Figure 7

Leukotrienes (LTs) reduce HIV-1 infection of monocyte-derived microglial-like cells (MDMis) in a protein kinase C (PKC)-dependent manner. (A) MDMis were first either left untreated or treated with the large-spectrum PKC inhibitor Ro318220 (1 μM) for 30 minutes. LTs (10 ng/ml) were then added to cells either for 45 minutes before infection or after 2 h of incubation with JR-FL pseudotypes. Luciferase activity was measured 7 days post infection. (B, C) MDMis were first infected with vesicular stomatitis virus envelope glycoprotein G (VSV-G) pseudotypes for a 2 h period, cells were then treated with Ro318220 for 45 minutes, washed, and treated with LTs (100 ng/ml). Total DNA was extracted from cells in order to quantify HIV-1 integration events (panel B) and nuclear 2LTR circles (C) by real-time polymerase chain reaction (PCR). The results shown are expressed as percentages of control (that is, untreated cells) and calculated from five (A) or two (B, C) independent experiments in triplicate samples (*P < 0.05).