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The C-X-C chemokine IP-10 stimulates HIV-1 replication
Brian R Lane1, Steven R King, Paul J Bock
1Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan Medical Center, 1150 West Medical Center Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-0640, USA.
Abstract:
Chemokines play critical roles in HIV-1 infection, serving both to modulate viral replication and to recruit target cells to sites of infection. Interferon-gamma-inducible protein 10 (IP-10/CXCL10) is a C-X-C chemokine that acts specifically upon activated T cells and macrophages and attracts T cells into the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) in HIV-associated neurological disease. We now demonstrate that IP-10 stimulates HIV-1 replication in monocyte-derived macrophages and peripheral blood lymphocytes. We further demonstrate that neutralization of endogenous IP-10 or blocking the function of its receptor, CXCR3, reduces HIV-1 replication in these same cells. Therefore, blocking the interaction between IP-10 and CXCR3 represents a possible new target for anti-retroviral therapy.