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Mucosal Immunol ; 2024 Jul 09.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-38992433

RESUMO

The prevalence of obesity in the United States has continued to increase over the past several decades. Understanding how diet-induced obesity modulates mucosal immunity is of clinical relevance. We previously showed that consumption of a high fat, high sugar "Western" diet (WD) reduces the density and function of small intestinal Paneth cells, a small intestinal epithelial cell type with innate immune function. We hypothesized that obesity could also result in repressed gut adaptive immunity. Using small intestinal intraepithelial lymphocytes (IEL) as a readout, we found that in non-inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) subjects, high body mass index correlated with reduced IEL density. We recapitulated this in wild type (WT) mice fed with WD. A 4-week WD consumption was able to reduce IEL but not splenic, blood, or bone marrow lymphocytes, and the effect was reversible after another 2 weeks of standard diet (SD) washout. Importantly, WD-associated IEL reduction was not dependent on the presence of gut microbiota, as WD-fed germ-free mice also showed IEL reduction. We further found that WD-mediated Farnesoid X Receptor (FXR) activation in the gut triggered IEL reduction, and this was partially mediated by intestinal phagocytes. Activated FXR signaling stimulated phagocytes to secrete type I IFN, and inhibition of either FXR or type I IFN signaling within the phagocytes prevented WD-mediated IEL loss. Therefore, WD consumption represses both innate and adaptive immunity in the gut. These findings have significant clinical implications in the understanding of how diet modulates mucosal immunity.

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Bioengineering (Basel) ; 11(6)2024 Jun 02.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-38927797

RESUMO

Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) has relied on pulse diagnosis as a cornerstone of healthcare assessment for thousands of years. Despite its long history and widespread use, TCM pulse diagnosis has faced challenges in terms of diagnostic accuracy and consistency due to its dependence on subjective interpretation and theoretical analysis. This study introduces an approach to enhance the accuracy of TCM pulse diagnosis for diabetes by leveraging the power of deep learning algorithms, specifically LeNet and ResNet models, for pulse waveform analysis. LeNet and ResNet models were applied to analyze TCM pulse waveforms using a diverse dataset comprising both healthy individuals and patients with diabetes. The integration of these advanced algorithms with modern TCM pulse measurement instruments shows great promise in reducing practitioner-dependent variability and improving the reliability of diagnoses. This research bridges the gap between ancient wisdom and cutting-edge technology in healthcare. LeNet-F, incorporating special feature extraction of a pulse based on TMC, showed improved training and test accuracies (73% and 67%, respectively, compared with LeNet's 70% and 65%). Moreover, ResNet models consistently outperformed LeNet, with ResNet18-F achieving the highest accuracy (82%) in training and 74% in testing. The advanced preprocessing techniques and additional features contribute significantly to ResNet18-F's superior performance, indicating the importance of feature engineering strategies. Furthermore, the study identifies potential avenues for future research, including optimizing preprocessing techniques to handle pulse waveform variations and noise levels, integrating additional time-frequency domain features, developing domain-specific feature selection algorithms, and expanding the scope to other diseases. These advancements aim to refine traditional Chinese medicine pulse diagnosis, enhancing its accuracy and reliability while integrating it into modern technology for more effective healthcare approaches.

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Immunity ; 56(11): 2584-2601.e7, 2023 Nov 14.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-37922905

RESUMO

Understanding how HIV-1-infected cells proliferate and persist is key to HIV-1 eradication, but the heterogeneity and rarity of HIV-1-infected cells hamper mechanistic interrogations. Here, we used single-cell DOGMA-seq to simultaneously capture transcription factor accessibility, transcriptome, surface proteins, HIV-1 DNA, and HIV-1 RNA in memory CD4+ T cells from six people living with HIV-1 during viremia and after suppressive antiretroviral therapy. We identified increased transcription factor accessibility in latent HIV-1-infected cells (RORC) and transcriptionally active HIV-1-infected cells (interferon regulatory transcription factor [IRF] and activator protein 1 [AP-1]). A proliferation program (IKZF3, IL21, BIRC5, and MKI67 co-expression) promoted the survival of transcriptionally active HIV-1-infected cells. Both latent and transcriptionally active HIV-1-infected cells had increased IKZF3 (Aiolos) expression. Distinct epigenetic programs drove the heterogeneous cellular states of HIV-1-infected cells: IRF:activation, Eomes:cytotoxic effector differentiation, AP-1:migration, and cell death. Our study revealed the single-cell epigenetic, transcriptional, and protein states of latent and transcriptionally active HIV-1-infected cells and cellular programs promoting HIV-1 persistence.


