An Integrin/MFG-E8 shuttle loads HIV-1 viral like particles onto follicular dendritic cells in mouse lymph node

  1. Chung Park
  2. John H Kehrl  Is a corresponding author
  1. National Institutes of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, United States

Abstract

During human immunodeficiency virus-1 (HIV-1) infection lymphoid organ follicular dendritic cells (FDCs) serve as a reservoir for infectious virus and an obstacle to curative therapies. Here, we identify a subset of lymphoid organ sinus lining macrophage (SMs) that provide a cell-cell contact portal, which facilitates the uptake of HIV-1 viral like particles (VLPs) by FDCs and B cells in mouse lymph node. Central for portal function is the bridging glycoprotein MFG-E8. Using a phosphatidylserine binding domain and an RGD motif, MFG-E8 helps target HIV-1 VLPs to av integrin bearing SMs. Lack of MFG-E8 or integrin blockade severely limits HIV-1 VLP spread onto FDC networks. Direct SM-FDC virion transfer also depends upon short-lived FDC network abutment, likely triggered by SCSM antigen uptake. This provides a mechanism for rapid FDC loading broadening the opportunity for rare, antigen reactive follicular B cells to acquire antigen, and a means for HIV virions to accumulate on the FDC network.

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  1. Chung Park

    B-cell Molecular Immunology Section, Laboratory of Immunoregulation, National Institutes of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Bethesda, United States
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    The authors declare that no competing interests exist.
  2. John H Kehrl

    B-cell Molecular Immunology Section, Laboratory of Immunoregulation, National Institutes of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Bethesda, United States
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    jkehrl@niaid.nih.gov
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    The authors declare that no competing interests exist.
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No external funding was received for this work.

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  1. Facundo D Batista, Ragon Institute of MGH, MIT and Harvard, United States

Ethics

Animal experimentation: The NIAID Animal Care and Use Committee (ACUC) at the National Institutes of Health approved all the animal experiments and protocols used in the study, under protocol LIR-15E.

Human subjects: Human peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) were collected from healthy donors through a NIH Department of Transfusion Medicine protocol that was approved by the Institutional Review Board of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), National Institutes of Health.

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  1. Received: April 17, 2019
  2. Accepted: November 8, 2019
  3. Accepted Manuscript published: December 3, 2019 (version 1)
  4. Accepted Manuscript updated: December 6, 2019 (version 2)
  5. Version of Record published: December 9, 2019 (version 3)

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  1. Chung Park
  2. John H Kehrl
(2019)
An Integrin/MFG-E8 shuttle loads HIV-1 viral like particles onto follicular dendritic cells in mouse lymph node
eLife 8:e47776.
https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.47776

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