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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
2009-12-17
pubmed:abstractText
The HIV accessory protein negative factor (Nef) is one of the earliest and most abundantly expressed viral proteins. It is also found in the serum of infected individuals (Caby MP, Lankar D, Vincendeau-Scherrer C, Raposo G, Bonnerot C. Exosomal-like vesicles are present in human blood plasma. Int Immunol 2005;17:879-887). Extracellular Nef protein has deleterious effects on CD4(+) T cells (James CO, Huang MB, Khan M, Garcia-Barrio M, Powell MD, Bond VC. Extracellular Nef protein targets CD4(+) T cells for apoptosis by interacting with CXCR4 surface receptors. J Virol 2004;78:3099-3109), the primary targets of HIV, and can suppress immunoglobulin class switching in bystander B cells (Qiao X, He B, Chiu A, Knowles DM, Chadburn A, Cerutti A. Human immunodeficiency virus 1 Nef suppresses CD40-dependent immunoglobulin class switching in bystander B cells. Nat Immunol 2006;7:302-310). Nevertheless, the mode of exit of Nef from infected cells remains a conundrum. We found that Nef stimulates its own export via the release of exosomes from all cells examined. Depending on its intracellular location, these Nef exosomes form at the plasma membrane, late endosomes or both compartments in Jurkat, SupT1 and primary T cells, respectively. Nef release through exosomes is conserved also during HIV-1 infection of peripheral blood lymphocytes (PBLs). Released Nef exosomes cause activation-induced cell death of resting PBLs in vitro. Thus, HIV-infected cells export Nef in bioactive vesicles, which facilitate the depletion of CD4(+) T cells that is a hallmark of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS).
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jan
pubmed:issn
1600-0854
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:volume
11
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
110-22
pubmed:dateRevised
2011-3-3
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:19912576-Apoptosis, pubmed-meshheading:19912576-Bystander Effect, pubmed-meshheading:19912576-CD4-Positive T-Lymphocytes, pubmed-meshheading:19912576-Cell Membrane, pubmed-meshheading:19912576-Exosomes, pubmed-meshheading:19912576-Flow Cytometry, pubmed-meshheading:19912576-Green Fluorescent Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:19912576-HIV-1, pubmed-meshheading:19912576-HeLa Cells, pubmed-meshheading:19912576-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:19912576-Immunoblotting, pubmed-meshheading:19912576-Jurkat Cells, pubmed-meshheading:19912576-Luciferases, pubmed-meshheading:19912576-Microscopy, Electron, pubmed-meshheading:19912576-Microscopy, Fluorescence, pubmed-meshheading:19912576-Plasmids, pubmed-meshheading:19912576-Transfection, pubmed-meshheading:19912576-Virion, pubmed-meshheading:19912576-nef Gene Products, Human Immunodeficiency Virus
pubmed:year
2010
pubmed:articleTitle
HIV Nef is secreted in exosomes and triggers apoptosis in bystander CD4+ T cells.
pubmed:affiliation
Departments of Medicine, Microbiology and Immunology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural