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Gulzar N, Diker B, Balasubramanian S, Jiang JQ, Copeland KF. Human immunodeficiency virus-1 infection protects against a Tc1-to-Tc2 shift in CD8+ T cells. Hum Immunol 2011; 72:995-1000. [DOI: 10.1016/j.humimm.2011.08.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/10/2011] [Revised: 08/11/2011] [Accepted: 08/25/2011] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Wasserstein-Robbins F. A mathematical model of HIV infection: Simulating T4, T8, macrophages, antibody, and virus via specific anti-HIV response in the presence of adaptation and tropism. Bull Math Biol 2010; 72:1208-53. [PMID: 20151219 DOI: 10.1007/s11538-009-9488-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/20/2008] [Accepted: 11/12/2009] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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A mathematical model of the host's immune response to HIV infection is proposed. The model represents the dynamics of 13 subsets of T cells (HIV-specific and nonspecific, healthy and infected, T4 and T8 cells), infected macrophages, neutralizing antibodies, and virus. The results of simulation are in agreement with published data regarding T4 cell concentration and viral load, and exhibit the typical features of HIV infection, i.e. double viral peaks in the acute stage, sero conversion, inverted T cell ratio, establishment of set points, steady state, and decline into AIDS. This result is achieved by taking into account thymic aging, viral and infected cell stimulation of specific immune cells, background nonspecific antigens, infected cell proliferation, viral production by infected macrophages and T cells, tropism, viral, and immune adaptation. Starting from this paradigm, changes in the parameter values simulate observed differences in individual outcomes, and predict different scenarios, which can suggest new directions in therapy. In particular, large parameter changes highlight the potentially critical role of both very vigorous and extremely damped specific immune response, and of the elimination of virus release by macrophages. Finally, the time courses of virus, antibody and T cells production and removal are systematically investigated, and a comparison of T4 and T8 cell dynamics in a healthy and in a HIV infected host is offered.
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Potter SJ, Lemey P, Dyer WB, Sullivan JS, Chew CB, Vandamme AM, Dwyer DE, Saksena NK. Genetic analyses reveal structured HIV-1 populations in serially sampled T lymphocytes of patients receiving HAART. Virology 2006; 348:35-46. [PMID: 16455126 DOI: 10.1016/j.virol.2005.12.031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/18/2005] [Revised: 10/12/2005] [Accepted: 12/22/2005] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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HIV-1 infection and compartmentalization in diverse leukocyte targets significantly contribute to viral persistence during suppressive highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART). Longitudinal analyses were performed on envelope sequences of HIV-1 populations from plasma, CD4+ and CD8+ T lymphocytes in 14 patients receiving HAART and 1 therapy-naive individual. Phylogenetic reconstructions and analysis of molecular variance revealed that HIV-1 populations in CD4+ and CD8+ T cells remained compartmentalized over time in most individuals. Analyses of viral genetic variation demonstrated that, despite compartmentalization remaining over time, viral subpopulations tended not to persist and evolve but instead broke down and became reconstituted by new founder viruses. Due to the profound impact of HAART on viral evolution, it was difficult to discern whether these dynamics were ongoing during treatment or predominantly established prior to the commencement of therapy. The genetic structure and viral founder effects observed in serially sampled T lymphocyte populations supported a scenario of metapopulation dynamics in the tissue(s) where different leukocytes become infected, a factor likely to contribute to the highly variable way that drug resistance evolves in different individuals during HAART.
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- Simon J Potter
- Retroviral Genetics Laboratory, Center for Virus Research, Westmead Millennium Institute, Westmead Hospital, The University of Sydney, Darcy Road, Westmead, Sydney NSW 2145, Australia
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Meireles-de-Souza LR, Shattock RJ. Therapeutic role of CD8+ T cells in HIV-1 infection: targets and suppressors of viral replication. Expert Opin Biol Ther 2005; 5:321-32. [PMID: 15833070 DOI: 10.1517/14712598.5.3.321] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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CD8+ T cells are pivotal in controlling viral replication in HIV-1-infected subjects. However, in chronic infection, HIV-1-specific CD8+ T cells fail to adequately control infection, presenting incomplete maturation and more severe functional impairment with advanced disease. Accumulating evidence has shown that CD8+ T cells can also be productively infected by HIV-1. Whether HIV-1 infection of CD8+ T lymphocytes impacts on their antiviral activity remains to be determined. This review explores the potential mechanisms of HIV-1 infection of CD8+ T cells, its likely contribution to the immunopathogenesis of HIV-1 infection and potential therapeutic interventions.
