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J Virol, March 1998, p. 2002-2009, Vol. 72, No. 3
Department of Immunology-IMM7, The Scripps
Research Institute, La Jolla, California
92037,1 and
Laboratory of Persistent
Viral Diseases, Rocky Mountain Laboratories, National Institute of
Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Hamilton, Montana
598402
Received 8 September 1997/Accepted 5 December 1997
Most individuals infected with human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) initially harbor macrophage-tropic, non-syncytium-inducing (M-tropic, NSI) viruses that may evolve into T-cell-tropic,
syncytium-inducing viruses (T-tropic, SI) after several years. The
reasons for the more efficient transmission of M-tropic, NSI viruses
and the slow evolution of T-tropic, SI viruses remain unclear, although
they may be linked to expression of appropriate chemokine coreceptors for virus entry. We have examined plasma viral RNA levels and the
extent of CD4+ T-cell depletion in SCID mice reconstituted
with human peripheral blood leukocytes following infection with
M-tropic, dual-tropic, or T-tropic HIV-1 isolates. The cell tropism was
found to determine the course of viremia, with M-tropic viruses
producing sustained high viral RNA levels and sparing some
CD4+ T cells, dual-tropic viruses producing a transient and
lower viral RNA spike and extremely rapid depletion of CD4+
T cells, and T-tropic viruses causing similarly lower viral RNA levels
and rapid-intermediate rates of CD4+ T-cell depletion. A
single amino acid change in the V3 region of gp120 was sufficient to
cause one isolate to switch from M-tropic to dual-tropic and acquire
the ability to rapidly deplete all CD4+ T cells.
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The Cell Tropism of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 Determines the Kinetics of Plasma Viremia in SCID Mice Reconstituted
with Human Peripheral Blood Leukocytes
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Immunology, IMM7, The Scripps Research Institute, 10550 N. Torrey Pines Rd., La Jolla, CA 92037. Phone: (619) 784-9121. Fax: (619) 784-9190. E-mail: dmosier{at}scripps.edu.
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