PMID- 20495069 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20100618 LR - 20211020 IS - 1550-6606 (Electronic) IS - 0022-1767 (Print) IS - 0022-1767 (Linking) VI - 184 IP - 12 DP - 2010 Jun 15 TI - CD8+ cell depletion accelerates HIV-1 immunopathology in humanized mice. PG - 7082-91 LID - 10.4049/jimmunol.1000438 [doi] AB - Stable engraftment of human lymphoid tissue in NOD/scid-IL-2Rgammacnull mice after CD34+ hematopoietic stem cell reconstitution permits the evaluation of ongoing HIV-1 infection for weeks to months. We demonstrate that HIV-1-infected rodents develop virus-specific cellular immune responses. CD8+ cell depletion, 2 or 5-7 wk after viral infection, resulted in a significant increase of HIV-1 load, robust immune cell activation, and cytopathology in lymphoid tissues but preserved CD4/CD8 double-positive thymic T cell pools. Human CD8+ cells reappeared in circulation as early as 2-3 wk. These data support a role of CD8+ cells in viral surveillance and the relevance of this humanized mouse model for the studies of HIV-1 pathobiology and virus-specific immunity. FAU - Gorantla, Santhi AU - Gorantla S AD - Department of Pharmacology and Experimental Neuroscience, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE 68198, USA. FAU - Makarov, Edward AU - Makarov E FAU - Finke-Dwyer, Jennifer AU - Finke-Dwyer J FAU - Gebhart, Catherine L AU - Gebhart CL FAU - Domm, William AU - Domm W FAU - Dewhurst, Stephen AU - Dewhurst S FAU - Gendelman, Howard E AU - Gendelman HE FAU - Poluektova, Larisa Y AU - Poluektova LY LA - eng GR - R01 NS036126/NS/NINDS NIH HHS/United States GR - P01 NS043985-01A1/NS/NINDS NIH HHS/United States GR - P01 NS043985/NS/NINDS NIH HHS/United States GR - P01 NS043985-08/NS/NINDS NIH HHS/United States GR - R21NS060642-01/NS/NINDS NIH HHS/United States GR - 1 P01 NS043985-01/NS/NINDS NIH HHS/United States GR - R21 NS060642-02/NS/NINDS NIH HHS/United States GR - P01 NS043985-07/NS/NINDS NIH HHS/United States GR - P01 MH064570-049001/MH/NIMH NIH HHS/United States GR - P20 RR15635/RR/NCRR NIH HHS/United States GR - R21AI074351/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/United States GR - P01 MH064570/MH/NIMH NIH HHS/United States GR - 5 P01 MH64570-03/MH/NIMH NIH HHS/United States GR - R37 NS036126/NS/NINDS NIH HHS/United States GR - R21 NS060642/NS/NINDS NIH HHS/United States GR - R37 NS036126-11/NS/NINDS NIH HHS/United States GR - P20 RR015635/RR/NCRR NIH HHS/United States GR - R37 NS036126-10/NS/NINDS NIH HHS/United States GR - 2R37 NS36126/NS/NINDS NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural DEP - 20100521 PL - United States TA - J Immunol JT - Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950) JID - 2985117R RN - 0 (Receptors, Interleukin-2) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - CD8-Positive T-Lymphocytes/*immunology MH - Cell Separation MH - Cord Blood Stem Cell Transplantation MH - Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay MH - Flow Cytometry MH - HIV Infections/*immunology MH - HIV-1/*immunology MH - Humans MH - Immunohistochemistry MH - Mice MH - Mice, Inbred NOD MH - Mice, Knockout MH - Mice, SCID MH - Receptors, Interleukin-2/deficiency/genetics PMC - PMC3008566 MID - NIHMS201497 EDAT- 2010/05/25 06:00 MHDA- 2010/06/19 06:00 PMCR- 2010/12/22 CRDT- 2010/05/25 06:00 PHST- 2010/05/25 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2010/05/25 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2010/06/19 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2010/12/22 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - jimmunol.1000438 [pii] AID - 10.4049/jimmunol.1000438 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - J Immunol. 2010 Jun 15;184(12):7082-91. doi: 10.4049/jimmunol.1000438. Epub 2010 May 21.