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Potter SJ, Lemey P, Achaz G, Chew CB, Vandamme AM, Dwyer DE, Saksena NK. HIV-1 compartmentalization in diverse leukocyte populations during antiretroviral therapy. J Leukoc Biol 2004; 76:562-70. [PMID: 15218056 DOI: 10.1189/jlb.0404234] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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CD4+ T lymphocytes are the primary target of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1), but there is increasing evidence that other immune cells in the blood, including CD8+ T lymphocytes and monocytes, are also productively infected. The extent to which these additional cellular reservoirs contribute to ongoing immunodeficiency and viral persistence during therapy remains unclear. In this study, we conducted a detailed investigation of HIV-1 diversity and genetic structure in CD4+ T cells, CD8+ T cells, and monocytes of 13 patients receiving highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART). Analysis of molecular variance and nonparametric tests performed on HIV-1 envelope sequences provided statistically significant evidence of viral compartmentalization in different leukocyte populations. Signature pattern analysis and predictions of coreceptor use provided no evidence that selection arising from viral tropism was responsible for the genetic structure observed. Analysis of viral genetic variation in different leukocyte populations demonstrated the action of founder effects as well as significant variation in the extent of genetic differentiation between subpopulations among patients. In the absence of evidence for leukocyte-specific selection, these features were supportive of a metapopulation model of HIV-1 replication as described previously among HIV-1 populations in the spleen. Compartmentalization of the virus in different leukocytes may have significant implications for current models of HIV-1 population genetics and contribute to the highly variable way in which drug resistance evolves in different individuals during HAART.
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- Simon J Potter
- Center for Virus Research, Westmead Millennium Institute, Westmead Hospital, The University of Sydney, Darcy Road, Westmead, Sydney NSW 2145, Australia
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Potter SJ, Dwyer DE, Saksena NK. Differential cellular distribution of HIV-1 drug resistance in vivo: evidence for infection of CD8+ T cells during HAART. Virology 2003; 305:339-52. [PMID: 12573579 DOI: 10.1006/viro.2002.1703] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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This study presents a detailed analysis of HIV-1 populations isolated from total PBMC, plasma, CD4+ T cells, CD8+ T cells, and monocytes/macrophages in 13 patients receiving HAART. Sequence analysis of the reverse transcriptase and protease genes indicated that viral strains isolated from different blood leukocytes were genetically distinct in each subject. Notably, HIV variants isolated from CD8+ T cells were distantly related to strains derived from other blood cell types, providing evidence for the strain-specific infection of CD8+ T cells in vivo. Compartmentalization of drug resistance mutations in specific blood cell types was observed in approximately 50% of patients. The prevalence of resistance mutations was higher in either CD4+ T cells or monocytes/macrophages in these subjects. However, CD8+ T cells showed markedly lower levels of viral drug resistance in these patients, indicating a lack of viral replication in this compartment. This study is the first to demonstrate the differential distribution of HIV drug resistance in different blood cell types during HAART and provides new insights into the infection of CD8+ T cells in vivo.
