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JOURNAL OF VIROLOGY
Volume 81, Issue 11, Pages 5872-5881Publisher
AMER SOC MICROBIOLOGY
DOI: 10.1128/JVI.02542-06
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Abnormal activation of B lymphocytes is a feature commonly seen in human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) -infected persons. However, the mechanism(s) responsible for this dysfunction is still poorly understood. Having recently shown that CD40L, the ligand for CD40, is inserted within emerging HIV-1 particles, we hypothesized that the contact between virus-anchored host CD40L and CD40 on the surface of B lymphocytes might result in the activation of this cell type. We report here that CD40L-bearing viruses, but not isogenic virions lacking host-derived CD40L, can induce immunoglobulin G and interleukin-6 production. Furthermore, such viral entities were found to induce B-cell homotypic adhesion. These effects were paralleled at the intracellular level by the nuclear translocation of the ubiquitous transcription factor NF-KB. The presence of host-derived CD40L within virions resulted in an increased virus attachment to B cells and a more-efficient B-cell-mediated transfer of HIV-1 to autologous CD4(+) T lymphocytes. All the above processes were independent of the virus-encoded envelope glycoproteins. Altogether, the data gathered from this series of investigations suggest that the incorporation of host-encoded CD40L in HIV-1 is likely to play a role in the B-cell abnormalities that are seen in infected individuals.
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