title: Interleukin 1 beta and interleukin 6 potentiate retinoic acid-mediated repression of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 replication in macrophages.
abstract: All-trans-retinoic acid (RA) has been shown either to activate or repress human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) replication in primary monocyte-derived-macrophages (MDMs). We systematically investigated the contribution that cell donor and virus differences make to this variability. We found that the effect of RA was cell donor dependent. In addition, the ability of RA to repress HIV-1 replication varied between different virus stocks. In no case did RA affect either virus entry or integration but instead affected the accumulation of viral mRNAs in infected cells. Despite the complex variability in RA responsiveness in untreated cells, we found that RA consistently repressed virus replication when the MDMs were treated with concentrations of interleukin 1 beta (IL-1 beta) and IL-6 that are expected at local sites of infection, where HIV-1-infected macrophages reside in vivo.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts 02118, USA.
authors.forename: Xin Qian
authors.initials: XQ
authors.lastname: Brown
authors.forename: Timothy M
authors.initials: TM
authors.lastname: Hanley
authors.forename: Gregory A
authors.initials: GA
authors.lastname: Viglianti
mesh_terms: D001782:Blood Donors; D004357:Drug Synergism; D015497:HIV-1 / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D007375:Interleukin-1 / Q000494:pharmacology*; D015850:Interleukin-6 / Q000494:pharmacology*; D008264:Macrophages / Q000187:drug effects / Q000821:virology*; D014212:Tretinoin / Q000494:pharmacology*; D014779:Virus Replication / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: D007375:Interleukin-1; D015850:Interleukin-6; D014212:Tretinoin