scholarly journals Expression of the Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type-1 Coreceptors CXCR-4 (fusin, LESTR) and CKR-5 in CD34+ Hematopoietic Progenitor Cells

Blood ◽  
1997 ◽  
Vol 89 (10) ◽  
pp. 3522-3528 ◽  
Author(s):  
Martin Deichmann ◽  
Ralf Kronenwett ◽  
Rainer Haas

CD34+ hematopoietic progenitor cells were assessed for mRNA expression of the human immunodeficiency virus type-1 (HIV-1) coreceptors CXCR-4, also termed fusin or LESTR, and CKR-5, also called CC-CKR-5 or CCR-5. The CD34+ cells were obtained from leukapheresis products of 17 patients after granulocyte colony-stimulating factor–supported cytotoxic chemotherapy. Using a two-step enrichment procedure including immunomagnetic bead separation and fluorescence-activated cell sorting, the CD34+ cells had a median purity of 99.8%. Assessing 9 CD34+ cell samples by polymerase chain reaction after reverse transcription (RT-PCR), CXCR-4 mRNA was found in all samples, whereas CKR-5 mRNA was only present in 3 samples, even though a nested PCR was used. Eight additional CD34+ cell samples were sorted according to CD4 expression. Based on a three-color immunofluorescence analysis, the mean relative fluorescence intensity of HLA-DR was smaller on CD34+/CD4+ cells in comparison with CD34+/CD4− cells. CXCR-4 mRNA was found in 5 of 8 CD34+/CD4+ samples and in 7 of 8 CD34+/CD4− samples, whereas CKR-5 mRNA was detected in 2 CD34+/CD4+ samples and in 1 CD34+/CD4− cell sample. Looking at the total number of CD34+ cell samples examined, the proportion of specimens containing CXCR-4 mRNA was 84% in comparison with 24% of specimens positive for CKR-5 mRNA. These data suggest that CD34+/CD4+ hematopoietic progenitor cells, including true stem cell candidates, could be susceptible to HIV-1 infection. Considering the relatively low incidence of CD34+ cell samples containing CKR-5 mRNA, CD34+/CD4+ cells appear to be particularly prone for HIV-1 infection via the CXCR-4 coreceptor. Because this chemokine receptor allows T-cell–tropic HIV-1 strains to infect cells, CD34+ cells expressing CD4 and CXCR-4 might be infected by HIV-1 during later stages of the disease, following a viral phenotype switch from macrophage- to T-cell–tropic HIV-1 strains.

Blood ◽  
1997 ◽  
Vol 89 (10) ◽  
pp. 3522-3528 ◽  
Author(s):  
Martin Deichmann ◽  
Ralf Kronenwett ◽  
Rainer Haas

Abstract CD34+ hematopoietic progenitor cells were assessed for mRNA expression of the human immunodeficiency virus type-1 (HIV-1) coreceptors CXCR-4, also termed fusin or LESTR, and CKR-5, also called CC-CKR-5 or CCR-5. The CD34+ cells were obtained from leukapheresis products of 17 patients after granulocyte colony-stimulating factor–supported cytotoxic chemotherapy. Using a two-step enrichment procedure including immunomagnetic bead separation and fluorescence-activated cell sorting, the CD34+ cells had a median purity of 99.8%. Assessing 9 CD34+ cell samples by polymerase chain reaction after reverse transcription (RT-PCR), CXCR-4 mRNA was found in all samples, whereas CKR-5 mRNA was only present in 3 samples, even though a nested PCR was used. Eight additional CD34+ cell samples were sorted according to CD4 expression. Based on a three-color immunofluorescence analysis, the mean relative fluorescence intensity of HLA-DR was smaller on CD34+/CD4+ cells in comparison with CD34+/CD4− cells. CXCR-4 mRNA was found in 5 of 8 CD34+/CD4+ samples and in 7 of 8 CD34+/CD4− samples, whereas CKR-5 mRNA was detected in 2 CD34+/CD4+ samples and in 1 CD34+/CD4− cell sample. Looking at the total number of CD34+ cell samples examined, the proportion of specimens containing CXCR-4 mRNA was 84% in comparison with 24% of specimens positive for CKR-5 mRNA. These data suggest that CD34+/CD4+ hematopoietic progenitor cells, including true stem cell candidates, could be susceptible to HIV-1 infection. Considering the relatively low incidence of CD34+ cell samples containing CKR-5 mRNA, CD34+/CD4+ cells appear to be particularly prone for HIV-1 infection via the CXCR-4 coreceptor. Because this chemokine receptor allows T-cell–tropic HIV-1 strains to infect cells, CD34+ cells expressing CD4 and CXCR-4 might be infected by HIV-1 during later stages of the disease, following a viral phenotype switch from macrophage- to T-cell–tropic HIV-1 strains.


