AHR is a tunable knob that controls HTLV-1 latency-reactivation switching

PLoS Pathogens
Weihao HongRuian Xu

Abstract

Establishing latent infection but retaining the capability to reactivate in certain circumstance is an ingenious tactic for retroviruses to persist in vivo while evading host immune surveillance. Many evidences indicate that Human T-cell leukemia virus type 1 (HTLV-1) is not completely silent in vivo. However, signals that trigger HTLV-1 latency-reactivation switching remain poorly understood. Here, we show that aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AHR), a ligand-activated transcription factor, plays a critical role in HTLV-1 plus-strand expression. Importantly, HTLV-1 reactivation could be tunably manipulated by modulating the level of AHR ligands. Mechanistically, activated AHR binds to HTLV-1 LTR dioxin response element (DRE) site (CACGCATAT) and drives plus-strand transcription. On the other hand, persistent activation of nuclear factor kappa B (NF-κB) pathway constitutes one key prerequisite for AHR overexpression in HTLV-1 infected T-cells, setting the stage for the advent of AHR signaling. Our findings suggest that HTLV-1 might achieve its reactivation in vivo when encountering environmental, dietary, microbial and metabolic cues that induce sufficient AHR signaling.

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BETA
BAY11-7085

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