HTLV-1) in peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) has been reported in patients with HTLV-1-associated myelopathy/tropical spastic paraparesis (HAM/TSP). The aim of the present study was to investigate the role of HTLV-1 proviral load in PBMCs (expressed as the number of copies per 10(6) PBMCs) in HAM/TSP disease course. One hundred consecutive HAM/TSP patients were recruited and assigned on the basis of the disability score and disease duration to either a rapid (n=38) or a slow (n=62) progression group. Thirty-four asymptomatic HTLV-1 carriers were also included. HTLV-1 proviral load was quantified in all HAM/TSP patients and asymptomatic subjects. The mean HTLV-1 proviral load was 6-fold lower in asymptomatic carriers than in HAM/TSP patients (18,224+/-24,811 vs. 107,905+/-96,651, p<0.0001) and significantly higher in rapid progression patients than in slow progression patients (146,469+/-98,943 vs. 84,270+/-87,912, p=0.0002). HTLV-1 proviral load in HAM/TSP patients was independent of age at the time of study, age at onset, and disease duration, and was not related to ophthalmological-associated disease or Chisholm grade. A high level of pulmonary lymphocytosis correlated with high HTLV-1 proviral load level (p=0.01). Our results suggest that the level of HTLV-1 proviral load in PBMCs parallels the course of HTLV-1 infection, being low in asymptomatic carriers and high and very high, respectively, in slow and rapid progression HAM/TSP patients. The magnitude of the HTLV-1 proviral load in PBMCs can be used as a biological marker of disease progression and could be a useful marker of disease activity in the monitoring of therapeutic trials.
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- Stéphane Olindo
- Department of Neurology and UMR 433 INSERM, Pierre Zobda-Quitman Hospital, Fort-de-France, Martinique, French West Indies.
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Shuh M, Beilke M. The human T-cell leukemia virus type 1 (HTLV-1): New insights into the clinical aspects and molecular pathogenesis of adult t-cell leukemia/lymphoma (ATLL) and tropical spastic paraparesis/HTLV-associated myelopathy (TSP/HAM). Microsc Res Tech 2005; 68:176-96. [PMID: 16276549 DOI: 10.1002/jemt.20231] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Human T-cell leukemia virus type 1 (HTLV-1) was the first human retrovirus to be identified in the early 1980s. The isolation and identification of a related virus, HTLV-2, and the distantly related human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) immediately followed. Of the three retroviruses, two are associated definitively with specific diseases, HIV, with acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) and HTLV-1, with adult T-cell leukemia/lymphoma (ATLL) and tropical spastic paraparesis/HTLV-1-associated myelopathy (TSP/HAM). While an estimated 10-20 million people worldwide are infected with HTLV-I, infection is endemic in the Caribbean, parts of Africa, southwestern Japan, and Italy. Approximately 4% of HTLV-I infected individuals develop ATLL, a disease with a poor prognosis. The clinical manifestations of infection and the current biology of HTLV viruses with emphasis on HTLV-1 are discussed in detail. The implications for improvements in diagnosis, treatment, intervention, and vaccination are included, as well as a discussion of the emergence of HTLV-1 and -2 as copathogens among HIV-1-infected individuals.
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- Maureen Shuh
- Department of Biological Sciences, Loyola University New Orleans, New Orleans, Louisiana 70118, USA.
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Lin HC, Hickey M, Hsu L, Medina D, Rabson AB. Activation of human T cell leukemia virus type 1 LTR promoter and cellular promoter elements by T cell receptor signaling and HTLV-1 Tax expression. Virology 2005; 339:1-11. [PMID: 15964046 DOI: 10.1016/j.virol.2005.05.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/23/2004] [Revised: 02/11/2005] [Accepted: 05/12/2005] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Human T cell leukemia virus 1 (HTLV-1) gene expression is regulated by both the viral Tax protein and by cellular transcriptional factors. We have previously shown that immune activation stimuli such as phorbol esters (PMA) and phytohemagglutinin (PHA) cooperate with HTLV-1 Tax expression to enhance HTLV-1 gene expression in infected T cells through increased activity of the HTLV-1 LTR. We now extend these studies to demonstrate roles for the T cell receptor complex, Lck, and Ras molecules in the coactivation of the HTLV-1 LTR by Tax and T cell activation stimuli. We also observe coactivation of Tax-responsive cellular promoter elements containing NF-kappaB and serum response factor (SRF) binding sites by Tax and T cell activation stimuli. These results suggest a model whereby T cell receptor stimulation and Tax expression coactivate HTLV-1 gene expression and cellular gene expression, enhancing activation of latent HTLV-1 and expression of cellular genes involved in disease pathogenesis.
