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Differential impact of transplantation on peripheral and tissue-associated viral reservoirs: Implications for HIV gene therapy.

Abstract：

:Autologous transplantation and engraftment of HIV-resistant cells in sufficient numbers should recapitulate the functional cure of the Berlin Patient, with applicability to a greater number of infected individuals and with a superior safety profile. A robust preclinical model of suppressed HIV infection is critical in order to test such gene therapy-based cure strategies, both alone and in combination with other cure strategies. Here, we present a nonhuman primate (NHP) model of latent infection using simian/human immunodeficiency virus (SHIV) and combination antiretroviral therapy (cART) in pigtail macaques. We demonstrate that transplantation of CCR5 gene-edited hematopoietic stem/progenitor cells (HSPCs) persist in infected and suppressed animals, and that protected cells expand through virus-dependent positive selection. CCR5 gene-edited cells are readily detectable in tissues, namely those closely associated with viral reservoirs such as lymph nodes and gastrointestinal tract. Following autologous transplantation, tissue-associated SHIV DNA and RNA levels in suppressed animals are significantly reduced (p ≤ 0.05), relative to suppressed, untransplanted control animals. In contrast, the size of the peripheral reservoir, measured by QVOA, is variably impacted by transplantation. Our studies demonstrate that CCR5 gene editing is equally feasible in infected and uninfected animals, that edited cells persist, traffic to, and engraft in tissue reservoirs, and that this approach significantly reduces secondary lymphoid tissue viral reservoir size. Our robust NHP model of HIV gene therapy and viral persistence can be immediately applied to the investigation of combinatorial approaches that incorporate anti-HIV gene therapy, immune modulators, therapeutic vaccination, and latency reversing agents.

journal_name

PLoS Pathog

journal_title

PLoS pathogens

authors

Peterson CW,Wang J,Deleage C,Reddy S,Kaur J,Polacino P,Reik A,Huang ML,Jerome KR,Hu SL,Holmes MC,Estes JD,Kiem HP

doi

10.1371/journal.ppat.1006956

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Has Abstract

pub_date

2018-04-19 00:00:00

pages

e1006956

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eissn

1553-7366

issn

1553-7374

pii

PPATHOGENS-D-17-02479

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Differential impact of transplantation on peripheral and tissue-associated viral reservoirs: Implications for HIV gene therapy.