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ArticleJournal of leukocyte biology2013

Attenuation of HIV-1 replication in macrophages by cannabinoid receptor 2 agonists.

Servio H Ramirez, Nancy L Reichenbach, Shongshan Fan, Slava Rom, Steven F Merkel, Xu Wang, Wen-Zhe Ho, Yuri Persidsky

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Article in Journal of leukocyte biology, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 53 papers.

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53 citing papers in PubMed, 80 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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8 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Servio H RamirezDepartment of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Temple University School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA 19140, USA. servio.ramirez@temple.edu
Nancy L Reichenbach
Shongshan Fan
Slava Rom
Steven F Merkel
Xu Wang
Wen-Zhe Ho
Yuri Persidsky
Temple University · US

Funding

BBB Tight Junctions During HIV-1 dementiaR01MH065151 · NIMH · UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER · PI PERSIDSKY, YURI · 2002 to 2016
$5.9M
CNS injury caused by HIV-1 and alcohol: Protective effects of CB2 activationR37AA015913 · NIAAA · TEMPLE UNIV OF THE COMMONWEALTH · PI PERSIDSKY, YURI · 2010 to 2019
$3.6M
NIAAA NIH HHS R37 AA015913NIAAA NIH HHS R37AA015913NIMH NIH HHS R01 MH065151NIMH NIH HHS R01MH065151
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Infiltrating monocytes and macrophages play a crucial role in the progression of HIV-1 infection in the CNS. Previous studies showed that activation of the CB₂ can attenuate inflammatory responses and affect HIV-1 infectivity in T cells and microglia. Here, we report that CB₂ agonists can also act as immunomodulators on HIV-1-infected macrophages. First, our findings indicated the presence of elevated levels of CB₂ expression on monocytes/macrophages in perivascular cuffs of postmortem HIV-1 encephalitic cases. In vitro analysis by FACS of primary human monocytes revealed a step-wise increase in CB₂ surface expression in monocytes, MDMs, and HIV-1-infected MDMs. We next tested the notion that up-regulation of CB₂ may allow for the use of synthetic CB₂ agonist to limit HIV-1 infection. Two commercially available CB₂ agonists, JWH133 and GP1a, and a resorcinol-based CB₂ agonist, O-1966, were evaluated. Results from measurements of HIV-1 RT activity in the culture media of 7 day-infected cells showed a significant decrease in RT activity when the CB₂ agonist was present. Furthermore, CB₂ activation also partially inhibited the expression of HIV-1 pol. CB₂ agonists did not modulate surface expression of CXCR4 or CCR5 detected by FACS. We speculate that these findings indicate that prevention of viral entry is not a central mechanism for CB₂-mediated suppression in viral replication. However, CB₂ may affect the HIV-1 replication machinery. Results from a single-round infection with the pseudotyped virus revealed a marked decrease in HIV-1 LTR activation by the CB₂ ligands. Together, these results indicate that CB₂ may offer a means to limit HIV-1 infection in macrophages.

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AnisolesCannabinoid Receptor AgonistsCannabinoidsCells, CulturedCyclohexanolsHIV-1HIV Long Terminal RepeatHumansIndenesMacrophagesPyrazolesReceptor, Cannabinoid, CB2Receptors, CCR5Receptors, CXCR4Virus Replication1,1-dimethylbutyl-1-deoxy-Delta(9)-THC1-(4-(1,1-dimethylheptyl)-2,6-dimethoxyphenyl)-3-methylcyclohexanolAnisolesCannabinoid Receptor AgonistsCannabinoidsCXCR4 protein, humanCyclohexanolsIndenesN-(piperidin-1-yl)-1-(2,4-dichlorophenyl)-1,4-dihydro-6-methylindeno(1,2-c)pyrazole-3-carboxamidePyrazolesReceptor, Cannabinoid, CB2Receptors, CCR5Receptors, CXCR4

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PMID23463725
PMCPMC3629438
OpenAlexW2160503286

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