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Human T-lymphotropic virus type 1-infected cells secrete exosomes that contain Tax protein
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Human T-lymphotropic virus type 1-infected cells secrete exosomes that contain Tax protein

Elizabeth Jaworski, Aarthi Narayanan, Rachel Van Duyne, Shabana Shabbeer-Meyering, Sergey Iordanskiy, Mohammed Saifuddin, Ravi Das, Philippe V Afonso, Gavin C Sampey, Myung Chung, …
The Journal of biological chemistry, v 289(32), pp 22284-22305
08 Aug 2014
PMID: 24939845
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https://doi.org/10.1074/jbc.M114.549659View
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Abstract

Exosomes - metabolism Cell Line Gene Products, tax - immunology Cell Survival Dendritic Cells - immunology Humans Virulence Dendritic Cells - physiology fas Receptor - antagonists & inhibitors Human T-lymphotropic virus 1 - physiology HTLV-I Infections - virology Host-Pathogen Interactions HTLV-I Infections - etiology Gene Products, tax - metabolism HTLV-I Infections - physiopathology Human T-lymphotropic virus 1 - pathogenicity Dendritic Cells - virology Human T-lymphotropic virus 1 - immunology Exosomes - virology
Human T-lymphotropic virus type 1 (HTLV-1) is the causative agent of adult T-cell leukemia and HTLV-1-associated myelopathy/tropical spastic paraparesis. The HTLV-1 transactivator protein Tax controls many critical cellular pathways, including host cell DNA damage response mechanisms, cell cycle progression, and apoptosis. Extracellular vesicles called exosomes play critical roles during pathogenic viral infections as delivery vehicles for host and viral components, including proteins, mRNA, and microRNA. We hypothesized that exosomes derived from HTLV-1-infected cells contain unique host and viral proteins that may contribute to HTLV-1-induced pathogenesis. We found exosomes derived from infected cells to contain Tax protein and proinflammatory mediators as well as viral mRNA transcripts, including Tax, HBZ, and Env. Furthermore, we observed that exosomes released from HTLV-1-infected Tax-expressing cells contributed to enhanced survival of exosome-recipient cells when treated with Fas antibody. This survival was cFLIP-dependent, with Tax showing induction of NF-κB in exosome-recipient cells. Finally, IL-2-dependent CTLL-2 cells that received Tax-containing exosomes were protected from apoptosis through activation of AKT. Similar experiments with primary cultures showed protection and survival of peripheral blood mononuclear cells even in the absence of phytohemagglutinin/IL-2. Surviving cells contained more phosphorylated Rb, consistent with the role of Tax in regulation of the cell cycle. Collectively, these results suggest that exosomes may play an important role in extracellular delivery of functional HTLV-1 proteins and mRNA to recipient cells.

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