Soluble Factors Secreted by Endothelial Cells Allow for Productive and Latent HIV-1 Infection in Resting CD4+ T Cells

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In vitro, it is difficult to infect resting CD4+ T cells with human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV), but infections readily occur in vivo. Endothelial cells (ECs) interact with resting CD4+ T cells in vivo, and we found previously that EC stimulation leads to productive and latent HIV infection of resting CD4+ T cells. In this study, we further characterize the interactions between EC and resting T cells. We found that resting CD4+ T cells did not require direct contact with EC for productive and/or latent infection to occur, indicating the involvement of soluble factors. Among 30 cytokines tested in a multiplex enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA), we found that expressions for IL-6, IL-8, and CCL2 were much higher in EC-stimulated resting T cells than resting T cells cultured alone. IL-6 was found to be the soluble factor responsible for inducing productive infection of resting T cells, although direct contact with EC had an added effect. However, none of the cytokines tested, IL-6, IL-8, or CCL2, induced additional latent infection in resting T cells, suggesting that unidentified cytokines were involved. Intracellular molecules MURR1, c-Jun N-terminal kinase (JNK), and glucose transporter-1 (GLUT1) were previously shown in blocking HIV infection of resting CD4+ T cells. We found that the concentrations of these proteins were not significantly different in resting T cells before and after stimulation by EC; therefore, they are not likely involved in EC stimulation of resting CD4+ T cells, and a new mechanism is yet to be identified.

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Morris, J. H., Nguyen, T., Nwadike, A., Geels, M. L., Kamp, D. L., Kim, B. R., … Shen, A. (2017). Soluble Factors Secreted by Endothelial Cells Allow for Productive and Latent HIV-1 Infection in Resting CD4+ T Cells. AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses, 33(2), 110–120. https://doi.org/10.1089/aid.2016.0058

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