HIV-1 Nef promotes survival of TF-1 macrophages by inducing Bcl-X L expression in an extracellular signal-regulated kinase-dependent manner

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The Nef protein of human immunodeficiency virus-1 (HIV-1) is essential for the progression from human and simian immunodeficiency virus infection to full-blown AIDS. Recent studies indicate that Nef generates antiapoptotic signals in HIV-infected T cells, suppressing cell death early in infection to allow productive viral replication. Previous work from our laboratory has shown that Nef also promotes proliferation of myeloid cells through a signal transducer and activator of transcription 3-dependent pathway. Here we demonstrate that Nef suppresses cell death induced by cytokine deprivation in the human macrophage precursor cell line, TF-1. Nef selectively induced up-regulation of Bcl-XL, an anti-apoptotic gene that is also regulated by granulocyte/macrophage-colony stimulating factor in this cell line. Activation of the extracellular signal-regulated kinase (Erk) mitogen-activated protein kinase pathway also correlated with the survival of TF-1/Nef cells. Using the selective mitogen-activated protein kinase kinase inhibitor PD98059, we found that Nef-induced Erk signaling is essential for Bcl-XL up-regulation and cell survival. In contrast, expression of Bcl-XL and TF-1 survival was not affected by dominant-negative signal transducer and activator of transcription 3. These data suggest that Nef produces survival signals in myeloid cells through Erk-mediated Bcl-XL induction, a pathway distinct from Nef survival pathways recently reported in T lymphocytes.

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Choi, H. J., & Smithgall, T. E. (2004). HIV-1 Nef promotes survival of TF-1 macrophages by inducing Bcl-X L expression in an extracellular signal-regulated kinase-dependent manner. Journal of Biological Chemistry, 279(49), 51688–51696. https://doi.org/10.1074/jbc.M410068200

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