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Zhang X, Chen J. HIV Reservoir: How to Measure It? Curr HIV/AIDS Rep 2023; 20:29-41. [PMID: 37004676 DOI: 10.1007/s11904-023-00653-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 02/08/2023] [Indexed: 04/04/2023]
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PURPOSEOF REVIEW In the current quest for a complete cure for HIV/AIDS, the persistence of a long-lived reservoir of cells carrying replication-competent proviruses is the major challenge. Here, we describe the main elements and characteristics of several widely used assays of HIV latent reservoir detection. RECENT FINDINGS To date, researchers have developed several different HIV latent reservoir detection assays. Among them, the in vitro quantitative viral outgrowth assay (QVOA) has been the gold standard for assessing latent HIV-1 viral load. The intact proviral DNA assay (IPDA) based on PCR also demonstrated the predominance of defective viruses. However, these assays all have some drawbacks and may still be inadequate in detecting the presence of ultralow levels of latent virus in many patients who were initially thought to have been cured, but eventually showed viral rebound. An accurate and precise measurement of the HIV reservoir is therefore needed to evaluate curative strategies, aimed to functional cure or sterilizing cure.
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- Xinyu Zhang
- Scientific Research Center, Shanghai Public Health Clinical Center, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Infectious Diseases and Immunology, Shanghai Public Health Clinical Center, Fudan University, Shanghai, China.
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Moragas M, Distefano M, Mecikovsky D, Arazi Caillaud S, Cernadas C, Bologna R, Aulicino P, Mangano A. Impact of the time to achieve viral control on the dynamics of circulating HIV-1 reservoir in vertically infected children with long-term sustained virological suppression: A longitudinal study. PLoS One 2018; 13:e0205579. [PMID: 30352067 PMCID: PMC6198963 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0205579] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/10/2018] [Accepted: 09/27/2018] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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Objective Determine the decay rate of HIV-1 DNA reservoir in vertically infected children during sustained viral suppression (VS) and how it is affected by the age at VS. Methods This study included 37 HIV-1 vertically infected children on suppressive antiretroviral therapy for at least 4 years. Children were grouped according to the age of antiretroviral therapy initiation (≤0.5 or >0.5 yrs) and to the age at VS (≤1.5, between >1.5 and 4, and >4 years). Decay of cell-associated HIV-1 DNA (CA-HIV-DNA) level and 2-long terminal repeats (2-LTR) circles frequency were analyzed over 4 years of viral suppression using piecewise linear mixed-effects model with two splines and logistic regression, respectively. Results CA-HIV-DNA in peripheral blood mononuclear cells had a significant decay during the first two years of VS [-0.26 (95% CI: -0.43, -0.09) log10 copies per one million cells (cpm)/year], and subsequently reached a plateau [-0.06 (95% CI: -0.15, 0.55) log10 cpm/year]. The initial decay was higher in children who achieved VS by 1.5 years of age compared to those who achieved VS between >1.5 and 4 years and those after 4 years of age: -0.51 (95% CI:-0.94, -0.07), -0.35 (95% CI:-0.83, 0.14), and -0.21 (95% CI:-0.39, -0.02) log10cpm PBMC/year, respectively. The 2-LTR circles frequency decayed significantly, from 82.9% at pre-VS to 37.5% and 28.1% at 2 and 4 years of VS, respectively (P = .0009). Conclusions These data highlight that achieving VS during the first 18 months of life limit the establishment of HIV-1 reservoirs, reinforcing the clinical benefit of very early effective therapy in children.
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- Matías Moragas
- Laboratorio de BiologíaCelular y Retrovirus-CONICET, Hospital de Pediatría “Prof. Dr. Juan P. Garrahan”, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Laboratorio de BiologíaCelular y Retrovirus-CONICET, Hospital de Pediatría “Prof. Dr. Juan P. Garrahan”, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Servicio de Epidemiología e Infectología, Hospital de Pediatría “Prof. Dr. Juan P. Garrahan”, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Servicio de Epidemiología e Infectología, Hospital de Pediatría “Prof. Dr. Juan P. Garrahan”, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- DirecciónAsociada de Docencia e Investigación, Hospital de Pediatría “Prof. Dr. Juan P. Garrahan”, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Servicio de Epidemiología e Infectología, Hospital de Pediatría “Prof. Dr. Juan P. Garrahan”, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Laboratorio de BiologíaCelular y Retrovirus-CONICET, Hospital de Pediatría “Prof. Dr. Juan P. Garrahan”, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Laboratorio de BiologíaCelular y Retrovirus-CONICET, Hospital de Pediatría “Prof. Dr. Juan P. Garrahan”, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina
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Abraham G, Jagarapu A, Cannon L, Zurakowski R. Order preservation of expected information content using Unscented Transform approximation of multivariate prior distributions in HIV 2-LTR experiment design. PROCEEDINGS OF THE ... IEEE CONFERENCE ON DECISION & CONTROL. IEEE CONFERENCE ON DECISION & CONTROL 2016; 2016:5597-5602. [PMID: 29332990 PMCID: PMC5761742 DOI: 10.1109/cdc.2016.7799129] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Numerical computation of the expected information content of a prospective experimental design is computationally expensive, requiring calculating the Kullback-Leibler divergence of the posterior distribution from the prior for simulated data from a large sample of points from the prior distribution. In this work, we investigate whether the Unscented Transform (UT) of the prior distribution can provide an adequate estimate of the expected information content in the context of experiment design for a previously validated HIV-1 2-LTR model. Three different schedules with evenly distributed time points have been used to generate the experimental data along with the incorporation of qPCR noise for the study. The UT shows promise in estimating information content by preserving the optimal ordering of 2-LTR sample collection schedules, when compared to completely stochastic sampling from the underlying multivariate distributions.
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- George Abraham
- Swarthmore College Engineering Department. Swarthmore, PA 19081, USA.
