In vitro exposure to highly cytopathic HIV-1 X4 strains increases expression of mucosa-associated integrins on CD4(+) T cells |
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Authors: | Cummins J E Bunn W J Hall S D Donze H H Mestecky J Jackson S |
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Institution: | Department of Microbiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama 35294, USA. jcummins0@cdc.gov |
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Abstract: | To determine whether infection with HIV-1 strains of different tropisms would influence expression of the mucosa-associated integrins alpha 4 beta 7 and alpha E beta 7 or the lymph node homing receptor L-selectin on peripheral T lymphocytes, cells were infected with the CXCR4-tropic (X4)/syncytium-inducing (SI) HIV-1(IIIB) strain or with X4/SI or CCR5-tropic (R5)/non-SI (NSI) primary human isolates. Flow cytometric analyses of CD4(+) T cells from cultures infected with HIV-1(IIIB) and one X4/SI primary HIV-1 isolate revealed a significant increase in surface expression of alpha 4 beta 7 and alpha E beta 7 12 days after infection. L-selectin expression was not significantly affected on CD4(+) T cells. However, infection with another X4/SI and two R5/NSI primary HIV-1 isolates did not significantly alter homing receptor expression on CD4(+) T cells. Since a higher degree of CD4 cytopathicity occurred in those cultures having increased integrin expression, these data suggest that significantly altered mucosal homing receptor expression on CD4(+) T cells may result as a "bystander" effect after infection with some cytopathic isolates of HIV-1. |
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