TY - JOUR
T1 - Homologous superinfection of both producer and nonproducer hiv-infected cells is blocked at a late retrotranscription step
AU - Taddeo, Brunella
AU - Federico, Maurizio
AU - Titti, Fausto
AU - Rossi, Glovanni B.
AU - Verani, Paola
PY - 1993
Y1 - 1993
N2 - An HUT-78 cell clone (F12) chronically infected by a nonproducer HIV-1 variant (Federico et al., (1989) AIDS Res. Hum. Retroviruses 5, 385-396) is fully resistant to superinfection with HIV-1 or HIV-2. We demonstrate that, in spite of the down-regulation of CD4 receptors, superinfecting-HIV-1 and -HIV-2 cross the F12 plasma membrane (even in the presence of OKT4A monoclonal antibodies) but fail to complete retrotranscription. We utilized a series of polymerase chain reaction primers designed to detect certain steps in the reverse transcription process. Superinfecting-HIV-1 (an African strain) and -HIV-2 are detectable using primers specific for env (for HIV-1), 5 ’ LTR (the R and U5 regions), and vpx (for HIV-2). No amplification is visible when primers amplifying either HIV-2 gag or the ’primer binding site ’ region of 5 ’ LTR of HIV-2 are used. DNA-PCR performed on DNAse-pretreated HIV-1 and HIV-2 stocks failed to show any amplification. This rules out that any extra- or intravirion viral DNA contamination may have interfered with our results. In addition, no DNA amplification was observed in F12 and HUT-78 cells exposed to heat-inactivated HIV-2. Finally, when the nonproducer F12 cells as well as control CEMss cells are transfected with the HIV-1 infectious molecular clone pNL4-3, progeny infectious virus is obtained. These findings indicate that reverse transcription of HIVs superinfecting F12 cells is prevented from completing viral DNA synthesis. A similar block occurs in HIV-1-infected producer cells. When integration of the HIV genome into the F12 genome is achieved via transfection of a molecular clone, the virus life cycle can proceed as in control CEMss cells.
AB - An HUT-78 cell clone (F12) chronically infected by a nonproducer HIV-1 variant (Federico et al., (1989) AIDS Res. Hum. Retroviruses 5, 385-396) is fully resistant to superinfection with HIV-1 or HIV-2. We demonstrate that, in spite of the down-regulation of CD4 receptors, superinfecting-HIV-1 and -HIV-2 cross the F12 plasma membrane (even in the presence of OKT4A monoclonal antibodies) but fail to complete retrotranscription. We utilized a series of polymerase chain reaction primers designed to detect certain steps in the reverse transcription process. Superinfecting-HIV-1 (an African strain) and -HIV-2 are detectable using primers specific for env (for HIV-1), 5 ’ LTR (the R and U5 regions), and vpx (for HIV-2). No amplification is visible when primers amplifying either HIV-2 gag or the ’primer binding site ’ region of 5 ’ LTR of HIV-2 are used. DNA-PCR performed on DNAse-pretreated HIV-1 and HIV-2 stocks failed to show any amplification. This rules out that any extra- or intravirion viral DNA contamination may have interfered with our results. In addition, no DNA amplification was observed in F12 and HUT-78 cells exposed to heat-inactivated HIV-2. Finally, when the nonproducer F12 cells as well as control CEMss cells are transfected with the HIV-1 infectious molecular clone pNL4-3, progeny infectious virus is obtained. These findings indicate that reverse transcription of HIVs superinfecting F12 cells is prevented from completing viral DNA synthesis. A similar block occurs in HIV-1-infected producer cells. When integration of the HIV genome into the F12 genome is achieved via transfection of a molecular clone, the virus life cycle can proceed as in control CEMss cells.
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U2 - 10.1006/viro.1993.1283
DO - 10.1006/viro.1993.1283
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0027247533
SN - 0042-6822
VL - 194
SP - 441
EP - 452
JO - Virology
JF - Virology
IS - 2
ER -