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- Hsin-Ching Lin
- The Cancer Institute of New Jersey, UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick, NJ 08903, USA
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Asquith B, Mosley AJ, Barfield A, Marshall SEF, Heaps A, Goon P, Hanon E, Tanaka Y, Taylor GP, Bangham CRM. A functional CD8+ cell assay reveals individual variation in CD8+ cell antiviral efficacy and explains differences in human T-lymphotropic virus type 1 proviral load. J Gen Virol 2005; 86:1515-1523. [PMID: 15831965 DOI: 10.1099/vir.0.80766-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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The CD8+ lymphocyte response is a main component of host immunity, yet it is difficult to quantify its contribution to the control of persistent viruses. Consequently, it remains controversial as to whether CD8+ cells have a biologically significant impact on viral burden and disease progression in infections such as human immunodeficiency virus-1 and human T-lymphotropic virus type I (HTLV-I). Experiments to ascertain the impact of CD8+ cells on viral burden based on CD8+ cell frequency or specificity alone give inconsistent results. Here, an alternative approach was developed that directly quantifies the impact of CD8+ lymphocytes on HTLV-I proviral burden by measuring the rate at which HTLV-I-infected CD4+ cells were cleared by autologous CD8+ cells ex vivo. It was demonstrated that CD8+ cells reduced the lifespan of infected CD4+ cells to 1 day, considerably shorter than the 30 day lifespan of uninfected cells in vivo. Furthermore, it was shown that HTLV-I-infected individuals vary considerably in the rate at which their CD8+ cells clear infected cells, and that this was a significant predictor of their HTLV-I proviral load. Forty to 50 % of between-individual variation in HTLV-I proviral load was explained by variation in the rate at which CD8+ cells cleared infected cells. This novel approach demonstrates that CD8+ cells are a major determinant of HTLV-I proviral load. This assay is applicable to quantifying the CD8+ cell response to other viruses and malignancies and may be of particular importance in assessing vaccines.
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- Becca Asquith
- Department of Immunology, Imperial College, London, UK
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- Department of Genito-Urinary Medicine and Communicable Diseases, Imperial College, London, UK
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- Department of Immunology, Imperial College, London, UK
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- Department of Immunology, Imperial College, London, UK
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- Department of Immunology, Graduate School and Faculty of Medicine, University of the Ryukyus, Japan
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- Department of Genito-Urinary Medicine and Communicable Diseases, Imperial College, London, UK
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Goon PKC, Igakura T, Hanon E, Mosley AJ, Barfield A, Barnard AL, Kaftantzi L, Tanaka Y, Taylor GP, Weber JN, Bangham CRM. Human T cell lymphotropic virus type I (HTLV-I)-specific CD4+ T cells: immunodominance hierarchy and preferential infection with HTLV-I. THE JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 2004; 172:1735-43. [PMID: 14734756 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.172.3.1735] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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CD4(+) T cells predominate in early lesions in the CNS in the inflammatory disease human lymphotropic T cell virus type I (HTLV-I)-associated myelopathy/tropical spastic paraparesis (HAM/TSP), but the pathogenesis of the disease remains unclear and the HTLV-I-specific CD4(+) T cell response has been little studied. We quantified the IFN-gamma-producing HTLV-I-specific CD4(+) T cells, in patients with HAM/TSP and in asymptomatic carriers with high proviral load, to test two hypotheses: that HAM/TSP patients and asymptomatic HTLV-I carriers with a similar proviral load differ in the immunodominance hierarchy or the total frequency of specific CD4(+) T cells, and that HTLV-I-specific CD4(+) T cells are preferentially infected with HTLV-I. The strongest CD4(+) T cell response in both HAM/TSP patients and asymptomatic carriers was specific to Env. This contrasts with the immunodominance of Tax in the HTLV-I-specific CD8(+) T cell response. The median frequency of HTLV-I-specific IFN-gamma(+) CD4(+) T cells was 25-fold greater in patients with HAM/TSP (p = 0.0023, Mann-Whitney) than in asymptomatic HTLV-I carriers with a similar proviral load. Furthermore, the frequency of CD4(+) T cells infected with HTLV-I (expressing Tax protein) was significantly greater (p = 0.0152, Mann-Whitney) among HTLV-I-specific cells than CMV-specific cells. These data were confirmed by quantitative PCR for HTLV-I DNA. We conclude that the high frequency of specific CD4(+) T cells was associated with the disease HAM/TSP, and did not simply reflect the higher proviral load that is usually found in HAM/TSP patients. Finally, we conclude that HTLV-I-specific CD4(+) T cells are preferentially infected with HTLV-I.
