3‐Methylcholanthrene Activates Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 Replication via Aryl Hydrocarbon Receptor
3‐Methylcholanthrene Activates Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 Replication via Aryl Hydrocarbon Receptor
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DOI:
10.1111/j.1348-0421.2003.tb03408.x
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发表时间:
2003-05
影响因子:
2.6
通讯作者:
H. Ohata;T. Tetsuka;H. Hayashi;K. Onozaki;T. Okamoto
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作者:
H. Ohata;T. Tetsuka;H. Hayashi;K. Onozaki;T. Okamoto
We found that 3‐methylcholanthrene (3‐MC) could induce the reactivation of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV‐1) replication in OM 10.1 cell, promyelocytic cell line latently infected with HIV‐1. Transient luciferase expression experiments have revealed no particular transcription factors that are responsible for the effect of 3‐MC in inducing HIV‐1 gene expression as HIV‐1 LTR mutants lacking various upstream transcriptional activators similarly responded to 3‐MC. In addition, there was no effect of 3‐MC on the DNA binding activity of nuclear factor‐kappa B (NF‐κB) that was previously reported to be crucial for the effect of 2, 3, 7, 8‐tetrachlorodibenzo‐p‐dioxin (TCDD), a chemical homologue of 3‐MC. However, overexpression of wild type aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AhR), a nuclear receptor of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) such as 3‐MC, augmented the effect of 3‐MC in the induction of gene expression from HIV‐1 LTR. Moreover, a dominant negative mutant of AhR dramatically reduced the 3‐MC‐mediated activation of HIV‐1 LTR. These findings suggest that 3‐MC stimulates HIV‐1 transcription by interacting with general transcription factors. Our observations indicate that chronic exposure of the HIV‐1 infected individuals to PAHs may be contributable to the clinical development of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) among the individuals infected with HIV.