Slit2/Robo4 Signaling Modulates HIV-1 gp120-Induced Lymphatic Hyperpermeability
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Slit2/Robo4 Signaling Modulates HIV-1 gp120-Induced Lymphatic Hyperpermeability
| Title: | Slit2/Robo4 Signaling Modulates HIV-1 gp120-Induced Lymphatic Hyperpermeability |
| Author: |
Zhu, Weiquan; Li, Dean Y.; Zhang, Xeufeng; Yu, JinLong; Kuzontkoski, Paula Marie; Groopman, Jerome Elliot
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| Citation: | Zhang, Xuefeng, JinLong Yu, Paula M. Kuzontkoski, Weiquan Zhu, Dean Y. Li, and Jerome E. Groopman. 2012. Slit2/Robo4 signaling modulates HIV-1 gp120-induced lymphatic hyperpermeability. PLoS Pathogens 8(1): e1002461. |
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| Abstract: | Dissemination of HIV in the host involves transit of the virus and virus-infected cells across the lymphatic endothelium. HIV may alter lymphatic endothelial permeability to foster dissemination, but the mechanism is largely unexplored. Using a primary human lymphatic endothelial cell model, we found that HIV-1 envelope protein gp120 induced lymphatic hyperpermeability by disturbing the normal function of Robo4, a novel regulator of endothelial permeability. HIV-1 gp120 induced fibronectin expression and integrin \(\alpha_5\beta_1\) phosphorylation, which led to the complexing of these three proteins, and their subsequent interaction with Robo4 through its fibronectin type III repeats. Moreover, pretreatment with an active N-terminus fragment of Slit2, a Robo4 agonist, protected lymphatic endothelial cells from HIV-1 gp120-induced hyperpermeability by inhibiting c-Src kinase activation. Our results indicate that targeting Slit2/Robo4 signaling may protect the integrity of the lymphatic barrier and limit the dissemination of HIV in the host. |
| Published Version: | doi:10.1371/journal.ppat.1002461 |
| Other Sources: | http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3252370/pdf/ |
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