期刊
JOURNAL OF VIROLOGY
卷 91, 期 16, 页码 -出版社
AMER SOC MICROBIOLOGY
DOI: 10.1128/JVI.00109-17
关键词
HIV-1; Nef; elite controllers; ADCC; NKG2D; gp120; CD4
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资金
- Mark and Lisa Schwarz Foundation
- Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
- AIDS Healthcare Foundation
- Canada Foundation for Innovation Program Leader grant
- CIHR foundation grant [352417]
- amfAR innovation grant [109343-59-RGRL]
- FAIR
- FRQS AIDS and Infectious Diseases Network
- Canada Research Chairs program
- CIHR [135349]
- King Abdullah scholarship for higher education from the Saudi Government
- CIHR
- Research Scholar Career Award of the Quebec Health Research Fund (FRQS)
- NIH [AI100645, AI100663]
HIV-1 Nef clones isolated from a rare subset of HIV-1-infected elite controllers (EC), with the ability to suppress viral load to undetectable levels in the absence of antiretroviral therapy, are unable to fully downregulate CD4 from the plasma membrane of CD4(+) T cells. Residual CD4 left at the plasma membrane allows Env-CD4 interaction, which leads to increased exposure of Env CD4-induced epitopes and increases susceptibility of infected cells to antibody-dependent cellular cytotoxicity (ADCC). ADCC is mediated largely by natural killer (NK) cells, which control their activation status through the cumulative signals received through activating and inhibitory receptors. Recently, the activating NKG2D receptor was demonstrated to positively influence ADCC responses. Since HIV-1 Nef has been reported to reduce the expression of NKG2D ligands, we evaluated the relative abilities of Nef from EC and progressors to downmodulate NKG2D ligands. Furthermore, we assessed the impact of EC and progressor Nef on the ADCC susceptibility of HIV-1infected cells. We observed a significantly increased expression of NKG2D ligands on cells infected with viruses coding for Nef from EC. Importantly, NKG2D ligand expression levels correlated with enhanced susceptibility of HIV-1-infected cells to ADCC. The biological significance of this correlation was corroborated by the demonstration that antibody-mediated blockade of NKG2D significantly reduced ADCC of cells infected with viruses carrying Nef from EC. These results suggest the involvement of NKG2D-NKG2D ligand interactions in the enhanced susceptibility of EC HIV1-infected cells to ADCC responses. IMPORTANCE Attenuated Nef functions have been reported in HIV-1 isolated from EC. The inability of elite controller Nef to fully remove CD4 from the surface of infected cells enhanced their susceptibility to elimination by ADCC. We now show that downregulation of NKG2D ligands by HIV-1 Nef from EC is inefficient and leaves infected cells susceptible to ADCC. These data suggest a critical role for NKG2D ligands in anti-HIV-1 ADCC responses.
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