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- University of Delaware Biomedical Engineering Department. Newark, DE 19716, USA.
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- University of Delaware Biomedical Engineering Department. Newark, DE 19716, USA.
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- University of Delaware Biomedical Engineering Department. Newark, DE 19716, USA.
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Cook LBM, Melamed A, Demontis MA, Laydon DJ, Fox JM, Tosswill JHC, de Freitas D, Price AD, Medcalf JF, Martin F, Neuberger JM, Bangham CRM, Taylor GP. Rapid dissemination of human T-lymphotropic virus type 1 during primary infection in transplant recipients. Retrovirology 2016; 13:3. [PMID: 26745892 PMCID: PMC4706667 DOI: 10.1186/s12977-015-0236-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/21/2015] [Accepted: 12/22/2015] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Background Human T-lymphotropic virus type 1 (HTLV-1) infects an estimated 10 million persons globally with transmission resulting in lifelong infection. Disease, linked to high proviral load, occurs in a minority. In established infection HTLV-1 replicates through infectious spread and clonal expansion of infected lymphocytes. Little is known about acute HTLV-1 infection. The kinetics of early HTLV-1 infection, following transplantation-acquired infection in three recipients from one HTLV-1 infected donor, is reported. The recipients were treated with two HTLV-1 enzyme inhibitors 3 weeks post exposure following the detection of HTLV-1 provirus at low level in each recipient. HTLV-1 infection was serially monitored by serology, quantification of proviral load and HTLV-1 2LTR DNA circles and by HTLV-1 unique integration site analysis. Results HTLV-1 antibodies were first detected 16–39 days post-transplantation. HTLV-1 provirus was detected by PCR on day 16–23 and increased by 2–3 log by day 38–45 with a peak proviral doubling time of 1.4 days, after which
steady state was reached. The rapid proviral load expansion was associated with high frequency of HTLV-1 2LTR DNA circles. The number of HTLV-1 unique integration sites was high compared with established HTLV-1 infection. Clonal expansion of infected cells was detected as early as day 37 with high initial oligoclonality index, consistent with early mitotic proliferation. Conclusions In recipients infected through organ transplantation HTLV-1 disseminated rapidly despite early anti-HTLV-1 treatment. Proviral load set point was reached within 6 weeks. Seroconversion was not delayed. Unique integration site analysis and HTLV-1 2LTR DNA circles indicated early clonal expansion and high rate of infectious spread.
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- Lucy B M Cook
- Section of Virology, Department of Medicine, Imperial College London, Norfolk Place, London, W2 1PG, UK.
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- Section of Virology, Department of Medicine, Imperial College London, Norfolk Place, London, W2 1PG, UK.
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- Section of Virology, Department of Medicine, Imperial College London, Norfolk Place, London, W2 1PG, UK.
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- Section of Virology, Department of Medicine, Imperial College London, Norfolk Place, London, W2 1PG, UK.
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- Department of Biology and Hull York Medical School, Centre for Immunology and Infection, University of York, York, UK.
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- Department of Renal Medicine, Manchester Royal Infirmary, Central Manchester NHS Foundation Trust, Oxford Road, Manchester, UK.
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- Department of Infection and Tropical Medicine, Royal Victoria Infirmary, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, UK.
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- John Walls Renal Unit, Leicester General Hospital, Gwendolen Road, Leicester, UK.
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- Department of Biology and Hull York Medical School, Centre for Immunology and Infection, University of York, York, UK.
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- Organ Donation and Transplantation, NHS Blood and Transplant, Bristol, UK.
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- Section of Virology, Department of Medicine, Imperial College London, Norfolk Place, London, W2 1PG, UK.
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- Section of Virology, Department of Medicine, Imperial College London, Norfolk Place, London, W2 1PG, UK.
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Badralmaa Y, Natarajan V. Impact of the DNA extraction method on 2-LTR DNA circle recovery from HIV-1 infected cells. J Virol Methods 2013; 193:184-9. [PMID: 23773807 PMCID: PMC3760681 DOI: 10.1016/j.jviromet.2013.06.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/13/2012] [Revised: 05/29/2013] [Accepted: 06/06/2013] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Detection of episomal 2-LTR DNA circles is used as a marker for the ongoing virus replication in patients infected with HIV-1, and efficient extraction of episomal DNA is critical for accurate estimation of the 2-LTR circles. The impact of different methods of DNA extraction on the recovery of 2-LTR circles was compared using mitochondrial DNA extracted as an internal control. The bacterial plasmid DNA isolation method extracted less than 10% of cellular DNA, 40% of mitochondrial DNA and 12-20% of the input 2-LTR DNA. The total DNA isolation method recovered about 70% of mitochondrial DNA and 45% of the input 2-LTR DNA. The total nucleic acid isolation method recovered 90% of mitochondrial DNA and 60% of the input 2-LTR DNA. Similar results were obtained when the DNA was extracted from HIV-1 infected cells. Plasmid DNA isolation could not distinguish between 12 and 25 copies of 2-LTR DNA per million cells, whereas the total nucleic acid isolation showed a consistent and statistically significant difference between 12 and 25 copies. In conclusion, the total nucleic acid isolation method is more efficient than the plasmid DNA isolation method in recovering mitochondrial DNA and 2-LTR DNA circles from HIV-1 infected cells.
