TY - JOUR
T1 - The integrin α4β7 forms a complex with cell-surface CD4 and defines a T-cell subset that is highly susceptible to infection by HIV-1
AU - Cicala, Claudia
AU - Martinelli, Elena
AU - McNally, Jonathan P.
AU - Goode, Diana J.
AU - Gopaul, Ravindra
AU - Hiatt, Joseph
AU - Jelicic, Katija
AU - Kottilil, Shyamasundaran
AU - Macleod, Katilyn
AU - O'Shea, Angeline
AU - Patel, Nikita
AU - Van Ryk, Donald
AU - Wei, Danlan
AU - Pascuccio, Massimiliano
AU - Yi, Ling
AU - McKinnon, Lyle
AU - Izulla, Preson
AU - Kimani, Joshua
AU - Kaul, Rupert
AU - Fauci, Anthony S.
AU - Arthos, James
PY - 2009/12/8
Y1 - 2009/12/8
N2 - Both activated and resting CD4+ T cells in mucosal tissues play important roles in the earliest phases of infection after sexual transmission of HIV-1, a process that is inefficient. HIV-1 gp120 binds to integrin α4β7 (α4β7), the gut mucosal homing receptor. We find that α4β7high CD4+T cells are more susceptible to productive infection than are α4β7low-neg CD4+ T cells in part because this cellular subset is enriched with metabolically active CD4+ T cells. α4β7high CD4+ T cells are CCR5high and CXCR4low; on these cells, α4β7 appears in a complex with CD4. The specific affinity of gp120 for α4β7 provides a mechanism for HIV-1 to target activated cells that are critical for efficient virus propagation and dissemination following sexual transmission.
AB - Both activated and resting CD4+ T cells in mucosal tissues play important roles in the earliest phases of infection after sexual transmission of HIV-1, a process that is inefficient. HIV-1 gp120 binds to integrin α4β7 (α4β7), the gut mucosal homing receptor. We find that α4β7high CD4+T cells are more susceptible to productive infection than are α4β7low-neg CD4+ T cells in part because this cellular subset is enriched with metabolically active CD4+ T cells. α4β7high CD4+ T cells are CCR5high and CXCR4low; on these cells, α4β7 appears in a complex with CD4. The specific affinity of gp120 for α4β7 provides a mechanism for HIV-1 to target activated cells that are critical for efficient virus propagation and dissemination following sexual transmission.
KW - Gut-associated lymphoid tissues (GALT)
KW - Integrin receptor
KW - Transmission
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U2 - 10.1073/pnas.0911796106
DO - 10.1073/pnas.0911796106
M3 - Article
C2 - 19933330
AN - SCOPUS:73949112038
SN - 0027-8424
VL - 106
SP - 20877
EP - 20882
JO - Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
JF - Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
IS - 49
ER -