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- Simon J Potter
- Retroviral Genetics Laboratory, Center for Virus Research, Westmead Millennium Institute, Westmead Hospital and The University of Sydney, New South Wales 2145, Australia
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Ye P, Kourtis AP, Kirschner DE. The effects of different HIV type 1 strains on human thymic function. AIDS Res Hum Retroviruses 2002; 18:1239-51. [PMID: 12487812 DOI: 10.1089/088922202320886280] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/15/2023] Open
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Studies of HIV-1-infected humans indicate that the thymus can be infected by HIV-1. In some of these patients, there is a significant CD4(+) T cell decline and a faster disease progression. This phenomenon is more evident in pediatric patients who depend heavily on their thymus for generation of new T cells. We hypothesize that HIV-1 causes T cell regenerative failure within the thymus, which has a profound impact on disease progression. Building on our established human thymopoiesis model, we include dynamic interactions between different HIV-1 strains (R5 and X4) and thymocytes. Our results predict that thymic infection with different HIV-1 strains induces thymic dysfunction to varying degrees, contributing to differences in disease progression as observed in both HIV-1-infected children and adults. Thymic infection in children is more severe than in adults, particularly during X4 infection. This outcome is likely due to both a higher viral load and a more active thymus in pediatric patients. Our results also indicate that a viral strain switch from R5 to X4 induces further deterioration in thymopoiesis. We predict that both viral and host factors play key roles in controlling thymic infection, including strain virulence and health status of the thymus.
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- Ping Ye
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, The University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, USA
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Gurney KB, Yang OO, Wilson SB, Uittenbogaart CH. TCR gamma delta+ and CD161+ thymocytes express HIV-1 in the SCID-hu mouse, potentially contributing to immune dysfunction in HIV infection. JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY (BALTIMORE, MD. : 1950) 2002; 169:5338-46. [PMID: 12391255 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.169.9.5338] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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The vast diversity of the T cell repertoire renders the adaptive immune response capable of recognizing a broad spectrum of potential antigenic peptides. However, certain T cell rearrangements are conserved for recognition of specific pathogens, as is the case for TCRgammadelta cells. In addition, an immunoregulatory class of T cells expressing the NK receptor protein 1A (CD161) responds to nonpeptide Ags presented on the MHC-like CD1d molecule. The effect of HIV-1 infection on these specialized T cells in the thymus was studied using the SCID-hu mouse model. We were able to identify CD161-expressing CD3(+) cells but not the CD1d-restricted invariant Valpha24/Vbeta11/CD161(+) NK T cells in the thymus. A subset of TCRgammadelta cells and CD161-expressing thymocytes express CD4, CXCR4, and CCR5 during development in the thymus and are susceptible to HIV-1 infection. TCRgammadelta thymocytes were productively infectable by both X4 and R5 virus, and thymic HIV-1 infection induced depletion of CD4(+) TCRgammadelta cells. Similarly, CD4(+)CD161(+) thymocytes were depleted by thymic HIV-1 infection, leading to enrichment of CD4(-)CD161(+) thymocytes. Furthermore, compared with the general CD4-negative thymocyte population, CD4(-)CD161(+) NK T thymocytes exhibited as much as a 27-fold lower frequency of virus-expressing cells. We conclude that HIV-1 infection and/or disruption of cells important in both innate and acquired immunity may contribute to the overall immune dysfunction seen in HIV-1 disease.