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- Yunden Badralmaa
- Laboratory of Molecular Cell Biology, Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research, SAIC-Frederick Inc., Frederick, MD 21702, United States
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- Laboratory of Molecular Cell Biology, Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research, SAIC-Frederick Inc., Frederick, MD 21702, United States
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An HIV-1 replication pathway utilizing reverse transcription products that fail to integrate. J Virol 2013; 87:12701-20. [PMID: 24049167 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.01939-13] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Integration is a central event in the replication of retroviruses, yet ≥ 90% of HIV-1 reverse transcripts fail to integrate, resulting in accumulation of unintegrated viral DNA in cells. However, understanding what role, if any, unintegrated viral DNA plays in the natural history of HIV-1 has remained elusive. Unintegrated HIV-1 DNA is reported to possess a limited capacity for gene expression restricted to early gene products and is considered a replicative dead end. Although the majority of peripheral blood CD4(+) T cells are refractory to infection, nonactivated CD4 T cells present in lymphoid and mucosal tissues are major targets for infection. Treatment with cytokine interleukin-2 (IL-2), IL-4, IL-7, or IL-15 renders CD4(+) T cells permissive to HIV-1 infection in the absence of cell activation and proliferation and provides a useful model for infection of resting CD4(+) T cells. We found that infection of cytokine-treated resting CD4(+) T cells in the presence of raltegravir or with integrase active-site mutant HIV-1 yielded de novo virus production following subsequent T cell activation. Infection with integration-competent HIV-1 naturally generated a population of cells generating virus from unintegrated DNA. Latent infection persisted for several weeks and could be activated to virus production by a combination of a histone deacetylase inhibitor and a protein kinase C activator or by T cell activation. HIV-1 Vpr was essential for unintegrated HIV-1 gene expression and de novo virus production in this system. Bypassing integration by this mechanism may allow the preservation of genetic information that otherwise would be lost.
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Targeting viral reservoirs: ability of antiretroviral therapy to stop viral replication. Curr Opin HIV AIDS 2011; 6:49-56. [PMID: 21228755 DOI: 10.1097/coh.0b013e32834134ea] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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PURPOSE OF REVIEW HIV infection is controlled but not cured by combination antiretroviral therapy. HIV may persist for a number of reasons, including ongoing cycles of HIV infection or viral persistence as latent, or HIV replication in long-lived cells containing HIV proviruses. Therapeutic consequences of these alternative mechanisms are significant and distinct. If ongoing replication remains during current antiretroviral therapy, then improvements in potency will be useful in eradication strategies. Alternatively, long-lived cells with integrated proviruses will not be affected by improvements in therapy directed against active infection, and new strategies will be necessary for HIV eradication. Technologic advances have made it possible to carry out a series of drug intensification protocols in well suppressed patients; these and other analyses for HIV replication have been useful to elucidate the nature of HIV persistence on therapy. RECENT FINDINGS A number of clinical studies intensifying antiretroviral therapy carried out in the last several years have yielded new findings regarding the ability to detect the presence of ongoing replication. Decreases in persistent viremia have not been consistently detected in individuals on potent combination antiretroviral therapy. Evidence for persistent replication has been reported in patients using sensitive assays of cell-associated HIV. SUMMARY HIV viremia persists despite combination antiretroviral therapy. Antiretroviral drug intensification does not lower the level of HIV measured in plasma, suggesting current therapy arrests active virus replication. HIV eradication will most likely require therapy in addition to potent antiretroviral therapy.
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Mannioui A, Bourry O, Sellier P, Delache B, Brochard P, Andrieu T, Vaslin B, Karlsson I, Roques P, Le Grand R. Dynamics of viral replication in blood and lymphoid tissues during SIVmac251 infection of macaques. Retrovirology 2009; 6:106. [PMID: 19930655 PMCID: PMC2789052 DOI: 10.1186/1742-4690-6-106] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/10/2009] [Accepted: 11/23/2009] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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Background Extensive studies of primary infection are crucial to our understanding of the course of HIV disease. In SIV-infected macaques, a model closely mimicking HIV pathogenesis, we used a combination of three markers -- viral RNA, 2LTR circles and viral DNA -- to evaluate viral replication and dissemination simultaneously in blood, secondary lymphoid tissues, and the gut during primary and chronic infections. Subsequent viral compartmentalization in the main target cells of the virus in peripheral blood during the chronic phase of infection was evaluated by cell sorting and viral quantification with the three markers studied. Results The evolutions of viral RNA, 2LTR circles and DNA levels were correlated in a given tissue during primary and early chronic infection. The decrease in plasma viral load principally reflects a large decrease in viral replication in gut-associated lymphoid tissue (GALT), with viral RNA and DNA levels remaining stable in the spleen and peripheral lymph nodes. Later, during chronic infection, a progressive depletion of central memory CD4+ T cells from the peripheral blood was observed, accompanied by high levels of viral replication in the cells of this subtype. The virus was also found to replicate at this point in the infection in naive CD4+ T cells. Viral RNA was frequently detected in monocytes, but no SIV replication appeared to occur in these cells, as no viral DNA or 2LTR circles were detected. Conclusion We demonstrated the persistence of viral replication and dissemination, mostly in secondary lymphoid tissues, during primary and early chronic infection. During chronic infection, the central memory CD4+ T cells were the major site of viral replication in peripheral blood, but viral replication also occurred in naive CD4+ T cells. The role of monocytes seemed to be limited to carrying the virus as a cargo because there was an observed lack of replication in these cells. These data may have important implications for the targeting of HIV treatment to these diverse compartments.
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- Abdelkrim Mannioui
- CEA, Division of Immuno-Virology, DSV/iMETI, Fontenay-aux-Roses, France.
