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HIV-1 Tat: Role in Bystander Toxicity
HIV Tat protein is a critical protein that plays multiple roles in HIV pathogenesis. While its role as the transactivator of HIV transcription is well-established, other non-viral replication-associated functions have been described in several HIV-comorbidities even in the current antiretroviral the...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7052126/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32158701 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fcimb.2020.00061 |
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author | Ajasin, David Eugenin, Eliseo A. |
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description | HIV Tat protein is a critical protein that plays multiple roles in HIV pathogenesis. While its role as the transactivator of HIV transcription is well-established, other non-viral replication-associated functions have been described in several HIV-comorbidities even in the current antiretroviral therapy (ART) era. HIV Tat protein is produced and released into the extracellular space from cells with active HIV replication or from latently HIV-infected cells into neighboring uninfected cells even in the absence of active HIV replication and viral production due to effective ART. Neighboring uninfected and HIV-infected cells can take up the released Tat resulting in the upregulation of inflammatory genes and activation of pathways that leads to cytotoxicity observed in several comorbidities such as HIV associated neurocognitive disorder (HAND), HIV associated cardiovascular impairment, and accelerated aging. Thus, understanding how Tat modulates host and viral response is important in designing novel therapeutic approaches to target the chronic inflammatory effects of soluble viral proteins in HIV infection. |
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spelling | pubmed-70521262020-03-10 HIV-1 Tat: Role in Bystander Toxicity Ajasin, David Eugenin, Eliseo A. Front Cell Infect Microbiol Cellular and Infection Microbiology HIV Tat protein is a critical protein that plays multiple roles in HIV pathogenesis. While its role as the transactivator of HIV transcription is well-established, other non-viral replication-associated functions have been described in several HIV-comorbidities even in the current antiretroviral therapy (ART) era. HIV Tat protein is produced and released into the extracellular space from cells with active HIV replication or from latently HIV-infected cells into neighboring uninfected cells even in the absence of active HIV replication and viral production due to effective ART. Neighboring uninfected and HIV-infected cells can take up the released Tat resulting in the upregulation of inflammatory genes and activation of pathways that leads to cytotoxicity observed in several comorbidities such as HIV associated neurocognitive disorder (HAND), HIV associated cardiovascular impairment, and accelerated aging. Thus, understanding how Tat modulates host and viral response is important in designing novel therapeutic approaches to target the chronic inflammatory effects of soluble viral proteins in HIV infection. Frontiers Media S.A. 2020-02-25 /pmc/articles/PMC7052126/ /pubmed/32158701 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fcimb.2020.00061 Text en Copyright © 2020 Ajasin and Eugenin. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms. |
spellingShingle | Cellular and Infection Microbiology Ajasin, David Eugenin, Eliseo A. HIV-1 Tat: Role in Bystander Toxicity |
title | HIV-1 Tat: Role in Bystander Toxicity |
title_full | HIV-1 Tat: Role in Bystander Toxicity |
title_fullStr | HIV-1 Tat: Role in Bystander Toxicity |
title_full_unstemmed | HIV-1 Tat: Role in Bystander Toxicity |
title_short | HIV-1 Tat: Role in Bystander Toxicity |
title_sort | hiv-1 tat: role in bystander toxicity |
topic | Cellular and Infection Microbiology |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7052126/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32158701 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fcimb.2020.00061 |
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