Figure 3.
Concentration effect of bacterial EVs on HIV-1 replication. MT-4 cells infected with HIV-1Lai.04 were cultured in presence of bacterial EVs [S. aureus (A), E. faecium (B), E. faecalis (C), and G. vaginalis (D)] at different EV concentrations, 1×107, 1×108, 1×109, and 1×1010 EVs/mL. After 3 days of culture, HIV-1 replication was evaluated from measurements of the concentration of p24gag in the cell culture medium. The data are presented as percentages of HIV-1 replication compared with untreated controls. Presented are means ± SEM from six independent measurements. Asterisks indicate statistical significance by one-way ANOVA multiple comparison with Dunnett’s correction (*p < 0.05, **p < 0.01, ***p < 0.001, ****p < 0.0001).