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) Productive infection assays experimental design. PHA-stimulated PBMCs ( N = 4) were mock-treated or exposed to HIV-F4.HSA for 3 days and then analyzed by VISOR-CyTOF. Analyses were performed on events corresponding to bystander or productively infected cells, which were defined based on the expression of long terminal repeat-driven reporter gene HSA. Gating strategies are shown in and . Created with BioRender.com . (B) Identification of productively infected cells by VISOR-CyTOF. Events were pre-gated on live, singlet, CD19 – CD8 – cells. (C and D) tSNE plots of bystander and productively infected CD4 + T (C) or myeloid (D) cells analyzed by VISOR-CyTOF, highlighting dissimilarity of bystander cells to their productively infected counterparts. tSNE plots were generated using all markers in the CyTOF panel. (E and F) Productively infected cells express high levels of VISORs relative to their bystander counterparts. Shown are viral sensors and restriction factors that are significantly elevated in productively infected CD4 + T (E) and myeloid (F) cells relative to their bystander counterparts. Viral sensors significantly upregulated in productively infected CD4 + T and myeloid cells were capsid sensors (PQBP1 and MX2) and DNA sensors (TLR9, AIM2, IFI16, cGAS, and pIRF3). In productively infected CD4 + T but not myeloid cells, HIV RNA sensors RIGI and pSTING were upregulated. Restriction factors upregulated in both productively infected CD4 + T and myeloid cells were those blocking HIV reverse transcription (SAMHD1 and PAF1), nuclear import (MX2), integration (TRIM28), transcription (TRIM28, IFI16, and BRD4), and translation (IFITM1). Productively infected CD4 + T but not myeloid cells also upregulated inactive pSAMHD1. * p < 0.05, ** p < 0.01, *** p < 0.001, **** p < 0.0001, as assessed using Student’s two-sided paired t tests. Error bars correspond to SD.
Article Snippet: CD8 , Standard BioTools , Cat#3146001B; RRID:AB_3661846.
Techniques: Infection, Expressing, Generated, Blocking Assay, Reverse Transcription