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- Peter K C Goon
- Department of Immunology, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
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Dumais N, Paré ME, Mercier S, Bounou S, Marriot SJ, Barbeau B, Tremblay MJ. T-cell receptor/CD28 engagement when combined with prostaglandin E2 treatment leads to potent activation of human T-cell leukemia virus type 1. J Virol 2003; 77:11170-9. [PMID: 14512564 PMCID: PMC224985 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.77.20.11170-11179.2003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Infection with human T-cell leukemia virus type 1 (HTLV-1) is characterized by long latency periods, indicating that viral gene expression is under tight control. There is presently little information available regarding the nature of extracellular stimuli that can transactivate the regulatory elements of HTLV-1 (i.e., long terminal repeat [LTR]). To gain insight into the biological importance of externally induced activation pathways in virus gene expression, primary and established T cells were transfected with HTLV-1-based reporter gene vectors and then were treated with agents that cross-linked the T-cell receptor (TCR) or the costimulatory CD28 molecule with prostaglandin E(2) (PGE(2)). We demonstrated that a potent induction of HTLV-1 LTR-driven reporter gene activity was seen only when the three agents were used in combination. Interestingly, similar observations were made when using C91/PL, a cell line that carries integrated HTLV-1 proviral DNA. This TCR-CD28-PGE(2)-mediated increase in virus transcription was dependent on protein kinase A activation and induction of the cAMP response element binding protein. Experiments with a mutated reporter construct further revealed the importance of the Tax-responsive elements in the HTLV-1 LTR in the observed up regulation of virus gene expression when TCR/CD28 engagement was combined with PGE(2) treatment. The protein tyrosine kinases p56(lck) and the transmembrane tyrosine phosphatase CD45 were all found to be involved in TCR-CD28-PGE(2)-directed increase in HTLV-1 LTR activity. This study presents new information on the possible mechanisms underlying reactivation of this retrovirus.
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- Nancy Dumais
- Centre de Recherche en Infectiologie, Hôpital CHUL, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Québec, and Département de Biologie Médicale, Faculté de Médecine, Université Laval, Québec, Canada G1V 4G2
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Chowdhury IH, Farhadi A, Wang XF, Robb ML, Birx DL, Kim JH. Human T-cell leukemia virus type 1 Tax activates cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor p21/Waf1/Cip1 expression through a p53-independent mechanism: Inhibition of cdk2. Int J Cancer 2003; 107:603-11. [PMID: 14520699 DOI: 10.1002/ijc.11316] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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We investigated the possible involvement of HTLV-1 Tax in the transcriptional activation of p21/Waf1/Cip1 (hereafter p21), a potent inhibitor of cyclin-dependent kinases and cell growth. Tax transfection resulted in enhanced expression of p21 protein in T and fibroblastoid cells. Similarly, Tax-expressing cells have higher amounts of endogenous p21 protein and RNA. However, neither Tax-negative, HTLV-1 transformed cells or HTLV-1-negative T cell lines had detectable levels of p21 protein and RNA. Cotransfection of Tax strongly activated the p21 promoter. CREB/ATF defective Tax mutant (M47) activated the p21 promoter significantly less efficiently. Tax activated wild type (wt) p21 promoter in p53-negative Jurkat and p53-positive A301cells, irrespective of endogenous p53 status, and activated a mutant p21 promoter containing a p53 responsive element (p53RE) deletion as strongly as wt promoter. Of importance, cdk2 activity was almost completely abolished in Tax-induced p21-expressing MT-2 cells, suggesting that Tax-induced p21 predominantly affects the activity of cdk2, a late G1 and S phase kinase. Taken together, these findings suggest that HTLV-1 Tax activates p21/Waf1/Cip1, a cell growth inhibitor, in a p53-independent mechanism through CREB/ATF-related transcription factors, and inhibits cdk2. Tax induction of p21 may balance the T-cell proliferation function of Tax and may contribute to the long clinical latency of HTLV-1 infection and the delayed development of adult T-cell leukemia.
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- Iqbal H Chowdhury
- Department of Vaccine Development and Research, Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine, Rockville, MD, USA.
