Infection with HIV-1 requires expression of CD4 and the chemokine receptors CXCR4 or CCR5 at the target cell surface. Engagement of these receptors by the HIV-1 envelope glycoprotein is essential for membrane fusion, but may additionally activate intracellular signaling pathways. In this study, we demonstrate that chemokines and HIV-1 envelope glycoproteins from both T-tropic and macrophage-tropic strains rapidly induce tyrosine phosphorylation of the protein tyrosine kinase Pyk2. The response requires CXCR4 and CCR5 to be accessible on the cell surface. The results presented here provide the first evidence for activation of an intracellular signaling event that can initiate multiple signaling pathways as a consequence of contact between HIV-1 and chemokine receptors.
Signal Transduction Due to HIV-1 Envelope Interactions with Chemokine Receptors CXCR4 or CCR5
Address correspondence to Craig B. Davis, Skirball Institute for Biomolecular Medicine, 2-17, NYU Medical Center, 540 First Ave, New York, NY 10016. Phone: 212-263-6921; FAX: 212-263-5711; E-mail: [email protected]—I. Dikic's present address is Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, Biomedical Center, Uppsala University, Husargatan 3, Box 595, S-75124 Uppsala, Sweden.
D.R. Littman is an Investigator of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute. This work was supported by grants from the National Institutes of Health (D.R. Littman) and Sugen, Inc. (J. Schlessinger).
C.B. Davis and I. Dikic contributed equally to this study.
Craig B. Davis, Ivan Dikic, Derya Unutmaz, C. Mark Hill, James Arthos, Michael A. Siani, Darren A. Thompson, Joseph Schlessinger, Dan R. Littman; Signal Transduction Due to HIV-1 Envelope Interactions with Chemokine Receptors CXCR4 or CCR5 . J Exp Med 17 November 1997; 186 (10): 1793–1798. doi: https://doi.org/10.1084/jem.186.10.1793
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