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Tuberculosis Exacerbates HIV-1 Infection through IL-10/STAT3-Dependent Tunneling Nanotube Formation in Macrophages
Document Type
article
Source
Cell Reports. 26(13)
Subject
Biological Sciences
Rare Diseases
HIV/AIDS
Tuberculosis
Infectious Diseases
Aetiology
2.1 Biological and endogenous factors
Infection
Good Health and Well Being
Adult
Aged
Animals
Cells
Cultured
Coinfection
Female
HIV Infections
Humans
Interleukin-10
Macaca mulatta
Macrophage Activation
Macrophages
Male
Middle Aged
Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Nanotubes
STAT3 Transcription Factor
Signal Transduction
Tuberculosis
Pulmonary
Virus Replication
Young Adult
AIDS
HIV-1
IL-10
STAT3
biomarker
co-infection
macrophage
monocyte
tuberculosis
tunneling nanotubes
viral spread
Biochemistry and Cell Biology
Medical Physiology
Biological sciences
Language
Abstract
The tuberculosis (TB) bacillus, Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb), and HIV-1 act synergistically; however, the mechanisms by which Mtb exacerbates HIV-1 pathogenesis are not well known. Using in vitro and ex vivo cell culture systems, we show that human M(IL-10) anti-inflammatory macrophages, present in TB-associated microenvironment, produce high levels of HIV-1. In vivo, M(IL-10) macrophages are expanded in lungs of co-infected non-human primates, which correlates with disease severity. Furthermore, HIV-1/Mtb co-infected patients display an accumulation of M(IL-10) macrophage markers (soluble CD163 and MerTK). These M(IL-10) macrophages form direct cell-to-cell bridges, which we identified as tunneling nanotubes (TNTs) involved in viral transfer. TNT formation requires the IL-10/STAT3 signaling pathway, and targeted inhibition of TNTs substantially reduces the enhancement of HIV-1 cell-to-cell transfer and overproduction in M(IL-10) macrophages. Our study reveals that TNTs facilitate viral transfer and amplification, thereby promoting TNT formation as a mechanism to be explored in TB/AIDS potential therapeutics.