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Szynal M, Cleuter Y, Beskorwayne T, Bagnis C, Van Lint C, Kerkhofs P, Burny A, Martiat P, Griebel P, Van den Broeke A. Disruption of B-cell homeostatic control mediated by the BLV-Tax oncoprotein: association with the upregulation of Bcl-2 and signaling through NF-kappaB. Oncogene 2003; 22:4531-42. [PMID: 12881710 DOI: 10.1038/sj.onc.1206546] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Transactivating proteins associated with complex onco-retroviruses including human T-cell leukemia virus-1 (HTLV-1) and bovine leukemia virus (BLV) mediate transformation using poorly understood mechanisms. To gain insight into the processes that govern tumor onset and progression, we have examined the impact of BLV-Tax expression on ovine B-cells, the targets of BLV in experimentally infected sheep, using B-cell clones that are dependent on CD154 and gammac-common cytokines. Tax was capable of mediating progression of B-cells from cytokine dependence to cytokine independence, indicating that the transactivator can over-ride signaling pathways typically controlled by cytokine receptor activation in B-cells. When examined in the presence of both CD154 and interleukin-4, Tax had a clear supportive role on B-cell growth, with an impact on B-cell proliferation, cell cycle phase distribution, and survival. Apoptotic B-cell death mediated by growth factor withdrawal, physical insult, and NF-kappaB inhibition was dramatically reduced in the presence of Tax. Furthermore, the expression of Tax was associated with higher Bcl-2 protein levels, providing rationale for the rescue signals mediated by the transactivator. Finally, Tax expression in B-cells led to a dramatic increase of nuclear RelB/p50 and p50/p50 NF-kappaB dimers, indicating that cellular signaling through NF-kappaB is a major contributory mechanism in the disruption of B-cell homeostasis. Although Tax is involved in aspects of pathogenesis that are unique to complex retroviruses, the viral strategies associated with this transactivating oncoprotein may have wide-ranging effects that are relevant to other B-cell malignancies.
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- Maud Szynal
- Laboratory of Experimental Hematology, Bordet Institute, 1000 Brussels, Belgium
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McGinn TM, Tao B, Cartner S, Schoeb T, Davis I, Ratner L, Fultz PN. Association of primate T-cell lymphotropic virus infection of pig-tailed macaques with high mortality. Virology 2002; 304:364-78. [PMID: 12504576 DOI: 10.1006/viro.2002.1705] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Natural infection of humans with human T-cell lymphotropic virus type I (HTLV-I) and of old world nonhuman primates with the simian counterpart, STLV-I, is associated with development of neoplastic disease in a small percentage of individuals after long latent periods. HTLV-I is also the etiologic agent of a more rapidly progressive neurologic disease, HTLV-I-associated myelopathy/tropical spastic paraparesis (HAM/TSP). Macaques have been used experimentally in studies to evaluate HTLV-I candidate vaccines for efficacy, but no evidence of disease was observed. Here we report experimental infection of pig-tailed macaques with STLV-I(sm) and HTLV-I(ACH), both of which were associated with a disease syndrome characterized by rapid onset, hypothermia, lethargy, and death within hours to days. Other pathologic sequelae included diarrhea, rash, bladder dysfunction, weight loss, and, in one animal, arthropathy. Both retroviruses were detected in the central nervous systems of some animals, either by culture or by direct antigen capture for p19 Gag in cerebrospinal fluid. Although virus was recovered throughout infection from peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC), all infected macaques maintained low antiviral antibody titers and stable proviral burdens, which generally ranged between 10 and 100 copies per 10(6) PBMC. However, of 13 macaques infected with HTLV-I(ACH) or STLV-I(sm), seven animals (54%) died between 35 weeks and 412 years after infection. This unexpected high mortality within a relatively short time suggests that infection of pig-tailed macaques might be a useful model for studying immune responses to and pathologic events resulting from HTLV-I infection.
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- Therese M McGinn
- Department of Microbiology, University of Alabama School of Medicine, Brimingham 35294, USA
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Wang L, Li MY, Kirschner D. Mathematical analysis of the global dynamics of a model for HTLV-I infection and ATL progression. Math Biosci 2002; 179:207-17. [PMID: 12208616 DOI: 10.1016/s0025-5564(02)00103-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Mathematical analysis is carried out that completely determines the global dynamics of a mathematical model for the transmission of human T-cell lymphotropic virus I (HTLV-I) infection and the development of adult T-cell leukemia (ATL). HTLV-I infection of healthy CD4(+) T cells takes place through cell-to-cell contact with infected T cells. The infected T cells can remain latent and harbor virus for several years before virus production occurs. Actively infected T cells can infect other T cells and can convert to ATL cells, whose growth is assumed to follow a classical logistic growth function. Our analysis establishes that the global dynamics of T cells are completely determined by a basic reproduction number R(0). If R(0)< or =1, infected T cells always die out. If R(0)>1, HTLV-I infection becomes chronic, and a unique endemic equilibrium is globally stable in the interior of the feasible region. We also show that the equilibrium level of ATL-cell proliferation is higher when the HTLV-I infection of T cells is chronic than when it is acute.
