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Induction of HIV-1 latency and reactivation in primary memory CD4+ T cells.


ABSTRACT: The use of antiretroviral therapy in HIV type 1 (HIV-1)-infected patients does not lead to virus eradication. This is due, to a significant degree, to the fact that HIV-1 can establish a highly stable reservoir of latently infected cells. In this work, we describe an ex vivo experimental system that generates high levels of HIV-1 latently infected memory cells using primary CD4+ T cells. Using this model, we were able to dissect the T cell-signaling pathways and to characterize the long terminal repeat (LTR) cis-acting elements involved in reactivation of HIV-1 in memory CD4+ T cells. We conclude that Lck and nuclear factor of activated T cells (NFAT), but not NF-kappaB, are required for optimal latent virus reactivation in memory T cells. We also found that the cis-acting elements which are critical toward HIV-1 reactivation are the Sp1 and kappaB/NFAT transcription factor binding sites.

SUBMITTER: Bosque A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2614643 | biostudies-literature | 2009 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Induction of HIV-1 latency and reactivation in primary memory CD4+ T cells.

Bosque Alberto A   Planelles Vicente V  

Blood 20081010 1


The use of antiretroviral therapy in HIV type 1 (HIV-1)-infected patients does not lead to virus eradication. This is due, to a significant degree, to the fact that HIV-1 can establish a highly stable reservoir of latently infected cells. In this work, we describe an ex vivo experimental system that generates high levels of HIV-1 latently infected memory cells using primary CD4+ T cells. Using this model, we were able to dissect the T cell-signaling pathways and to characterize the long terminal  ...[more]

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