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FRONTIERS IN CELL AND DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY
卷 9, 期 -, 页码 -出版社
FRONTIERS MEDIA SA
DOI: 10.3389/fcell.2021.724970
关键词
monocytes; CXCR3; HIV Tat; BBB; transmigration; neuroinflammation
资金
- National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Mental Health [P30MH062261, R01MH106425, R01MH112848]
This study demonstrates for the first time that exposure of human monocytes to HIV Tat protein upregulates CXCR3 expression, leading to increased monocyte transmigration across the blood-brain barrier. This process involves activation of TLR4, TBK1 phosphorylation, IRF3 nuclear translocation, ultimately enhancing CXCR3 expression in human monocytes. These findings suggest a novel molecular mechanism underlying HIV Tat-mediated increase in monocyte transmigration across the BBB, implicating a new role of CXCR3-dependent monocyte transmigration in HIV Tat-mediated neuroinflammation.
HIV trans-activator of transcription (Tat), one of the cytotoxic proteins secreted from HIV-infected cells, is also known to facilitate chemokine-mediated transmigration of monocytes into the brain leading, in turn, to neuroinflammation and thereby contributing to the development of HIV-associated neurocognitive disorders (HAND). The mechanism(s) underlying HIV Tat-mediated enhancement of monocyte transmigration, however, remain largely unknown. CXC chemokine receptor 3 (CXCR3) that is expressed by the peripheral monocytes is known to play a role in the monocyte influx and accumulation. In the present study, we demonstrate for the first time that exposure of human monocytes to HIV Tat protein resulted in upregulated expression of CXCR3 leading, in turn, to increased monocyte transmigration across the blood-brain barrier (BBB) both in the in vitro and in vivo model systems. This process involved activation of toll-like receptor 4 (TLR4), with downstream phosphorylation and activation of TANK-binding kinase 1 (TBK1), and subsequent phosphorylation and nuclear translocation of interferon regulatory factor 3 (IRF3), ultimately leading to enhanced expression of CXCR3 in human monocytes. These findings imply a novel molecular mechanism underlying HIV Tat-mediated increase of monocyte transmigration across the BBB, while also implicating a novel role of CXCR3-dependent monocyte transmigration in HIV Tat-mediated neuroinflammation.
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