1996 ◽  
Vol 183 (1) ◽  
pp. 99-108 ◽  
Author(s):  
G Zauli ◽  
M Vitale ◽  
D Gibellini ◽  
S Capitani

Human CD34+ hematopoietic progenitor cells, stringently purified from the peripheral blood of 20 normal donors, showed an impaired survival and clonogenic capacity after exposure to either heat-inactivated human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) 1 (strain IIIB) or cross-linked envelope gp120. Cell cycle analysis, performed at different times in serum-free liquid culture, showed an accumulation in G0/G1 in HIV-1- or gp120-treated cells and a progressive increase of cells with subdiploid DNA content, characteristic of apoptosis. In blocking experiments with anti-transforming growth factor (TGF) beta 1 neutralizing serum or TGF-beta 1 oligonucleotides, we demonstrated that the HIV-1- or gp120-mediated suppression of CD34+ cell growth was almost entirely due to an upregulation of endogenous TGF-beta 1 produced by purified hematopoietic progenitors. Moreover, by using a sensitive assay on the CCL64 cell line, increased levels of bioactive TGF-beta 1 were recovered in the culture supernatant of HIV-1/gp120-treated CD34+ cells. Anti-TGF-beta 1 neutralizing serum or TGF-beta 1 oligonucleotides were also effective in inducing a significant increase of the plating efficiency of CD34+ cells, purified from the peripheral blood of three HIV-1-seropositive individuals, suggesting that a similar mechanism may be also operative in vivo. The relevance of these findings to a better understanding of the pathogenesis of HIV-1-related cytopenias is discussed.


Blood ◽  
1990 ◽  
Vol 76 (7) ◽  
pp. 1281-1286 ◽  
Author(s):  
D von Laer ◽  
FT Hufert ◽  
TE Fenner ◽  
S Schwander ◽  
M Dietrich ◽  
...  

Abstract Hematologic abnormalities occur in the majority of patients with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). Infection of the hematopoietic progenitor cells has been proposed as a potential explanation. In this study, different bone marrow cell populations, including the CD34+ hematopoietic progenitor cells, were purified by a fluorescence-activated cell sorter (FACS) and analyzed for the presence of human immunodeficiency virus-1 (HIV-1) proviral DNA using the polymerase chain reaction. A group of 14 patients with AIDS or AIDS- related complex (ARC) was studied (11 with peripheral blood cytopenias). The CD4+ helper cells in the bone marrow were found positive for HIV-1 DNA in all patients. In contrast, CD34+ progenitor cells were positive in only one patient. Two monocyte samples and two samples of CD4-/CD34- lymphocytes/blasts (mainly B and CD8 lymphocytes) were positive. Proviral DNA could not be detected in granulocytes. FACS analysis showed that the percentage of CD34+ hematopoietic progenitor cells was not altered in the bone marrow of AIDS patients in comparison with the HIV-1 seronegative controls. In contrast, the number of CD4+ lymphocytes was markedly reduced in the bone marrow of AIDS patients. These results show that the hematologic abnormalities in AIDS patients are neither explained by direct infection of the hematopoietic progenitor cells with HIV-1 nor by a depletion of progenitor cells.


