title: Cytokine-induced interleukin-8 production is depressed in chronic as opposed to acute human immunodeficiency virus 1 infection of promonocytic cells.
abstract: Spontaneous secretion of interleukin 8 (IL-8) was higher in latently infected U1 cells than in acutely infected or uninfected parental U937 cells. However, the induction of IL-8 by various cytokines (IL-1 alpha, TNF-alpha, IL-6, TNF-beta, GM-CSF, IFN-gamma) was significantly reduced in U1 cells. Cytokine modulation of IL-8 production in U937 cells acutely infected with a T cell-tropic strain (IIIB) or monocytotropic strain (ADA) of human immunodeficiency virus 1 (HIV-1) (HIV-1IIIB and HIV-1ADA) was variable and showed strain-specific differences. The obtained results showed that the in vitro induction of IL-8 is impaired in promonocytic cells latently infected with HIV-1 and is differently modulated under acute conditions of infection depending on the IL-8 inducing cytokine and on the infecting virus strain.
authors.affiliation: AIDS Virus Research Unit, National Institute for Virology and Department of Virology, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, Republic of South Africa. caroline@niv.ac.za
authors.forename: C T
authors.initials: CT
authors.lastname: Tiemessen
authors.forename: D J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Martin
mesh_terms: D002460:Cell Line; D016207:Cytokines / Q000494:pharmacology; D016178:Granulocyte-Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor / Q000494:pharmacology; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000821:virology; D015497:HIV-1 / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology / Q000472:pathogenicity*; D006801:Humans; D007371:Interferon-gamma / Q000494:pharmacology; D007375:Interleukin-1 / Q000494:pharmacology; D015850:Interleukin-6 / Q000494:pharmacology; D016209:Interleukin-8 / Q000032:analysis / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D008233:Lymphotoxin-alpha / Q000494:pharmacology; D009000:Monocytes / Q000187:drug effects; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha / Q000494:pharmacology; D020298:U937 Cells; D014774:Virulence; D017735:Virus Latency / Q000276:immunology
chemical_list: D016207:Cytokines; D007375:Interleukin-1; D015850:Interleukin-6; D016209:Interleukin-8; D008233:Lymphotoxin-alpha; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha; D007371:Interferon-gamma; D016178:Granulocyte-Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor