Publication Date:
1989-12-22
Description:
The purified human immunodeficiency virus type-l (HIV-l) Tat protein inhibited lymphocyte proliferation induced by tetanus toxoid or Candida antigens by 66 to 97% at nanomolar concentrations of Tat. In contrast, Tat did not cause a significant reduction of lymphocyte proliferation in response to mitogens such as phytohemagglutinin or pokeweed mitogen. Inhibition was blocked by oxidation of the cysteine-rich region of Tat or by incubation with an antibody to Tat before the assay. A synthetic Tat peptide (residues 1 to 58) also inhibited antigen-stimulated proliferation. Experiments with H9 and U937 cell lines showed that Tat can easily enter both lymphocytes and monocytes. The specific inhibition of antigen-induced lymphocyte proliferation by Tat mimics the effect seen with lymphocytes from HIV-infected individuals and suggests that Tat might directly contribute to the immunosuppression associated with HIV infection.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Viscidi, R P -- Mayur, K -- Lederman, H M -- Frankel, A D -- AI29135/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1989 Dec 22;246(4937):1606-8.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Pediatrics, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21205.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2556795" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
Keywords:
Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome/immunology
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Cells, Cultured
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Concanavalin A
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DNA Replication/drug effects
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Gene Products, tat/immunology/*pharmacology
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HIV-1/genetics/*immunology
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HeLa Cells/metabolism
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Humans
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Immunosuppression
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Lymphocyte Activation/*drug effects
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Lymphocytes/drug effects/immunology
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Pokeweed Mitogens
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Promoter Regions, Genetic
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Recombinant Proteins/immunology/pharmacology
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Staphylococcal Protein A
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Trans-Activators/*pharmacology
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Transcriptional Activation
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tat Gene Products, Human Immunodeficiency Virus
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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