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Re MC, Vitone F, Biagetti C, Schiavone P, Alessandrini F, Bon I, de Crignis E, Gibellini D. HIV-1 DNA proviral load in treated and untreated HIV-1 seropositive patients. Clin Microbiol Infect 2009; 16:640-6. [PMID: 19732081 DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.2009.02826.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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As proviral human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) DNA can replenish and revive viral infection upon activation, its detection might offer significant therapeutic information, complementing the input provided by plasma RNA determination in the follow-up of infected individuals. A selected group of acutely infected subjects was studied to verify both total and 2-long terminal repeat (2-LTR) DNA proviral load during the acute phase of infection and thereafter. Patients were divided in two sex- and age-matched groups: 19 naive individuals who did not receive antiretroviral therapy during the observation period and 20 subjects treated according to current guidelines. Total and 2-LTR HIV-1 DNA proviral load, in addition to RNA viral load and CD4 cell count, were determined in peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) at baseline, 6 and 12 months after the first sampling. Total and 2-LTR HIV-1 DNA proviral load exhibited no significant variation at any time in the naive patients (total HIV-1 DNA ranging from 896 + or - 731 to 715 + or - 673 copies/10(5) PBMC and 2-LTR HIV-1 DNA ranging from 94 + or - 105 to 65 + or - 44 copies/10(5) PBMC), whereas a significant reduction in both total HIV-1 DNA (ranging from 997 + or - 676 to 262 + or - 174 copies/10(5) PBMC) and 2-LTR HIV-1 DNA proviral load (ranging from 116 + or - 55 to 26 + or - 35 copies/10(5) PBMC) was detected in highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) patients, together with a CD4(+) T cell count increase and RNA load decrease. HAART negatively affects both the labile HIV burden and the integrated proviral DNA, at least in the initial period of successful treatment, suggesting that quantification of HIV-1 DNA proviral load may be an important parameter in monitoring HIV infection.
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- M C Re
- Department of Haematology and Oncologic Science, Microbiology Section, National Institute Biostructure and Biosystem (INBB), Rome, Italy.
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Creery D, Weiss W, Graziani-Bowering G, Kumar R, Aziz Z, Angel JB, Kumar A. Differential Regulation of CXCR4 and CCR5 Expression by Interleukin (IL)-4 and IL-13 Is Associated with Inhibition of Chemotaxis and Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) Type 1 Replication But Not HIV Entry into Human Monocytes. Viral Immunol 2006; 19:409-23. [PMID: 16987060 DOI: 10.1089/vim.2006.19.409] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Chemokine receptors CXCR4 and CCR5 play a key role in Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) entry into CD4+ monocytic cells. Alteration in the expression levels of these receptors by immunoregulatory cytokines may influence viral entry and hence susceptibility to HIV infection, viral tropism, and disease progression. Helper T cell type 2 (Th2) cytokines interleukin (IL)-4 and IL-13, which share a subunit of their receptor components and exhibit similar biological effects, have been shown to play a key role in HIV infection and disease progression. In this study, we investigated the effects of IL-4 and IL-13 on the expression of CXCR4 and CCR5, and the biological implications of alteration of CXCR4 and CCR5 regulation on monocytic cells with respect to their migration in response to chemokines, HIV entry, and its replication. The results suggest that both IL-4 and IL-13 inhibited the expression of CXCR4, in contrast to CCR5, which was inhibited by IL-13 alone. The downregulation of CXCR4 and CCR5 was correspondingly associated with the inhibition of their respective ligand-induced chemotaxis. Although IL-13 inhibited the expression of both CXCR4 and CCR5, this downregulation of chemokine receptor expression was not sufficient to prevent virus entry. Furthermore, both IL-4 and IL-13 inhibited viral replication in monocytic cells, suggesting that inhibition of chemokine receptor expression per se by these cytokines may not be sufficient to prevent virus entry, and indicating these cytokines may be inhibiting viral replication by targeting pathways subsequent to virus entry.
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- David Creery
- Department of Pediatrics, Research Institute, Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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Thomas JA, Shulenin S, Coren LV, Bosche WJ, Gagliardi TD, Gorelick RJ, Oroszlan S. Characterization of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) containing mutations in the nucleocapsid protein at a putative HIV-1 protease cleavage site. Virology 2006; 354:261-70. [PMID: 16904152 DOI: 10.1016/j.virol.2006.07.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/24/2006] [Revised: 03/24/2006] [Accepted: 07/10/2006] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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The HIV-1 nucleocapsid protein (NC) has been hypothesized to be cleaved by the viral protease (PR) during early infection. Characterization of viruses, with amino-acid substitutions that modulate PR cleavage of NC in vitro, was performed in cell culture. Two of the NC mutants, NCN17F and NCN17G, had decreased infectivity and exhibited severe H9 replication defects. Examination of viral DNA after infections revealed defects in reverse transcription and integration, although integration defects were cell-type dependent. However, while the defects in reverse transcription and integration correlate with lowered infectivity in a single-round of infection, they did not approach the magnitude of the replication defect measured in H9 cells over multiple rounds. Importantly, we fail to see evidence that H9 cells are re-infected with the NCN17G and NCN17F viruses 24 h after the initial infection, which suggests that the principal defect caused by these NC mutations occurs during late events of viral replication.
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- James A Thomas
- AIDS Vaccine Program, SAIC-Frederick, Inc NCI-Frederick, Bldg 535, Room 410, PO Box B, Frederick, MD 21702-1201, USA.
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Tözsér J, Shulenin S, Young MR, Briggs CJ, Oroszlan S. Replication-dependent fitness recovery of Human immunodeficiency virus 1 harbouring mutations of Asn17 of the nucleocapsid protein. J Gen Virol 2006; 87:961-965. [PMID: 16528046 DOI: 10.1099/vir.0.81473-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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The genetic stability of attenuated Human immunodeficiency virus 1 (HIV-1) variants harbouring mutations (Gly or Lys) of Asn17, the protease-cleavage site of the proximal zinc finger of the nucleocapsid protein, was studied. All possible codons for the Gly mutants were tested as starting sequences. Long-term replication assays revealed that the mutants were unstable; mutations of Gly17 to Arg, Ala, Ser and Cys, as well as a Lys17Asn reversion, were observed. Replication kinetic assays in H9 cells revealed that the replication of Ala, Ser and Arg mutants was improved substantially compared with the Gly variant; the infectivity of Ala17 and Ser17 viruses was equal to, and that of Arg17 was almost equal to, the infectivity of the wild-type virus. Kinetic analysis of the cleavage of oligopeptides representing the corresponding nucleocapsid-cleavage sites revealed that all mutations improved cleavability, in good agreement with the previously proposed role of nucleocapsid cleavage in HIV-1 replication.
