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Nef enhances human immunodeficiency virus replication and responsiveness to interleukin-2 in human lymphoid tissue ex vivo

  1. Author:
    Glushakova, S.
    Grivel, J. C.
    Suryanarayana, K.
    Meylan, P.
    Lifson, J. D.
    Desrosiers, R.
    Margolis, L.

  2. Author Address

    Desrosiers R NICHHD, Lab Mol & Cellular Biophys, NIH Bldg 10,Rm 10D14 Bethesda, MD 20892 USA NICHHD, Lab Mol & Cellular Biophys, NIH Bethesda, MD 20892 USA SAIC Frederick, AIDS Vaccine Program, Lab Retroviral Pathogenesis Frederick, MD 21702 USA CHU Vaudois, Inst Microbiol CH-1011 Lausanne Switzerland New England Reg Primate Res Ctr Southborough, MA 01772 USA
    1. Year: 1999
  2. Journal: Journal of Virology
    1. 73
    2. 5
    3. Pages: 3968-3974
  4. Type of Article: Article
  1. Abstract:

    The nef gene is important for the pathogenicity associated with simian immunodeficiency virus infection in rhesus monkeys and with human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) infection in humans. The mechanisms by which nef contributes to pathogenesis in vivo remain unclear,We investigated the contribution of nef to HIV-1 replication in human lymphoid tissue ex vivo by studying infection with parental HIV-I strain NL4-3 and with a nef mutant (Delta nefNL4-3). In human tonsillar histocultures, NL4-3 replicated to higher levels than Delta nefNL4-3 did. Increased, virus production with NL4-3 infection was associated with increased numbers of productively infected cells and greater loss of CD4(+) T cells over time, While the numbers of productively infected T cells were increased in the presence of nef, the levels of viral expression and production per infected T cell were similar whether the nef gene was present or not, Exogenous interleukin-2 (IL-2) increased HIV-1 production in NL4-3-infected tissue in a dose-dependent manner. In contrast, Delta nefNL4-3 production was enhanced only marginally by IL-2, Thus, Nef can facilitate HIV-1 replication in human lymphoid tissue ex vivo by increasing the numbers of productively infected cells and by increasing the responsiveness to IL-2 stimulation. [References: 34]

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