Blood ◽  
1998 ◽  
Vol 91 (8) ◽  
pp. 2672-2678 ◽  
Author(s):  
Morgan Jenkins ◽  
Mary Beth Hanley ◽  
Mary Beth Moreno ◽  
Eric Wieder ◽  
Joseph M. McCune

It is still uncertain whether multilineage hematopoietic progenitor cells are affected by human immunodeficiency virus-1 (HIV-1) infection in vivo. The SCID-hu Thy/Liv model is permissive of long-term multilineage human hematopoiesis, including T lymphopoiesis. This model was used to investigate the effects of HIV-1 infection on early hematopoietic progenitor function. We found that both lineage-restricted and multilineage hematopoietic progenitors were depleted from grafts infected with either a molecular clone or a primary isolate of HIV-1. Depletion of hematopoietic progenitors (including CD34+ cells, colony-forming units in methylcellulose, and long-term culture-initiating cells) occurred several days before the onset of thymocyte depletion, indicating that the subsequent rapid decline in thymocyte numbers was due at least in part to loss of thymocyte progenitors. HIV-1 proviral genomes were not detected at high frequency in hematopoietic cells earlier than the intrathymic T-progenitor cell stage, despite the depletion of such cells in infected grafts. Proviral genomes were also not detected in colonies derived from progenitor cells from infected grafts. These data demonstrate that HIV-1 infection interrupts both lineage-restricted and multilineage hematopoiesis in vivo and suggest that depletion of early hematopoietic progenitor cells occurs in the absence of direct viral infection.


Blood ◽  
1999 ◽  
Vol 94 (1) ◽  
pp. 62-73 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alessandro Aiuti ◽  
Lucia Turchetto ◽  
Manuela Cota ◽  
Arcadi Cipponi ◽  
Andrea Brambilla ◽  
...  

Human CD34+ hematopoietic progenitor cells obtained from bone marrow (BM), umbilical cord blood (UCB), and mobilized peripheral blood (MPB) were purified and investigated for the expression of the chemokine receptor CXCR4 and its ligand, stromal cell–derived factor-1 (SDF-1). CXCR4 was found present on the cell surface of all CD34+ cells, although it was expressed at lower density on MPB with respect to BM CD34+ cells. Freshly isolated and in vitro–cultured CD34+ cells also coexpressed SDF-1 mRNA, as determined by reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR). Of interest, CD34+/CD38+ committed progenitor cells, unlike primitive CD34+/CD38− cells, expressed SDF-1 mRNA. Supernatants from in vitro–cultured CD34+ cells contained substantial (3 to 8 ng/mL) amounts of SDF-1 by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay and induced migration of CD34+ cells. Because CD34+ cells express low levels of CD4, the primary receptor of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), and CXCR4 is a coreceptor for T-cell tropic (X4) HIV strains, we investigated the susceptibility of CD34+cells to infection by this subset of viruses. Lack of productive infection was almost invariably observed as determined by a conventional RT activity in culture supernatants and by real-time PCR for HIV DNA in CD34+ cells exposed to both laboratory adapted (LAI) and primary (BON) X4 T-cell tropic HIV-1 strain. Soluble gp120 Env (sgp120) from X4 HIV-1 efficiently blocked binding of the anti-CD4 Leu3a monoclonal antibody (MoAb) to either human CD4+ T cells or CD34+ cells. In contrast, sgp120 interfered with an anti-CXCR4 MoAb binding to human T lymphocytes, but not to CD34+ cells. However, CXCR4 on CD34+ cells was downregulated by SDF-1. These results suggest that CXCR4 and its ligand SDF-1 expressed in CD34+ progenitors may play an important role in regulating the local and systemic trafficking of these cells. Moreover, these findings suggest multiple and potentially synergistic mechanisms at the basis of the resistance of CD34+ cells to X4 HIV infection, including their ability to produce SDF-1, and the lack of CXCR4 internalization following gp120 binding to CD4.


Blood ◽  
1990 ◽  
Vol 76 (12) ◽  
pp. 2476-2482 ◽  
Author(s):  
JM Molina ◽  
DT Scadden ◽  
M Sakaguchi ◽  
B Fuller ◽  
A Woon ◽  
...  

