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GB virus C particles inhibit T cell activation via envelope E2 protein-mediated inhibition of TCR signaling.


ABSTRACT: Viruses enter into complex interactions within human hosts, leading to facilitation or suppression of each other's replication. Upon coinfection, GB virus C (GBV-C) suppresses HIV-1 replication in vivo and in vitro, and GBV-C coinfection is associated with prolonged survival in HIV-infected people. GBV-C is a lymphotropic virus capable of persistent infection. GBV-C infection is associated with reduced T cell activation in HIV-infected humans, and immune activation is a critical component of HIV disease pathogenesis. We demonstrate that serum GBV-C particles inhibited activation of primary human T cells. T cell activation inhibition was mediated by the envelope glycoprotein E2, because expression of E2 inhibited TCR-mediated activation of Lck. The region on the E2 protein was characterized and revealed a highly conserved peptide motif sufficient to inhibit TCR-mediated signaling. The E2 region contained a predicted Lck substrate site, and substitution of an alanine or histidine for the tyrosine reversed TCR-signaling inhibition. GBV-C E2 protein and a synthetic peptide representing the inhibitory amino acid sequence were phosphorylated by Lck in vitro. The synthetic peptide also inhibited TCR-mediated activation of primary human CD4(+) and CD8(+) T cells. Extracellular microvesicles from GBV-C E2-expressing cells contained E2 protein and inhibited TCR signaling in bystander T cells not expressing E2. Thus, GBV-C reduced global T cell activation via competition between its envelope protein E2 and Lck following TCR engagement. This novel inhibitory mechanism of T cell activation may provide new approaches for HIV and immunoactivation therapy.

SUBMITTER: Bhattarai N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3965330 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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GB virus C particles inhibit T cell activation via envelope E2 protein-mediated inhibition of TCR signaling.

Bhattarai Nirjal N   McLinden James H JH   Xiang Jinhua J   Landay Alan L AL   Chivero Ernest T ET   Stapleton Jack T JT  

Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950) 20130517 12


Viruses enter into complex interactions within human hosts, leading to facilitation or suppression of each other's replication. Upon coinfection, GB virus C (GBV-C) suppresses HIV-1 replication in vivo and in vitro, and GBV-C coinfection is associated with prolonged survival in HIV-infected people. GBV-C is a lymphotropic virus capable of persistent infection. GBV-C infection is associated with reduced T cell activation in HIV-infected humans, and immune activation is a critical component of HIV  ...[more]

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