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- Liancheng Wang
- Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro 30460-8093, USA
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Cytokine Profile and Immunomodulation in Asymptomatic Human T-Lymphotropic Virus Type 1–Infected Blood Donors. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr 2001. [DOI: 10.1097/00042560-200105010-00001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Carvalho EM, Bacellar O, Porto AF, Braga S, Galvão-Castro B, Neva F. Cytokine profile and immunomodulation in asymptomatic human T-lymphotropic virus type 1-infected blood donors. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr 2001; 27:1-6. [PMID: 11404513 DOI: 10.1097/00126334-200105010-00001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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The modulation of the immune response has been used as therapy for clinical disorders associated with human T-lymphotropic virus type 1 (HTLV-1) infection. In this study, the cytokine profile was evaluated in 26 asymptomatic HTLV-1 blood donors. Additionally, both the cell responsible for producing interferon-gamma (IFN-gamma) and the role of exogenous interleukin (IL)-10 in downregulating IFN-gamma production were studied. Cytokine levels were determined in supernatants of unstimulated lymphocyte cultures by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. The levels of IFN-gamma, tumor necrosis factor-alpha, IL-5, and IL-10 were higher in supernatants of the lymphocyte cultures taken from HTLV-1-infected donors than in those taken from healthy subjects. Although depletion of CD8+ T cells and natural killer cells did not affect IFN-gamma production, depletion of CD4+ T cells significantly decreased IFN-gamma production. Furthermore, at a concentration of 2 ng/ml, IL-10 had only a minimum effect on IFN-gamma production, although at high concentrations (100 ng/ml), IL-10 decreased IFN-gamma production by 50% in HTLV-1-infected individuals. These data indicate that both T helper 1 and T helper 2 cytokines are elevated in HTLV-1 infection and that IL-10 in high concentrations modulates IFN-gamma production in these patients.
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- E M Carvalho
- Serviço de Imunologia, Hospital Universitário Prof. Edgard Santos, Universidade Federal da Bahia, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil.
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Richardson JH, Rose NJ, Mann S, Ferguson-Smith M, Lever AM. Chromosomal positioning of human T-lymphotropic type 1 proviruses by fluorescence in situ hybridisation. J Virol Methods 2001; 93:65-74. [PMID: 11311345 DOI: 10.1016/s0166-0934(00)00297-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Fluorescence in situ hybridisation (FISH) was employed to identify the chromosomal integration site of the human T-cell lymphotropic virus, type 1 (HTLV-1) present in T-cell clones derived from HTLV-1-infected individuals and a virally transformed cell line, C8166-45. Proviral sequences were detected in C8166-45 but not uninfected Jurkat cells. Integration sites were reliably detected in T-cell clones determined previously to be infected with HTLV-1. The results indicated that the transformed cell line and some of the T-cell clones possessed more than one proviral integration site. This hybridisation system is useful for determining the number of integration events and for localising proviruses to specific chromosomal regions.
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- J H Richardson
- University of Cambridge, Department of Medicine, Level 5, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Hills Road, Cambridge CB2 2QQ, UK
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Hanon E, Asquith RE, Taylor GP, Tanaka Y, Weber JN, Bangham CR. High frequency of viral protein expression in human T cell lymphotropic virus type 1-infected peripheral blood mononuclear cells. AIDS Res Hum Retroviruses 2000; 16:1711-5. [PMID: 11080815 DOI: 10.1089/08892220050193191] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Most human T cell lymphotropic virus type (HTLV)-1-infected individuals mount a strong and persistently activated cytotoxic T lymphocyte (CTL) response to the virus, which implies that there is abundant chronic transcription of HTLV-1 genes. On the other hand, several observations suggest that HTLV-1 might be latent in vivo and therefore not detectable by CTLs. To clarify these discrepancies, we quantified the frequency of provirus-positive peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) that were capable of expressing the HTLV-1 Tax protein, which is known to be the immunodominant target antigen recognized by HTLV-1-specific CTLs. The analysis showed that a significant proportion of HTLV-1-infected cells (from 14 to 100%) starts to express the Tax protein within a few hours of culture ex vivo. Phenotypic analysis confirmed that the main cell subpopulation expressing the Tax protein is CD4 positive. Frequent Tax expression in CD4(+) T lymphocytes in vivo might account for the chronic activation of the cytotoxic immune response observed in the majority of HTLV-1-infected patients and might contribute to the pathogenesis of HTLV-1-associated diseases.
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- E Hanon
- Department of Immunology, Imperial College School of Medicine, St Mary's campus, London W21PG, United Kingdom
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Asquith B, Hanon E, Taylor GP, Bangham CR. Is human T-cell lymphotropic virus type I really silent? Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci 2000; 355:1013-9. [PMID: 11186302 PMCID: PMC1692812 DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2000.0638] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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The role of the cellular immune response to human T-cell lymphotropic virus type I (HTLV-I) is not fully understood. The low level of HTLV-I protein expression in peripheral blood lymphocytes has led to the widely held belief that HTLV-I is transcriptionally silent in vivo. However, most HTLV-I-infected individuals mount a strong and persistently activated cytotoxic T-lymphocyte (CTL) response to the virus; this observation implies that there is abundant chronic transcription of HTLV-I genes. Here we show that HTLV-I Tax protein expression rises quickly in freshly isolated peripheral blood lymphocytes, but that expressing cells are rapidly killed by CTLs. Mathematical analysis of these results indicates that the CTL response is extremely efficient and that the half-life of a Tax-expressing cell is less than a day. We propose that HTLV-I protein expression in circulating lymphocytes is undetectable by current techniques because of the efficiency of the CTL-mediated immune surveillance in vivo.
