Alcohol and Cannabinoids Differentially Affect HIV Infection and Function of Human Monocyte-Derived Dendritic Cells(MDDC)

Authors

Marisela Agudelo, Department of Immunology, Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine, Florida International University, Miami, Florida; Institute of NeuroImmune Pharmacology, Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine, Florida International University, Miami, FloridaFollow
Gloria Figueroa, Department of Immunology, Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine, Florida International UniversityFollow
Adriana Yndart-Arias, Department of Immunology, Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine, Florida International University, Miami, Florida; Institute of NeuroImmune Pharmacology, Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine, Florida International University, Miami, Florida; Center for Personalized Nanomedicine, Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine, Florida International University, Miami, FloridaFollow
Gianna Casteleiro, Department of Immunology, Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine, Florida International UniversityFollow
Karla Muñoz, Department of Immunology, Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine, Florida International UniversityFollow
Thangavel Samikkannu, Department of Immunology, Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine, Florida International UniversityFollow
Venkata Atluri, Department of Immunology, Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine, Florida International UniversityFollow
Madhavan P. Nair, Department of Immunology, Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine, Florida International UniversityFollow

Date of this Version

12-22-2015

Document Type

Article

Abstract

During human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection, alcohol has been known to induce inflammation while cannabinoids have been shown to have an anti-inflammatory role. For instance cannabinoids have been shown to reduce susceptibility to HIV-1 infection and attenuate HIV replication in macrophages. Recently, we demonstrated that alcohol induces cannabinoid receptors and regulates cytokine production by monocyte-derived dendritic cells (MDDC). However, the ability of alcohol and cannabinoids to alter MDDC function during HIV infection has not been clearly elucidated yet. In order to study the potential impact of alcohol and cannabinoids on differentiated MDDC infected with HIV, monocytes were cultured for 7 days with GM-CSF and IL-4, differentiated MDDC were infected with HIV-1Ba-L and treated with EtOH (0.1 and 0.2%), THC (5 and 10 μM), or JWH-015 (5 and 10 μM) for 4-7 days. HIV infection of MDDC was confirmed by p24 and Long Terminal Repeats (LTR) estimation. MDDC endocytosis assay and cytokine array profiles were measured to investigate the effects of HIV and substances of abuse on MDDC function. Our results show the HIV + EtOH treated MDDC had the highest levels of p24 production and expression when compared with the HIV positive controls and the cannabinoid treated cells. Although both cannabinoids, THC and JWH-015 had lower levels of p24 production and expression, the HIV + JWH-015 treated MDDC had the lowest levels of p24 when compared to the HIV + THC treated cells. In addition, MDDC endocytic function and cytokine production were also differentially altered after alcohol and cannabinoid treatments. Our results show a differential effect of alcohol and cannabinoids, which may provide insights into the divergent inflammatory role of alcohol and cannabinoids to modulate MDDC function in the context of HIV infection.

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Copyright © 2015 Agudelo, Figueroa, Yndart, Casteleiro, Muñoz, Samikkannu, Atluri and Nair. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CCBY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

Identifier

FIDC000265

Recommended Citation

Agudelo M ,Figueroa G, Yndart A, Casteleiro G, Muñoz K, Samikkannu T, Atluri V and Nair M P (2015) Alcohol and Cannabinoids Differentially Affect HIV Infection and Function of Human Monocyte-Derived Dendritic Cells (MDDC). Front.Microbiol. 6:1452. doi:10.3389/fmicb.2015.01452

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