The pathogenesis of the hematologic abnormalities commonly observed in patients with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) is incompletely understood. We report here that in vitro growth of myeloid (CFU-GM) and erythroid (BFU-E) progenitor cells from six patients with AIDS was not significantly different from that of normal human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) seronegative donors: 25.3 +/- 5 CFU-GM per 5 x 10(4) low density marrow cells and 33.5 +/- 5 BFU-E were observed in AIDS patients versus 32.7 +/- 5 CFU-GM and 42.1 +/- 5 BFU-E in controls. Furthermore, no HIV-DNA in individual colonies (CFU-GM and BFU-E) could be detected using the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) technique, although HIV-1 DNA was detected in peripheral blood mononuclear cells from the same patients. Similarly, normal bone marrow cells exposed in vitro to different isolates of HIV or recombinant purified HIV-1 envelope glycoprotein (gp) 120 did not exhibit any difference in growth of CFU-GM or BFU-E as compared with mock exposed bone marrow cells. HIV- 1 DNA could not be detected by the PCR technique in individual colonies derived from HIV exposed marrow. This study suggests that committed myeloid and erythroid progenitors from AIDS patients are responsive to hematopoietic growth factors in vitro and do not appear to contain HIV- 1 DNA. Also, HIV or its envelope gp did not alter the growth of hematopoietic progenitor cells in vitro. No evidence of HIV infection of progenitor cells could be demonstrated. Impaired hematopoiesis in patients with AIDS may not be related to direct effects of HIV on committed progenitor cells.


Blood ◽  
1990 ◽  
Vol 76 (12) ◽  
pp. 2476-2482 ◽  
Author(s):  
JM Molina ◽  
DT Scadden ◽  
M Sakaguchi ◽  
B Fuller ◽  
A Woon ◽  
...  

Abstract The pathogenesis of the hematologic abnormalities commonly observed in patients with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) is incompletely understood. We report here that in vitro growth of myeloid (CFU-GM) and erythroid (BFU-E) progenitor cells from six patients with AIDS was not significantly different from that of normal human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) seronegative donors: 25.3 +/- 5 CFU-GM per 5 x 10(4) low density marrow cells and 33.5 +/- 5 BFU-E were observed in AIDS patients versus 32.7 +/- 5 CFU-GM and 42.1 +/- 5 BFU-E in controls. Furthermore, no HIV-DNA in individual colonies (CFU-GM and BFU-E) could be detected using the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) technique, although HIV-1 DNA was detected in peripheral blood mononuclear cells from the same patients. Similarly, normal bone marrow cells exposed in vitro to different isolates of HIV or recombinant purified HIV-1 envelope glycoprotein (gp) 120 did not exhibit any difference in growth of CFU-GM or BFU-E as compared with mock exposed bone marrow cells. HIV- 1 DNA could not be detected by the PCR technique in individual colonies derived from HIV exposed marrow. This study suggests that committed myeloid and erythroid progenitors from AIDS patients are responsive to hematopoietic growth factors in vitro and do not appear to contain HIV- 1 DNA. Also, HIV or its envelope gp did not alter the growth of hematopoietic progenitor cells in vitro. No evidence of HIV infection of progenitor cells could be demonstrated. Impaired hematopoiesis in patients with AIDS may not be related to direct effects of HIV on committed progenitor cells.


1997 ◽  
Vol 185 (4) ◽  
pp. 621-628 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ruth I. Connor ◽  
Kristine E. Sheridan ◽  
Daniel Ceradini ◽  
Sunny Choe ◽  
Nathaniel R. Landau

Recent studies have identified several coreceptors that are required for fusion and entry of Human Immunodeficiency Virus type 1 (HIV-1) into CD4+ cells. One of these receptors, CCR5, serves as a coreceptor for nonsyncytium inducing (NSI), macrophage-tropic strains of HIV-1, while another, fusin or CXCR-4, functions as a coreceptor for T cell line–adapted, syncytiuminducing (SI) strains. Using sequential primary isolates of HIV-1, we examined whether viruses using these coreceptors emerge in vivo and whether changes in coreceptor use are associated with disease progression. We found that isolates of HIV-1 from early in the course of infection predominantly used CCR5 for infection. However, in patients with disease progression, the virus expanded its coreceptor use to include CCR5, CCR3, CCR2b, and CXCR-4. Use of CXCR-4 as a coreceptor was only seen with primary viruses having an SI phenotype and was restricted by the env gene of the virus. The emergence of variants using this coreceptor was associated with a switch from NSI to SI phenotype, loss of sensitivity to chemokines, and decreasing CD4+ T cell counts. These results suggest that HIV-1 evolves during the course of infection to use an expanded range of coreceptors for infection, and that this adaptation is associated with progression to AIDS.


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