Transfer of HIV-1 to human tonsillar stromal cells following cocultivation with infected lymphocytes.
AIDS Res Hum Retroviruses
; 10(6): 675-82, 1994 Jun.
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| ID: mdl-8074931
ABSTRACT
The susceptibility of normal human tonsillar stromal cells (HTSCs) to infection by HIV-1 was assessed using transmission electron microscopy (TEM), immunocytochemistry, and HIV-1-specific PCR analyses. Our results demonstrate that HTSCs are efficiently infected following cocultivation with the HIV-1-infected lymphoblastoid cell line GY1. Infected stromal cells contain intracellular viral particles present as free virus or associated with phagocytic vesicles. These particles express the HIV-1-specific p24 antigen as assessed by immunocytochemical analyses using an HIV-specific anti-p24 monoclonal antibody. Moreover, PCR analysis of genomic DNA isolated from particle-bearing tonsillar stromal cells identified HIV-1-specific sequences not present in either uninfected stromal cells or parental GY1 uninfected cells. The mechanism by which HIV-1 infects HTSCs does not appear to be CD4 mediated, as none of the human tonsillar stromal cell lines express CD4 as assessed by flow cytometry, immunohistochemistry, and PCR analysis. Taken together, these results demonstrate that human tonsillar stromal cells can be infected by HIV-1, and that subsequent to infection the viral genome is reverse transcribed, and integrated into the stromal cell DNA. The infection of HTSCs may contribute to HIV-1-mediated pathogenesis indirectly as a viral reservoir or directly by structural and functional modification of the lymphoid microenvironment.
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01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Tonsila Palatina
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Linfócitos B
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Infecções por HIV
Limite:
Humans
Idioma:
En
Ano de publicação:
1994
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Article