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Antibody mediated enhancement of HIV‐1 infection of an EBV transformed B cell line is CD4 dependent
Author(s) -
NOTTET H. S. L. M.,
JANSE I.,
VOS N. M. DE,
BARKER L. J.,
VISSER M. R.,
VERHOEF J.
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
european journal of clinical investigation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.164
H-Index - 107
eISSN - 1365-2362
pISSN - 0014-2972
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2362.1992.tb01428.x
Subject(s) - antibody , immunofluorescence , virology , virus , biology , receptor , monoclonal antibody , fc receptor , antibody dependent enhancement , cell culture , antigen , flow cytometry , immunology , viral replication , biochemistry , genetics
. Low levels of anti‐viral antibodies may facilitate virus infection of Fc‐receptor bearing cells. For human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) it has been reported that antibodies can enhance infection of phagocytic cells. We show that HIV‐1 can infect an Epstein‐Barr virus transformed B cell line and that low levels of anti‐HIV antibodies enhance infection. The enhanced infection was characterized by an increase in viral DNA and increased HIV p24 protein production. Detection of cell surface antigen expression of CD4, the receptor for HIV, Fc‐receptor type II for IgG, but not of type I and III could be demonstrated by immunofluorescence cytometry. The enhancement was abrogated when infection was performed in presence of a monoclonal antibody directed against CD4. Based on these results we conclude that antibody mediated enhancement of HIV‐1 infection can also occur in non‐phagocytic cells in a CD4 dependent manner and that IgG Fc‐receptors other than types I or III are involved in this process.