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Journal of Virology, January 2007, p. 599-612, Vol. 81, No. 2
0022-538X/07/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JVI.01739-06
Copyright © 2007, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Mechanisms of Gastrointestinal CD4+ T-Cell Depletion during Acute and Early Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 Infection{triangledown}

Saurabh Mehandru,1 Michael A. Poles,1,2 Klara Tenner-Racz,3 Victoria Manuelli,1 Patrick Jean-Pierre,1 Peter Lopez,1 Anita Shet,1 Andrea Low,1 Hiroshi Mohri,1 Daniel Boden,1 Paul Racz,3 and Martin Markowitz1*

Aaron Diamond AIDS Research Center and Rockefeller University, New York, New York 10016,1 New York University School of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, New York, New York 10016,2 Bernhard-Nocht Institut für Tropenmedizin, 20359 Hamburg, Germany3

Received 10 August 2006/ Accepted 13 October 2006

During acute and early human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) infection (AEI) more than 50% of CD4+ T cells are preferentially depleted from the gastrointestinal (GI) lamina propria. To better understand the underlying mechanisms, we studied virological and immunological events within the peripheral blood (PB) and GI tract during AEI. A total of 32 AEI subjects and 18 uninfected controls underwent colonic biopsy. HIV-1 viral DNA and RNA levels were quantified in CD4+ T cells derived from the GI tract and PB by using real-time PCR. The phenotype of infected cells was characterized by using combinations of immunohistochemistry and in situ hybridization. Markers of immunological memory, activation, and proliferation were examined by flow cytometry and immunohistochemistry, and the host-derived cytotoxic cellular response was examined by using immunohistochemistry. GI CD4+ T cells harbored, on average, 13-fold higher HIV-1 viral DNA levels and 10-fold higher HIV-1 RNA levels than PB CD4+ T cells during AEI. HIV-1 RNA was detected in both "activated" and "nonactivated" mucosal CD4+ T cells. A significantly higher number of activated and proliferating T cells were detected in the GI tract compared to the PB, and a robust cytotoxic response (HIV-1 specificity not determined) was detected in the GI tract as early as 18 days postinfection. Mucosal CD4+ T-cell depletion is multifactorial. Direct viral infection likely accounts for the earliest loss of CD4+ T cells. Subsequently, ongoing infection of susceptible CD4+ T cells, along with activation-induced cellular death and host cytotoxic cellular response, are responsible for the persistence of the lesion.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Aaron Diamond AIDS Research Center, The Rockefeller University, 455 First Ave., 7th Fl., New York, NY 10016. Phone: (212) 448-5020. Fax: (212) 725-1126. E-mail: mmarkowitz{at}adarc.org.

{triangledown} Published ahead of print on 25 October 2006.

Journal of Virology, January 2007, p. 599-612, Vol. 81, No. 2
0022-538X/07/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JVI.01739-06
Copyright © 2007, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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