Modulation of surface transferrin receptors in lymphoid cellsde novo infected with human immunodeficiency virus type-1

Autor: C. Martini, L. Calosso, Agostino Pugliese, Luisa Gennero, Gianpiero Pescarmona, A. Piragino, Andrea Savarino
Rok vydání: 1999
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Zdroj: Cell Biochemistry and Function. 17:47-55
ISSN: 1099-0844
0263-6484
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1099-0844(199903)17:1<47::aid-cbf810>3.0.co;2-v
Popis: To investigate whether transferrin receptor (CD71) expression is affected by acute HIV-1 infection, three different lymphoid cell lines (MT-4, SUPT-1, H9) were infected with HIV-1 and tested for surface CD71 expression after different incubation periods depending on cell survival after infection. We found that expression of surface CD71 was lower in cells infected with HIV-1 than in uninfected controls: the timing and extent of this down-modulation depended apparently on the different susceptibility of the cell lines to HIV-1 infection and cytopathogenicity. Citrate, a molecule capable of chelating iron, dose-dependently prevented down-modulation of surface CD71 in HIV-1 infected cells as well as viral cytopathic effects. We conclude that (i) expression of surface transferrin receptors is down-modulated by acute HIV-1 infection in T lymphoid cells, that (ii) this cell phenotypic modulation is associated with the cytopathic effects of the virus, and that (iii) these phenomena are modulated by iron chelation. These results support the view that iron metabolism may be an important area for interaction between HIV-1 and human cells.
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