title: The CD154/CD40 interaction required for retrovirus-induced murine immunodeficiency syndrome is not mediated by upregulation of the CD80/CD86 costimulatory molecules.
abstract: C57BL/6 (B6) mice infected with LP-BM5 retroviruses develop disease, including an immunodeficiency similar to AIDS. This disease, murine AIDS (MAIDS), is inhibited by in vivo anti-CD154 monoclonal antibody treatment. The similar levels of insusceptibility of CD40(-/-) and CD154(-/-) B6 mice indicate that CD154/CD40 molecular interactions are required for MAIDS. CD4(+) T and B cells, respectively, provide the CD154 and CD40 expression needed for MAIDS induction. Here, the required CD154/CD40 interaction is shown to be independent of CD80 and CD86 expression: CD80/CD86(-/-) B6 mice develop MAIDS after LP-BM5 infection.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology and Immunology and the Norris Cotton Cancer Center, Dartmouth Medical School, Borwell Building, Lebanon, NH 03756, USA.
authors.forename: Kathy A
authors.initials: KA
authors.lastname: Green
authors.forename: W James
authors.initials: WJ
authors.lastname: Cook
authors.forename: Arlene H
authors.initials: AH
authors.lastname: Sharpe
authors.forename: William R
authors.initials: WR
authors.lastname: Green
mesh_terms: D000069594:Abatacept; D000818:Animals; D015703:Antigens, CD / Q000502:physiology*; D000943:Antigens, Differentiation / Q000502:physiology; D018122:B7-1 Antigen / Q000502:physiology*; D051940:B7-2 Antigen; D018106:CD28 Antigens / Q000502:physiology; D019013:CD40 Antigens / Q000502:physiology*; D023201:CD40 Ligand / Q000502:physiology*; D060908:CTLA-4 Antigen; D004198:Disease Susceptibility; D018796:Immunoconjugates; D007074:Immunoglobulin G / Q000097:blood / Q000145:classification; D007075:Immunoglobulin M / Q000097:blood; D009052:Leukemia Virus, Murine; D008562:Membrane Glycoproteins / Q000502:physiology*; D051379:Mice; D018345:Mice, Knockout; D016183:Murine Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000209:etiology*; D012192:Retroviridae Infections / Q000150:complications*; D015854:Up-Regulation
chemical_list: D015703:Antigens, CD; D000943:Antigens, Differentiation; D018122:B7-1 Antigen; D051940:B7-2 Antigen; D018106:CD28 Antigens; D019013:CD40 Antigens; D060908:CTLA-4 Antigen; C497965:Cd86 protein, mouse; C556707:Ctla4 protein, mouse; D018796:Immunoconjugates; D007074:Immunoglobulin G; D007075:Immunoglobulin M; D008562:Membrane Glycoproteins; D023201:CD40 Ligand; D000069594:Abatacept