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HIV-1 Env associates with HLA-C free-chains at the cell membrane modulating viral infectivity.
Scientific Reports 2017 January 5
HLA-C has been demonstrated to associate with HIV-1 envelope glycoprotein (Env). Virions lacking HLA-C have reduced infectivity and increased susceptibility to neutralizing antibodies. Like all others MHC-I molecules, HLA-C requires β2 -microglobulin (β2 m) for appropriate folding and expression on the cell membrane but this association is weaker, thus generating HLA-C free-chains on the cell surface. In this study, we deepen the understanding of HLA-C and Env association by showing that HIV-1 specifically increases the amount of HLA-C free chains, not bound to β2 m, on the membrane of infected cells. The association between Env and HLA-C takes place at the cell membrane requiring β2 m to occur. We report that the enhanced infectivity conferred to HIV-1 by HLA-C specifically involves HLA-C free chain molecules that have been correctly assembled with β2 m. HIV-1 Env-pseudotyped viruses produced in the absence of β2 m are less infectious than those produced in the presence of β2 m. We hypothesize that the conformation and surface expression of HLA-C molecules could be a discriminant for the association with Env. Binding stability to β2 m may confer to HLA-C the ability to preferentially act either as a conventional immune-competent molecule or as an accessory molecule involved in HIV-1 infectivity.
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