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Dichotomous effects of the cofilin kinase LIMK1 on the early steps of HIV-1 infection of CD4 T cells
Retrovirology volume 6, Article number: O8 (2009)
We have previously demonstrated that binding of HIV-1 to the chemokine coreceptor, CXCR4, on resting CD4 T cells activates an actin-depolymerizing factor cofilin to promote the cortical actin dynamic critical for HIV latent infection [1]. The LIM domain kinase 1 (LIMK1) directly phosphorylates cofilin and regulates the actin cytoskeleton. Here, we investigated the role of LIMK1 in HIV-1 infection of resting CD4 T cells and found that HIV-1 infection triggered a rapid, transient activation of LIMK1. We also used siRNA knockdown to inhibit LIMK1 activity and found that knockdown of LIMK1 caused a decrease of F-actin and T cell chemotaxis. LIMK1 also had dichotomous effects on the chemokine coreceptor CXCR4 cycling (Figure 1) and viral DNA synthesis (Figure 2). Our findings are consistent with a model suggesting a multi-functional role of the cortical actin in mediating chemokine coreceptor density, HIV-1 DNA synthesis and intracellular migration.
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Vorster, P.J., Yoder, A., Yu, D. et al. Dichotomous effects of the cofilin kinase LIMK1 on the early steps of HIV-1 infection of CD4 T cells. Retrovirology 6 (Suppl 2), O8 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1186/1742-4690-6-S2-O8
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Keywords
- Actin Cytoskeleton
- Actin Dynamic
- Transient Activation
- Cortical Actin
- Cell Chemotaxis