Oxford District, Reino Unido
Estados Unidos
Reino Unido
Oxford District, Reino Unido
HIV‐1 traffics through dendritic cells (DCs) en route to establishing a productive infection in T lymphocytes but fails to induce an innate immune response. Within DC endosomes, HIV‐1 somehow evades detection by the pattern‐recognition receptor (PRR) Toll‐like receptor 8 (TLR8). Using a phosphoproteomic approach, we identified a robust and diverse signaling cascade triggered by HIV‐1 upon entry into human DCs. A secondary siRNA screen of the identified signaling factors revealed several new mediators of HIV‐1 trans‐infection of CD4+ T cells in DCs, including the dynein motor protein Snapin. Inhibition of Snapin enhanced localization of HIV‐1 with TLR8+ early endosomes, triggered a pro‐inflammatory response, and inhibited trans‐infection of CD4+ T cells. Snapin inhibited TLR8 signaling in the absence of HIV‐1 and is a general regulator of endosomal maturation. Thus, we identify a new mechanism of innate immune sensing by TLR8 in DCs, which is exploited by HIV‐1 to promote transmission.
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