CD4+ T lymphocyte depletion in human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1)–infected humans underlies the development of acquired immune deficiency syndrome. Using a model in which rhesus macaques were infected with chimeric simian–human immunodeficiency viruses (SHIVs), we show that both the level of viremia and the structure of the HIV-1 envelope glycoprotein ectodomains individually contributed to the efficiency with which CD4+ T lymphocytes were depleted. The envelope glycoproteins of recombinant SHIVs that efficiently caused loss of CD4+ T lymphocytes exhibited increased chemokine receptor binding and membrane-fusing capacity compared with those of less pathogenic viruses. These studies identify the HIV-1 envelope glycoprotein ectodomains as determinants of CD4+ T lymphocyte loss in vivo and provide a foundation for studying pathogenic mechanisms.
The Envelope Glycoprotein Ectodomains Determine the Efficiency of CD4+ T Lymphocyte Depletion in Simian– Human Immunodeficiency Virus–Infected Macaques
Address correspondence to Joseph Sodroski, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, 44 Binney St., JFB 824, Boston, MA 02115. Phone: 617-632-3371; Fax: 617-632-4338; E-mail: [email protected]
Gunilla B. Karlsson, Matilda Halloran, Dominik Schenten, Juliette Lee, Paul Racz, Klara Tenner-Racz, Judith Manola, Rebecca Gelman, Bijan Etemad-Moghadam, Elizabeth Desjardins, Richard Wyatt, Norma P. Gerard, Luisa Marcon, David Margolin, John Fanton, Michael K. Axthelm, Norman L. Letvin, Joseph Sodroski; The Envelope Glycoprotein Ectodomains Determine the Efficiency of CD4+ T Lymphocyte Depletion in Simian– Human Immunodeficiency Virus–Infected Macaques . J Exp Med 21 September 1998; 188 (6): 1159–1171. doi: https://doi.org/10.1084/jem.188.6.1159
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