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Journal of Virology, August 2000, p. 6720-6724, Vol. 74, No. 15
Department of Molecular Microbiology and
Immunology, School of Public Health,1 and
Departments of Pharmacology3 and
Comparative Medicine,2 School of
Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland 21205
Received 26 July 1999/Accepted 21 April 2000
Most simian immunodeficiency virus (SIV), human immunodeficiency
virus type 2 (HIV-2), and HIV-1 infection of host peripheral blood
mononuclear cells (PBMCs) is CD4 dependent. In some cases, X4 HIV-1
chemotaxis is CD4 independent, and cross-species transmission might be
facilitated by CD4-independent entry, which has been demonstrated for
some SIV strains in CD4
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CD4-Independent, CCR5-Dependent Simian
Immunodeficiency Virus Infection and Chemotaxis of Human
Cells
non-T cells. As expected for
CCR5-dependent virus, SIV required CD4 on rhesus and pigtail macaque
PBMCs for infection and chemotaxis. However, SIV induced the chemotaxis
of human PBMCs in a CD4-independent manner. Furthermore, in contrast to
the results of studies using transfected human cell lines, SIV did not
require CD4 binding to productively infect primary human PBMCs.
CD4-independent lymphocyte and macrophage infection may facilitate
cross-species transmission, while reacquisition of CD4 dependence may
confer a selective advantage for the virus within new host species.
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Corresponding author. Mailing address: Department of
Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, 615 N. Wolfe Street, Johns
Hopkins School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD 21205-2179. Phone: (410) 955-3175. Fax: (410) 955-0105. E-mail: dschwart{at}jhsph.edu.
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