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- Antigens, Surface/biosynthesis
- CD3 Complex/metabolism
- CD4 Antigens/biosynthesis
- Cell Separation
- Cells, Cultured
- HIV Infections/genetics
- HIV Infections/immunology
- HIV Infections/virology
- HIV-1/immunology
- Humans
- Immunity, Innate/genetics
- Killer Cells, Natural/cytology
- Killer Cells, Natural/immunology
- Lectins, C-Type/biosynthesis
- Mice
- Mice, SCID
- NK Cell Lectin-Like Receptor Subfamily B
- Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, gamma-delta/biosynthesis
- Receptors, HIV/biosynthesis
- Species Specificity
- T-Lymphocyte Subsets/immunology
- T-Lymphocyte Subsets/metabolism
- T-Lymphocyte Subsets/virology
- Thymus Gland/cytology
- Thymus Gland/immunology
- Thymus Gland/virology
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- Kevin B Gurney
- Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Molecular Genetics, University of California, Los Angeles, School of Medicine, 90095, USA
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Imlach S, McBreen S, Shirafuji T, Leen C, Bell JE, Simmonds P. Activated peripheral CD8 lymphocytes express CD4 in vivo and are targets for infection by human immunodeficiency virus type 1. J Virol 2001; 75:11555-64. [PMID: 11689637 PMCID: PMC114742 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.75.23.11555-11564.2001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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There is increasing evidence that CD8 lymphocytes may represent targets for infection by human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) in vivo whose destruction may contribute to the loss of immune function underlying AIDS. HIV-1 may infect thymic precursor cells destined to become CD4 and CD8 lymphocytes and contribute to the numerical decline in both subsets on disease progression. There is also evidence for the induction of CD4 expression and susceptibility to infection by HIV-1 of CD8 lymphocytes activated in vitro. To investigate the relationship between CD8 activation and infection by HIV-1 in vivo, activated subsets of CD8 lymphocytes in peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) of HIV-seropositive individuals were investigated for CD4 expression and HIV infection. Activated CD8 lymphocytes were identified by expression of CD69, CD71, and the human leukocyte antigen (HLA) class II, the beta-chain of CD8, and the RO isoform of CD45. CD4(+) and CD4(-) CD8 lymphocytes, CD4 lymphocytes, other T cells, and non-T cells were purified using paramagnetic beads, and proviral sequences were quantified by PCR using primers from the long terminal repeat region. Frequencies of activated CD8 lymphocytes were higher in HIV-infected study subjects than in seronegative controls, and they frequently coexpressed CD4 (mean frequencies on CD69(+), CD71(+), and HLA class II(+) cells of 23, 37, and 8%, respectively, compared with 1 to 2% for nonactivated CD8 lymphocytes). The level of CD4 expression of the double-positive population approached that of mature CD4 lymphocytes. That CD4 expression renders CD8 cell susceptible to infection was indicated by their high frequency of infection in vivo; infected CD4(+) CD8 lymphocytes accounted for between 3 and 72% of the total proviral load in PBMCs from five of the eight study subjects investigated, despite these cells representing a small component of the PBMC population (<3%). Combined, these findings provide evidence that antigenic stimulation of CD8 lymphocytes in vivo induces CD4 expression that renders them susceptible to HIV infection and destruction. The specific targeting of responding CD8 lymphocytes may provide a functional explanation for the previously observed impairment of cytotoxic T-lymphocyte (CTL) function disproportionate to their numerical decline in AIDS and for the deletion of specific clones of CTLs responding to HIV antigens.
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- S Imlach
- Laboratory for Clinical and Molecular Virology, University of Edinburgh, Summerhall, Edinburgh EH9 1QH, United Kingdom
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McBreen S, Imlach S, Shirafuji T, Scott GR, Leen C, Bell JE, Simmonds P. Infection of the CD45RA+ (naive) subset of peripheral CD8+ lymphocytes by human immunodeficiency virus type 1 in vivo. J Virol 2001; 75:4091-102. [PMID: 11287558 PMCID: PMC114154 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.75.9.4091-4102.2001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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To investigate the mechanism and functional significance of infection of CD8+ lymphocytes by human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) in vivo, we determined frequencies of infection, proviral conformation, and genetic relationships between HIV-1 variants infecting naive (CD45RA+) and memory (CD45RO+) peripheral blood CD4+ and CD8+ lymphocytes. Infection of CD3+ CD8+ CD45RA+ cells was detected in 9 of 16 study subjects at frequencies ranging from 30 to 1,400 proviral copies/10(6) cells, more frequently than CD3+ CD8+ lymphocytes expressing the RO isoform of CD45 (n = 2, 70 and 260 copies /10(6) cells). In agreement with previous studies, there was no evidence for a similar preferential infection of CD4+ naive lymphocytes. Proviral sequences in both CD4+ and CD8+ lymphocyte subsets were complete, as assessed by quantitation using primers from the long terminal repeat region spanning the tRNA primer binding site. In six of the seven study subjects investigated, variants infecting CD8+ lymphocytes were partially or completely genetically distinct in the V3 region from those recovered from CD4+ lymphocytes and showed a greater degree of compartmentalization than observed between naive and memory subsets of CD4+ lymphocytes. In two study subjects, arginine substitutions at position 306, associated with use of the chemokine coreceptor CXCR4, were preferentially found in CD4 lymphocytes. These population differences may have originated through different times of infection rather than necessarily indicating a difference in their biological properties. The preferential distribution of HIV-1 in naive CD8+ lymphocytes indeed suggests that infection occurred early in T-lymphocyte ontogeny, such as during maturation in the thymus. Destruction of cells destined to become CD8+ lymphocytes may be a major factor in the decline in CD8+ lymphocyte frequencies and function on disease progression and may contribute directly to the observed immunodeficiency in AIDS.
