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Blood, 1 November 2008, Vol. 112, No. 9, pp. 3772-3776.
Prepublished online as a Blood First Edition Paper on August 14, 2008; DOI 10.1182/blood-2008-04-151761.
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IMMUNOBIOLOGY
Brief Report
Lack of endogenous TRIM5 -mediated restriction in rhesus macaque dendritic cells
Nathalie J. Arhel1,
Sébastien Nisole2,
Laetitia Carthagena2,
Frédéric Coutant1,
Philippe Souque1,
Audrey Brussel3,
Jérôme Estaquier3, and
Pierre Charneau1
1 Molecular Virology and Vectorology Laboratory, Institut Pasteur, Paris;
2 Department of Infectious Diseases, Institut Cochin, Paris; and
3 Physiopathology of Lentiviral Infections Unit, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France
Rhesus macaques are resistant to infection by HIV-1 as a result of an innate cellular restriction mechanism attributable to the expression of rhTRIM5 , a member of the large tripartite motif (TRIM) protein family. TRIM5 -mediated restriction, which occurs before reverse transcription through targeting of the HIV-1 capsid, has been identified in a number of macaque primary cells and cell lines and is thought to occur in all macaque cell types. We report, however, that rhesus macaque dendritic cells (DCs) lack TRIM5 -mediated restriction and are equally permissive to HIV-1 infection as human DCs. Evidence suggests that, although TRIM5 RNA levels are normal in these cells, the protein may be dysfunctional. We propose that abrogation of TRIM5 -mediated restriction in DCs, although still operative in cells that replicate HIV-1 (macrophages, T lymphocytes), illustrates the need for innate mechanisms to not inhibit adaptive immune responses to ensure an optimal fight against pathogens.

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