Tsitsikov E N, Wright D A, Geha R S
Division of Immunology, Children's Hospital, Department of Pediatrics Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1997 Feb 18;94(4):1390-5. doi: 10.1073/pnas.94.4.1390.
CD30 is a member of the tumor necrosis factor receptor (TNFR) superfamily expressed on activated T and B lymphocytes and natural killer cells. Ligation of CD30 was previously shown to induce NF-kappaB activation and HIV expression in chronically infected T lymphocytes. In this study, we report that two members of the TNFR-associated factor (TRAF) family of proteins, TRAF1 and TRAF2, independently bind to the intracellular domain of CD30 (CD30IC). Transient overexpression of TRAF2, but not TRAF1, induced NF-kappaB activation and HIV-1-long terminal repeat-driven transcription in the T cell line, KT3. Moreover, dominant negative mutants consisting of the TRAF domain of TRAF1 and TRAF2 inhibited CD30 induction of NF-kappaB activation and HIV-1 transcription. These results suggest that CD30 ligation may enhance the expression of HIV via TRAF-2-mediated activation of NF-kappaB.
CD30是肿瘤坏死因子受体(TNFR)超家族的成员,在活化的T和B淋巴细胞以及自然杀伤细胞上表达。先前已证明CD30的连接可诱导慢性感染的T淋巴细胞中的NF-κB活化和HIV表达。在本研究中,我们报告TNFR相关因子(TRAF)蛋白家族的两个成员TRAF1和TRAF2独立结合至CD30的胞内结构域(CD30IC)。TRAF2而非TRAF1的瞬时过表达在T细胞系KT3中诱导了NF-κB活化和HIV-1长末端重复序列驱动的转录。此外,由TRAF1和TRAF2的TRAF结构域组成的显性负性突变体抑制了CD30诱导的NF-κB活化和HIV-1转录。这些结果表明,CD30连接可能通过TRAF-2介导的NF-κB活化增强HIV的表达。