Mycoplasma stimulates HIV-1 expression from acutely- and dormantly-infected promonocyte/monoblastoid cell lines.
Treatment of a myelo-monocyte cell line, J22HL-60, dormantly infected with human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) with heat-inactivated extracts of Acholeplasma (A) laidlawii (250 micrograms/ml) enhanced virus production more than 45-fold as assessed by p24 viral core antigen assay. When treated with a suboptimal dose of TPA or TNF-alpha, Acholeplasma extracts further augmented virus production in J22HL-60 cells. H7, an inhibitor of protein kinase C(PKC), almost completely abrogated HIV-1-inducing ability of Acholeplasma extracts in the cells. A. laidlawii and several other mycoplasmas also enhanced acute infection of U937 cells as shown by increased virus-positive cells and augmentation of HIV-1 production in the culture supernatant independent of their pathogenicity to humans.
Chowdhury
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Department of Microbiology, Tokyo Medical and Dental University School of Medicine, Japan.
Munakata
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Koyanagi
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Arai
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Yamamoto
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D019307:1-(5-Isoquinolinesulfonyl)-2-Methylpiperazine; D000128:Acholeplasma laidlawii / Q000502:physiology*; D002460:Cell Line; D016655:HIV Core Protein p24 / Q000032:analysis; D015497:HIV-1 / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D007546:Isoquinolines / Q000494:pharmacology; D008264:Macrophages / Q000821:virology*; D009000:Monocytes / Q000821:virology*; D009174:Mycoplasma / Q000502:physiology*; D010879:Piperazines / Q000494:pharmacology; D011493:Protein Kinase C / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors; D013755:Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate / Q000494:pharmacology; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha / Q000494:pharmacology; D014779:Virus Replication
D016655:HIV Core Protein p24; D007546:Isoquinolines; D010879:Piperazines; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha; D019307:1-(5-Isoquinolinesulfonyl)-2-Methylpiperazine; C053177:N-(2-(methylamino)ethyl)-5-isoquinolinesulfonamide; D011493:Protein Kinase C; D013755:Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate