Publication Date:
1988-10-28
Description:
Monocytes and macrophages, which may play a central role in the pathogenesis of infection with human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1), express the CD4 molecule and Fc receptors (FcR) for immunoglobulin G (IgG). To explore the possibility that FcR mediate HIV-1 infection of monocytes, studies were conducted with the human monocytic cell line U937. These cells were exposed to HIV-1 complexed with various concentrations of serum from HIV-1 antibody-positive individuals and monitored for HIV-1 replication. Serum samples from antibody-negative normal individuals did not affect virus yields. High concentrations of antibody-positive sera showed virus-neutralizing activity; however, cells infected with HIV-1 in the presence of antibody-positive sera at subneutralizing concentrations significantly enhanced virus replication. This infection enhancement was blocked by heat-aggregated gamma-globulin. Moreover, the IgG fraction from an HIV-1 antibody-positive serum enhanced HIV-1 infection at the same serum dilution equivalents. In contrast, IgG-F(ab')2 did not enhance HIV-1 infection but showed neutralizing activity with HIV-1. These results are compatible with the concept of FcR-mediated infection enhancement and suggest that this immunological response to HIV-1, instead of protecting the host, potentially facilitates the infection.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Takeda, A -- Tuazon, C U -- Ennis, F A -- R01-AI24750/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/ -- T32-AI07272/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/ -- U01-AI26458/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1988 Oct 28;242(4878):580-3.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester 01655.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2972065" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
Keywords:
Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome/immunology/*microbiology
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Antigen-Antibody Complex
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Antigens, Differentiation/*physiology
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Cell Line
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HIV Antibodies/*immunology
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HIV-1/immunology/*pathogenicity
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Humans
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In Vitro Techniques
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Monocytes/*microbiology
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Receptors, Fc/*physiology
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Receptors, IgG
Print ISSN:
0036-8075
Electronic ISSN:
1095-9203
Topics:
Biology
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Chemistry and Pharmacology
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Computer Science
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Medicine
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Natural Sciences in General
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Physics
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