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Cyclo-oxygenase type 2-dependent prostaglandin E2 secretion is involved in retrovirus-induced T-cell dysfunction in mice

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BIOCHEMICAL JOURNAL
Volume 384, Issue -, Pages 469-476

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PORTLAND PRESS LTD
DOI: 10.1042/BJ20031859

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cAMP; cyclo-oxygenase type 2; immunodeficiency; prostaglandin E-2; retroviral infection; T-cell

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MAIDS (murine AIDS) is caused by infection with the murine leukaemia retrovirus RadLV-Rs and is characterized by a severe immunodeficiency and T-cell anergy combined with a lymphoproliferative disease affecting both B- and T-cells. Hyperactivation of the cAMP-protein kinase A pathway is involved in the T-cell dysfunction of MAIDS and HIV by inhibiting T-cell activation through the T-cell receptor. In the present study, we show that MAIDS involves a strong and selective up-regulation of cyclooxygenase type 2 in the CD11b(+) subpopulation of T- and B-cells of the lymph nodes, leading to increased levels of PGE(2) (prostaglandin E-2). PGE(2) activates the cAMP pathway through G-protein-coupled receptors. Treatment with cyclo-oxygenase type 2 inhibitors reduces the level of PGE(2) and thereby reverses the T-cell anergy, restores the T-cell immune function and ameliorates the lymphoproliferative disease.

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