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ArticleClinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America2019

Naive CD4+ T Cells Harbor a Large Inducible Reservoir of Latent, Replication-competent Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1.

Jennifer M Zerbato, Deborah K McMahon, Michelle D Sobolewski, John W Mellors, Nicolas Sluis-Cremer

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5 authors.

Jennifer M ZerbatoDivision of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pennsylvania.
Deborah K McMahonDivision of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pennsylvania.
Michelle D SobolewskiDivision of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pennsylvania.
John W MellorsDivision of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pennsylvania.
Nicolas Sluis-CremerDivision of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pennsylvania.

Funding

PITT AIDS RESEARCH TRAINING PROGRAMT32AI065380 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI BARRATT-BOYES, SIMON M · 2005 to 2020
$3.2M
HIV-Reservoir in Naive CD+ T CellsR56AI139010 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI SLUIS-CREMER, NICOLAS PAUL · 2018 to 2018
$559k
NCI NIH HHS HHSN261200800001ENIAID NIH HHS R56 AI139010NIAID NIH HHS T32 AI065380
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundThe latent human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) reservoir represents a major barrier to a cure. Based on the levels of HIV-1 DNA in naive (TN) vs resting memory CD4+ T cells, it is widely hypothesized that this reservoir resides primarily within memory cells. Here, we compared virus production from TN and central memory (TCM) CD4+ T cells isolated from HIV-1-infected individuals on suppressive therapy.

methodsCD4+ TN and TCM cells were purified from the blood of 7 HIV-1-infected individuals. We quantified total HIV-1 DNA in the CD4+ TN and TCM cells. Extracellular virion-associated HIV-1 RNA or viral outgrowth assays were used to assess latency reversal following treatment with anti-CD3/CD28 monoclonal antibodies (mAbs), phytohaemagglutinin/interleukin-2, phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate/ionomycin, prostratin, panobinostat, or romidepsin.

resultsHIV-1 DNA was significantly higher in TCM compared to TN cells (2179 vs 684 copies/106 cells, respectively). Following exposure to anti-CD3/CD28 mAbs, virion-associated HIV-1 RNA levels were similar between TCM and TN cells (15 135 vs 18 290 copies/mL, respectively). In 4/7 donors, virus production was higher for TN cells independent of the latency reversing agent used. Replication-competent virus was recovered from both TN and TCM cells.

conclusionsAlthough the frequency of HIV-1 infection is lower in TN compared to TCM cells, as much virus is produced from the TN population after latency reversal. This finding suggests that quantifying HIV-1 DNA alone may not predict the size of the inducible latent reservoir and that TN cells may be an important reservoir of latent HIV-1.

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AdultCD28 AntigensCD4-Positive T-LymphocytesDepsipeptidesFemaleFlow CytometryHIV-1HumansInterleukin-2MaleMiddle AgedPanobinostatPhorbol EstersPhytohemagglutininsCD28 AntigensDepsipeptidesInterleukin-2PanobinostatPhorbol EstersPhytohemagglutininsprostratinromidepsinHIV-1latentmemorynaivereservoir

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PMID30753360
PMCPMC6853701

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