Access of HIV-2 to CD169-dependent dendritic cell-mediated trans infection pathway is attenuated.
The mechanisms behind the low viral loads and lower mortality rates of HIV-2(+) individuals remain unknown. We hypothesized that reduced interaction of HIV-2 with CD169, the primary HIV-1 attachment factor on monocyte-derived dendritic cells (DCs) that targets captured virus particles to the trans infection pathway, contributes to its diminished pathogenic phenotype in vivo. We observed a significant decrease in capture of HIV-2 Gag-eGFP virus-like particles (VLPs) and infectious GFP-containing HIV-2 particles compared to corresponding HIV-1 particles by CD169(+) mature DCs. Interestingly, there was decreased co-localization of HIV-2 with HIV-1 Gag at plasma membrane microdomains in virus producer cells which correlated with reduced incorporation of GM3, the CD169 ligand, in HIV-2 virions, and reduction in mature DC-mediated HIV-2 trans infection compared to HIV-1. We conclude that limited interaction of HIV-2 with CD169 diminishes virus access to the mature DC-mediated trans infection pathway and might result in attenuated HIV-2 dissemination in vivo.
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- gag Gene Products, Human Immunodeficiency Virus
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- Recombinant Fusion Proteins
- Macrophages
- Lectins, C-Type
- Humans
- HIV-2
- HIV Infections
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Published In
DOI
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Volume
Start / End Page
Related Subject Headings
- gag Gene Products, Human Immunodeficiency Virus
- Virology
- Virion
- Recombinant Fusion Proteins
- Macrophages
- Lectins, C-Type
- Humans
- HIV-2
- HIV Infections
- Dendritic Cells