The Vpu Protein of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 Plays a Protective Role against Virus-Induced Apoptosis in Primary CD4+ T Lymphocytes
AUTOR(ES)
Komoto, Satoshi
FONTE
American Society for Microbiology
RESUMO
Previous data revealed that primary cultures of peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) were killed by apoptosis at higher rates after infection with two CRF01_AE primary isolates of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) than after infection with five other CRF01_AE primary isolates, five subtype B primary isolates, and two subtype B laboratory strains. Here, we show evidence that mutations at the vpu gene which were exclusively identified only in the two CRF01_AE isolates mentioned above are involved in their abilities to induce massive apoptosis in primary CD4+ T lymphocytes. The rates of virus production by these two isolates in the culture media of infected PBMCs were lower (the same as those of the other CRF01_AE isolates) than those of the subtype B isolates. To confirm the correlation between the higher apoptosis-inducing abilities and the mutations at the vpu gene, infectious molecular clone pNL4-3-based vpu mutants were constructed and examined for their apoptosis induction levels. The apoptosis induction levels after introduction of the vpu mutations were greatly increased in primary CD4+ T lymphocytes. In contrast, the apoptosis induction abilities of these vpu mutants were lower in human T-cell line MT-4. Thus, the Vpu protein of HIV-1 could play a protective role against virus-induced apoptosis in primary CD4+ T lymphocytes.
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