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- Title
Reactivation of latent HIV-1 in vitro using an ethanolic extract from Euphorbia umbellata (Euphorbiaceae) latex.
- Authors
Valadão, Ana Luiza Chaves; Pezzuto, Paula; Silva, Viviane A. Oliveira; Gonçalves, Barbara Simonson; Rossi, Átila Duque; da Cunha, Rodrigo Delvecchio; Siani, Antonio Carlos; Tostes, João Batista de Freitas; Trovó, Marcelo; Damasco, Paulo; Gonçalves, Gabriel; Reis, Rui Manuel; Aguiar, Renato Santana; Bento, Cleonice Alves de Melo; Tanuri, Amilcar
- Abstract
Euphorbia umbellata (E. umbellata) belongs to Euphorbiaceae family, popularly known as Janauba, and its latex contains a combination of phorbol esters with biological activities described to different cellular protein kinase C (PKC) isoforms. Here, we identified deoxi-phorbol esters present in E. umbellata latex alcoholic extract that are able to increase HIV transcription and reactivate virus from latency models. This activity is probably mediated by NF-kB activation followed by nuclear translocation and binding to the HIV LTR promoter. In addition, E. umbellata latex extract induced the production of pro inflammatory cytokines in vitro in human PBMC cultures. This latex extract also activates latent virus in human PBMCs isolated from HIV positive patients as well as latent SIV in non-human primate primary CD4+ T lymphocytes. Together, these results indicate that the phorbol esters present in E. umbellata latex are promising candidate compounds for future clinical trials for shock and kill therapies to promote HIV cure and eradication.
- Subjects
EUPHORBIA; HIV-positive persons; PLANT extracts; PROTEIN kinase C; PROMOTERS (Genetics); PHORBOL esters
- Publication
PLoS ONE, 2018, Vol 13, Issue 11, p1
- ISSN
1932-6203
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1371/journal.pone.0207664