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- B Asquith
- Department of Immunology, Imperial College School of Medicine, London, UK.
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Stone DM, Norton LK, Davis WC. Spontaneously proliferating lymphocytes from bovine leukaemia virus-infected, lymphocytotic cattle are not the virus-expressing lymphocytes, as these cells are delayed in G(0)/G(1) of the cell cycle and are spared from apoptosis. J Gen Virol 2000; 81:971-81. [PMID: 10725423 DOI: 10.1099/0022-1317-81-4-971] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Bovine leukaemia virus (BLV) is in the family of oncogenic retroviruses which includes human T cell leukaemia virus (HTLV). BLV infects B lymphocytes and induces a non-neoplastic persistent lymphocytosis (PL) of B lymphocytes in cattle. A characteristic of BLV- and HTLV-induced disease is spontaneous lymphocyte proliferation of cultured peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC). To investigate the role of virus expression on lymphocyte survival and proliferation, we evaluated cell cycle position, apoptosis and virus expression on a single-cell basis of cultured PBMC from BLV-infected PL cattle, BLV-infected non-PL cattle and uninfected cattle. Results demonstrated that the majority of bovine B lymphocytes spontaneously entered G(2)/M of the cell cycle and died by apoptosis by 24 h post-culture, regardless of BLV infection or PL status. The spontaneous proliferation that characterizes PL cattle was primarily due to a small population of surviving B lymphocytes, but T lymphocytes also contributed. Viral protein expression was detectable in only 5-15% of cultured PBMC from PL cattle and the majority of these lymphocytes were delayed in cell cycle and spared from apoptosis. Unexpectedly, we determined that only 3% of the spontaneously proliferating lymphocytes expressed viral proteins. Previous reports show that spontaneous proliferation decreases when virus expression is suppressed. Together with our results, this suggests that virus expression by one population of B lymphocytes promotes proliferation of another population of B lymphocytes that does not express virus. This may be due to an effect of virus on CD4 T lymphocytes, as depletion of CD4 T lymphocytes significantly decreased spontaneous proliferation.
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- D M Stone
- Department of Veterinary Microbiology and Pathology, Washington State University, PO Box 647040, Pullman, WA 99164, USA.
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Abundant Tax protein expression in CD4+ T cells infected with human T-cell lymphotropic virus type I (HTLV-I) is prevented by cytotoxic T lymphocytes. Blood 2000. [DOI: 10.1182/blood.v95.4.1386.004k22_1386_1392] [Citation(s) in RCA: 214] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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The role of the cellular immune response in human T-cell leukemia virus type I (HTLV-I) infection is not fully understood. A persistently activated cytotoxic T lymphocyte (CTL) response to HTLV-I is found in the majority of infected individuals. However, it remains unclear whether this CTL response is protective or causes tissue damage. In addition, several observations paradoxically suggest that HTLV-I is transcriptionally silent in most infected cells and, therefore, not detectable by virus-specific CTLs. With the use of a new flow cytometric procedure, we show here that a high proportion of naturally infected CD4+ peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) (between 10% and 80%) are capable of expressing Tax, the immunodominant target antigen recognized by virus-specific CTLs. Furthermore, we provide direct evidence that autologous CD8+ T cells rapidly kill CD4+ cells naturally infected with HTLV-I and expressing Tax in vitro by a perforin-dependent mechanism. Consistent with these observations, we observed a significant negative correlation between the frequency of Tax11-19-specific CD8+ T cells and the percentage of CD4+ T cells in peripheral blood of patients infected with HTLV-I. Those results are in accordance with the view that virus-specific CTLs participate in a highly efficient immune surveillance mechanism that persistently destroys Tax-expressing HTLV-I-infected CD4+ T cells in vivo.
