scholarly journals CD4+ T cell-mimicking nanoparticles encapsulating DIABLO/SMAC mimetics broadly neutralize HIV-1 and selectively kill HIV-1-infected cells

Theranostics ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (18) ◽  
pp. 9009-9021
Author(s):  
Grant R. Campbell ◽  
Jia Zhuang ◽  
Gang Zhang ◽  
Igor Landa ◽  
Luke J. Kubiatowicz ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
T Cell ◽  
Cd4 T Cell ◽  
Smac Mimetics ◽  
Infected Cells ◽  
Hiv 1

scholarly journals CD32+and PD-1+Lymph Node CD4 T Cells Support Persistent HIV-1 Transcription in Treated Aviremic Individuals

2018 ◽  
Vol 92 (20) ◽  
Author(s):  
Alessandra Noto ◽  
Francesco A. Procopio ◽  
Riddhima Banga ◽  
Madeleine Suffiotti ◽  
Jean-Marc Corpataux ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
T Cells ◽  
T Cell ◽  
Hiv Infection ◽  
Cell Population ◽  
Cd4 T Cells ◽  
Cd4 T Cell ◽  
Cell Populations ◽  
Latently Infected ◽  
Infected Cells ◽  
Hiv 1

ABSTRACTA recent study conducted in blood has proposed CD32 as the marker identifying the “elusive” HIV reservoir. We have investigated the distribution of CD32+CD4 T cells in blood and lymph nodes (LNs) of HIV-1-uninfected subjects and viremic untreated and long-term-treated HIV-1-infected individuals and their relationship with PD-1+CD4 T cells. The frequency of CD32+CD4 T cells was increased in viremic compared to treated individuals in LNs, and a large proportion (up to 50%) of CD32+cells coexpressed PD-1 and were enriched within T follicular helper (Tfh) cells. We next investigated the role of LN CD32+CD4 T cells in the HIV reservoir. Total HIV DNA was enriched in CD32+and PD-1+CD4 T cells compared to CD32−and PD-1−cells in both viremic and treated individuals, but there was no difference between CD32+and PD-1+cells. There was no enrichment of latently infected cells with inducible HIV-1 in CD32+versus PD-1+cells in antiretroviral therapy (ART)-treated individuals. HIV-1 transcription was then analyzed in LN memory CD4 T cell populations sorted on the basis of CD32 and PD-1 expression. CD32+PD-1+CD4 T cells were significantly enriched in cell-associated HIV RNA compared to CD32−PD-1−(averages of 5.2-fold in treated individuals and 86.6-fold in viremics), CD32+PD-1−(2.2-fold in treated individuals and 4.3-fold in viremics), and CD32−PD-1+(2.2-fold in ART-treated individuals and 4.6-fold in viremics) cell populations. Similar levels of HIV-1 transcription were found in CD32+PD-1−and CD32−PD-1+CD4 T cells. Interestingly, the proportion of CD32+and PD-1+CD4 T cells negatively correlated with CD4 T cell counts and length of therapy. Therefore, the expression of CD32 identifies, independently of PD-1, a CD4 T cell population with persistent HIV-1 transcription and coexpression of CD32 and PD-1, the CD4 T cell population with the highest levels of HIV-1 transcription in both viremic and treated individuals.IMPORTANCEThe existence of long-lived latently infected resting memory CD4 T cells represents a major obstacle to the eradication of HIV infection. Identifying cell markers defining latently infected cells containing replication-competent virus is important in order to determine the mechanisms of HIV persistence and to develop novel therapeutic strategies to cure HIV infection. We provide evidence that PD-1 and CD32 may have a complementary role in better defining CD4 T cell populations infected with HIV-1. Furthermore, CD4 T cells coexpressing CD32 and PD-1 identify a CD4 T cell population with high levels of persistent HIV-1 transcription.

scholarly journals Anti-apoptotic clone 11 derived peptides induce in vitro death of CD4+ T cells susceptible to HIV-1 infection

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anastassia Mikhailova ◽  
José Carlos Valle-Casuso ◽  
Annie David ◽  
Valérie Monceaux ◽  
Stevenn Volant ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
T Cells ◽  
T Cell ◽  
Cd4 T Cells ◽  
T Cell Subsets ◽  
Cd4 T Cell ◽  
T Cell Memory ◽  
Target Cells ◽  
Cell Memory ◽  
Infected Cells ◽  
Hiv 1

