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  • Title: Phorbol ester induces down-regulation of CD4 molecule expression and resistance to in vitro infection by HIV1.
    Author: Touraine JL, Sanhadji K, Benard I.
    Journal: Thymus; 1992 Dec; 20(4):239-48. PubMed ID: 1283470.
    Abstract:
    In vitro infectivity of the MT4 lymphoid cell line with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) has been studied in correlation with the degree of expression of the CD4 molecule at the cell surface. To modulate this CD4 expression in vitro, pre-incubation with phorbol myristate acetate (PMA) was used. The lowest CD4 expression was obtained after 1 to 5 hours. Thereafter, a partial re-expression of OKT4 was observed, e.g., when the incubation time with PMA was extended to 20 hours. Reverse transcriptase (RT) activity decreased and was delayed proportionally to the length of incubation of cells with PMA. This observation was confirmed by the comparable variation of cytopathic effects and of p24 antigen release in culture supernatants. The decrease in HIV infectivity hence correlated with that of OKT4 expression when PMA treatment did not exceed a few hours. By contrast, after extended treatment, infectivity remained decreased although OKT4 expression reappeared.
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