Assuntos
Infecções por HIV , HIV-1 , Humanos , Infecções por HIV/genética , HIV-1/fisiologia , Latência Viral/genética , Linfócitos T CD4-Positivos , Fator de Transcrição AP-1 , Epigênese Genética , Fator de Transcrição Ikaros/genética
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Protein Sci ; 32(12): e4814, 2023 Dec.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-37861472

RESUMO

HIV-1 reverse transcriptase (RT) remains a key target for HIV drug development. As successful management of the disease requires lifelong treatment, the emergence of resistance mutations is inevitable, making development of new RT inhibitors, which remain effective against resistant variants crucial. To this end, previous computationally guided drug design efforts have resulted in catechol diether compounds, which inhibit wildtype RT with picomolar affinities and appear to be promising preclinical candidates. To confirm that these compounds remain potent against Y181C, a widespread mutation conferring resistance to first generation inhibitors, they were screened against the HIV-1 N119 clinical isolate, reported as a Y181C single mutant. In comparison to a molecular clone with the same mutation, N119 appears less susceptible to inhibition by our preclinical candidate compounds. A more detailed sequencing effort determined that N119 was misidentified and carries V106A in combination with Y181C. While both indolizine and naphthalene substituted catechol diethers are potent against the classical Y181C single mutant, the addition of V106A confers more resistance against the indolizine derivatives than the naphthalene derivatives. Crystal structures presented in this study highlight key features of the naphthyl group, which allow these compounds to remain potent in the double mutant, including stronger interactions with F227 and less reliance on V106 for stabilization of the ethoxy-uracil ring, which makes critical hydrogen bonds with other residues in the binding pocket.


Assuntos
Fármacos Anti-HIV , HIV-1 , Indolizinas , Inibidores da Transcriptase Reversa/farmacologia , Inibidores da Transcriptase Reversa/química , Transcriptase Reversa do HIV/química , Indolizinas/farmacologia , Catecóis/química , Catecóis/farmacologia , Naftalenos/farmacologia , Fármacos Anti-HIV/farmacologia , Fármacos Anti-HIV/química , Relação Estrutura-Atividade
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Curr Opin HIV AIDS ; 18(5): 246-256, 2023 09 01.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-37535039

RESUMO

PURPOSE OF REVIEW: The success of HIV-1 eradication strategies relies on in-depth understanding of HIV-1-infected cells. However, HIV-1-infected cells are extremely heterogeneous and rare. Single-cell multiomic approaches resolve the heterogeneity and rarity of HIV-1-infected cells. RECENT FINDINGS: Advancement in single-cell multiomic approaches enabled HIV-1 reservoir profiling across the epigenetic (ATAC-seq), transcriptional (RNA-seq), and protein levels (CITE-seq). Using HIV-1 RNA as a surrogate, ECCITE-seq identified enrichment of HIV-1-infected cells in clonally expanded cytotoxic CD4+ T cells. Using HIV-1 DNA PCR-activated microfluidic sorting, FIND-seq captured the bulk transcriptome of HIV-1 DNA+ cells. Using targeted HIV-1 DNA amplification, PheP-seq identified surface protein expression of intact versus defective HIV-1-infected cells. Using ATAC-seq to identify HIV-1 DNA, ASAP-seq captured transcription factor activity and surface protein expression of HIV-1 DNA+ cells. Combining HIV-1 mapping by ATAC-seq and HIV-1 RNA mapping by RNA-seq, DOGMA-seq captured the epigenetic, transcriptional, and surface protein expression of latent and transcriptionally active HIV-1-infected cells. To identify reproducible biological insights and authentic HIV-1-infected cells and avoid false-positive discovery of artifacts, we reviewed current practices of single-cell multiomic experimental design and bioinformatic analysis. SUMMARY: Single-cell multiomic approaches may identify innovative mechanisms of HIV-1 persistence, nominate therapeutic strategies, and accelerate discoveries.


