HIV Infects Bronchial Epithelium and Suppresses Components of the Mucociliary Clearance Apparatus

Authors

S. Chinnapaiyan, Herbert Wertheim College ofMedicine, Florida International UniversityFollow
T. Parira, Herbert Wertheim College ofMedicine, Florida International University
R. Dutta, Herbert Wertheim College ofMedicine, Florida International University
M. Agudelo, Herbert Wertheim College ofMedicine, Florida International UniversityFollow
A. Morris, University of Pittsburgh
M. Nair, Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine, Florida International UniversityFollow
H. J. Unwalla, Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine, Florida International UniversityFollow

Date of this Version

1-6-2017

Document Type

Article

Abstract

Recurrent lung infections and pneumonia are emerging as significant comorbidities in the HIV-infected population in the era of combination antiretroviral therapy (cART). HIV infection has been reported to suppress nasal mucociliary clearance (MCC). Since the primary components driving nasal MCC and bronchial MCC are identical, it is possible that bronchial MCC is affected as well. Effective MCC requires optimal ciliary beating which depends on the maintenance of the airway surface liquid (ASL), a function of cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) activity and the integrity of the signaling mechanism that regulates ciliary beating and fluid secretion. Impairment of either component of the MCC apparatus can compromise its efficacy and promote microbial colonization. We demonstrate that primary bronchial epithelium expresses HIV receptor CD4 and co-receptors CCR5 and CXCR4 and can be infected by both R5 and X4 tropic strains of HIV. We show that HIV Tat suppresses CFTR biogenesis and function in primary bronchial epithelial cells by a pathway involving TGF-? signaling. HIV infection also interferes with bronchial epithelial cell differentiation and suppresses ciliogenesis. These findings suggest that HIV infection suppresses tracheobronchial mucociliary clearance and this may predispose HIV-infected patients to recurrent lung infections, pneumonia and chronic bronchitis.

Originally Published In

PLoS ONE

PMID

28060951

DOI

10.1371/journal.pone.0169161

Recommended Citation

Chinnapaiyan, S.; Parira, T.; Dutta, R.; Agudelo, M.; Morris, A.; Nair, M.; and Unwalla, H. J., "HIV Infects Bronchial Epithelium and Suppresses Components of the Mucociliary Clearance Apparatus" (2017). All Faculty. 181.
https://digitalcommons.fiu.edu/all_faculty/181

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