ABSTRACTHIV-1 successfully establishes long-term infection in its target cells despite viral cytotoxic effects. We have recently shown that cell metabolism is an important factor driving CD4+ T-cell susceptibility to HIV-1 and the survival of infected cells. We show here that expression of anti-apoptotic clone 11 (AAC-11), an anti-apoptotic factor upregulated in many cancers, increased with progressive CD4+ T cell memory differentiation in association with the expression of cell cycle, activation and metabolism genes and correlated with susceptibility to HIV-1 infection. Synthetic peptides based on the LZ domain sequence of AAC-11, responsible for its interaction with molecular partners, were previously shown to be cytotoxic to cancer cells. Here we observed that these peptides also blocked HIV-1 infection by inducing cell death of HIV-1 susceptible primary CD4+ T-cells across all T-cell subsets. The peptides targeted metabolically active cells and had the greatest effect on effector and transitional CD4+ T cell memory subsets. Our results suggest that AAC-11 survival pathway is potentially involved in the survival of HIV-1 infectable cells and provide a proof of principle that some cellular characteristics can be targeted to eliminate the cells offering the best conditions to sustain HIV-1 replication.IMPORTANCEAlthough antiretroviral treatment efficiently blocks HIV multiplication, it cannot eliminate the cells already carrying integrated proviruses. In the search for a HIV cure the identification of new potential targets to selectively eliminate infected cells is of the outmost importance. We show here that peptides derived from the anti-apoptotic clone 11 (AAC-11), which expression levels correlated with susceptibility to HIV-1 infection of CD4+ T-cells, induced cytotoxicity in CD4+ T-cells showing the highest levels of activation and metabolic activity, conditions known to favor HIV-1 infection. Accordingly, CD4+ T-cells that survived the cytotoxic action of the AAC-11 peptides were resistant to HIV-1 replication. Our results identify a new potential molecular pathway to target HIV-1 infection.

scholarly journals CD32+and PD-1+Lymph Node CD4 T Cells Support Persistent HIV-1 Transcription in Treated Aviremic Individuals

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alessandra Noto ◽  
Francesco A. Procopio ◽  
Riddhima Banga ◽  
Madeleine Suffiotti ◽  
Jean-Marc Corpataux ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
T Cells ◽  
T Cell ◽  
Hiv Infection ◽  
Cell Population ◽  
Cd4 T Cells ◽  
Cd4 T Cell ◽  
Cell Populations ◽  
Latently Infected ◽  
Infected Cells ◽  
Hiv 1

ABSTRACTA recent study conducted in blood has proposed CD32 as the marker identifying the ‘elusive’ HIV reservoir. We have investigated the distribution of CD32+CD4 T cells in blood and lymph nodes(LNs) of healthy HIV-1 uninfected, viremic untreated and long-term treated HIV-1 infected individuals and their relationship with PD-1+CD4 T cells. The frequency of CD32+CD4 T cells was increased in viremic as compared to treated individuals in LNs and a large proportion(up to 50%) of CD32+cells co-expressed PD-1 and were enriched within T follicular helper cells(Tfh) cells. We next investigated the role of LN CD32+CD4 T cells in the HIV reservoir. Total HIV DNA was enriched in CD32+and PD-1+CD4 T cells as compared to CD32-and PD-1-cells in both viremic and treated individuals but there was no difference between CD32+and PD-1+cells. There was not enrichment of latently infected cells with inducible HIV-1 in CD32+versus PD-1+cells in ART treated individuals. HIV-1 transcription was then analyzed in LN memory CD4 T cell populations sorted on the basis of CD32 and PD-1 expression. CD32+PD-1+CD4 T cells were significantly enriched in cell associated HIV RNA as compared to CD32-PD-1-(average 5.2 fold in treated and 86.6 fold in viremics), to CD32+PD-1-(2.2 fold in treated and 4.3 fold in viremics) and to CD32-PD-1+cell populations(2.2 fold in ART treated and 4.6 fold in viremics). Similar levels of HIV-1 transcription were found in CD32+PD-1-and CD32-PD-1+CD4 T cells. Interestingly, the proportion of CD32+and PD-1+CD4 T cells negatively correlated with CD4 T cell counts and length of therapy while positively correlated with viremia. Therefore, the expression of CD32 identifies, independently of PD-1, a CD4 T cell population with persistent HIV-1 transcription and CD32 and PD-1 co-expression the CD4 T cell population with the highest levels of HIV-1 transcription in both viremic and treated individuals.ImportanceThe existence of long-lived latently infected resting memory CD4 T cells represents a major obstacle to the eradication of HIV infection. Identifying cell markers defining latently infected cells containing replication competent virus is important in order to determine the mechanisms of HIV persistence and to develop novel therapeutic strategies to cure HIV infection. We provide evidence that PD-1 and CD32 may have a complementary role in better defining CD4 T cell populations infected with HIV-1. Furthermore, CD4 T cells co-expressing CD32 and PD-1 identify a CD4 T cell population with high levels of persistent HIV-1 transcription.

scholarly journals Antigen-driven CD4+ T cell and HIV-1 dynamics: Residual viral replication under highly active antiretroviral therapy

1999 ◽  
Vol 96 (26) ◽  
pp. 15167-15172 ◽  
Author(s):  
N. M. Ferguson ◽  
F. deWolf ◽  
A. C. Ghani ◽  
C. Fraser ◽  
C. A. Donnelly ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
T Cell ◽  
Antiretroviral Therapy ◽  
Viral Replication ◽  
Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy ◽  
Cd4 T Cell ◽  
Highly Active ◽  
Hiv 1

CD4+ T cell count, HIV-1 viral loads and demographic variables of newly identified patients with HIV infection in Wuhan, China

2013 ◽  
Vol 85 (10) ◽  
pp. 1687-1691 ◽  
Author(s):  
Man-Qing Liu ◽  
Li Tang ◽  
Wen-Hua Kong ◽  
Ze-Rong Zhu ◽  
Jin-Song Peng ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
T Cell ◽  
Hiv Infection ◽  
Cell Count ◽  
Demographic Variables ◽  
Cd4 T Cell ◽  
Viral Loads ◽  
Hiv 1 ◽  
Cd4 T Cell Count
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