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- S McBreen
- Laboratory for Clinical and Molecular Virology, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH9 1QH, United Kingdom
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Blaak H, van't Wout AB, Brouwer M, Hooibrink B, Hovenkamp E, Schuitemaker H. In vivo HIV-1 infection of CD45RA(+)CD4(+) T cells is established primarily by syncytium-inducing variants and correlates with the rate of CD4(+) T cell decline. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2000; 97:1269-74. [PMID: 10655520 PMCID: PMC15592 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.97.3.1269] [Citation(s) in RCA: 218] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Switch from non-syncytium-inducing (NSI) to syncytium-inducing (SI) HIV type 1 (HIV-1) is associated with accelerated CD4(+) T cell depletion, which might partially be explained by higher virulence of SI variants compared with NSI variants. Because NSI and SI variants use different coreceptors for entry of target cells, altered tropism might offer an explanation for increased pathogenesis associated with SI HIV-1 infection. To investigate whether SI and NSI HIV-1 variants infect different CD4(+) T cell subsets in vivo, the distribution of SI and NSI variants over CD4(+) memory (CD45RA(-)RO(+)) and naive (CD45RA(+)RO(-)) cells was studied by using limiting dilution cultures. In contrast to NSI variants that were mainly present in CD45RO(+) cells, SI variants were equally distributed over CD45RO(+) and CD45RA(+) cells. Infection of memory cells by both NSI and SI HIV-1 and infection of naive cells primarily by SI HIV-1 corresponded closely with the differential cell surface expression of CXCR4 and CCR5. The frequency of SI-infected CD45RA(+) CD4(+) T cells, but not the frequency of NSI- or SI-infected CD45RO(+) CD4(+) T cells, correlated with the rate of CD4(+) T cell depletion. Infection of naive cells by SI HIV-1 may interfere with CD4(+) T cell production and thus account for rapid CD4(+) T cell depletion.
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- H Blaak
- Department of Clinical Viro-Immunology, CLB, and Laboratory for Experimental and Clinical Immunology, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Plesmanlaan 125, 1066CX Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Haase AT. Population biology of HIV-1 infection: viral and CD4+ T cell demographics and dynamics in lymphatic tissues. Annu Rev Immunol 1999; 17:625-56. [PMID: 10358770 DOI: 10.1146/annurev.immunol.17.1.625] [Citation(s) in RCA: 430] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Human immunodeficiency virus-1 (HIV-1) is usually transmitted through sexual contact and in the very early stages of infection establishes a persistent infection in lymphatic tissues (LT). Virus is produced and stored at this site in a dynamic process that slowly depletes the immune system of CD4+ T cells, setting the stage for AIDS. In this review, I describe the changes in viral and CD4+ T cell populations in LT over the course of infection and after treatment. I present recent evidence that productively infected CD4+ T cells play an important role in establishing persistent infection from the onset, and that the LT are the major reservoir where virus is produced and stored on follicular dendritic cells (FDCs). I discuss the methods used to define the size of viral and CD4+ T cell populations in LT and the nature of virus-host cell interactions in vivo. These experimental approaches have identified populations of latently and chronically infected cells in which virus can elude host defenses, perpetuate infection, and escape eradication by highly active antiretroviral treatment (HAART). I discuss the dramatic impact of HAART on suppressing virus production, reducing the pool of stored virus, and restoring CD4+ T cell populations. I discuss the contributions of thymopoiesis and other renewal mechanisms, lymphatic homeostasis and trafficking to these changes in CD4+ T cell populations in LT, and conclude with a model of immune depletion and repopulation based on the limited regenerative capacity of the adult and the uncompensated losses of productively infected cells that treatment stems. The prediction of this model is that immune regeneration will be slow, variable, and partial. It is nonetheless encouraging to know that even in late stages of infection, control of active replication of HIV-1 provides an opportunity for the immune system to recover from the injuries inflicted by infection.
