Inhibitory effect of HIV-1 envelope glycoproteins gp120 and gp160 on the in vitro growth of enriched (CD34+) hematopoietic progenitor cells.
The effect of increasing concentrations (from 0.01 to 10 micrograms/ml) of HIV-1 envelope glycoproteins gp160, gp120, gp41 and core protein p24 was evaluated on the in vitro growth of enriched hematopoietic progenitors (CD34+ cells). Both gp120 and gp160, at concentrations from 0.01 to 10 micrograms/ml, caused a progressive and significant (p less than 0.05) decrease in viable CD34+ cell count in liquid cultures supplemented with 2 ng/ml of human recombinant (r) interleukin-3 (IL-3), evaluated by means of Trypan-blue exclusion and [3H]thymidine ([3H]TdR) incorporation. In the absence of rIL-3, no inhibitory effects were observed even at the highest gp160 and gp120 concentrations explored (10 micrograms/ml). On the contrary, gp41 and p24 did not affect the number of viable CD34+ cells, either in the presence or in the absence of rIL-3. Moreover, gp160 and gp120, but not gp41 and p24, significantly (p less than 0.05) inhibited the in vitro growth of granulomacrophage progenitors (CFU-GM) in a dose-dependent fashion. These data clearly demonstrate that HIV-1 envelope glycoproteins inhibit the growth of purified hematopoietic progenitors. We propose that HIV-1 can impair hematopoiesis through the interaction of gp120/gp160 with CD34+ cell surface, independently of an infectious process.
Institute of Microbiology, University of Bologna, Italy.
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D015703:Antigens, CD; D018952:Antigens, CD34; D002452:Cell Count; D002455:Cell Division; D002469:Cell Separation; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D015686:Gene Products, env; D015699:HIV Envelope Protein gp120; D019302:HIV Envelope Protein gp160; D015497:HIV-1; D006410:Hematopoiesis; D006412:Hematopoietic Stem Cells / Q000166:cytology*; D006801:Humans; D011498:Protein Precursors; D012191:Retroviridae Proteins / Q000494:pharmacology
D015703:Antigens, CD; D018952:Antigens, CD34; D015686:Gene Products, env; D015699:HIV Envelope Protein gp120; D019302:HIV Envelope Protein gp160; D011498:Protein Precursors; D012191:Retroviridae Proteins