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. 1996 Nov;16(11):6532-41.
doi: 10.1128/MCB.16.11.6532.

Binding of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 to CD4 induces association of Lck and Raf-1 and activates Raf-1 by a Ras-independent pathway

W Popik  1 , P M Pitha
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Binding of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 to CD4 induces association of Lck and Raf-1 and activates Raf-1 by a Ras-independent pathway

W Popik et al. Mol Cell Biol. 1996 Nov.

Abstract

We have analyzed CD4-mediated signaling during the early stages of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) infection. Binding of purified HIV-1 virions or recombinant HIV-1 glycoprotein gp120 to CD4 receptors resulted in association and tyrosine phosphorylation and activation of tyrosine kinase Lck and serine/threonine kinase Raf-1. The association between Lck and Raf-1 was mediated by stimulation of the CD4 receptors, since it was abolished by preincubation of the virus with soluble CD4 and was not detected in CD4-negative A201 T cells. However, the Lck-Raf-1 association was restored in A201 cells permanently transfected with human CD4 cDNA and stimulated with anti-CD4 antibodies. In addition, a catalytically active Lck was required for the association of Lck and Raf-1. Surprisingly, the CD4-mediated signaling, induced by the HIV-1 binding, did not result in stimulation of the Ras GTP-binding activity or its association with Raf-1, indicating that the signaling pathway generated by the HIV-1 binding is not identical to the classical Ras/Raf-1 pathway. Furthermore, overexpression of activated Raf-1 in Jurkat T cells stimulated the HIV long terminal repeat promoter activity and significantly enhanced HIV-1 replication. This suggests that the Lck-Raf-1 pathway, rapidly stimulated by the binding of HIV-1 or gp120 to CD4 receptors, may play an essential role in the transcriptional activation of the integrated HIV-1 provirus as well as in its pathogenicity.

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