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Rose NJ, Richardson JH, Desselberger U, Lever AM. Virus inactivation in a proportion of human T-cell leukaemia virus type I-infected T-cell clones arises through naturally occurring mutations. J Gen Virol 2000; 81:97-104. [PMID: 10640546 DOI: 10.1099/0022-1317-81-1-97] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Human T-cell leukaemia virus type I (HTLV-I) is the aetiological agent of adult T-cell leukaemia/lymphoma and tropical spastic paraparesis/HTLV-I-associated myelopathy (TSP/HAM). The trans-activating protein (Tax) of HTLV-I is strongly implicated in cellular proliferation. We examined the tax gene and 5' long terminal repeat (LTR) sequences in eight naturally infected T-cell clones derived from TSP/HAM-affected individuals who were either productively (proliferate spontaneously) or silently (do not proliferate spontaneously) infected. In two silently infected clones point mutations within the proviruses resulted in truncation of the Tax protein. One clone harboured both a deleterious tax gene mutation and a point mutation in an enhancer element of the 5' LTR. Sequence changes, immunological escape mutation, integration site context and host cell phenotype may all contribute to the high proportion of latently or silently infected T-cells found in vivo in virus carriers.
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- N J Rose
- University of Cambridge Department of Medicine, Level 5, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Hills Road, Cambridge CB2 2QQ, UK
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Robek MD, Ratner L. Immortalization of CD4(+) and CD8(+) T lymphocytes by human T-cell leukemia virus type 1 Tax mutants expressed in a functional molecular clone. J Virol 1999; 73:4856-65. [PMID: 10233947 PMCID: PMC112529 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.73.6.4856-4865.1999] [Citation(s) in RCA: 173] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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The human T-cell leukemia virus type 1 (HTLV-1) transcriptional trans-activator Tax has been demonstrated to have transforming activity in multiple cell culture and transgenic-mouse models. In addition to activating transcription from the viral long terminal repeat (LTR) through the cyclic AMP response element binding protein/activating transcription factor (CREB/ATF) family of transcription factors, Tax activates the expression of multiple cellular promoters through the NF-kappaB pathway of transcriptional activation. The Tax mutants M22 and M47 have previously been demonstrated to selectively abrogate the ability of Tax to activate transcription through the NF-kappaB or CREB/ATF pathway, respectively. These mutations were introduced in the tax gene of the ACH functional molecular clone of HTLV-1, and virus produced from the mutant ACH clones was examined for the ability to replicate and immortalize primary human lymphocytes. While virus derived from the clone containing the M47 mutation retained the ability to immortalize T lymphocytes, the M22 mutant lost the ability to immortalize infected cells. These results indicate that activation of the CREB/ATF pathway by Tax is dispensable for the immortalization of T cells by HTLV-1, whereas activation of the NF-kappaB pathway may be critical.
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- M D Robek
- Departments of Medicine, Pathology, and Molecular Microbiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri 63110, USA
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The interactions between human T-cell lymphotropic virus type I (HTLV-I) and the cellular immune system can be divided into viral interference with functions of the infected host T cell and the subsequent interactions between the infected T cell and the cellular immune system. HTLV-I-mediated activation of the infected host T cell is induced primarily by the viral protein Tax, which influences transcriptional activation, signal transduction pathways, cell cycle control, and apoptosis. These properties of Tax may well explain the ability of HTLV-I to immortalize T cells. It is not clear, though, how HTLV-I induces T-cell transformation (interleukin-2 [IL-2] independence). Recent evidence suggests that Tax may promote the G1- to S-phase transition, although this may involve additional proteins. A role for other viral proteins that may constitutively activate the IL-2 receptor pathway has also been suggested. By virtue of their activated state, HTLV-I-infected T cells can nonspecifically activate resting, uninfected T cells via virus-mediated upregulation of adhesion molecules. This may favor viral dissemination. Moreover, the induction of a remarkably high frequency of antiviral CD8(+) T cells does not appear to eliminate the infection. Indeed, individuals with a high frequency of virus-specific CD8(+) T cells have a high viral load, indicating a state of chronic immune system stimulation. Thus, while an activated immune system is needed to eradicate the infection, the spread of the HTLV-I is also accelerated under these conditions. A detailed knowledge of the molecular interactions between virus-specific CD8(+) T cells and immunodominant viral epitopes holds promise for the development of specific antiviral therapy.
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- P Höllsberg
- Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark.
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Smith D, Buckle GJ, Hafler DA, Frank DA, Höllsberg P. HTLV-I-infected T cells evade the antiproliferative action of IFN-beta. Virology 1999; 257:314-21. [PMID: 10329542 DOI: 10.1006/viro.1999.9679] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Human T-cell lymphotropic virus type I (HTLV-I)-infected T-cell clones enter the S-phase of the cell cycle in the absence of exogenous IL-2. The pathway by which HTLV-I activates the host T cell may circumvent normal immunoregulatory mechanisms and thus be important for the pathogenesis of HTLV-I-induced diseases. The early control of viral infections is in part mediated by interferons (IFNs), which possess both antiviral and antiproliferative functions. In order to investigate the antiproliferative effect of IFN-beta on HTLV-I-induced T-cell activation, we generated T-cell clones from patients with HTLV-I-associated myelopathy/tropical spastic paraparesis by single-cell cloning under limiting dilution conditions. Here we demonstrate that HTLV-I-induced T-cell proliferation is resistant to the antiproliferative action of IFN-beta. Moreover, HTLV-I-infected T-cell clones continue to constitutively secrete IFN-gamma in the presence of high doses of IFN-beta. HTLV-I-infected T cells express normal levels of IFNAR1 and are able to respond to IFN-beta by phosphorylation of STAT1 on Tyr701, although they display a relative increase in phosphorylation of the transcriptionally inactive STAT1beta when compared with STAT1alpha. Thus, HTLV-I promotes cell cycle progression in G1 by a mechanism that overcomes inhibitory signals, thereby circumventing an innate immune defense mechanism.
