ArticlePLoS pathogens2017
Seminal plasma induces inflammation and enhances HIV-1 replication in human cervical tissue explants.
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- Pooled it
- Use of contraceptive depot medroxyprogesterone acetate is associated with impaired cervicovaginal mucosal integrity.The Journal of clinical investigation · 2018Trial
- Seminal fluid effects on female reproductive function in laboratory, livestock, and domestic species.The Journal of reproduction and development · 2026Review
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- Extracellular vesicles from seminal plasma interact with T cells in vitro and drive their differentiation into regulatory T-cells.Journal of extracellular vesicles · 2024Article
- Highly Sensitive Analysis of Cervical Mucosal HIV-1 Infection Using Reporter Viruses Expressing Secreted Nanoluciferase.Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.) · 2024Article
- Gut dysbiosis and inflammatory blood markers precede HIV with limited changes after early seroconversion.EBioMedicine · 2022Article
- Baseline and time-updated factors in preclinical development of anionic dendrimers as successful anti-HIV-1 vaginal microbicides.Wiley interdisciplinary reviews. Nanomedicine and nanobiotechnology · 2022Review
- Women for science and science for women: Gaps, challenges and opportunities towards optimizing pre-exposure prophylaxis for HIV-1 prevention.Frontiers in immunology · 2022Review
- Semen: A modulator of female genital tract inflammation and a vector for HIV-1 transmission.American journal of reproductive immunology (New York, N.Y. : 1989) · 2021Review
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- Seminal Plasma-Derived Extracellular-Vesicle Fractions from HIV-Infected Men Exhibit Unique MicroRNA Signatures and Induce a Proinflammatory Response in Cells Isolated from the Female Reproductive Tract.Journal of virology · 2020Observational
- The High Content of Fructose in Human Semen Competitively Inhibits Broad and Potent Antivirals That Target High-Mannose Glycans.Journal of virology · 2020Article
- The Impact of Semen Exposure on the Immune and Microbial Environments of the Female Genital Tract.Frontiers in reproductive health · 2020Article
- Mating to Intact, but Not Vasectomized, Males Elicits Changes in the Endometrial Transcriptome: Insights From the Bovine Model.Frontiers in cell and developmental biology · 2020Article
- Species-specific and collection method-dependent differences in endometrial susceptibility to seminal plasma-induced RNA degradation.Scientific reports · 2019Article
- Modulation of the CCR5 Receptor/Ligand Axis by Seminal Plasma and the Utility ofJournal of virology · 2019Article
- The contraceptive medroxyprogesterone acetate, unlike norethisterone, directly increases R5 HIV-1 infection in human cervical explant tissue at physiologically relevant concentrations.Scientific reports · 2019Article
- A High-throughput Bead-based Affinity Assay Enables Analysis of Genital Protein Signatures in Women At Risk of HIV Infection.Molecular & cellular proteomics : MCP · 2019Article
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7 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
The most immediate and evident effect of mucosal exposure to semen in vivo is a local release of proinflammatory mediators accompanied by an influx of leukocytes into the female genital mucosa (FGM). The implication of such response in HIV-1 transmission has never been addressed due to limitations of currently available experimental models. Using human tissue explants from the uterine cervix, we developed a system of mucosal exposure to seminal plasma (SP) that supports HIV-1 replication. Treatment of ectocervical explants with SP resulted in the upregulation of inflammatory and growth factors, including IL-6, TNF, CCL5, CCL20, CXCL1, and CXCL8, and IL1A, CSF2, IL7, PTGS2, as evaluated by measuring protein levels in explant conditioned medium (ECM) and gene expression in tissue. SP treatment was also associated with increased recruitment of monocytes and neutrophils, as observed upon incubation of peripheral blood leukocytes with ECM in a transwell system. To evaluate the impact of the SP-mediated response on local susceptibility to HIV-1, we infected ectocervical explants with the CCR5-tropic variant HIV-1BaL either in the presence of SP, or after explant pre-incubation with SP. In both experimental settings SP enhanced virus replication as evaluated by HIV-1 p24gag released in explant culture medium over time, as well as by HIV-1 DNA quantification in explants infected in the presence of SP. These results suggest that a sustained inflammatory response elicited by SP soon after coitus may promote HIV-1 transmission to the FGM. Nevertheless, ectocervical tissue explants did not support the replication of transmitted/founder HIV-1 molecular clones, regardless of SP treatment. Our system offers experimental and analytical advantages over traditional models of HIV-1 transmission for the study of SP immunoregulatory effect on the FGM, and may provide a useful platform to ultimately identify new determinants of HIV-1 infection at this site.
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