Assuntos
Infecções por HIV , HIV-1 , Humanos , HIV-1/genética , Latência Viral/genética , Linfócitos T CD4-Positivos , Infecções por HIV/genética , Infecções por HIV/tratamento farmacológico , Multiômica , RNA Viral/genética , Epigênese Genética
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Genome Res ; 33(6): 891-906, 2023 06.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-37295842

RESUMO

HIV-1 integration introduces ectopic transcription factor binding sites into host chromatin. We postulate that the integrated provirus serves as an ectopic enhancer that recruits additional transcription factors to the integration locus, increases chromatin accessibility, changes 3D chromatin interactions, and enhances both retroviral and host gene expression. We used four well-characterized HIV-1-infected cell line clones having unique integration sites and low to high levels of HIV-1 expression. Using single-cell DOGMA-seq, which captured the heterogeneity of HIV-1 expression and host chromatin accessibility, we found that HIV-1 transcription correlated with HIV-1 accessibility and host chromatin accessibility. HIV-1 integration increased local host chromatin accessibility within an ∼5- to 30-kb distance. CRISPRa- and CRISPRi-mediated HIV-1 promoter activation and inhibition confirmed integration site-dependent HIV-1-driven changes of host chromatin accessibility. HIV-1 did not drive chromatin confirmation changes at the genomic level (by Hi-C) or the enhancer connectome (by H3K27ac HiChIP). Using 4C-seq to interrogate HIV-1-chromatin interactions, we found that HIV-1 interacted with host chromatin ∼100-300 kb from the integration site. By identifying chromatin regions having both increased transcription factor activity (by ATAC-seq) and HIV-1-chromatin interaction (by 4C-seq), we identified enrichment of ETS, RUNT, and ZNF-family transcription factor binding that may mediate HIV-1-host chromatin interactions. Our study has found that HIV-1 promoter activity increases host chromatin accessibility, and HIV-1 interacted with host chromatin within the existing chromatin boundaries in an integration site-dependent manner.


Assuntos
Cromatina , HIV-1 , Cromatina/genética , HIV-1/genética , HIV-1/metabolismo , Fatores de Transcrição/genética , Fatores de Transcrição/metabolismo , Sequências Reguladoras de Ácido Nucleico , Regiões Promotoras Genéticas
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Mol Cell ; 82(24): 4585-4587, 2022 12 15.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-36525953

RESUMO

Plaza-Jennings et al. applied single-nucleus RNA-seq, sorted neuronal and microglia cells for HiC, and found that chronic HIV infection in the brain induces interferon stimulation in microglia, drives chromatin reconfiguration into a transcriptionally active environment, and changes HIV integration landscape.


Assuntos
Infecções por HIV , Humanos , Infecções por HIV/genética , Cromatina/genética , Interferons , Inflamação/genética , Microglia
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J Virol ; 96(13): e0057722, 2022 07 13.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-35730977

RESUMO

Despite effective antiretroviral therapy, HIV-1 persistence in latent reservoirs remains a major obstacle to a cure. We postulate that HIV-1 silencing factors suppress HIV-1 reactivation and that inhibition of these factors will increase HIV-1 reactivation. To identify HIV-1 silencing factors, we conducted a genome-wide CRISPR inhibition (CRISPRi) screen using four CRISPRi-ready, HIV-1-d6-GFP-infected Jurkat T cell clones with distinct integration sites. We sorted cells with increased green fluorescent protein (GFP) expression and captured single guide RNAs (sgRNAs) via targeted deep sequencing. We identified 18 HIV-1 silencing factors that were significantly enriched in HIV-1-d6-GFPhigh cells. Among them, SLTM (scaffold attachment factor B-like transcription modulator) is an epigenetic and transcriptional modulator having both DNA and RNA binding capacities not previously known to affect HIV-1 transcription. Knocking down SLTM by CRISPRi significantly increased HIV-1-d6-GFP expression (by 1.9- to 4.2-fold) in three HIV-1-d6-GFP-Jurkat T cell clones. Furthermore, SLTM knockdown increased the chromatin accessibility of HIV-1 and the gene in which HIV-1 is integrated but not the housekeeping gene POLR2A. To test whether SLTM inhibition can reactivate HIV-1 and further induce cell death of HIV-1-infected cells ex vivo, we established a small interfering RNA (siRNA) knockdown method that reduced SLTM expression in CD4+ T cells from 10 antiretroviral therapy (ART)-treated, virally suppressed, HIV-1-infected individuals ex vivo. Using limiting dilution culture, we found that SLTM knockdown significantly reduced the frequency of HIV-1-infected cells harboring inducible HIV-1 by 62.2% (0.56/106 versus 1.48/106 CD4+ T cells [P = 0.029]). Overall, our study indicates that SLTM inhibition reactivates HIV-1 in vitro and induces cell death of HIV-1-infected cells ex vivo. Our study identified SLTM as a novel therapeutic target. IMPORTANCE HIV-1-infected cells, which can survive drug treatment and immune cell killing, prevent an HIV-1 cure. Immune recognition of infected cells requires HIV-1 protein expression; however, HIV-1 protein expression is limited in infected cells after long-term therapy. The ways in which the HIV-1 provirus is blocked from producing protein are unknown. We identified a new host protein that regulates HIV-1 gene expression. We also provided a new method of studying HIV-1-host factor interactions in cells from infected individuals. These improvements may enable future strategies to reactivate HIV-1 in infected individuals so that infected cells can be killed by immune cells, drug treatment, or the virus itself.


