Paucity of Intact Non-Induced Provirus with Early, Long-Term Antiretroviral Therapy of Perinatal HIV Infection.

The latent reservoir is a major barrier to HIV eradication. Reservoir size is emerging as an important biomarker to assess the likelihood of HIV remission in the absence of antiretroviral therapy (ART) and may be reduced by earlier initiation of ART that restricts HIV spread into CD4+ T cells. Reser...

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Main Authors: Kaitlin Rainwater-Lovett, Carrie Ziemniak, Douglas Watson, Katherine Luzuriaga, George Siberry, Ann Petru, YaHui Chen, Priyanka Uprety, Margaret McManus, Ya-Chi Ho, Susanna L Lamers, Deborah Persaud
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Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
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Online Access:https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0170548&type=printable
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author Kaitlin Rainwater-Lovett
Carrie Ziemniak
Douglas Watson
Katherine Luzuriaga
George Siberry
Ann Petru
YaHui Chen
Priyanka Uprety
Margaret McManus
Ya-Chi Ho
Susanna L Lamers
Deborah Persaud
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Carrie Ziemniak
Douglas Watson
Katherine Luzuriaga
George Siberry
Ann Petru
YaHui Chen
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Ya-Chi Ho
Susanna L Lamers
Deborah Persaud
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description The latent reservoir is a major barrier to HIV eradication. Reservoir size is emerging as an important biomarker to assess the likelihood of HIV remission in the absence of antiretroviral therapy (ART) and may be reduced by earlier initiation of ART that restricts HIV spread into CD4+ T cells. Reservoir size is traditionally measured with a quantitative viral outgrowth assay (QVOA) that induces replication-competent HIV production through in vitro stimulation of resting CD4+ T cells. However, the recent identification of replication-intact, non-induced proviral genomes (NIPG) suggests the QVOA significantly underestimates (by 62-fold) latent reservoir size in chronically-infected adults. Whether formation and persistence of Intact, NIPG is thwarted by early ART initiation and long-term virologic suppression in perinatal infection is unclear. Here, we show that the latent reservoir in 11 early treated, long-term suppressed perinatally infected children and adolescents was not inducible by QVOA and dominated by defective, NIPG. Single genome analysis of 164 NIPG from 232 million cultured resting CD4+ T cells revealed no replication-intact, near-full length sequences. Forty-three (26%) NIPG contained APOBEC3G-mediated hypermutation, 115 (70%) NIPG contained large internal deletions, one NIPG contained nonsense mutations and indels, and 5 (3%) NIPG were assigned as "Not Evaluable" due to multiple failed sequencing attempts that precluded further classification. The lack of replication competent inducible provirus and intact NIPG in this cohort indicate early, long-term ART of perinatal infection leads to marked diminution of replication-competent HIV-1 reservoirs, creating a favorable state towards interventions aimed at virologic remission.
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spelling doaj-art-608b954791e54b9a822fa6c2f46b03d52025-08-20T02:45:56ZengPublic Library of Science (PLoS)PLoS ONE1932-62032017-01-01122e017054810.1371/journal.pone.0170548Paucity of Intact Non-Induced Provirus with Early, Long-Term Antiretroviral Therapy of Perinatal HIV Infection.Kaitlin Rainwater-LovettCarrie ZiemniakDouglas WatsonKatherine LuzuriagaGeorge SiberryAnn PetruYaHui ChenPriyanka UpretyMargaret McManusYa-Chi HoSusanna L LamersDeborah PersaudThe latent reservoir is a major barrier to HIV eradication. Reservoir size is emerging as an important biomarker to assess the likelihood of HIV remission in the absence of antiretroviral therapy (ART) and may be reduced by earlier initiation of ART that restricts HIV spread into CD4+ T cells. Reservoir size is traditionally measured with a quantitative viral outgrowth assay (QVOA) that induces replication-competent HIV production through in vitro stimulation of resting CD4+ T cells. However, the recent identification of replication-intact, non-induced proviral genomes (NIPG) suggests the QVOA significantly underestimates (by 62-fold) latent reservoir size in chronically-infected adults. Whether formation and persistence of Intact, NIPG is thwarted by early ART initiation and long-term virologic suppression in perinatal infection is unclear. Here, we show that the latent reservoir in 11 early treated, long-term suppressed perinatally infected children and adolescents was not inducible by QVOA and dominated by defective, NIPG. Single genome analysis of 164 NIPG from 232 million cultured resting CD4+ T cells revealed no replication-intact, near-full length sequences. Forty-three (26%) NIPG contained APOBEC3G-mediated hypermutation, 115 (70%) NIPG contained large internal deletions, one NIPG contained nonsense mutations and indels, and 5 (3%) NIPG were assigned as "Not Evaluable" due to multiple failed sequencing attempts that precluded further classification. The lack of replication competent inducible provirus and intact NIPG in this cohort indicate early, long-term ART of perinatal infection leads to marked diminution of replication-competent HIV-1 reservoirs, creating a favorable state towards interventions aimed at virologic remission.https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0170548&type=printable
spellingShingle Kaitlin Rainwater-Lovett
Carrie Ziemniak
Douglas Watson
Katherine Luzuriaga
George Siberry
Ann Petru
YaHui Chen
Priyanka Uprety
Margaret McManus
Ya-Chi Ho
Susanna L Lamers
Deborah Persaud
Paucity of Intact Non-Induced Provirus with Early, Long-Term Antiretroviral Therapy of Perinatal HIV Infection.
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title Paucity of Intact Non-Induced Provirus with Early, Long-Term Antiretroviral Therapy of Perinatal HIV Infection.
title_full Paucity of Intact Non-Induced Provirus with Early, Long-Term Antiretroviral Therapy of Perinatal HIV Infection.
title_fullStr Paucity of Intact Non-Induced Provirus with Early, Long-Term Antiretroviral Therapy of Perinatal HIV Infection.
title_full_unstemmed Paucity of Intact Non-Induced Provirus with Early, Long-Term Antiretroviral Therapy of Perinatal HIV Infection.
title_short Paucity of Intact Non-Induced Provirus with Early, Long-Term Antiretroviral Therapy of Perinatal HIV Infection.
title_sort paucity of intact non induced provirus with early long term antiretroviral therapy of perinatal hiv infection
url https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0170548&type=printable
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