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R-848 triggers the expression of TLR7/8 and suppresses HIV replication in monocytes
BACKGROUND: Toll-like receptors (TLR) 7 and 8 are important in single-stranded viral RNA recognition and may play a role in HIV infection and disease progression. We analyzed TLR7/8 expression and signaling in monocytes from HIV-infected and uninfected subjects to investigate a pathway with new pote...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3274444/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22243920 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2334-12-5 |
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author | Nian, Hua Geng, Wen-Qing Cui, Hua-Lu Bao, Ming-jia Zhang, Zi-ning Zhang, Min Pan, Ying Hu, Qing-Hai Shang, Hong |
author_facet | Nian, Hua Geng, Wen-Qing Cui, Hua-Lu Bao, Ming-jia Zhang, Zi-ning Zhang, Min Pan, Ying Hu, Qing-Hai Shang, Hong |
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description | BACKGROUND: Toll-like receptors (TLR) 7 and 8 are important in single-stranded viral RNA recognition and may play a role in HIV infection and disease progression. We analyzed TLR7/8 expression and signaling in monocytes from HIV-infected and uninfected subjects to investigate a pathway with new potential for the suppression of HIV replication. METHODS: Eighty-one HIV-infected and uninfected subjects from Liaoning and Henan provinces in China participated in this study. Monocytes were isolated from subjects' peripheral blood mononuclear cells by magnetic bead selection. TLR7 and TLR8 mRNA was measured using quantitative real-time reverse transcriptase PCR. R-848 (resiquimod) was used as a ligand for TLR7 and TLR8 in order to 1) assess TLR7/8-mediated monocyte responsiveness as indicated by IL-12 p40 and TNF-α secretion and 2) to examine HIV replication in cultured monocytes in the presence of R-848. RESULTS: We found that expression of TLR7/8 mRNA in peripheral blood monocytes decreased with disease progression. TLR7 expression was decreased with stimulation with the TLR7/8 agonist, R-848, in vitro, whereas TLR8 expression was unaffected. Following R-848 stimulation, monocytes from HIV-infected subjects produced significantly less TNF-α than those from uninfected subjects, but trended towards greater production of IL-12 than stimulated monocytes from uninfected subjects. R-848 stimulation also suppressed HIV replication in cultured monocytes. CONCLUSIONS: Our study provides evidence that the TLR7 and TLR8 triggering can suppress HIV replication in monocytes and lead to postpone HIV disease progression, thereby offering novel targets for immunomodulatory therapy. |
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spelling | pubmed-32744442012-02-08 R-848 triggers the expression of TLR7/8 and suppresses HIV replication in monocytes Nian, Hua Geng, Wen-Qing Cui, Hua-Lu Bao, Ming-jia Zhang, Zi-ning Zhang, Min Pan, Ying Hu, Qing-Hai Shang, Hong BMC Infect Dis Research Article BACKGROUND: Toll-like receptors (TLR) 7 and 8 are important in single-stranded viral RNA recognition and may play a role in HIV infection and disease progression. We analyzed TLR7/8 expression and signaling in monocytes from HIV-infected and uninfected subjects to investigate a pathway with new potential for the suppression of HIV replication. METHODS: Eighty-one HIV-infected and uninfected subjects from Liaoning and Henan provinces in China participated in this study. Monocytes were isolated from subjects' peripheral blood mononuclear cells by magnetic bead selection. TLR7 and TLR8 mRNA was measured using quantitative real-time reverse transcriptase PCR. R-848 (resiquimod) was used as a ligand for TLR7 and TLR8 in order to 1) assess TLR7/8-mediated monocyte responsiveness as indicated by IL-12 p40 and TNF-α secretion and 2) to examine HIV replication in cultured monocytes in the presence of R-848. RESULTS: We found that expression of TLR7/8 mRNA in peripheral blood monocytes decreased with disease progression. TLR7 expression was decreased with stimulation with the TLR7/8 agonist, R-848, in vitro, whereas TLR8 expression was unaffected. Following R-848 stimulation, monocytes from HIV-infected subjects produced significantly less TNF-α than those from uninfected subjects, but trended towards greater production of IL-12 than stimulated monocytes from uninfected subjects. R-848 stimulation also suppressed HIV replication in cultured monocytes. CONCLUSIONS: Our study provides evidence that the TLR7 and TLR8 triggering can suppress HIV replication in monocytes and lead to postpone HIV disease progression, thereby offering novel targets for immunomodulatory therapy. BioMed Central 2012-01-14 /pmc/articles/PMC3274444/ /pubmed/22243920 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2334-12-5 Text en Copyright ©2012 Nian et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0 This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Research Article Nian, Hua Geng, Wen-Qing Cui, Hua-Lu Bao, Ming-jia Zhang, Zi-ning Zhang, Min Pan, Ying Hu, Qing-Hai Shang, Hong R-848 triggers the expression of TLR7/8 and suppresses HIV replication in monocytes |
title | R-848 triggers the expression of TLR7/8 and suppresses HIV replication in monocytes |
title_full | R-848 triggers the expression of TLR7/8 and suppresses HIV replication in monocytes |
title_fullStr | R-848 triggers the expression of TLR7/8 and suppresses HIV replication in monocytes |
title_full_unstemmed | R-848 triggers the expression of TLR7/8 and suppresses HIV replication in monocytes |
title_short | R-848 triggers the expression of TLR7/8 and suppresses HIV replication in monocytes |
title_sort | r-848 triggers the expression of tlr7/8 and suppresses hiv replication in monocytes |
topic | Research Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3274444/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22243920 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2334-12-5 |
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