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- József Tözsér
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Research Center for Molecular Medicine, Debrecen University, H-4012 Debrecen, Hungary
- National Cancer Institute, Frederick, MD 21701, USA
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McDermott JL, Martini I, Ferrari D, Bertolotti F, Giacomazzi C, Murdaca G, Puppo F, Indiveri F, Varnier OE. Decay of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 unintegrated DNA containing two long terminal repeats in infected individuals after 3 to 8 years of sustained control of viremia. J Clin Microbiol 2005; 43:5272-4. [PMID: 16207994 PMCID: PMC1248432 DOI: 10.1128/jcm.43.10.5272-5274.2005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Covert human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) replication was ongoing during the first 3 years of aviremia in 22 patients, as determined by detection of DNA containing two long terminal repeats (2 LTR DNA). Although total HIV DNA was detected in 60 2 LTR DNA-negative samples, the absence of 2 LTR DNA in 90% of patients following 7 to 8 years of highly active antiretroviral therapy suggests suppression of cryptic viral replication.
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- Jennifer L McDermott
- Section of Microbiology, School of Medicine, University of Genova, Largo Rosanna Benzi, 10, 16132 Genova (EC), Italy
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Maggiorella MT, Baroncelli S, Michelini Z, Fanales-Belasio E, Moretti S, Sernicola L, Cara A, Negri DRM, Buttò S, Fiorelli V, Tripiciano A, Scoglio A, Caputo A, Borsetti A, Ridolfi B, Bona R, ten Haaft P, Macchia I, Leone P, Pavone-Cossut MR, Nappi F, Ciccozzi M, Heeney J, Titti F, Cafaro A, Ensoli B. Long-term protection against SHIV89.6P replication in HIV-1 Tat vaccinated cynomolgus monkeys. Vaccine 2004; 22:3258-69. [PMID: 15308348 DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2004.03.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/15/2003] [Revised: 02/19/2004] [Accepted: 03/10/2004] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Vaccination with a biologically active Tat protein or tat DNA contained infection with the highly pathogenic SHIV89.6P virus, preventing CD4 T-cell decline and disease onset. Here we show that protection was prolonged, since neither CD4 T-cell decline nor active virus replication was observed in all vaccinated animals that controlled virus replication up to week 104 after the challenge. In contrast, virus persisted and replicated in peripheral blood mononuclear cells and lymph nodes of infected animals, two of which died. Tat-specific antibody, CD4 and CD8 T-cell responses were high and stable only in the animals controlling the infection. In contrast, Gag-specific antibody production and CD4 and CD8 T-cell responses were consistently and persistently positive only in the monkeys that did not control primary virus replication. These results indicate that vaccination with Tat protein or DNA induced long-term memory Tat-specific immune responses and controlled primary infection at its early stages allowing a long-term containment of virus replication and spread in blood and tissues.
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- Maria Teresa Maggiorella
- Laboratory of Virology, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Viale Regina Elena, 299, 00161 Rome, Italy
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Creery D, Weiss W, Lim WT, Aziz Z, Angel JB, Kumar A. Down-regulation of CXCR-4 and CCR-5 expression by interferon-gamma is associated with inhibition of chemotaxis and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) replication but not HIV entry into human monocytes. Clin Exp Immunol 2004; 137:156-65. [PMID: 15196257 PMCID: PMC1809081 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2249.2004.02495.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022] Open
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Alterations in the expression of CXCR4 and CCR5, the co-receptors for HIV entry, may be associated with susceptibility of monocytic cells to HIV infection. Interferon (IFN)-gamma has been shown to inhibit HIV replication in monocytic cells, but the molecular mechanism involved is not well understood. To determine if IFN-gamma regulates HIV replication by altering CXCR-4/CCR-5 expression and hence virus entry into monocytic cells, we investigated the effects of IFN-gamma on CXCR-4 and CCR-5 expression and its biological implications with respect to HIV entry, replication and chemotaxis towards the CXCR-4 and CCR-5 ligands SDF-1 and MIP-1alpha, respectively. IFN-gamma decreased CXCR-4 and CCR-5 expression on monocytes derived from HIV-negative adults, HIV-positive adults and HIV-negative cord blood. This down-regulation of chemokine receptor expression did not result in a corresponding change in mRNA expression but was associated with elevated levels of the endogenously produced chemokines SDF-1 and RANTES. Furthermore, IFN-gamma inhibited chemotaxis in response to SDF-1 and MIP-1alpha, inhibited HIV replication, but failed to inhibit virus entry in monocytic cells. These results suggest that although IFN-gamma-induced down-regulation of CXCR-4 and CCR-5 expression is associated with an inhibition of SDF-1-/MIP-1alpha-mediated chemotaxis, IFN-gamma-induced inhibition of HIV replication may be mediated at levels subsequent to the virus entry.
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- D Creery
- Department of Pediatrics, Research Institute, Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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Tözsér J, Shulenin S, Louis JM, Copeland TD, Oroszlan S. In vitro processing of HIV-1 nucleocapsid protein by the viral proteinase: effects of amino acid substitutions at the scissile bond in the proximal zinc finger sequence. Biochemistry 2004; 43:4304-12. [PMID: 15065874 DOI: 10.1021/bi035625z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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The human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) nucleocapsid protein flanked by Gag sequences (r-preNC) was expressed in Escherichia coli and purified. HIV-1 proteinase cleaved r-preNC to the "mature" NCp7 form, which is comprised of 55 residues. Further incubation resulted in cleavages of NCp7 itself between Phe16 and Asn17 of the proximal zinc finger domain and between Cys49 and Thr50 in the C-terminal part. Kinetic parameters determined for the cleavage of oligopeptides corresponding to the cleavage sites in r-preNC correlated well with the sequential processing of r-preNC. Mutations of Asn17 were introduced to alter the susceptibility of NC protein to HIV-1 proteinase. While mutating Asn17 to Ala resulted in a protein which was processed in a manner similar to that of the wild type, mutating it to Phe or Leu resulted in proteins which were processed at a substantially higher rate at this site than the wild type. Mutation of Asn17 to Lys or Gly resulted in proteins which were very poorly cleaved at this site. Oligopeptides containing the same amino acid substitutions at the cleavage site of the proximal zinc finger domain were also tested as substrates of the proteinase, and the kinetic parameters agreed well with the semiquantitative results obtained with the protein substrates.
