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Simian immunodeficiency virus induces expression of class II major histocompatibility complex structures on infected target cells in vitro.

ABSTRACT

The human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and the closely related simian immunodeficiency virus (SIV) induce profound immune dysfunction in primate species. The present studies show that cell populations infected in vitro with SIV exhibit increases in major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class II antigen expression. Cell lines chronically infected with both the monkey and human viruses express substantially more MHC class II but not more lineage-restricted or activation antigens on their membranes than do uninfected cell lines. Furthermore, 2'-deoxy-5-iodouridine increased MHC class II antigen expression on SIV-infected cell lines in parallel with increased expression of viral antigens. MHC class II induction does not appear to be mediated through the production of a soluble factor, such as gamma interferon, by SIV-infected cells. Interestingly, studies of the kinetics of antigen expression by cell lines after SIV infection indicate that the induction of MHC class II structures is a late event. Immunoelectron microscopy revealed that MHC class II antigen is expressed not only on the surfaces of the SIV-infected cells but also on the envelope of virus particles derived from those cells. MHC antigen expression on virus-infected cells and the expression of those determinants by the virus may play a role in the pathogenesis of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome and the autoimmune abnormalities observed in HIV-infected individuals.

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