PMID- 26178669 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20160620 LR - 20150919 IS - 1931-8405 (Electronic) IS - 0889-2229 (Linking) VI - 31 IP - 10 DP - 2015 Oct TI - Baculovirus Infection of Human Monocyte-Derived Dendritic Cells Restricts HIV-1 Replication. PG - 1023-31 LID - 10.1089/AID.2015.0060 [doi] AB - Acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) is mainly caused by infection with human immunodeficiency virus-1 (HIV-1) and still poses a global threat for which we lack a protective or therapeutic vaccine. Dendritic cells (DCs) play a major role in the onset of HIV infection, providing one of the primary sites of HIV replication, and also act as viral reservoirs in vivo. Previous studies have shown that baculovirus (BV) induces strong host immune responses against infections and malignancies. In this study, we infected human monocyte-derived DCs with recombinant BV (AcCAG-gag) and showed that AcCAG-gag-infected human DCs underwent maturation and produced interferon alpha and other proinflammatory cytokines accompanied by increases in the mRNA and protein expression levels of APOBEC3 (A3A, A3F, and A3G), proteins associated with the inhibition of HIV-1 replication. Surprisingly, HIV-1 inhibition is also observed in human DCs infected with a wild-type BV, as determined by the production of inflammatory cytokines, the expression of A3, and a reduction in the p24 level. Our findings outline the mechanism underlying the inhibition of HIV-1 in BV-infected human DCs and pave the way for the use of BV as an effective tool for immunotherapy against HIV-1. FAU - Chang, Myint Oo AU - Chang MO AD - 1 High Technology Research Centre, Chiba Institute of Technology , Chiba, Japan . FAU - Suzuki, Tomoyuki AU - Suzuki T AD - 2 Department of Life and Environmental Sciences, Chiba Institute of Technology , Chiba, Japan . FAU - Kitajima, Masayuki AU - Kitajima M AD - 2 Department of Life and Environmental Sciences, Chiba Institute of Technology , Chiba, Japan . AD - 3 Department of Immunology and Pathology, Research Institute National Center for Global Health and Medicine , Chiba, Japan . FAU - Takaku, Hiroshi AU - Takaku H AD - 1 High Technology Research Centre, Chiba Institute of Technology , Chiba, Japan . AD - 2 Department of Life and Environmental Sciences, Chiba Institute of Technology , Chiba, Japan . AD - 4 Research Institute, Chiba Institute of Technology , Chiba, Japan . LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20150806 PL - United States TA - AIDS Res Hum Retroviruses JT - AIDS research and human retroviruses JID - 8709376 SB - IM MH - Baculoviridae/*growth & development MH - Cells, Cultured MH - Dendritic Cells/*virology MH - HIV-1/*growth & development MH - Humans MH - *Immunity, Innate MH - *Viral Interference EDAT- 2015/07/17 06:00 MHDA- 2016/06/21 06:00 CRDT- 2015/07/17 06:00 PHST- 2015/07/17 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2015/07/17 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2016/06/21 06:00 [medline] AID - 10.1089/AID.2015.0060 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - AIDS Res Hum Retroviruses. 2015 Oct;31(10):1023-31. doi: 10.1089/AID.2015.0060. Epub 2015 Aug 6.