Elucidation of the time course of adenosine deaminase APOBEC3G and viral infectivity factor vif in HIV-2(287) -infected infant macaques.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Although the interactions of cellular cytidine deaminase A3G and viral infection factor (vif) of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) were reported, regulation of A3G after in vivo HIV infection and disease progression is not known.

Methods

Time courses of plasma virus, CD4(+) T lymphocyte Macaca levels, and concentrations of A3G and vif transcripts were determined in infant macaques infected with HIV-2(287) . These in vivo results were compared with those collected in vitro in HIV-2-infected T cells.

Results

Human immunodeficiency virus-infected macaques exhibited plasma viremia (≥10(8) copies/ml) followed by a precipitous CD4(+) T-cell (from 40-70 to ≤5%) decline. An initial increase in A3G transcripts coincides with early increases in virus and vif RNA. As

SUBMITTER: Endsley AN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3478890 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature