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- Coinfection with HIV-1 and HTLV-1 complicates AIDS diagnosis and increases HTLV-1-related health issues, prompting research into how these infections affect each other.
- The study analyzed DNA from individuals infected with either virus alone or both, measuring viral loads and genetic characteristics using advanced PCR techniques.
- Results showed higher viral loads and increased clonal expansion in coinfected individuals, with specific changes in the locations of HIV-1 integration sites, suggesting a potential increase in disease risk associated with this coinfection.
Article Abstract
Background: Coinfection with human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) and human T-cell leukemia virus type 1 (HTLV-1) diminishes the value of the CD4+ T-cell count in diagnosing AIDS, and increases the rate of HTLV-1-associated myelopathy. It remains elusive how HIV-1/HTLV-1 coinfection is related to such characteristics. We investigated the mutual effect of HIV-1/HTLV-1 coinfection on their integration sites (ISs) and clonal expansion.
Methods: We extracted DNA from longitudinal peripheral blood samples from 7 HIV-1/HTLV-1 coinfected, and 12 HIV-1 and 13 HTLV-1 monoinfected individuals. Proviral loads (PVL) were quantified using real-time polymerase chain reaction (PCR). Viral ISs and clonality were quantified by ligation-mediated PCR followed by high-throughput sequencing.
Results: PVL of both HIV-1 and HTLV-1 in coinfected individuals was significantly higher than that of the respective virus in monoinfected individuals. The degree of oligoclonality of both HIV-1- and HTLV-1-infected cells in coinfected individuals was also greater than in monoinfected subjects. ISs of HIV-1 in cases of coinfection were more frequently located in intergenic regions and transcriptionally silent regions, compared with HIV-1 monoinfected individuals.
Conclusions: HIV-1/HTLV-1 coinfection makes an impact on the distribution of viral ISs and clonality of virus-infected cells and thus may alter the risks of both HTLV-1- and HIV-1-associated disease.
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