Multiply spliced HIV RNA is a predictive measure of virus production ex vivo and in vivo following reversal of HIV latency

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BACKGROUND: One strategy being pursued to clear latently infected cells that persist in people living with HIV (PLWH) on antiretroviral therapy (ART) is to activate latent HIV infection with a latency reversing agent (LRA). Surrogate markers that accurately measure virus production following an LRA are needed.

METHODS: We quantified cell-associated unspliced (US), multiply spliced (MS) and supernatant (SN) HIV RNA by qPCR from total and resting CD4+ T cells isolated from seven PLWH on ART before and after treatment ex vivo with different LRAs, including histone deacetylase inhibitors (HDACi). MS and plasma HIV RNA were also quantified from PLWH on ART (n-11) who received the HDACi panobinostat.

FINDINGS: In total and resting CD4+ T cells from PLWH on ART, detection of US RNA was common while detection of MS RNA was infrequent. Primers used to detect MS RNA, in contrast to US RNA, bound sites of the viral genome that are commonly mutated or deleted in PLWH on ART. Following ex vivo stimulation with LRAs, we identified a strong correlation between the fold change increase in SN and MS RNA, but not the fold change increase in SN and US RNA. In PLWH on ART who received panobinostat, MS RNA was significantly higher in samples with detectable compared to non0detectable plasma HIV RNA.

INTERPRETATION: Following administration of an LRA, quantification of MS RNA is more likely to reflect an increase in virion production and is therefore a better indicator of meaningful latency reversal.

FUNDING: NHMRC, NIH DARE collaboratory.

Errataetall:

CommentIn: EBioMedicine. 2021 Mar;65:103265. - PMID 33690098

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2021

Erschienen:

2021

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:65

Enthalten in:

EBioMedicine - 65(2021) vom: 02. März, Seite 103241

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Zerbato, Jennifer M [VerfasserIn]
Khoury, Georges [VerfasserIn]
Zhao, Wei [VerfasserIn]
Gartner, Matthew J [VerfasserIn]
Pascoe, Rachel D [VerfasserIn]
Rhodes, Ajantha [VerfasserIn]
Dantanarayana, Ashanti [VerfasserIn]
Gooey, Megan [VerfasserIn]
Anderson, Jenny [VerfasserIn]
Bacchetti, Peter [VerfasserIn]
Deeks, Steven G [VerfasserIn]
McMahon, James [VerfasserIn]
Roche, Michael [VerfasserIn]
Rasmussen, Thomas A [VerfasserIn]
Purcell, Damian Fj [VerfasserIn]
Lewin, Sharon R [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

58IFB293JI
Anti-Retroviral Agents
Biomarker
HIV
Histone Deacetylase Inhibitors
Journal Article
Latency reversal
Multiply-spliced HIV RNA
NI40JAQ945
Polyhydroxyalkanoates
RNA, Viral
Reservoir
Shock and kill
Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate
Vorinostat

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 01.11.2021

Date Revised 14.02.2024

published: Print-Electronic

CommentIn: EBioMedicine. 2021 Mar;65:103265. - PMID 33690098

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.ebiom.2021.103241

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM322054168