Complement-Opsonized HIV-1 Overcomes Restriction in Dendritic Cells.

DCs express intrinsic cellular defense mechanisms to specifically inhibit HIV-1 replication. Thus, DCs are productively infected only at very low levels with HIV-1, and this non-permissiveness of DCs is suggested to go along with viral evasion. We now illustrate that complement-opsonized HIV-1 (HIV-...

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Main Authors: Wilfried Posch, Marion Steger, Ulla Knackmuss, Michael Blatzer, Hanna-Mari Baldauf, Wolfgang Doppler, Tommy E White, Paul Hörtnagl, Felipe Diaz-Griffero, Cornelia Lass-Flörl, Hubert Hackl, Arnaud Moris, Oliver T Keppler, Doris Wilflingseder
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Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-06-01
Series:PLoS Pathogens
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1005005
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author Wilfried Posch
Marion Steger
Ulla Knackmuss
Michael Blatzer
Hanna-Mari Baldauf
Wolfgang Doppler
Tommy E White
Paul Hörtnagl
Felipe Diaz-Griffero
Cornelia Lass-Flörl
Hubert Hackl
Arnaud Moris
Oliver T Keppler
Doris Wilflingseder
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Marion Steger
Ulla Knackmuss
Michael Blatzer
Hanna-Mari Baldauf
Wolfgang Doppler
Tommy E White
Paul Hörtnagl
Felipe Diaz-Griffero
Cornelia Lass-Flörl
Hubert Hackl
Arnaud Moris
Oliver T Keppler
Doris Wilflingseder
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description DCs express intrinsic cellular defense mechanisms to specifically inhibit HIV-1 replication. Thus, DCs are productively infected only at very low levels with HIV-1, and this non-permissiveness of DCs is suggested to go along with viral evasion. We now illustrate that complement-opsonized HIV-1 (HIV-C) efficiently bypasses SAMHD1 restriction and productively infects DCs including BDCA-1 DCs. Efficient DC infection by HIV-C was also observed using single-cycle HIV-C, and correlated with a remarkable elevated SAMHD1 T592 phosphorylation but not SAMHD1 degradation. If SAMHD1 phosphorylation was blocked using a CDK2-inhibitor HIV-C-induced DC infection was also significantly abrogated. Additionally, we found a higher maturation and co-stimulatory potential, aberrant type I interferon expression and signaling as well as a stronger induction of cellular immune responses in HIV-C-treated DCs. Collectively, our data highlight a novel protective mechanism mediated by complement opsonization of HIV to effectively promote DC immune functions, which might be in the future exploited to tackle HIV infection.
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spelling doaj-art-3229697ce79b486096be3740177f757b2025-08-20T02:34:06ZengPublic Library of Science (PLoS)PLoS Pathogens1553-73661553-73742015-06-01116e100500510.1371/journal.ppat.1005005Complement-Opsonized HIV-1 Overcomes Restriction in Dendritic Cells.Wilfried PoschMarion StegerUlla KnackmussMichael BlatzerHanna-Mari BaldaufWolfgang DopplerTommy E WhitePaul HörtnaglFelipe Diaz-GrifferoCornelia Lass-FlörlHubert HacklArnaud MorisOliver T KepplerDoris WilflingsederDCs express intrinsic cellular defense mechanisms to specifically inhibit HIV-1 replication. Thus, DCs are productively infected only at very low levels with HIV-1, and this non-permissiveness of DCs is suggested to go along with viral evasion. We now illustrate that complement-opsonized HIV-1 (HIV-C) efficiently bypasses SAMHD1 restriction and productively infects DCs including BDCA-1 DCs. Efficient DC infection by HIV-C was also observed using single-cycle HIV-C, and correlated with a remarkable elevated SAMHD1 T592 phosphorylation but not SAMHD1 degradation. If SAMHD1 phosphorylation was blocked using a CDK2-inhibitor HIV-C-induced DC infection was also significantly abrogated. Additionally, we found a higher maturation and co-stimulatory potential, aberrant type I interferon expression and signaling as well as a stronger induction of cellular immune responses in HIV-C-treated DCs. Collectively, our data highlight a novel protective mechanism mediated by complement opsonization of HIV to effectively promote DC immune functions, which might be in the future exploited to tackle HIV infection.https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1005005
spellingShingle Wilfried Posch
Marion Steger
Ulla Knackmuss
Michael Blatzer
Hanna-Mari Baldauf
Wolfgang Doppler
Tommy E White
Paul Hörtnagl
Felipe Diaz-Griffero
Cornelia Lass-Flörl
Hubert Hackl
Arnaud Moris
Oliver T Keppler
Doris Wilflingseder
Complement-Opsonized HIV-1 Overcomes Restriction in Dendritic Cells.
PLoS Pathogens
title Complement-Opsonized HIV-1 Overcomes Restriction in Dendritic Cells.
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title_fullStr Complement-Opsonized HIV-1 Overcomes Restriction in Dendritic Cells.
title_full_unstemmed Complement-Opsonized HIV-1 Overcomes Restriction in Dendritic Cells.
title_short Complement-Opsonized HIV-1 Overcomes Restriction in Dendritic Cells.
title_sort complement opsonized hiv 1 overcomes restriction in dendritic cells
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