Simian retrovirus D serogroup 1 has a broad cellular tropism for lymphoid and nonlymphoid cells.
AUTOR(ES)
Maul, D H
RESUMO
Simian acquired immunodeficiency syndrome is a fatal immunosuppressive disease caused by type D retroviruses such as simian acquired immunodeficiency syndrome retrovirus type 1 (SRV-1). The disease is characterized by generalized lymphadenopathy, opportunistic infections, and lymphoid depletion with defects in both humoral and cell-mediated immunity. To understand how SRV-1 infection relates to the immune defect, we studied in vivo-infected lymphocytes from SRV-1-positive macaques with and without clinical signs of immunosuppressive disease. B and T helper/inducer and T suppressor/cytotoxic lymphocytes were purified by panning or by flow cytometry. Neutrophils were purified by dextran sedimentation, and platelets were purified by low-speed centrifugation. In vitro infection studies were also done with HUT78, H9, K562, rhesus lung fibroblast, rhesus monkey kidney, and bat lung cells. SRV-1 in lymphocytes or culture supernatants was detected by the induction of syncytia in cocultivated Raji cells and was confirmed by immunofluorescence, electron microscopy, or reverse transcriptase assay. We found that B and T helper/inducer lymphocytes were infected in all animals tested. The number of infected T suppressor/cytotoxic cells was generally lower than that of the other cell subsets, and not all animals in this subset had SRV-1 infections. All other cells exposed in vitro to SRV-1, except bat lung cells, were able to be infected. These findings show that SRV-1 has a broad cell tropism for lymphoid and nonlymphoid cell types.
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