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Human T-lymphotropic virus type 1-infected cells secrete exosomes that contain tax protein

  • Elizabeth Jaworski
  • , Aarthi Narayanan
  • , Rachel Van Duyne
  • , Shabana Shabbeer-Meyering
  • , Sergey Iordanskiy
  • , Mohammed Saifuddin
  • , Ravi Das
  • , Philippe V. Afonso
  • , Gavin C. Sampey
  • , Myung Chung
  • , Anastas Popratiloff
  • , Bindesh Shrestha
  • , Mohit Sehgal
  • , Pooja Jain
  • , Akos Vertes
  • , Renaud Mahieux
  • , Fatah Kashanchi*
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Background: Extracellular exosomes contain various functional elements. Results: Exosomal Tax protein causes phenotypic changes in uninfected cells. Conclusion: Exosomes may play critical roles in extracellular delivery of oncogenic material derived from HTLV-1-infected cells. Significance: Exosomal delivery of Tax and other putative oncogenic components produced during HTLV-1 infection potentially contributes to pathogenesis of adult T-cell leukemia, myelopathy, or tropical spastic paraparesis.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)22284-22305
Number of pages22
JournalJournal of Biological Chemistry
Volume289
Issue number32
DOIs
StatePublished - 8 Aug 2014

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