Inhibition of HIV-1 infection by the beta-chemokine MDC

Science. 1997 Oct 24;278(5338):695-8. doi: 10.1126/science.278.5338.695.

Abstract

CD8(+) T lymphocytes from individuals infected with human immunodeficiency virus-type 1 (HIV-1) secrete a soluble activity that suppresses infection by HIV-1. A protein associated with this activity was purified from the culture supernatant of an immortalized CD8(+) T cell clone and identified as the beta-chemokine macrophage-derived chemokine (MDC). MDC suppressed infection of CD8(+) cell-depleted peripheral blood mononuclear cells by primary non-syncytium-inducing and syncytium-inducing isolates of HIV-1 and the T cell line-adapted isolate HIV-1IIIB. MDC was expressed in activated, but not resting, peripheral blood mononuclear cells and binds a receptor on activated primary T cells. These observations indicate that beta-chemokines are responsible for a major proportion of HIV-1-specific suppressor activity produced by primary T cells.

Publication types

  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Amino Acid Sequence
  • Antiviral Agents / immunology*
  • Blotting, Northern
  • CD8-Positive T-Lymphocytes / immunology*
  • Calcium / blood
  • Cell Line
  • Cell Line, Transformed
  • Cells, Cultured
  • Chemokine CCL22
  • Chemokines, CC / chemistry
  • Chemokines, CC / immunology*
  • Chemokines, CC / isolation & purification
  • Chemokines, CC / metabolism
  • HIV Core Protein p24 / biosynthesis
  • HIV Infections / immunology
  • HIV-1 / immunology*
  • HIV-1 / physiology
  • Humans
  • Leukocytes, Mononuclear / immunology
  • Leukocytes, Mononuclear / metabolism
  • Leukocytes, Mononuclear / virology*
  • Lymphocyte Activation
  • Receptors, Chemokine / metabolism
  • Receptors, HIV / metabolism
  • T-Lymphocytes / immunology

Substances

  • Antiviral Agents
  • CCL22 protein, human
  • Chemokine CCL22
  • Chemokines, CC
  • HIV Core Protein p24
  • Receptors, Chemokine
  • Receptors, HIV
  • Calcium