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ArticleRetrovirology2007

Human immunodeficiency virus type 1 Nef protein modulates the lipid composition of virions and host cell membrane microdomains.

Britta Brügger, Ellen Krautkrämer, Nadine Tibroni, Claudia E Munte, Susanne Rauch, Iris Leibrecht, Bärbel Glass, Sebastian Breuer, Matthias Geyer, Hans-Georg Kräusslich and 3 more

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Article in Retrovirology, 2007. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 45 papers.

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45 citing papers in PubMed, 73 citations in OpenAlex.

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  19. The activity of Nef on HIV-1 infectivity.Frontiers in microbiology · 2014
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5 · Who and what money

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13 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Britta BrüggerHeidelberg University Biochemistry Center (BZH), Heidelberg, Germany. britta.bruegger@bzh.uni-heidelberg.de
Ellen Krautkrämer
Nadine Tibroni
Claudia E Munte
Susanne Rauch
Iris Leibrecht
Bärbel Glass
Sebastian Breuer
Matthias Geyer
Hans-Georg Kräusslich
Hans Robert Kalbitzer
Felix T Wieland
Oliver T Fackler
Heidelberg University · DEMax Planck Institute of Molecular Physiology · DEUniversity of Regensburg · DE

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundThe Nef protein of Human Immunodeficiency Viruses optimizes viral spread in the infected host by manipulating cellular transport and signal transduction machineries. Nef also boosts the infectivity of HIV particles by an unknown mechanism. Recent studies suggested a correlation between the association of Nef with lipid raft microdomains and its positive effects on virion infectivity. Furthermore, the lipidome analysis of HIV-1 particles revealed a marked enrichment of classical raft lipids and thus identified HIV-1 virions as an example for naturally occurring membrane microdomains. Since Nef modulates the protein composition and function of membrane microdomains we tested here if Nef also has the propensity to alter microdomain lipid composition.

resultsQuantitative mass spectrometric lipidome analysis of highly purified HIV-1 particles revealed that the presence of Nef during virus production from T lymphocytes enforced their raft character via a significant reduction of polyunsaturated phosphatidylcholine species and a specific enrichment of sphingomyelin. In contrast, Nef did not significantly affect virion levels of phosphoglycerolipids or cholesterol. The observed alterations in virion lipid composition were insufficient to mediate Nef's effect on particle infectivity and Nef augmented virion infectivity independently of whether virus entry was targeted to or excluded from membrane microdomains. However, altered lipid compositions similar to those observed in virions were also detected in detergent-resistant membrane preparations of virus producing cells.

conclusionNef alters not only the proteome but also the lipid composition of host cell microdomains. This novel activity represents a previously unrecognized mechanism by which Nef could manipulate HIV-1 target cells to facilitate virus propagation in vivo.

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CD4 AntigensCells, CulturedCholesterolGene Products, gagHIV-1HumansMembrane Microdomainsnef Gene Products, Human Immunodeficiency VirusPhosphatidylcholinesSphingomyelinsT-LymphocytesVirionVirus ReplicationCD4 AntigensCholesterolGene Products, gagnef Gene Products, Human Immunodeficiency Virusnef protein, Human immunodeficiency virus 1Phosphatidylcholinespolyene phosphatidylcholineSphingomyelins

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PMID17908312
PMCPMC2065869
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