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3D visualization of HIV transfer at the virological synapse between dendritic cells and T cells.
Felts, Richard L; Narayan, Kedar; Estes, Jacob D; Shi, Dan; Trubey, Charles M; Fu, Jing; Hartnell, Lisa M; Ruthel, Gordon T; Schneider, Douglas K; Nagashima, Kunio; Bess, Julian W; Bavari, Sina; Lowekamp, Bradley C; Bliss, Donald; Lifson, Jeffrey D; Subramaniam, Sriram.
Afiliação
  • Felts RL; Laboratory of Cell Biology, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A ; 107(30): 13336-41, 2010 Jul 27.
Article em En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-20624966
ABSTRACT
The efficiency of HIV infection is greatly enhanced when the virus is delivered at conjugates between CD4+ T cells and virus-bearing antigen-presenting cells such as macrophages or dendritic cells via specialized structures known as virological synapses. Using ion abrasion SEM, electron tomography, and superresolution light microscopy, we have analyzed the spatial architecture of cell-cell contacts and distribution of HIV virions at virological synapses formed between mature dendritic cells and T cells. We demonstrate the striking envelopment of T cells by sheet-like membrane extensions derived from mature dendritic cells, resulting in a shielded region for formation of virological synapses. Within the synapse, filopodial extensions emanating from CD4+ T cells make contact with HIV virions sequestered deep within a 3D network of surface-accessible compartments in the dendritic cell. Viruses are detected at the membrane surfaces of both dendritic cells and T cells, but virions are not released passively at the synapse; instead, virus transfer requires the engagement of T-cell CD4 receptors. The relative seclusion of T cells from the extracellular milieu, the burial of the site of HIV transfer, and the receptor-dependent initiation of virion transfer by T cells highlight unique aspects of cell-cell HIV transmission.
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Texto completo: 1 Coleções: 01-internacional Base de dados: MEDLINE Assunto principal: Vírion / Células Dendríticas / Linfócitos T / HIV Limite: Humans Idioma: En Revista: Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A Ano de publicação: 2010 Tipo de documento: Article País de afiliação: Estados Unidos

Texto completo: 1 Coleções: 01-internacional Base de dados: MEDLINE Assunto principal: Vírion / Células Dendríticas / Linfócitos T / HIV Limite: Humans Idioma: En Revista: Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A Ano de publicação: 2010 Tipo de documento: Article País de afiliação: Estados Unidos