Liu Q, Li Y, Yang G, Dai J, Ruprecht RM, Shao Y. Molecularly cloned SHIV-CN97001: a replication-competent, R5 simian/human immunodeficiency virus containing env of a primary Chinese HIV-1 clade C isolate.
J Med Primatol 2011;
40:427-36. [PMID:
21895680 DOI:
10.1111/j.1600-0684.2011.00497.x]
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Abstract
BACKGROUND
The increasing prevalence of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) subtype C infection worldwide calls for efforts to develop a relevant animal model for evaluating AIDS candidate vaccines. In China, the prevalent HIV strains comprise a circulating recombinant form, BC (CRF07_BC), in which the envelope belongs to subtype C.
METHODS
To evaluate potential AIDS vaccines targeting Chinese viral strains in non-human primate models, we constructed a simian/human immunodeficiency virus (SHIV) carrying most of the envelope sequence of a primary HIV-1 clade C strain isolated from an HIV-positive intravenous drug user from YunNan province in China. Furthermore, to determine whether in vivo adaptation would enhance the infectivity of SHIV-CN97001, the parental infectious strain was serially passaged through eight Chinese rhesus macaques.
RESULTS
Infection of six Chinese rhesus macaques with SHIV-CN97001 resulted in a low level of viremia and no significant alteration in CD4+ T-lymphocyte counts. However, the hallmarks of SHIV infectivity developed gradually, as shown by the increasingly elevated peak viremia with each passage.
CONCLUSION
These findings establish that the R5-tropic SHIV-CN97001/Chinese rhesus macaque model should be very useful for the evaluation of HIV-1 subtype C vaccines in China.
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