CCR5- and CXCR4-tropic HIV-1 are equally cytopathic for their T-cell targets in human lymphoid tissue

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作者
Grivel, JC [1 ]
Margolis, LB [1 ]
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[1] NICHHD, Lab Mol & Cellular Biophys, NIH, Bethesda, MD 20892 USA
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美国国家航空航天局; 美国国家卫生研究院;
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10.1038/6565
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Q5 [生物化学]; Q7 [分子生物学];
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071010 ; 081704 ;
摘要
A rapid decline in T-cell counts and the progression to AIDS is often associated with a switch from CCR5-tropic (R5) HIV-1 to CXCR4-tropic (X4) HIV-1 or R5/X4 HIV-1 variants(1,2) Experimental infection with R5 HIV-1 causes less T-cell depletion than infection with X4 or R5/X4 variants in T-cell cultures(3), in ex vivo infected human lymphoid tissue(4,5) and in SCID/hu mice(6), despite similar replication levels. Experimental genetic changes in those sequences in gp120 that transform R5 HIV-1 variants into otherwise isogenic X4 viruses make them highly cytopathic(6,7). Thus, it is now believed that R5 variants are less cytopathic for T cells than are X4 variants. However, it is not known why CCR5-mediated HIV-1 infection does not lead to a massive CD4(+) T-cell depletion, as occurs in CXCR4-mediated HIV-1 infection. Here we demonstrate that R5 HIV-1 isolates are indeed highly cytopathic, but only for CCR5(+)/CD4(+) T cells. Because these cells constitute only a small fraction of CD4(+) T cells, their depletion does not substantially change the total CD4(+) T-cell count. These results may explain why the clinical stage of HIV disease correlates with viral tropism.
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