Journal: Cell reports
Article Title: Anatomical, subset, and HIV-dependent expression of viral sensors and restriction factors
doi: 10.1016/j.celrep.2024.115202
Figure Lengend Snippet: (A) Fusion assay experimental design. PHA-stimulated, CCF2-loaded PBMCs ( N = 4) were mock-treated or incubated for 2 h with HIV-F4.HSA virions packaged with Blam-Vpr. Cleavage of CCF2 in HIV-fused cells by Blam-Vpr results in shift from green to blue fluorescence, detectable by FACS. Created with BioRender.com . (B) CCF2 profiles of uninfected and HIV-exposed cultures, which were sorted for unfused and HIV-fused cells and then analyzed by CyTOF-VISOR. Events were pre-gated on live, singlet cells. Gating strategy in . (C and D) tSNE plots of unfused and HIV-fused CD4 + Tm (C) or myeloid (D) cells analyzed by VISOR-CyTOF, highlighting dissimilarity of HIV-fused cells to their unfused counterparts. tSNE plots were generated using all markers in the CyTOF panel. (E and F) HIV-fused CD4 + Tm and myeloid cells express low levels of multiple VISORs, relative to their unfused counterparts. HIV-fused CD4 + Tm (E) and myeloid (F) cells lowly express sensors of HIV capsid (PQBP1 and MX2), RNA (RIGI), and DNA (AIM2, cGAS, and pIRF3). Additionally, HIV DNA sensor IFI16 is lowly expressed in HIV-fused CD4 + Tm (E), while HIV DNA sensors TLR9 and pSTING are lowly expressed in HIV-fused myeloid cells (F). With regards to restriction factors, HIV-fused CD4 + Tm express low levels of factors targeting HIV reverse transcription (SAMHD1 and PAF1), nuclear import (MX2), integration (TRIM28), transcription (TRIM28, IFI16, and BRD4), and translation (IFITM1) (E). HIV-fused myeloid cells express low levels of restriction factors targeting HIV nuclear import (MX2), transcription (BRD4), and translation (IFITM1) (F). (G) HIV-fused myeloid cells express high levels of SAMHD1 and TRIM28. The phosphorylated and inactive form of SAMHD1 (pSAMHD1) exhibits the opposite expression pattern. (H and I) HIV-fused and unfused cells express equivalent levels of HIV receptor and co-receptor. Mean expression levels of CD4 and CCR5 in unfused and HIV-fused CD4 + Tm (H) and myeloid (I) cells. * p < 0.05, ** p < 0.01, *** p < 0.001, n.s., non-significant, as assessed using Student’s two-sided paired t tests. Error bars correspond to SD.
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Techniques: Single Vesicle Fusion Assay, Incubation, Fluorescence, Generated, Reverse Transcription, Expressing