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- József Tözsér
- National Cancer Institute, Frederick, Maryland 21701, USA
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Wu Y. HIV-1 gene expression: lessons from provirus and non-integrated DNA. Retrovirology 2004; 1:13. [PMID: 15219234 PMCID: PMC449739 DOI: 10.1186/1742-4690-1-13] [Citation(s) in RCA: 82] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/21/2004] [Accepted: 06/25/2004] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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Replication of HIV-1 involves a series of obligatory steps such as reverse transcription of the viral RNA genome into double-stranded DNA, and subsequent integration of the DNA into the human chromatin. Integration is an essential step for HIV-1 replication; yet the natural process of HIV-1 infection generates both integrated and high levels of non-integrated DNA. Although proviral DNA is the template for productive viral replication, the non-integrated DNA has been suggested to be active for limited viral gene synthesis. In this review, the regulation of viral gene expression from proviral DNA will be summarized and issues relating to non-integrated DNA as a template for transcription will be discussed, as will the possible function of pre-integration transcription in HIV-1 replication cycle.
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- Yuntao Wu
- Center for Biodefense, Department of Molecular and Microbiology, George Mason University, Manassas, VA 20110, USA.
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Saenz DT, Loewen N, Peretz M, Whitwam T, Barraza R, Howell KG, Holmes JM, Good M, Poeschla EM. Unintegrated lentivirus DNA persistence and accessibility to expression in nondividing cells: analysis with class I integrase mutants. J Virol 2004; 78:2906-20. [PMID: 14990709 PMCID: PMC353756 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.78.6.2906-2920.2004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 97] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/03/2003] [Accepted: 11/08/2003] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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The circumstances under which unintegrated lentivirus DNA can persist and be a functional template for transcription and protein expression are not clear. We constructed and validated the first class I (nonpleiotropic) integrase (IN) mutants for a non-human lentivirus (feline immunodeficiency virus [FIV]) and analyzed both these and known class I human immunodeficiency virus type 1 IN mutants. The FIV IN mutants (D66V and D66V/D118A) had class I properties: Gag/Pol precursor expression, proteolytic processing, particle formation, and reverse transcriptase (RT) production were normal, while the transduction of dividing fibroblasts was prevented and integration was blocked. When injected into rat retinas, the wild-type (WT) vector produced extensive, persistent transgene expression, compared with only rare positive neuronal cells for the IN mutant vector. In contrast, both WT and mutant vectors produced entirely equivalent, effective transduction levels of primary rat neurons (retinal ganglion cells). By testing the hypothesis that the unexpected retinal neuron transduction was related to cell cycle status, we found that when fibroblasts were growth arrested, transduction and internally promoted transgene expression were not inhibited at all by the class I FIV or HIV-1 IN mutations. Cells were then transduced under aphidicolin arrest and were released from the block 48 h later. Vector expression was stable and durable during repeated passaging in WT vector-transduced cells, while the release of cells transduced with equivalent RT units of class I IN mutant FIV or HIV vector resulted in a steady decline of expression, from 97 to 0% of cells by day 10. Southern blot and PCR analyses showed a lack of integration, irrespective of cell cycle, for the class I mutants and an increase in one- and two-long terminal repeat circular and linear unintegrated DNAs in growth-arrested cells. We conclude that if cell division is prevented, unintegrated FIV and HIV-1 vector DNAs can produce high-level internally promoted transgene expression equivalent to WT vectors. The expression correlates with the unintegrated DNA levels. These observations may facilitate the study of the roles of IN and other preintegration complex components in preintegration phases of infection by (i) providing an alternative way to monitor unintegrated nuclear cDNA forms, (ii) restricting ascertainment to the transcriptionally functional subset of unintegrated DNA, (iii) enabling analysis in individual, nondividing cells, and (iv) uncoupling other potential functions of IN from integration.
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- Dyana T Saenz
- Molecular Medicine Program, Departments of Immunology, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, Minnesota 55905, USA
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PURPOSE OF REVIEW This review aims to identify which patient based observations could enable the development of new surrogate markers for widespread clinical use. RECENT FINDINGS Anti-retroviral drug therapy reduces but does not abolish HIV transmission and replication in all body compartments. It is now clear that monitoring plasma HIV RNA does not help to predict drug failure or to define the existence of persistent viral reservoirs. SUMMARY New surrogate markers are required for long-term patient monitoring and to enable the evaluation of additional therapeutic strategies.
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- Sunil Shaunak
- Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College, Hammersmith Hospital, London, UK.
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Tözsér J, Shulenin S, Kádas J, Boross P, Bagossi P, Copeland TD, Nair BC, Sarngadharan MG, Oroszlan S. Human immunodeficiency virus type 1 capsid protein is a substrate of the retroviral proteinase while integrase is resistant toward proteolysis. Virology 2003; 310:16-23. [PMID: 12788626 DOI: 10.1016/s0042-6822(03)00074-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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The capsid protein of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 was observed to undergo proteolytic cleavage in vitro when viral lysate was incubated in the presence of dithiothreitol at acidic pH. Purified HIV-1 capsid protein was also found to be a substrate of the viral proteinase in a pH-dependent manner; acidic pH (<7) was necessary for cleavage, and decreasing the pH toward 4 increased the degree of processing. Based on N-terminal sequencing of the cleavage products, the capsid protein was found to be cleaved at two sites, between residues 77 and 78 as well as between residues 189 and 190. Oligopeptides representing these cleavage sites were also cleaved at the expected peptide bonds. The presence of cyclophilin A decreased the degree of capsid protein processing. Unlike the capsid protein, integrase was found to be resistant toward proteolysis in good agreement with its presence in the preintegration complex.
