Published online before print August 14, 2006
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Oral Infection and Immunity Branch, National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
1 Correspondence: Oral Infection and Immunity Branch, National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, National Institutes of Health, Building 30, Rm. 320, 30 Convent Dr., MSC 4352, Bethesda, MD 20892-4352. E-mail: smwahl{at}dir.nidcr.nih.gov
Cell surface and intracellular proteins in macrophages influence various steps in the life cycle of lentiviruses. Characterization of these restriction and/or cofactors is essential to understanding how macrophages become unwitting HIV hosts and in fact, can coexist with a heavy viral burden. Although many of the cellular pathways co-opted by HIV in macrophages mimic those seen in CD4+ T cells, emerging evidence reveals cellular constituents of the macrophage, which may be uniquely usurped by HIV. For example, in addition to CD4 and CCR5, membrane annexin II facilitates early steps in infection of macrophages, but not in T cells. Blockade of this pathway effectively diminishes macrophage infection. Viral binding engages a macrophage-centric signaling pathway and a transcriptional profile, including genes such as p21, which benefit the virus. Once inside the cell, multiple host cell molecules are engaged to facilitate virus replication and assembly. Although the macrophage is an enabler, it also possesses innate antiviral mechanisms, including apolipoprotein B mRNA-editing enzyme-catalytic polypeptide-like 3G (APOBEC3) family DNA-editing enzymes to inhibit replication of HIV. Differential expression of these enzymes, which are largely neutralized by HIV to protect its rebirth, is associated with resistance or susceptibility to the virus. Higher levels of the cytidine deaminases endow potential HIV targets with a viral shield, and IFN-
, a natural inducer of macrophage APOBEC expression, renders macrophages tougher combatants to HIV infection. These and other manipulatable pathways may give the macrophage a fighting chance in its battle against the virus.
Key Words: APOBEC • monocyte • SLPI • annexin II • IFN • retrovirus • p21 • Vpr • Vif
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