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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5
pubmed:dateCreated
2004-4-19
pubmed:abstractText
CD95(APO-1/Fas)-mediated apoptosis of bystander uninfected T cells exerts a major role in the HIV-1-mediated CD4+ T-cell depletion. HIV-1 gp120 has a key role in the induction of sensitivity of human lymphocytes to CD95-mediated apoptosis through its interaction with the CD4 receptor. Recently, we have shown the importance of CD95/ezrin/actin association in CD95-mediated apoptosis. In this study, we explored the hypothesis that the gp120-mediated CD4 engagement could be involved in the induction of susceptibility of primary human T lymphocytes to CD95-mediated apoptosis through ezrin phosphorylation and ezrin-to-CD95 association. Here, we show that gp120/IL-2 combined stimuli, as well as the direct CD4 triggering, on human primary CD4(+)T lymphocytes induced an early and stable ezrin activation through phosphorylation, consistent with the induction of ezrin/CD95 association and susceptibility to CD95-mediated apoptosis. Our results provide a new mechanism through which HIV-1-gp120 may predispose resting CD4(+)T cell to bystander CD95-mediated apoptosis and support the key role of ezrin/CD95 linkage in regulating susceptibility to CD95-mediated apoptosis.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
May
pubmed:issn
1350-9047
pubmed:author
pubmed:copyrightInfo
2004
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
11
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
574-82
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2004
pubmed:articleTitle
CD95/phosphorylated ezrin association underlies HIV-1 GP120/IL-2-induced susceptibility to CD95(APO-1/Fas)-mediated apoptosis of human resting CD4(+)T lymphocytes.
pubmed:affiliation
Laboratories of Immunology, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, 00161 Rome, Italy.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't