title: Envelope glycoprotein (gp120) from HIV-1 enhances Mycobacterium avium growth in human bronchoalveolar macrophages; an effect mediated by enhanced prostaglandin synthesis.
abstract: Human bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) macrophages were obtained from normal human volunteers and infected with an AIDS-associated strain of Mycobacterium avium. Infected cells were exposed to purified envelope glycoprotein (gp120) from HIV-1 or to the recombinant non-glycosylated gp120 fragments PBI-RF and PBI-IIIB. Native gp120 increased Myco. avium growth in human cells from six separate donors, whereas the non-glycosylated fragments of gp120 had no such effect. Moreover, gp120 induced a substantial secretion of prostaglandin E2 (PGE2) from macrophages; inclusion of indomethacin blocked the enhanced permissiveness of infected cells treated with gp120. Soluble CD4 also neutralized the effect of gp120. Overall, these results indicate a role for gp120 in the susceptibility of AIDS patients to Myco. avium infections, mediated by an enhanced PGE2 release.
authors.affiliation: Pulmonary Research Unit, Faculty of Medicine, University of Sherbrooke, Canada.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Denis
mesh_terms: D001992:Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid / Q000166:cytology; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D015232:Dinoprostone / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D015699:HIV Envelope Protein gp120 / Q000502:physiology*; D015497:HIV-1 / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D016676:Macrophages, Alveolar / Q000276:immunology / Q000382:microbiology*; D015269:Mycobacterium avium Complex / Q000254:growth & development*
chemical_list: D015699:HIV Envelope Protein gp120; D015232:Dinoprostone