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- József Tözsér
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Debrecen, Faculty of Medicine, H-4012 Debrecen, Hungary.
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Fischer M, Trkola A, Joos B, Hafner R, Joller H, Muesing MA, Kaufman DR, Berli E, Hirschel B, Weber R, Günthard HF. Shifts in Cell-Associated HIV-1 Rna but Not in Episomal HIV-1 Dna Correlate with New Cycles of HIV-1 Infection in vivo. Antivir Ther 2003. [DOI: 10.1177/135965350300800203] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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The significance of distinct classes of HIV-1 nucleic acids as correlates of recent HIV-1 replication was assessed in peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) obtained from 14 patients during 2 weeks of structured interruption of antiretroviral therapy (STI) and 2 weeks of resuming therapy. Levels of HIV RNA in plasma (HIV-RNAplasma) and of unspliced cell-associated HIV-1 RNA (HIV-UsRNAPBMC) were significantly increased as a result of STI, whereas no significant shifts in the levels of 2-LTR episomal HIV-1 DNA (2-LTR circles) and total late HIV-1 reverse transcripts (late-DNA) were observed. Thus, limited viral replication had occurred, which had no effect on the pool size of infected cells in the periphery. Levels of 2-LTR circles did not reflect rapid changes in HIV-1 replication. In contrast, expression of HIV-UsRNAPBMC increased during STI and consequently provides a more sensitive, albeit not absolute cellular marker of ongoing HIV-1 replication.
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- Marek Fischer
- Division of Infectious Diseases and Hospital Epidemiology, Department of Medicine, University Hospital Zürich, 8091 Zürich, Switzerland
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- Division of Infectious Diseases and Hospital Epidemiology, Department of Medicine, University Hospital Zürich, 8091 Zürich, Switzerland
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- Division of Infectious Diseases and Hospital Epidemiology, Department of Medicine, University Hospital Zürich, 8091 Zürich, Switzerland
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- Division of Infectious Diseases and Hospital Epidemiology, Department of Medicine, University Hospital Zürich, 8091 Zürich, Switzerland
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- Institute of Clinical Immunology, Department of Medicine, University Hospital Zürich, 8091 Zürich, Switzerland
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- Aaron Diamond AIDS Research Center, Rockefeller University, New York, NY 10016, USA
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- Aaron Diamond AIDS Research Center, Rockefeller University, New York, NY 10016, USA
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- Division of Infectious Diseases and Hospital Epidemiology, Department of Medicine, University Hospital Zürich, 8091 Zürich, Switzerland
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- Division of Infectious Diseases, University Hospital of Geneva, 1211 Geneva, Switzerland
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- Division of Infectious Diseases and Hospital Epidemiology, Department of Medicine, University Hospital Zürich, 8091 Zürich, Switzerland
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- Swiss HIV-1 Cohort Study University Hospital Zurich Rämistrasse 100, RAE U 56 CH - 8091 Zurich
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Clarke S, Almond N, Berry N. Simian immunodeficiency virus Nef gene regulates the production of 2-LTR circles in vivo. Virology 2003; 306:100-8. [PMID: 12620802 DOI: 10.1016/s0042-6822(02)00043-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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The replication dynamics of simian immunodeficiency virus (SIVmac32H-C8), attenuated through discrete genetic disruption of the nef gene, were compared with the wild-type parental clone (SIVmac32H-J5) using quantitative molecular methods. The primary viraemia of both infections were similar during the first week, but peaked on Day 10 at higher levels for wild-type virus. Viral RNA levels differed most markedly at Day 14. The frequency and levels of viral DNA species, detectable as gag provirus or circular 2-LTR episomes, differed depending on the virus and the lymphoid compartment sampled. 2-LTR circles persisted for prolonged periods in the peripheral blood but were never detected in any SIVmac32H C8-infected tissue, even if positive by gag PCR. Paradoxically, the converse was observed following wild-type infection. 2-LTR circles disappeared from the peripheral blood by Day 42 postinfection but persisted in lymphoid tissues. These findings are discussed in terms of nef and the role and stability of 2-LTR circle forms in vivo.
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- S Clarke
- Division of Retrovirology, National Institute for Biological Standards and Control (NIBSC), Blanche Lane, South Mimms, Potters Bar, EN6 3QG, Herts, UK
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- M Stevenson
- Program in Molecular Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, 373 Plantation Street, Worcester, MA 01605, USA
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Pierson TC, Kieffer TL, Ruff CT, Buck C, Gange SJ, Siliciano RF. Intrinsic stability of episomal circles formed during human immunodeficiency virus type 1 replication. J Virol 2002; 76:4138-44. [PMID: 11907256 PMCID: PMC136068 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.76.8.4138-4144.2002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 144] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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The development of surrogate markers capable of detecting residual ongoing human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) replication in patients receiving highly active antiretroviral therapy is an important step in understanding viral dynamics and in developing new treatment strategies. In this study, we evaluated the utility of circular forms of the viral genome for the detection of recent infection of cells by HIV-1. We measured the fate of both one-long terminal repeat (1-LTR) and 2-LTR circles following in vitro infection of logarithmically growing CD4+ T cells under conditions in which cell death was not a significant contributing factor. Circular forms of the viral genome were found to be highly stable and to decrease in concentration only as a function of dilution resulting from cell division. We conclude that these DNA circles are not intrinsically unstable in all cell types and suggest that the utility of 2-LTR circle assays in measuring recent HIV-1 infection of susceptible cells in vivo needs to be reevaluated.
