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HIV-1 Nef protein protects infected primary cells against killing by cytotoxic T lymphocytes

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  • Kathleen L. Collins

    (Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Combined Infectious Disease Training Program, Brigham and Women's Hospital, and Massachusetts General Hospital
    Harvard Medical School)

  • Benjamin K. Chen

    (AIDS Research Center and Infectious Disease Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital)

  • Spyros A. Kalams

    (Combined Infectious Disease Training Program, Brigham and Women's Hospital, and Massachusetts General Hospital
    Rockefeller University)

  • Bruce D. Walker

    (Combined Infectious Disease Training Program, Brigham and Women's Hospital, and Massachusetts General Hospital
    Rockefeller University)

  • David Baltimore

    (Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    California Institute of Technology)

Abstract

Cytotoxic T lymphocytes (CTLs) lyse virally infected cells that display viral peptide epitopes in association with major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class I molecules on the cell surface. However, despite a strong CTL response directed against viral epitopes, untreated people infected with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV-1) develop AIDS. To resolve this enigma, we have examined the ability of CTLs to recognize and kill infected primary T lymphocytes. We found that CTLs inefficiently lysed primary cells infected with HIV-1 if the viral nef gene product was expressed. Resistance of infected cells to CTL killing correlated with nef-mediated downregulation of MHC class I (ref. 1) and could be overcome by adding an excess of the relevant HIV-1 epitope as soluble peptide. Thus, Nef protected infected cells by reducing the epitope density on their surface. This effect of nef may allow evasion of CTL lysis by HIV-1-infected cells.

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  • Kathleen L. Collins & Benjamin K. Chen & Spyros A. Kalams & Bruce D. Walker & David Baltimore, 1998. "HIV-1 Nef protein protects infected primary cells against killing by cytotoxic T lymphocytes," Nature, Nature, vol. 391(6665), pages 397-401, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:391:y:1998:i:6665:d:10.1038_34929
    DOI: 10.1038/34929
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