PMID- 32922405 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20210520 LR - 20230721 IS - 1664-3224 (Electronic) IS - 1664-3224 (Linking) VI - 11 DP - 2020 TI - CR4 Signaling Contributes to a DC-Driven Enhanced Immune Response Against Complement-Opsonized HIV-1. PG - 2010 LID - 10.3389/fimmu.2020.02010 [doi] LID - 2010 AB - Dendritic cells (DCs) possess intrinsic cellular defense mechanisms to specifically inhibit HIV-1 replication. In turn, HIV-1 has evolved strategies to evade innate immune sensing by DCs resulting in suboptimal maturation and poor antiviral immune responses. We previously showed that complement-opsonized HIV-1 (HIV-C) was able to efficiently infect various DC subsets significantly higher than non-opsonized HIV-1 (HIV) and therefore also mediate a higher antiviral immunity. Thus, complement coating of HIV-1 might play a role with respect to viral control occurring early during infection via modulation of DCs. To determine in detail which complement receptors (CRs) expressed on DCs was responsible for infection and superior pro-inflammatory and antiviral effects, we generated stable deletion mutants for the alpha-chains of CR3, CD11b, and CR4, CD11c using CRISPR/Cas9 in THP1-derived DCs. We found that CD11c deletion resulted in impaired DC infection as well as antiviral and pro-inflammatory immunity upon exposure to complement-coated HIV-1. In contrast, sole expression of CD11b on DCs shifted the cells to an anti-inflammatory, regulatory DC type. We here illustrated that CR4 comprised of CD11c and CD18 is the major player with respect to DC infection associated with a potent early pro-inflammatory immune response. A more detailed characterization of CR3 and CR4 functions using our powerful tool might open novel avenues for early therapeutic intervention during HIV-1 infection. CI - Copyright (c) 2020 Bermejo-Jambrina, Blatzer, Jauregui-Onieva, Yordanov, Hortnagl, Valovka, Huber, Wilflingseder and Posch. FAU - Bermejo-Jambrina, Marta AU - Bermejo-Jambrina M AD - Institute of Hygiene and Medical Microbiology, Medical University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria. AD - Department of Experimental Immunology, Amsterdam Infection and Immunity Institute, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands. FAU - Blatzer, Michael AU - Blatzer M AD - Experimental Neuropathology Unit, Infection and Epidemiology Department, Institute Pasteur, Paris, France. FAU - Jauregui-Onieva, Paula AU - Jauregui-Onieva P AD - Institute of Hygiene and Medical Microbiology, Medical University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria. FAU - Yordanov, Teodor E AU - Yordanov TE AD - Institute of Cell Biology, Biocenter, Medical University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria. FAU - Hortnagl, Paul AU - Hortnagl P AD - Central Institute for Blood Transfusion and Immunological Department, Innsbruck, Austria. FAU - Valovka, Taras AU - Valovka T AD - Institute of Cell Biology, Biocenter, Medical University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria. AD - Department of Pediatrics I, Medical University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria. FAU - Huber, Lukas A AU - Huber LA AD - Institute of Cell Biology, Biocenter, Medical University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria. FAU - Wilflingseder, Doris AU - Wilflingseder D AD - Institute of Hygiene and Medical Microbiology, Medical University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria. FAU - Posch, Wilfried AU - Posch W AD - Institute of Hygiene and Medical Microbiology, Medical University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria. LA - eng GR - P 33510/FWF_/Austrian Science Fund FWF/Austria PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20200814 PL - Switzerland TA - Front Immunol JT - Frontiers in immunology JID - 101560960 RN - 0 (CD11b Antigen) RN - 0 (CD11c Antigen) RN - 0 (CD18 Antigens) RN - 0 (Integrin alphaXbeta2) RN - 0 (Macrophage-1 Antigen) RN - 9007-36-7 (Complement System Proteins) SB - IM MH - CD11b Antigen/genetics MH - CD11c Antigen/genetics MH - CD18 Antigens/genetics MH - CRISPR-Cas Systems MH - Complement System Proteins/metabolism MH - Dendritic Cells/*immunology MH - HIV Infections/*immunology MH - HIV-1/*physiology MH - Humans MH - Immunity MH - Integrin alphaXbeta2/genetics/*metabolism MH - Macrophage-1 Antigen/genetics/*metabolism MH - Sequence Deletion/genetics MH - Signal Transduction MH - THP-1 Cells PMC - PMC7457048 OTO - NOTNLM OT - CD11b OT - CD11c OT - HIV-1 OT - complement OT - dendritic cell EDAT- 2020/09/15 06:00 MHDA- 2021/05/21 06:00 PMCR- 2020/01/01 CRDT- 2020/09/14 05:50 PHST- 2020/05/15 00:00 [received] PHST- 2020/07/24 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2020/09/14 05:50 [entrez] PHST- 2020/09/15 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2021/05/21 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2020/01/01 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 10.3389/fimmu.2020.02010 [doi] PST - epublish SO - Front Immunol. 2020 Aug 14;11:2010. doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2020.02010. eCollection 2020.