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. 2006 Jun 15;176(12):7636-44.
doi: 10.4049/jimmunol.176.12.7636.

The envelope protein of a human endogenous retrovirus-W family activates innate immunity through CD14/TLR4 and promotes Th1-like responses

Alexandre Rolland  1 , Evelyne Jouvin-Marche, Christophe Viret, Mathias Faure, Hervé Perron, Patrice N Marche
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The envelope protein of a human endogenous retrovirus-W family activates innate immunity through CD14/TLR4 and promotes Th1-like responses

Alexandre Rolland et al. J Immunol. .

Abstract

Multiple sclerosis-associated retroviral element (MSRV) is a retroviral element, the sequence of which served to define the W family of human endogenous retroviruses. MSRV viral particles display proinflammatory activities both in vitro in human mononuclear cell cultures and in vivo in a humanized SCID mice model. To understand the molecular basis of such properties, we have investigated the inflammatory potential of the surface unit of the MSRV envelope protein (ENV-SU), the fraction that is poised to naturally interact with host cells. We report in this study that MSRV ENV-SU induces, in a specific manner, human monocytes to produce major proinflammatory cytokines through engagement of CD14 and TLR4, which are pattern recognition receptors of primary importance in innate immunity. ENV-SU could also trigger a maturation process in human dendritic cells. Finally, ENV-SU endowed dendritic cells with the capacity to support a Th1-like type of Th cell differentiation. The data are discussed in the context of immune responses and chronic proinflammatory disorders.

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