Project description:U1 monocytic cell line was cloned from U937 cells that survived an infection with Human Immunodeficiency Virus HIV-1 and bear integration sites, serving as one of the most studied HIV latent models. Under the hypothesis that the hyperdopaminergic environment of the brain of substance users affects HIV-infected cells and latency, we tested the effects of Dopamine and two dopamine receptors that were identified as able to signal changes ininnate immune cells, DRD1 and DRD4.
Project description:HIV infection is not curable due to viral latency. Compelling reports studying proteins such as CD2, PD-1, LAG-3 and TIGIT suggest that there is a distinct profile of surface proteins that can be used for targeting latently infected cells. We have recently reported that glycoproteins were differentially secreted from HIV latently infected ACH-2 cells compared to the parental A3.01 cells. This observation suggests that glyco-phenotype might be different in these two cell lines. To determine the difference, the ACH-2 and A3.01 cell lines were subjected to a glycoproteomic analysis. A total number of 940 unique N-linked glycosite-containing peptides from 515 glycoproteins were identified. Among the glycoproteins, 365 and 104 were annotated as cell surface and membrane-associated proteins, respectively. Label free quantitative LC-MS/MS analysis revealed a change of 236 glycosite-containing peptides from 172 glycoproteins between the two cell lines without reactivation. Bioinformatic analysis suggests that cell adhesion, immune response, glycoprotein metabolic process, cell motion and cell activation were associated with the changed proteins. After reactivation of latency by phorbol myristate acetate (PMA), changes in glycosite-containing peptides were observed in both cell lines. Changes in 49 glycosite-containing peptides from 45 glycoproteins might be due to viral replication. The changed proteins suggest that cell migration, response to wounding and immune response were impaired in reactivated latently infected cells. Our study provides important glycoproteomic data in respect to HIV latently infected cells. Glycoproteomics merits future application using primary cells to discover reveal mechanisms in HIV pathogenesis.
Project description:Herein expression trends of host miRNA were measured in HIV-1 latently infected and persistent replication cells, as well as the control cells. HIV-1 latency infection was established by infecting CEM-SS lymphocytes with HIV-1 Bru strain. After selection and long-term culture, the chronically infected cell showed the characteristics of latency definition: 1. The provirus was intergrated in to the host genome.2. No viral expression could be detected during culture.3 .Cell stimulators, such as TNFa,PMA, etc, reactivate the viral expression. As expected, miRNA trend was different in HIV-1 latency when compared to the control or HIV-1 replication. A subset of miRNAs is enriched in HIV-1 latency model. The observation reinforces the concept of active HIV-1 interplay with host small RNAs that modulate HIV-1 infection mode.
Project description:Herein expression trends of host miRNA were measured in HIV-1 latently infected and persistent replication cells, as well as the control cells. HIV-1 latency infection was established by infecting CEM-SS lymphocytes with HIV-1 Bru strain. After selection and long-term culture, the chronically infected cell showed the characteristics of latency definition: 1. The provirus was intergrated in to the host genome.2. No viral expression could be detected during culture.3 .Cell stimulators, such as TNFa,PMA, etc, reactivate the viral expression. As expected, miRNA trend was different in HIV-1 latency when compared to the control or HIV-1 replication. A subset of miRNAs is enriched in HIV-1 latency model. The observation reinforces the concept of active HIV-1 interplay with host small RNAs that modulate HIV-1 infection mode. In this study, the in vitro steady cell culture was used to explore the miRNA transcription signatures in HIV-1 infection. miRNA profiles were performed and compared among normal control,HIV-1 latency and HIV-1 replication .
Project description:Suppressive HAART does not eradicate HIV-1 and viral DNA persists as a stably integrated form in the absence of viral particle production. As a consequence, latent reservoirs are refractory to antiretroviral drugs and invisible to immune surveillance. The largest latent reservoir consists of resting memory CD4+ T cells. These cells can resume viral infection when activated through antigen recognition, causing bursts of viremia (blips). Current therapies targeting latent HIV-1 have focused primarily on the M-bM-^@M-^\shock and killM-bM-^@M-^] approach, which employs M-bM-^@M-^\anti-latencyM-bM-^@M-^] drugs M-bM-^@M-^S most notably histone deacetylase (HDAC) inhibitors M-bM-^@M-^S to reactivate and flush latent provirus from its cellular reservoirs in the absence of global T cell activation. This approach is predicated on the notions that viral reactivation will lead to the demise of the infected cell, and that HAART will prevent spreading of the infection. On the contrary, recent evidence indicates that latently infected CD4+ T cells of HIV-1 patients on HAART survive in vitro viral reactivation with the HDAC inhibitor, SAHA, even when co-cultured with autologous CD8+ cytotoxic T lymphocytes (CTL). Moreover, it remains to be addressed the impact of anti-latency drugs on viral reservoirs undergoing low-level ongoing replication, inherently more resistant to the cytopathic effects of HIV-1 and residing in anatomical sites hard to reach for some antiretroviral drugs (e.g. macrophages). As a consequence, there is a need to develop alternative therapeutic approaches aimed at eliminating or decreasing the latent reservoir. Progress in that direction has been hindered by the lack of biomarkers uniquely or differentially expressed on latently infected compared to their uninfected counterparts. To gain insight into the cellular mechanisms that take place in the context of latency, and with the goal of identifying distinctive markers that distinguish latently infected CD4+ T cells, we have used an in vitro model developed in our laboratory to study the expression profile of latently infected CD4+ T cells by microarray analysis. We have used a culture system, previously established in our laboratory, to generate and isolate quiescent latently infected CD4+ T cells in vitro. In this in vitro HIV-1 latency model, CD4+ T cells are activated, infected with full length, replication competent HIV-1, and then returned to quiescence in the presence of IL-7, yielding a culture of quiescent latently infected and uninfected cells. We showed that HIV-1 p24gag expressed during viral replication persists in the cytoplasm of latently infected cells for several days before being degraded. Therefore, we exploited the presence of cytoplasmic p24gag to sort latently infected from uninfected cells by FACS from the same initial cell culture. Total RNA was isolated from sorted latently infected and uninfected cells generated from CD4+ T cells of four different donors. Paired RNA samples from infected and uninfected cells were labeled with Cy3 and Cy5 to allow dual-color competitive hybridization. Moreover, to control for the dye bias in our experiments, we implemented a dye swap protocol (reciprocal labeling) for paired RNA samples from 2 donors. Samples were analyzed by dual-color competitive hybridization on the Agilent whole human genome microarrays (41,000 unique probes). This is the first comparative genomic profiling of primary latently infected resting memory CD4+ T cells versus their uninfected counterparts sorted from the same culture. Microarray analyses performed in this study revealed profound differences between latently infected and uninfected cells. Of relevance are genes involved, not only in previously described pathways related with transcriptional and post-transcriptional regulation, but affecting proliferation, survival, cell cycle progression and cell metabolism. This could explain why latently infected cells have been resistant to reactivation with current anti-latency approaches. Thus, targeting of more downstream steps, such as the ones identified in this study, may be able to enhance viral flushing from refractory latent reservoirs. In addition, we identified a panel of surface makers differentially expressed in latently infected cells, which seem worth investigating for their potential use as biomarkers. Indeed, they might allow the enrichment of this latent reservoir for molecular in depth studies, for monitoring the size of the latent reservoir in the clinical setting, as well as for the development of new therapeutic strategies aimed at eradicating this reservoir.
Project description:Suppressive HAART does not eradicate HIV-1 and viral DNA persists as a stably integrated form in the absence of viral particle production. As a consequence, latent reservoirs are refractory to antiretroviral drugs and invisible to immune surveillance. The largest latent reservoir consists of resting memory CD4+ T cells. These cells can resume viral infection when activated through antigen recognition, causing bursts of viremia (blips). Current therapies targeting latent HIV-1 have focused primarily on the “shock and kill” approach, which employs “anti-latency” drugs – most notably histone deacetylase (HDAC) inhibitors – to reactivate and flush latent provirus from its cellular reservoirs in the absence of global T cell activation. This approach is predicated on the notions that viral reactivation will lead to the demise of the infected cell, and that HAART will prevent spreading of the infection. On the contrary, recent evidence indicates that latently infected CD4+ T cells of HIV-1 patients on HAART survive in vitro viral reactivation with the HDAC inhibitor, SAHA, even when co-cultured with autologous CD8+ cytotoxic T lymphocytes (CTL). Moreover, it remains to be addressed the impact of anti-latency drugs on viral reservoirs undergoing low-level ongoing replication, inherently more resistant to the cytopathic effects of HIV-1 and residing in anatomical sites hard to reach for some antiretroviral drugs (e.g. macrophages). As a consequence, there is a need to develop alternative therapeutic approaches aimed at eliminating or decreasing the latent reservoir. Progress in that direction has been hindered by the lack of biomarkers uniquely or differentially expressed on latently infected compared to their uninfected counterparts. To gain insight into the cellular mechanisms that take place in the context of latency, and with the goal of identifying distinctive markers that distinguish latently infected CD4+ T cells, we have used an in vitro model developed in our laboratory to study the expression profile of latently infected CD4+ T cells by microarray analysis.
Project description:We investigated the effects of the TLR8 agonist 3M-002 on latently HIV infected U1 cells. We found a prominent upregulation of TLR-dependent genes. Notably, the TLR8 agonist resulted in a marked activation of HIV. We stimulated U1 cells for 6 or 10 hours with 3M-002 and subsequently harvested the cells, extracted total RNA. RNA was then used for quantifiying TLR-dependent gene upregulation using a commercial PCR array pathway
Project description:HIV-1 latency is a critical hurdle to a cure for HIV-1 infection, but our understanding of the molecular biology of latency control is still incomplete. We provide experimental evidence that HIV-1 infection of primary T cells and T cell lines generates a substantial amount of TCR/CD3 activation-inert latently infected T cells. Proteomic and genome-wide RNA-level analysis comparing CD3-responsive and CD3-inert latently HIV-1 infected T cells, followed by software-based data integration suggested two phenomena to govern CD3-inertness: (i) the presence of extensive transcriptomic noise that affected the efficacy of CD3 signaling and (ii) defined changes to specific signaling pathways. Validation experiments demonstrated that compounds known to increase transcriptomic noise further diminished the ability of TCR/CD3 stimulation to trigger HIV-1 reactivation. Conversely, targeting specific central nodes in the generated PINs such as STAT3 improved the ability of TCR/CD3 activation to trigger HIV-1 reactivation in T cell lines and primary T cells. The data emphasize that latent HIV-1 infection is largely the result of extensive, stable biomolecular changes to the signaling network of the host T cells harboring latent HIV-1 infection events. We discuss the implications of these findings for the idea of using single drug therapies to trigger HIV-1 reactivation in the latent T cell reservoir in patients.
Project description:We investigated the effects of the TLR8 agonist 3M-002 on latently HIV infected U1 cells. We found a prominent upregulation of TLR-dependent genes. Notably, the TLR8 agonist resulted in a marked activation of HIV.
Project description:HIV and Methamphetamine study - Translational Methamphetamine AIDS Research Center - Dopamine-regulated inflammatory biomarkers A digital transcript panel was custom-made based on Hs_NeuroPath_v1 (Nanostring) to accommodate dopamine-regulated inflammatory genes that were previously identified in vitro, and hypothesized to cluster HIV+ Methamphetamine users.