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JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY
Volume 193, Issue 9, Pages 4590-4601Publisher
AMER ASSOC IMMUNOLOGISTS
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.1401781
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- Swedish Research Council
- Swedish Physicians against AIDS Research Foundation
- Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency
- VINNMER for Vinnova
- Linkoping University Hospital Research Fund Grant C-ALF
- Swedish Society of Medicine
- National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health [HHSN261200800001E]
- Swedish Society for Medical Research
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Immature dendritic cells (iDCs) in genital and rectal mucosa may be one of the first cells to come into contact with HIV-1 during sexual transmission of virus. HIV-1 activates the host complement system, which results in opsonization of virus by inactivated complement fragments, for example, iC3b. We investigated antiviral and inflammatory responses induced in human iDCs after exposure to free HIV-1 (F-HIV), complement-opsonized HIV-1 (C-HIV), and complement and Ab-opsonized HIV-1 (CI-HIV). F-HIV gave rise to a significantly higher expression of antiviral factors such as IFN-beta, myxovirus resistance protein A, and IFN-stimulated genes, compared with C-HIV and CI-HIV. Additionally, F-HIV induced inflammatory factors such as IL-1 beta, IL-6, and TNF-alpha, whereas these responses were weakened or absent after C-HIV or CI-HIV exposure. The responses induced by F-HIV were TLR8-dependent with subsequent activation of IFN regulatory factor 1, p38, ERK, PI3K, and NF-kappa B pathways, whereas these responses were not induced by C-HIV, which instead induced activation of IFN regulatory factor 3 and Lyn. This modulation of TLR8 signaling was mediated by complement receptor 3 and led to enhanced infection. The impact that viral hijacking of the complement system has on iDC function could be an important immune evasion mechanism used by HIV-1 to establish infection in the host.
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