Assuntos
Infecções por HIV , Soropositividade para HIV , HIV-1 , Ativação Viral , Terapia Antirretroviral de Alta Atividade , Linfócitos T CD4-Positivos , Cromatina/genética , Cromatina/metabolismo , Repetições Palindrômicas Curtas Agrupadas e Regularmente Espaçadas/genética , Técnicas de Silenciamento de Genes , Infecções por HIV/fisiopatologia , Soropositividade para HIV/genética , HIV-1/fisiologia , Humanos , Células Jurkat , Proteínas de Ligação à Região de Interação com a Matriz/antagonistas & inibidores , Proteínas de Ligação à Região de Interação com a Matriz/metabolismo , Ativação Viral/genética
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Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A ; 119(15): e2123406119, 2022 04 12.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-35394875

RESUMO

HIV-1 infection is incurable due to the persistence of the virus in a latent reservoir of resting memory CD4+ T cells. "Shock-and-kill" approaches that seek to induce HIV-1 gene expression, protein production, and subsequent targeting by the host immune system have been unsuccessful due to a lack of effective latency-reversing agents (LRAs) and kill strategies. In an effort to develop reagents that could be used to promote killing of infected cells, we constructed T cell receptor (TCR)-mimic antibodies to HIV-1 peptide-major histocompatibility complexes (pMHC). Using phage display, we panned for phages expressing antibody-like variable sequences that bound HIV-1 pMHC generated using the common HLA-A*02:01 allele. We targeted three epitopes in Gag and reverse transcriptase identified and quantified via Poisson detection mass spectrometry from cells infected in vitro with a pseudotyped HIV-1 reporter virus (NL4.3 dEnv). Sequences isolated from phages that bound these pMHC were cloned into a single-chain diabody backbone (scDb) sequence, such that one fragment is specific for an HIV-1 pMHC and the other fragment binds to CD3ε, an essential signal transduction subunit of the TCR. Thus, these antibodies utilize the sensitivity of T cell signaling as readouts for antigen processing and as agents to promote killing of infected cells. Notably, these scDbs are exquisitely sensitive and specific for the peptide portion of the pMHC. Most importantly, one scDb caused killing of infected cells presenting a naturally processed target pMHC. This work lays the foundation for a novel therapeutic killing strategy toward elimination of the HIV-1 reservoir.


Assuntos
Anticorpos Biespecíficos , Infecções por HIV , Soropositividade para HIV , HIV-1 , Linfócitos T CD4-Positivos , Humanos , Mimetismo Molecular , Receptores de Antígenos de Linfócitos T , Latência Viral
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Immunity ; 55(6): 1013-1031.e7, 2022 06 14.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-35320704

RESUMO

Understanding the drivers and markers of clonally expanding HIV-1-infected CD4+ T cells is essential for HIV-1 eradication. We used single-cell ECCITE-seq, which captures surface protein expression, cellular transcriptome, HIV-1 RNA, and TCR sequences within the same single cell to track clonal expansion dynamics in longitudinally archived samples from six HIV-1-infected individuals (during viremia and after suppressive antiretroviral therapy) and two uninfected individuals, in unstimulated conditions and after CMV and HIV-1 antigen stimulation. Despite antiretroviral therapy, persistent antigen and TNF responses shaped T cell clonal expansion. HIV-1 resided in Th1-polarized, antigen-responding T cells expressing BCL2 and SERPINB9 that may resist cell death. HIV-1 RNA+ T cell clones were larger in clone size, established during viremia, persistent after viral suppression, and enriched in GZMB+ cytotoxic effector memory Th1 cells. Targeting HIV-1-infected cytotoxic CD4+ T cells and drivers of clonal expansion provides another direction for HIV-1 eradication.


