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ArticleCommunications medicine2024

Specific quantification of inducible HIV-1 reservoir by RT-LAMP.

Tanvir Hossain, Cynthia Lungu, Sten de Schrijver, Mamokoena Kuali, Raquel Crespo, Nicole Reddy, Ayanda Ngubane, Tsung Wai Kan, Kavidha Reddy, Shringar Rao and 4 more

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14 authors.

Tanvir Hossain *Department of Biochemistry, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4765-6600
Cynthia Lungu *Department of Biochemistry, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1231-9628
Sten de SchrijverDepartment of Biochemistry, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0006-5143-9138
Mamokoena KualiHIV Pathogenesis Programme, The Doris Duke Medical Research Institute, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa.
Raquel CrespoDepartment of Biochemistry, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
Nicole ReddyAfrica Health Research Institute, Durban, South Africa.
Ayanda NgubaneHIV Pathogenesis Programme, The Doris Duke Medical Research Institute, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa.
Tsung Wai KanDepartment of Urology, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
Kavidha ReddyAfrica Health Research Institute, Durban, South Africa.
Shringar RaoDepartment of Biochemistry, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
Robert-Jan PalstraDepartment of Urology, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
Paradise MadlalaHIV Pathogenesis Programme, The Doris Duke Medical Research Institute, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa.
Thumbi Ndung'uHIV Pathogenesis Programme, The Doris Duke Medical Research Institute, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa.
Tokameh MahmoudiDepartment of Biochemistry, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands. t.mahmoudi@erasmusmc.nl.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2060-9353

Funding

Aids Fonds (Dutch Aids Foundation) P-263Aids Fonds (Dutch Aids Foundation) P-53302Aids Fonds (Dutch Aids Foundation) P-60602ZonMw (Netherlands Organisation for Health Research and Development) 40-44600-98-333
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Abstract

backgroundStrategies toward HIV-1 cure aim to clear, inactivate, reduce, or immunologically control the virus from a pool of latently infected cells such that combination antiretroviral therapy (cART) can be safely interrupted. In order to assess the impact of any putative curative interventions on the size and inducibility of the latent HIV-1 reservoir, robust and scalable assays are needed to precisely quantify the frequency of infected cells containing inducible HIV-1.

methodsWe developed Specific Quantification of Inducible HIV-1 by RT-LAMP (SQuHIVLa), leveraging the high sensitivity and specificity of RT-LAMP, performed in a single reaction, to detect and quantify cells expressing tat/rev HIV-1 multiply spliced RNA (msRNA) upon activation. The LAMP primer/probe used in SQuHIVLa was designed to exclusively detect HIV-1 tat/rev msRNA and adapted for different HIV-1 subtypes.

resultsUsing SQuHIVLa, we successfully quantify the inducible viral reservoir in CD4+ T cells from people living with HIV-1 subtypes B and C on cART. The assay demonstrates high sensitivity, specificity, and reproducibility.

conclusionsSQuHIVLa offers a high throughput, scalable, and specific HIV-1 reservoir quantification tool that is amenable to resource-limited settings. This assay poses remarkable potential in facilitating the evaluation of potential interventional strategies toward achieving HIV-1 cure.

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PMID38918506
PMCPMC11199587

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