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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Arora, Reetakshi
• Bull, Lara
• Siwak, Edward B
• Thippeshappa, Rajesh
• Arduino, Roberto C
• Kimata, Jason T

Titel

Dendritic cell-mediated HIV-1 infection of T cells demonstrates a direct relationship to plasma viral RNA levels

Ist Teil von

• Journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes (1999), 2010-06, Vol.54 (2), p.115-121

Ort / Verlag

United States

Erscheinungsjahr

2010

Quelle

MEDLINE

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• To examine the relationship between infectivity of HIV-1 variants in dendritic cell (DC)-mediated in trans infection of T cells and plasma viral RNA levels in infected subjects. HIV-1 was isolated from peripheral blood mononuclear cells of chronically infected individuals, typed for coreceptor usage, and viral replication were examined in monocyte-derived DCs-peripheral blood lymphocytes cocultures. The rate of p24 antigen production during the logarithmic phase of viral replication was determined by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. Additionally, nef variants were cloned and expressed in trans with a HIV luciferase vector and CCR5-tropic HIV-1 envelope, and infectivity was measured in DC-mediated capture-transfer assays. Replication capacity of HIV-1 viral CCR5-tropic isolates in monocyte-derived dendritic cells-peripheral blood lymphocytes cocultures was linearly associated with the plasma viral RNA levels in a cohort of HIV-1-infected individuals exhibiting an inverse relationship between plasma viral RNA and CD4 cell count. Furthermore, infectivity activity of nef variants in context of DC-mediated enhanced infection of T cells also showed a linear relationship to plasma viral RNA levels. These results illustrate that replication capacity of HIV-1 in DC T-cell cultures is a significant determinant of plasma viral RNA level. The data suggest that adaptation of HIV-1 to DC interactions with T cells influences the level of viral replication in the host.