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JOURNAL OF VIROLOGY
Volume 88, Issue 11, Pages 6031-6046Publisher
AMER SOC MICROBIOLOGY
DOI: 10.1128/JVI.00449-14
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- National Institutes of Health (NIH)
- National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and the National Institute on Drug Abuse [NIAID AI074420]
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The type I interferon-inducible factor tetherin retains virus particles on the surfaces of cells infected with vpu-deficient human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1). While this mechanism inhibits cell-free viral spread, the immunological implications of tethered virus have not been investigated. We found that surface tetherin expression increased the antibody opsonization of vpudeficient HIV-infected cells. The absence of Vpu also stimulated NK cell- activating Fc gamma RIIIa signaling and enhanced NK cell degranulation and NK cell- mediated antibody-dependent cellular cytotoxicity (ADCC). The deletion of vpu in HIV-1-infected primary CD4(+) T cells enhanced the levels of antibody binding and Fc receptor signaling mediated by HIV-positive-patient-derived antibodies. The magnitudes of antibody binding and Fc signaling were both highly correlated to the levels of tetherin on the surfaces of infected primary CD4 T cells. The affinity of antibody binding to Fc gamma RIIIa was also found to be critical in mediating efficient Fc activation. These studies implicate Vpu antagonism of tetherin as an ADCC evasion mechanism that prevents antibody-mediated clearance of virally infected cells.
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