Assuntos
Infecções por HIV , HIV-1 , Linfócitos T CD4-Positivos , Células Clonais , Humanos , RNA , Viremia
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Cell ; 185(2): 227-229, 2022 01 20.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-35063069

RESUMO

The shock-and-kill strategy reactivates HIV-1 latent reservoir for immune clearance. Einkauf et al. found that some HIV-1-infected cells that persist and proliferate have transcriptionally active HIV-1 in permissive chromatin. Silent proviruses in repressive chromatin resist reactivation. Understanding HIV-1-chromatin interactions and how transcriptionally active HIV-1-infected cells survive is a pressing need.


Assuntos
Infecções por HIV , HIV-1 , Cromatina , HIV-1/genética , Humanos , Provírus/genética , Latência Viral
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Contemp Clin Trials Commun ; 24: 100866, 2021 Dec.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-34825103

RESUMO

BACKGROUND: Opioid use disorder (OUD) negatively impacts the HIV continuum of care for persons living with HIV (PLH). Medication treatment for OUD (MOUD) may have differential biological effects in individuals with HIV and OUD. To understand the role of MOUD - opioid agonist methadone, partial agonist buprenorphine and antagonist naltrexone - in HIV-1 persistence and reactivation, we will use molecular virology approaches to carry out the first prospective, longitudinal studies of adults living with HIV with OUD initiating MOUD. One of the major challenges to studying the impact of MOUD on HIV persistence is the low retention rate of study participants and the requirement of large-volume blood sampling to study the HIV proviral landscape and expression profiles. METHODS: A prospective cohort study is underway to study the HIV-1 expression, proviral landscape, and clonal expansion dynamics using limited blood sampling from persons with DSM-5 diagnosed OUD who are living with HIV infection and initiating treatment with methadone, buprenorphine, or extended-release naltrexone. RESULTS: We describe the recruitment, laboratory, and statistical methods of this study as well as the protocol details of this on-going study. Out of the 510 screened for enrollment into the study, 35 (7%) were eligible and 27 were enrolled thus far. Retention through month 3 has been high at 95%. CONCLUSIONS: This on-going study is evaluating the impact of MOUD on HIV persistence at the molecular virology level using limited blood sampling via a prospective, longitudinal study of people living with HIV DSM-5 OUD initiating treatment with MOUD.

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Viruses ; 13(9)2021 09 17.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-34578439

RESUMO

More than 50% of the HIV-1 latent reservoir is maintained by clonal expansion. The clonally expanded HIV-1-infected cells can contribute to persistent nonsuppressible low-level viremia and viral rebound. HIV-1 integration site and proviral genome landscape profiling reveals the clonal expansion dynamics of HIV-1-infected cells. In individuals under long-term suppressive antiretroviral therapy (ART), HIV-1 integration sites are enriched in specific locations in certain cancer-related genes in the same orientation as the host transcription unit. Single-cell transcriptome analysis revealed that HIV-1 drives aberrant cancer-related gene expression through HIV-1-to-host RNA splicing. Furthermore, the HIV-1 promoter dominates over the host gene promoter and drives high levels of cancer-related gene expression. When HIV-1 integrates into cancer-related genes and causes gain of function of oncogenes or loss of function of tumor suppressor genes, HIV-1 insertional mutagenesis drives the proliferation of HIV-1-infected cells and may cause cancer in rare cases. HIV-1-driven aberrant cancer-related gene expression at the integration site can be suppressed by CRISPR-mediated inhibition of the HIV-1 promoter or by HIV-1 suppressing agents. Given that ART does not suppress HIV-1 promoter activity, therapeutic agents that suppress HIV-1 transcription and halt the clonal expansion of HIV-1-infected cells should be explored to block the clonal expansion of the HIV-1 latent reservoir.


