Distinct Requirements for HIV-Cell Fusion and HIV-mediated Cell-Cell Fusion
Distinct Requirements for HIV-Cell Fusion and HIV-mediated Cell-Cell Fusion
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DOI:
10.1074/jbc.m114.623181
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发表时间:
2015-03-06
影响因子:
4.8
通讯作者:
Melikyan, Gregory B.
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作者:
Kondo, Naoyuki;Marin, Mariana;Melikyan, Gregory B.
Whether HIV-1 enters cells by fusing with the plasma membrane or with endosomes is a subject of active debate. The ability of HIV-1 to mediate fusion between adjacent cells, a process referred to as "fusion-from-without" (FFNX10), shows that this virus can fuse with the plasma membrane. To compare FTWO occurring at the cell surface with HIV-cell fusion through a conventional entry route, we designed an experimental approach that enabled the measurements of both processes in the same sample. The following key differences were observed. First, a very small fraction of viruses fusing with target cells participated in MVO. Second, whereas HIV-1 fusion with adherent cells was insensitive to actin inhibitors, post-C1)4/coreceptor binding steps during FTWO were abrogated. A partial dependence of HINT-cell fusion on actin remodeling was observed in CD4(+) T cells, but this effect appeared to be due to the actin dependence of virus uptake. Third, deletion of the cytoplasmic tail of HIV-1 gp41 dramatically enhanced the ability of the virus to promote FFWO, while having a modest effect on virus-cell fusion. Distinct efficiencies and actin dependences of ITWO versus HIVcell fusion are consistent with the notion that, except for a minor fraction of particles that mediate fusion between the plasma membranes of adjacent cells, HIV-1 enters through an endocytic pathway. We surmise, however, that cell-cell contacts enabling HIV-1 fusion with the plasma membrane could be favored at the sites of high density of target cells, such as lymph nodes.