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- The study investigated the presence and behavior of the HIV-1 preintegration reservoir in both laboratory models and patients, highlighting its role in latent HIV-1 infection.
- In vitro experiments showed that activation of resting CD4+ T cells can trigger HIV-1 replication, which can be inhibited by integrase inhibitors, indicating the reservoir is dynamic and can be modulated.
- The research found that this reservoir exists in a significant portion of HIV-1-infected patients, regardless of their treatment status, linked to the ongoing production of HIV-1 antigens in certain individuals.
Article Abstract
Background: The presence of HIV-1 preintegration reservoir was assessed in an in vitro experimental model of latent HIV-1 infection, and in patients treated or not with highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART).
Results: In resting CD4+ T lymphocytes latently infected in vitro with HIV-1, we demonstrated that the polyclonal activation induced a HIV-1 replication, which could be prevented by the use of an HIV-1 integrase inhibitor. We also showed that this reservoir was labile since the rescuable HIV-1-antigens production from unintegrated HIV-1 genomes declined over time. These data confirm that our experimental approach allows the characterization of a functional unintegrated HIV-1 reservoir. We then explored the preintegration reservoir in HIV-1-infected patients. This reservoir was detected in 11 of 12 untreated patients, in 4 of 10 sustained responders to HAART, and in one incomplete responder. This reservoir was also inducible, labile, and anti-HIV-1 integrase drug inhibited its induction. Finally, this reservoir was associated with the presence of spontaneous HIV-1 antigens producing CD4+ T cells in blood from 3 of 3 untreated patients and 2 of 2 sustained responders to HAART harboring a preintegration reservoir.
Conclusion: This preintegration phase of HIV-1 latency could be a consequence of the ongoing viral replication in untreated patients and of a residual viral replication in treated patients.
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