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Triggering of Apoptosis is not Sufficient to Induce Human Immunodeficiency Virus Gene Expression
Author(s) -
Oakley Jacqueline,
Taher Mohiuddin,
Hershey Chad,
Aggarwal Puneet,
Estwani Isam,
Valerie Kristoffer
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
iubmb life
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.132
H-Index - 113
eISSN - 1521-6551
pISSN - 1521-6543
DOI - 10.1080/1521654031000146768
Subject(s) - apoptosis , gene expression , biology , staurosporine , microbiology and biotechnology , gene , fas receptor , regulation of gene expression , intrinsic apoptosis , programmed cell death , jurkat cells , caspase , cancer research , signal transduction , t cell , immunology , genetics , protein kinase c , immune system
We examined whether there is any causative link between apoptosis and HIV gene expression elicited in response to ultraviolet light (UV) and ionizing radiation (IR). We found that both UV and IR activate HIV gene expression in human T lymphoblastoid 1G5 (HIVluc) cells, but with different kinetics and magnitudes. Treatment with either type of radiation resulted in increased apoptosis, which correlated closely with HIV gene expression. The involvement of caspases in the IR response was demonstrated by using zVAD‐FMK and zDEVD‐FMK caspase inhibitors; both apoptosis and HIV gene expression were inhibited to similar extent. Surprisingly, treatment of 1G5 cells with FAS antibody triggered apoptosis but did not increase HIV gene expression. A correlation between increased apoptosis and gene expression was also demonstrated in human carcinoma HIVcat/A549 cells with UV whereas IR triggered apoptosis but did not activate HIV gene expression. Most significantly, UV activation of HIV gene expression, and NF‐ κB and p38 MAP kinase, both important for efficient HIV gene expression, were not affected by treatment with the zVAD‐FMK and zDEVD‐FMK inhibitors. Treatment of HIVcat/A549 cells with staurosporine or scrape‐loading of cells with cytochrome c resulted in apoptosis but no increase in HIV gene expression. Altogether, a direct correlation exists between apoptosis and HIV gene expression in T‐cells in response to both UV and IR but this is not the case in carcinoma cells. Triggering of apoptosis per se in either cell type does not necessarily result in increased HIV gene expression. Most importantly, the apoptotic and HIV gene expression responses elicited by UV are different to some extent and can be separated. IUBMB Life, 55: 415‐427, 2003