Document Type
Article
Publication Date
9-29-2022
Identifier
DOI: 10.1186/s12865-022-00523-2; PMCID: PMC9520965
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Cellular immune responses are phenotypically and functionally perturbed during HIV-1 infection, with the majority of function restored upon antiretroviral therapy (ART). Despite ART, residual inflammation remains that can lead to HIV-related co-morbidities and mortality, indicating that ART does not fully restore normal immune cell function. Thus, understanding the dynamics of the immune cell landscape during HIV-1 infection and ART is critical to defining cellular dysfunction that occurs during HIV-1 infection and imprints during therapy.
RESULTS: Here, we have applied single-cell transcriptome sequencing of peripheral blood immune cells from chronic untreated HIV-1 individuals, HIV-1-infected individuals receiving ART and HIV-1 negative individuals. We also applied single-cell transcriptome sequencing to a primary cell model of early HIV-1 infection using CD4+ T cells from healthy donors. We described changes in the transcriptome at high resolution that occurred during HIV-1 infection, and perturbations that remained during ART. We also determined transcriptional differences among T cells expressing HIV-1 transcripts that identified key regulators of HIV-1 infection that may serve as targets for future therapies to block HIV-1 infection.
CONCLUSIONS: This work identified key molecular pathways that are altered in immune cells during chronic HIV-1 infection that could remain despite therapy. We also identified key genes that are upregulated during early HIV-1 infection that provide insights on the mechanism of HIV-1 infection and could be targets for future therapy.
Journal Title
BMC immunology [electronic resource]
Volume
23
Issue
1
First Page
48
Last Page
48
MeSH Keywords
CD4-Positive T-Lymphocytes; Graft vs Host Disease; HIV Infections; HIV-1; Humans; Single-Cell Analysis; Transcriptome
Keywords
HIV-1; HIV-1 infection; Immune cells; Single-cell RNA-seq
Recommended Citation
Pollara J, Khanal S, Edwards RW, et al. Single-cell analysis of immune cell transcriptome during HIV-1 infection and therapy. BMC Immunol. 2022;23(1):48. Published 2022 Sep 29. doi:10.1186/s12865-022-00523-2
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