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  • Title: The lipophosphoglycan of Leishmania donovani up-regulates HIV-1 transcription in T cells through the nuclear factor-kappaB elements.
    Author: Bernier R, Barbeau B, Tremblay MJ, Olivier M.
    Journal: J Immunol; 1998 Mar 15; 160(6):2881-8. PubMed ID: 9510191.
    Abstract:
    We have recently demonstrated that the parasite Leishmania donovani and its surface molecule, lipophosphoglycan (LPG), can activate HIV-1 replication in monocytoid cells. Our present interest was to determine whether LPG could also up-regulate HIV-1 transcription in T cells. Using a CD4-positive human lymphoid T cell line (1G5) containing a stably integrated HIV-1 long terminal repeat (LTR)-luciferase construct, we found that LPG is a potent inducer of HIV-1 LTR activity. Treatment of 1G5 cells with signaling antagonists revealed that protein tyrosine kinase- and protein kinase A-dependent pathways were actively participating in the LPG-induced enhancement of HIV-1 LTR-driven activity. Transfection of Jurkat E6.1 cells with plasmids containing wild-type and nuclear factor-kappaB (NF-kappaB)-mutated HIV-1 LTR-luciferase constructs has suggested a role for NF-kappaB binding sites in the LPG-mediated induction of HIV-1 LTR activity. An LPG-induced binding factor specific to the NF-kappaB consensus sequences could be observed using electrophoretic mobility shift assay. Finally, transfection experiments performed with a vector containing HIV-1 kappaB binding sites only showed similar LPG-mediated induction, which was abrogated by sodium salicylate, a known NF-kappaB inhibitor. We thus demonstrate that the LPG-mediated induction of HIV-1 LTR activity in T cells involves several second messengers culminating in activation of HIV-1 LTR-driven transcription via NF-kappaB-binding consensus sequences. In conclusion, these results reinforce the idea that L. donovani is a putative cofactor in HIV-1 pathogenesis.
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