Prolonged experimental CD4+ T-cell depletion does not cause disease progression in SIV-infected African green monkeys

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CD4+ T-cell depletion is a hallmark of HIV infection, leading to impairment of cellular immunity and opportunistic infections, but its contribution to SIV/HIV-associated gut dysfunction is unknown. Chronically SIV-infected African Green Monkeys (AGMs) partially recover mucosal CD4+ T-cells, maintain gut integrity and do not progress to AIDS. Here we assess the impact of prolonged, antibody-mediated CD4 + T-cell depletion on gut integrity and natural history of SIV infection in AGMs. All circulating CD4+ T-cells and >90% of mucosal CD4+ T-cells are depleted. Plasma viral loads and cell-associated viral RNA in tissues are lower in CD4+-cell-depleted animals. CD4+-cell-depleted AGMs maintain gut integrity, control immune activation and do not progress to AIDS. We thus conclude that CD4+ T-cell depletion is not a determinant of SIV-related gut dysfunction, when gastrointestinal tract epithelial damage and inflammation are absent, suggesting that disease progression and resistance to AIDS are independent of CD4+ T-cell restoration in SIVagm-infected AGMs.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:14

Enthalten in:

Nature communications - 14(2023), 1 vom: 22. Feb., Seite 979

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Le Hingrat, Quentin [VerfasserIn]
Sette, Paola [VerfasserIn]
Xu, Cuiling [VerfasserIn]
Rahmberg, Andrew R [VerfasserIn]
Tarnus, Lilas [VerfasserIn]
Annapureddy, Haritha [VerfasserIn]
Kleinman, Adam [VerfasserIn]
Brocca-Cofano, Egidio [VerfasserIn]
Sivanandham, Ranjit [VerfasserIn]
Sivanandham, Sindhuja [VerfasserIn]
He, Tianyu [VerfasserIn]
Capreri, Daniel J [VerfasserIn]
Ma, Dongzhu [VerfasserIn]
Estes, Jacob D [VerfasserIn]
Brenchley, Jason M [VerfasserIn]
Apetrei, Cristian [VerfasserIn]
Pandrea, Ivona [VerfasserIn]

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Date Completed 24.02.2023

Date Revised 26.04.2024

published: Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1038/s41467-023-36379-2

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NLM35320028X