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- D Smith
- Center for Neurologic Diseases, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA
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Newbound GC, O'Rourke JP, Collins ND, DeWille J, Lairmore MD. Comparison of HTLV-I basal transcription and expression of CREB/ATF-1/CREM family members in peripheral blood mononuclear cells and Jurkat T cells. JOURNAL OF ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROMES AND HUMAN RETROVIROLOGY : OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF THE INTERNATIONAL RETROVIROLOGY ASSOCIATION 1999; 20:1-10. [PMID: 9928723 DOI: 10.1097/00042560-199901010-00001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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HTLV-I is the etiologic agent of adult T-cell leukemia/lymphoma and is associated with tropical spastic paraparesis/HTLV-I-associated myelopathy. Following integration into the host cell genome, HTLV-I replication is regulated by both host and viral mechanisms that control transcription. Low levels of viral transcription (basal transcription) occur before expression of the virally encoded Tax protein (Tax-mediated transcription). Members of the cyclic adenosine monophosphate (cAMP) response element binding (CREB)/activating transcription factor 1 (ATF-1) family of transcription factors bind three 21-bp repeats (Tax-responsive element-1, or TRE-1) within the viral promoter and are important for basal and Tax-mediated transcription. Using mitogen stimulated and quiescent peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) and Jurkat cells, we compared differences in basal transcription and amounts and binding of transcription factors with TRE-1. We demonstrate that amounts of transcriptionally active phosphorylated CREB protein (P-CREB) differ between activated PBMC and Jurkat cells. Following stimulation, P-CREB levels remain elevated in PBMC for up to 24 hours whereas CREB is dephosphorylated in Jurkat cells within 4 hours following stimulation. The differences in P-CREB levels between PBMC and Jurkat cells were directly correlated with basal transcription of HTLV-I in the two cell types. Using electrophoretic mobility shift assays, we determined that the pattern of band migration differed between the two cell types. These data demonstrate that PBMC differentially regulate basal HTLV-I transcription compared with Jurkat T cells, and this differential regulation is due, in part to differential phosphorylation and binding of CREB/ATF-1 to TRE-1 in the HTLV-I promoter. We demonstrate the utility of using primary lymphocyte models to study HTLV-I transcription in the context of cell signaling and suggest that activated PBMC maintain elevated levels of P-CREB, which promote basal HTLV-I transcription and enhance viral persistence in vivo.
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- G C Newbound
- Center for Retrovirus Research and Department of Veterinary Biosciences, The Ohio State University, Columbus 43210-1092, USA
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Lin HC, Dezzutti CS, Lal RB, Rabson AB. Activation of human T-cell leukemia virus type 1 tax gene expression in chronically infected T cells. J Virol 1998; 72:6264-70. [PMID: 9621103 PMCID: PMC110459 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.72.7.6264-6270.1998] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Expression of human T-cell leukemia virus type 1 (HTLV-1) is regulated both by the HTLV-1 Tax transactivator and by cellular transcriptional factors binding to the viral long terminal repeat (LTR), suggesting that cellular signals may play a role in regulating viral expression. Treatment of cells chronically infected with HTLV-1, which express low levels of HTLV-1 RNAs and Tax protein, with phorbol esters (i.e., phorbol12-myristate 13- acetate [PMA]), phytohemagglutinin (PHA), sodium butyrate, or combinations of cytokines resulted in induction of HTLV- 1 gene expression. PMA or PHA treatment following cotransfection of HTLV-1 Tax expression plasmids resulted in synergistic activation of HTLV-1 LTR-directed gene expression, apparently involving tyrosine ki- nase- mediated pathways. These results suggest that cellular activation stimuli may cooperate with HTLV-1 Tax to enhance expression of integrated HTLV-1 genomes and thus may play a role in the pathogenesis of HTLV-1 disease.
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- H C Lin
- Viral Pathogenesis Laboratory, Center for Advanced Biotechnology and Medicine, Piscataway, New Jersey 08854, USA
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