Assuntos
Infecções por HIV/virologia , HIV-1/fisiologia , Integração Viral , Latência Viral , Animais , Fármacos Anti-HIV/uso terapêutico , Terapia Antirretroviral de Alta Atividade , Proliferação de Células , Modelos Animais de Doenças , Genes Supressores de Tumor , Genoma Viral , Infecções por HIV/tratamento farmacológico , HIV-1/genética , Humanos , Mutagênese Insercional , Oncogenes , Provírus/genética , Transcrição Gênica , Viremia
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Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A ; 118(26)2021 06 29.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-34185680

RESUMO

Translation of open reading frame 1b (ORF1b) in severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) requires a programmed -1 ribosomal frameshift (-1 PRF) promoted by an RNA pseudoknot. The extent to which SARS-CoV-2 replication may be sensitive to changes in -1 PRF efficiency is currently unknown. Through an unbiased, reporter-based high-throughput compound screen, we identified merafloxacin, a fluoroquinolone antibacterial, as a -1 PRF inhibitor for SARS-CoV-2. Frameshift inhibition by merafloxacin is robust to mutations within the pseudoknot region and is similarly effective on -1 PRF of other betacoronaviruses. Consistent with the essential role of -1 PRF in viral gene expression, merafloxacin impedes SARS-CoV-2 replication in Vero E6 cells, thereby providing proof-of-principle for targeting -1 PRF as a plausible and effective antiviral strategy for SARS-CoV-2 and other coronaviruses.


Assuntos
Antivirais/farmacologia , Mudança da Fase de Leitura do Gene Ribossômico/efeitos dos fármacos , SARS-CoV-2/efeitos dos fármacos , Replicação Viral/efeitos dos fármacos , Animais , Betacoronavirus , Chlorocebus aethiops , Fluoroquinolonas/farmacologia , Mudança da Fase de Leitura do Gene Ribossômico/genética , Mutação , Conformação de Ácido Nucleico , RNA Viral/química , RNA Viral/genética , SARS-CoV-2/fisiologia , Células Vero
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Cell Rep Med ; 2(4): 100249, 2021 04 20.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-33948579

RESUMO

Measuring HIV-1 latent reservoir is essential for HIV-1 cure strategies. Levy et al.1 developed a multiplex droplet digital PCR (ddPCR) assay-5-target intact proviral DNA assay-to detect multiple regions of HIV-1 proviral genome and increase accuracy.


Assuntos
Infecções por HIV , Soropositividade para HIV , HIV-1 , DNA Viral/genética , HIV-1/genética , Humanos , Provírus/genética
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Cell Rep Methods ; 1(8): 100134, 2021 12 20.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-35475216

RESUMO

Using a replication-competent virus for prolonged in vitro culture, Matsuda et al. captured the heterogenous HIV-1 genome and integration site landscape, examined viral cytopathic effects and clonal expansion capacity, and tested drugs that can eliminate HIV-1-infected cells.


Assuntos
Infecções por HIV , Soropositividade para HIV , HIV-1 , Humanos , Provírus/genética , HIV-1/genética , Infecções por HIV/genética , Linfócitos T CD4-Positivos/virologia , Replicação Viral/genética
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J Virol ; 95(4)2021 02 15.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-33239456