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- A T Haase
- Department of Microbiology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis 55455, USA.
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Zaitseva MB, Lee S, Rabin RL, Tiffany HL, Farber JM, Peden KWC, Murphy PM, Golding H. CXCR4 and CCR5 on Human Thymocytes: Biological Function and Role in HIV-1 Infection. THE JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 1998. [DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.161.6.3103] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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Thymocyte infection with HIV-1 is associated with thymic involution and impaired thymopoiesis, particularly in pediatric patients. To define mechanisms of thymocyte infection, we examined human thymocytes for expression and function of CXCR4 and CCR5, the major cell entry coreceptors for T cell line-tropic (T-tropic) and macrophage-tropic (M-tropic) strains of HIV-1, respectively. CXCR4 was detected on the surface of all thymocytes. CXCR4 expression on mature, high level TCR thymocytes was similar to that on peripheral blood T cells, but was much lower than that on immature thymocytes, including CD34+ thymic progenitors. Consistent with this, stroma-derived factor-1 (SDF-1) induced calcium flux primarily in immature thymocytes, with CD34+ progenitors giving the strongest response. In addition, SDF-1 mRNA was detected in thymic-derived stromal cells, and SDF-1 induced chemotaxis of thymocytes, suggesting that CXCR4 may play a role in thymocyte migration. Infection of immature thymocytes by the T-tropic HIV-1 strain LAI was 10-fold more efficient than that in mature thymocytes, consistent with their relative CXCR4 surface expression. Anti-CXCR4 antiserum or SDF-1 blocked fusion of thymocytes with cells expressing the LAI envelope. In contrast to CXCR4, CCR5 was detected at low levels on thymocytes, and CCR5 agonists did not induce calcium flux or chemotaxis in thymocytes. However, CD4+ mature thymocytes were productively infected with the CCR5-tropic strain Ba-L, and this infection was specifically inhibited with the CCR5 agonist, macrophage inflammatory protein-1β. Our data provide strong evidence that CXCR4 and CCR5 function as coreceptors for HIV-1 infection of human thymocytes.
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- Marina B. Zaitseva
- *Division of Viral Products, Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, Food and Drug Administration
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- *Division of Viral Products, Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, Food and Drug Administration
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- ‡Laboratory of Host Defenses, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892
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- *Division of Viral Products, Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, Food and Drug Administration
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- ‡Laboratory of Host Defenses, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892
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- *Division of Viral Products, Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, Food and Drug Administration
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Increased apoptosis of lymphocytes represents a key event of immune destruction in HIV infection. In this study it was investigated at which stage of the disease and in which T lymphocyte subpopulation (CD4+ or CD8+) protection against apoptosis may be lost as measured by decreased CD28 expression. In 26 HIV-infected and 20 healthy children, as well as 10 infants exposed to HIV, expression of CD28 and the apoptosis-related marker CD95 was studied by fluorescence-activated cell sorting analysis. According to established Centers for Disease Control and Prevention definitions, children were divided into three immunologic categories. In the CD8 population, patients in category 1 already showed a markedly decreased mean CD28 (36.2%+/-16.1 SD) and increased CD95 expression (48.8+/-24.1%), compared with the age-matched control group (67.7+/-14.4%, 15.8+/-8.9%). In the CD4 population, mean CD28 and CD95 expression was not altered in category 1 patients. Of the exposed children, the child with the lowest CD28 expression on CD8 cells was determined later to be infected with HIV. Significant immunophenotypical alterations are observed in early stage pediatric HIV infection, which may indicate an early loss of protection against apoptosis in the CD8+ T cell population.
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- T Niehues
- Department of Pediatrics, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Germany
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