Bovine immunodeficiency virus expression in vitro is reduced in the presence of beta-chemokines, MIP-1alpha, MIP-1beta and RANTES.

Abstract

The inhibition of HIV expression in vitro by a cocktail of the beta-chemokines MIP-1alpha, MIP-1beta and RANTES provided the initial evidence that HIV utilizes chemokine receptors as co-receptors for infection of cells. Bovine immunodeficiency virus (BIV), a lentivirus, infects a wide variety of leukocyte populations, but the cellular receptor(s) utilized by this virus for infection of cells is not known. The purpose of this study was to determine whether MIP-1alpha, MIP-1beta and RANTES affect BIV expression in vitro, as a prelude to identifying the cellular receptors utilized by this virus. Fetal bovine lung (FBL) cells were pretreated with serial dilutions of a cocktail of the chemokines, and then the cells were infected with BIV. Virus expression in these cells was determined by counting the syncytia that had developed in the cultures by five days after infection. A significant decrease in syncytium formation, corresponding to increasing concentrations of the chemokines, was the result. Reacting the chemokines with chemokine-specific neutralizing antibodies prior to treatment of the cells neutralized the effect of the chemokines on virus replication in a dose-dependent manner, restoring viral expression to a level similar to that of untreated cells. The presence of a CCR5 homologue on the surface of FBL cells was confirmed using an anti-CCR5 monoclonal antibody and FACS analysis. Collectively, these data provide preliminary evidence that BIV may utilize the CCR5 receptor for infection of cells in vitro, but additional studies are necessary to confirm this.

• Authors: S M Wright, A Mleczko, K S Coats
• Journal: Veterinary research communications (Vet Res Commun) Vol. 26 Issue 3 Pg. 239-50 (Apr 2002) ISSN: 0165-7380 [Print] Netherlands
• PMID: 12090295 (Publication Type: Journal Article)

Chemical References

• Chemokine CCL3
• Chemokine CCL4
• Chemokine CCL5
• Macrophage Inflammatory Proteins
• Receptors, CCR5

Topics

• Animals
• Cattle
• Cattle Diseases (immunology, virology)
• Cells, Cultured
• Chemokine CCL3
• Chemokine CCL4
• Chemokine CCL5 (immunology)
• Flow Cytometry
• Gene Expression Regulation, Viral (immunology)
• Immunodeficiency Virus, Bovine (growth & development, immunology)
• Lentivirus Infections (immunology, veterinary, virology)
• Macrophage Inflammatory Proteins (immunology)
• Receptors, CCR5 (analysis, immunology)