Nef and signal transduction

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R-HSA-164944
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Homo sapiens
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Human immunodeficiency virus 1
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Nef and signal transduction
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Nef interferes with cellular signal transduction pathways in a number of ways. Nef is associated with lipid rafts through its amino-terminal myristoylation and a proline-rich SH3-binding domain. These cholesterol-rich membrane microdomains appear to concentrate potent signaling mediators. Nef was found to complex with and activate serine/threonine protein kinase PAK-2, which may contribute to activation of infected cells. In vitro, HIV-infected T cells produce enhanced levels of interleukin-2 during activation. When expressed in macrophages, Nef intersects the CD40L signaling pathway inducing secretion of chemokines and other factors that attract resting T cells and promote their infection by HIV.
Literature References
PubMed ID Title Journal Year
10618429 The Nef protein of HIV-1 associates with rafts and primes T cells for activation

Wang, JK, Kiyokawa, E, Verdin, E, Trono, D

Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2000
12853962 HIV-1 Nef intersects the macrophage CD40L signalling pathway to promote resting-cell infection

Swingler, S, Brichacek, B, Jacque, JM, Ulich, C, Zhou, J, Stevenson, M

Nature 2003
8570619 Human immunodeficiency virus type 1 infection alters chemokine beta peptide expression in human monocytes: implications for recruitment of leukocytes into brain and lymph nodes

Schmidtmayerova, H, Nottet, HS, Nuovo, G, Raabe, T, Flanagan, CR, Dubrovsky, L, Gendelman, HE, Cerami, A, Bukrinsky, M, Sherry, B

Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 1996
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negative regulation of defense response to virus (0050687)
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Human immunodeficiency virus infectious disease DOID:526 HIV infection
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Mondo
Authored
Gillespie, ME  (2007-07-25)
Reviewed
Skowronski, J  (2007-08-07)
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Gillespie, ME  (2005-07-23)
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