title: Tumor necrosis factor receptor p55 mediates induction of HIV type 1 expression in chronically infected U1 cells.
abstract: Tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-alpha) is a potent inducer of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) expression in chronically infected cells. The aim of this study was to investigate the role played by the two known TNF-alpha receptors, TNFR-p55 and TNFR-p75, in the activation of HIV-1 expression. As a model system the latently infected human promonocytic cell line U1 was stimulated with wild-type TNF-alpha, with TNF-alpha muteins that specifically bind to one or the other receptor or with receptor-specific monoclonal antibodies. Induction of HIV-1 expression, measured by p24 core antigen capture enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA), was found to be exclusively triggered by TNFR-p55 stimulation. However, our results also showed that the addition of TNFR-p75-specific ligands negatively modulated the HIV-1 expression induced via TNFR-p55.
authors.affiliation: Pharmaceutical Research Gene Technologies, F. Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd., Basel, Switzerland.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Edfjäll
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Jacobsen
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Lötscher
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Mous
mesh_terms: D015703:Antigens, CD / Q000378:metabolism*; D002460:Cell Line; D016655:HIV Core Protein p24 / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism; D015497:HIV-1 / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D009000:Monocytes / Q000166:cytology / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism; D018124:Receptors, Tumor Necrosis Factor / Q000378:metabolism*; D047888:Receptors, Tumor Necrosis Factor, Type I; D047889:Receptors, Tumor Necrosis Factor, Type II; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha / Q000494:pharmacology*
chemical_list: D015703:Antigens, CD; D016655:HIV Core Protein p24; D018124:Receptors, Tumor Necrosis Factor; D047888:Receptors, Tumor Necrosis Factor, Type I; D047889:Receptors, Tumor Necrosis Factor, Type II; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha