Nature Communications (Jul 2018)

HIV-1 targets L-selectin for adhesion and induces its shedding for viral release

  • Joseph Kononchik,
  • Joanna Ireland,
  • Zhongcheng Zou,
  • Jason Segura,
  • Genevieve Holzapfel,
  • Ashley Chastain,
  • Ruipeng Wang,
  • Matthew Spencer,
  • Biao He,
  • Nicole Stutzman,
  • Daiji Kano,
  • James Arthos,
  • Elizabeth Fischer,
  • Tae-Wook Chun,
  • Susan Moir,
  • Peter Sun

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-05197-2
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 9, no. 1
pp. 1 – 15

Abstract

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HIV binding is mediated via CD4 and chemokine co-receptors, but this does not explain the preferential infection of central memory CD4+ T cells. Here the authors show HIV targets L-selectin, induces shedding from the infected cell, and inhibition of L-selectin reduces HIV infection and release.