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- Theodore C Pierson
- Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland 21205, USA
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De Silva FS, Venturini DS, Wagner E, Shank PR, Sharma S. CD4-independent infection of human B cells with HIV type 1: detection of unintegrated viral DNA. AIDS Res Hum Retroviruses 2001; 17:1585-98. [PMID: 11779346 DOI: 10.1089/088922201753341997] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Although B lymphocytes are a major constituent of lymphoid organs and acquire a significantly altered phenotype and function in HIV-infected individuals, it remains unclear whether CD4-negative B cells are a susceptible host for viral entry and long-term productive infection. We screened a number of Epstein-Barr virus (EBV)-positive and-negative Burkitt's lymphoma (BL) B cell lines as well as subpopulations of normal B cells that include tonsillar naive and germinal center/memory B cells for the expression of HIV-1 receptors CD4, CXCR4, and CCR5. Cell lines and resting or activated normal B cells lacked CD4 and CCR5 but expressed CXCR4. We demonstrate HIV-1 infection of a CD4-negative, EBV-negative (BL) cell line, CA46, which remained productively infected yet noncytopathic for more than 36 months in culture. HIV-1 (HTLV-III(B)) infection of CA46 cells was mediated through CXCR4 in a CD4-independent manner and correlated with upregulation of the expression of B cell activation markers CD23 and CD95 (Fas receptor). Despite Fas receptor expression, HIV-1-infected CA46 cells remained resistant to Fas-mediated cell death. CA46-derived, CD4-independent viral isolates were proficient in infecting and causing syncytium formation in Molt4 T cells. The HIV-1 genomic organization in persistently infected CA46 clones was found to be predominantly unintegrated linear and circular DNA. Importantly, naive and germinal center/memory B cells could also be infected by HIV-1 in a CD4-independent manner. Although these B cell subpopulations expressed moderate to high levels of CXCR4, they required activation through CD40 and interleukin 4 receptor for infection. These findings point to B cells as an additional HIV-1 target and suggest a structural evolution of the HIV-1 genome responsible for CD4-independent and noncytopathic infections.
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- F S De Silva
- Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island 02912, USA
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Fessel WJ, Krowka JF, Sheppard HW, Gesner M, Tongson S, Weinstein S, Ascher M, Kwok S, Christopherson C. Dissociation of immunologic and virologic responses to highly active antiretroviral therapy. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr 2000; 23:314-20. [PMID: 10836753 DOI: 10.1097/00126334-200004010-00005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Immunologic markers, levels of HIV DNA, and infectious HIV were compared in partial responders (PR) to HAART who had high plasma HIV RNA levels but stable or increasing levels of CD4+ peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC), and patients with complete failure (CF) who had very low or decreasing levels of CD4+ PBMC and high plasma HIV RNA levels. DESIGN AND METHODS CD4 and CD8 levels were monitored by flow cytometry. Beta2-microglobulin (beta2M) and neopterin levels were measured by quantitative enzyme immunoassays. Plasma and PBMC from 11 PR and 13 CF were analyzed for infectious HIV levels in limiting dilution cultures. Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) assays were used to quantify cellular HIV DNA and plasma HIV RNA. RESULTS In comparison with CF, PR had little or no CD4+ cell loss, a substantial increase in CD8+ cells, significantly fewer positive plasma HIV cultures (p = .03), lower frequencies of infectious HIV in total PBMC (p = .005) and in CD4+ PBMC (p < .001), and lower frequencies of HIV DNA in CD4+ PBMC (p = .007). CONCLUSIONS Lower levels of infectious HIV and a lower frequency of CD4+ PBMC that contain "productive" HIV DNA in PR as compared with CF may contribute to the stable or increasing CD4+ PBMC levels of the PR. However, HAART may also have effects on lymphocyte homeostasis independent of its antiviral activity.
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- W J Fessel
- Kaiser Permanente Medical Center, San Francisco, California 94115, USA
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Dissociation of Immunologic and Virologic Responses to Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr 2000. [DOI: 10.1097/00042560-200004010-00005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Lampinen TM, Critchlow CW, Kuypers JM, Hurt CS, Nelson PJ, Hawes SE, Coombs RW, Holmes KK, Kiviat NB. Association of antiretroviral therapy with detection of HIV-1 RNA and DNA in the anorectal mucosa of homosexual men. AIDS 2000; 14:F69-75. [PMID: 10780708 DOI: 10.1097/00002030-200003310-00001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To determine whether combination antiretroviral therapy is associated with reduced detection of HIV-1 RNA and DNA in the anorectal mucosa of men who have sex with men (MSM). DESIGN Cross-sectional study of 233 MSM recruited from community and clinic sites in Seattle, Washington between July 1996 and December 1997. METHODS HIV-1 RNA and HIV-1 DNA were detected in anorectal swab specimens by polymerase chain reaction amplification assays. RESULTS HIV-1 RNA was detected significantly less often in anorectal specimens from users of combination antiretroviral therapies, whether a protease inhibitor was received (15/89; 17%) or not (16/53; 30%), than in men not receiving therapy (43/88; 49%) (P < 0.001, P = 0.03, respectively). In contrast, HIV-1 DNA was detected only slightly less frequently in anorectal specimens obtained from men receiving protease inhibitors (35/81; 43%) or reverse transcriptase inhibitors alone (22/48; 46%) than in specimens from men not receiving therapy (45/78; 58%) (P = 0.07, P = 0.20, respectively). Among men with < 50 copies HIV-1 RNA/ml plasma, detection of HIV-1 RNA in anorectal specimens was rare (1/54; 2%) but detection of HIV-1 DNA was common (14/50; 28%). CONCLUSIONS Combination antiretroviral therapy is associated with reductions in HIV-1 RNA, but HIV-1 DNA remains detectable in the anorectal canal of almost half of MSM receiving such therapy. Condom use during anal intercourse should be encouraged, regardless of plasma viral load response to potent antiretroviral therapy.
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- T M Lampinen
- Department of Epidemiology, Center for AIDS & STD, University of Washington, Seattle 98195, USA
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