RESUMO

HIV transcription requires assembly of cellular transcription factors at the HIV-1promoter. The TFIIH general transcription factor facilitates transcription initiation by opening the DNA strands around the transcription start site and phosphorylating the C-terminal domain for RNA polymerase II (RNAPII) for activation. Spironolactone (SP), an FDA approved aldosterone antagonist, triggers the proteasomal degradation of the XPB subunit of TFIIH, and concurrently suppresses acute HIV infection in vitro Here we investigated SP as a possible block-and-lock agent for a functional cure aimed at the transcriptional silencing of the viral reservoir. The long-term activity of SP was investigated in primary and cell line models of HIV-1 latency and reactivation. We show that SP rapidly inhibits HIV-1 transcription by reducing RNAPII recruitment to the HIV-1 genome. shRNA knockdown of XPB confirmed XPB degradation as the mechanism of action. Unfortunately, long-term pre-treatment with SP does not result in epigenetic suppression of HIV upon SP treatment interruption, since virus rapidly rebounds when XPB reemerges; however, SP alone without ART maintains the transcriptional suppression. Importantly, SP inhibits HIV reactivation from latency in both cell line models and resting CD4+T cells isolated from aviremic infected individuals upon cell stimulation with latency reversing agents. Furthermore, long-term treatment with concentrations of SP that potently degrade XPB does not lead to global dysregulation of cellular mRNA expression. Overall, these results suggest that XPB plays a key role in HIV transcriptional regulation and XPB degradation by SP strengthens the potential of HIV transcriptional inhibitors in block-and-lock HIV cure approaches.IMPORTANCE Antiretroviral therapy (ART) effectively reduces an individual's HIV loads to below the detection limit, nevertheless rapid viral rebound immediately ensues upon treatment interruption. Furthermore, virally suppressed individuals experience chronic immune activation from ongoing low-level virus expression. Thus, the importance of identifying novel therapeutics to explore in block-and-lock HIV functional cure approaches, aimed at the transcriptional and epigenetic silencing of the viral reservoir to block reactivation from latency. We investigated the potential of repurposing the FDA-approved spironolactone (SP), as one such drug. SP treatment rapidly degrades a host transcription factor subunit, XPB, inhibiting HIV transcription and blocking reactivation from latency. Long-term SP treatment does not affect cellular viability, cell cycle progression or global cellular transcription. SP alone blocks HIV transcription in the absence of ART but does not delay rebound upon drug removal as XPB rapidly reemerges. This study highlights XPB as a novel drug target in block-and-lock therapeutic approaches.

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Curr Opin HIV AIDS ; 16(1): 36-47, 2021 01.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-33165008

RESUMO

PURPOSE OF REVIEW: CD4 T cell loss is the hallmark of uncontrolled HIV-1 infection. Strikingly, CD4 T cell depletion is a strong indicator for disease severity in the recently emerged coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection. We reviewed recent single-cell immune profiling studies in HIV-1 infection and COVID-19 to provide critical insight in virus-induced immunopathogenesis. RECENT FINDINGS: Cytokine dysregulation in HIV-1 leads to chronic inflammation, while severe SARS-CoV-2 infection induces cytokine release syndrome and increased mortality. HIV-1-specific CD4 T cells are dysfunctional, while SARS-CoV-2-specific CD4 T cells exhibit robust Th1 function and correlate with protective antibody responses. In HIV-1 infection, follicular helper T cells (TFH) are susceptible to HIV-1 infection and persist in immune-sanctuary sites in lymphoid tissues as an HIV-1 reservoir. In severe SARS-CoV-2 infection, TFH are absent in lymphoid tissues and are associated with diminished protective immunity. Advancement in HIV-1 DNA, RNA, and protein-based single-cell capture methods can overcome the rarity and heterogeneity of HIV-1-infected cells and identify mechanisms of HIV-1 persistence and clonal expansion dynamics. SUMMARY: Single-cell immune profiling identifies a high-resolution picture of immune dysregulation in HIV-1 and SARS-CoV-2 infection and informs outcome prediction and therapeutic interventions.


Assuntos
Linfócitos T CD4-Positivos/imunologia , COVID-19/imunologia , Infecções por HIV/imunologia , SARS-CoV-2/imunologia , Animais , COVID-19/genética , COVID-19/virologia , Citocinas/genética , Citocinas/imunologia , Infecções por HIV/genética , Infecções por HIV/virologia , Humanos , Pandemias , SARS-CoV-2/genética
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Nat Med ; 26(9): 1339-1350, 2020 09.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-32895573

RESUMO

Therapeutic strategies are being clinically tested either to eradicate latent HIV reservoirs or to achieve virologic control in the absence of antiretroviral therapy. Attaining this goal will require a consensus on how best to measure the numbers of persistently infected cells with the potential to cause viral rebound after antiretroviral-therapy cessation in assessing the results of cure-directed strategies in vivo. Current measurements assess various aspects of the HIV provirus and its functionality and produce divergent results. Here, we provide recommendations from the BEAT-HIV Martin Delaney Collaboratory on which viral measurements should be prioritized in HIV-cure-directed clinical trials.


Assuntos
Antirretrovirais/uso terapêutico , Reservatórios de Doenças/virologia , Infecções por HIV/diagnóstico , Infecções por HIV/tratamento farmacológico , HIV-1/efeitos dos fármacos , Linfócitos T CD4-Positivos/virologia , Ensaios Clínicos como Assunto , Humanos , Programas de Rastreamento/métodos , Carga Viral/efeitos dos fármacos , Latência Viral/efeitos dos fármacos
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