Rhesus lymphocryptovirus infection during the progression of SAIDS and SAIDS-associated lymphoma in the rhesus macaque.
AIDS Res Hum Retroviruses
; 16(2): 163-71, 2000 Jan 20.
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SAIDS-associated lymphoma (SAL) represents a monoclonal expansion of B-cell origin in which simian immunodeficiency virus (SIV) infection is not detected. However, tumor cells are frequently infected with rhesus lymphocryptovirus (RhLCV), a rhesus homologue of Epstein-Barr virus (EBV). In previous studies, the incidence of RhLCV infection in SAL was determined to be 89% as measured by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and/or in situ hybridization. The main objective of the present study was to ascertain whether the level of RhLCV infection in the SIV-infected macaque is influenced as a function of SAIDS progression, and/or whether increased levels of RhLCV infection may correlate with the development of SAL. To this end, RhLCV infection was evaluated in three independent groups: (1) in lymphomas from SIV-infected rhesus macaques, (2) in peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) from a cohort of 69 randomly selected healthy animals, and (3) in PBMC collected from 22 SIV-infected animals at various times during progression to SAIDS or SAL. The relative levels of RhLCV infection were evaluated by PCR/Southern blot analysis, visual comparison to a standard dilution series, and assignment of relative signal intensity to a uniform classification scheme. The data show that SIV-infected monkeys have a generally higher RhLCV load in PBMC than do healthy animals, but that the virus load varies widely among animals during disease progression. Increased RhLCV load does not occur uniformly during the progression of SAIDS, although evidence indicates an increased RhLCV viral load in the development of SAL.
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01-internacional
Base de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Infecciones Tumorales por Virus
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Linfoma de Células B
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Síndrome de Inmunodeficiencia Adquirida del Simio
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Lymphocryptovirus
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Infecciones por Herpesviridae
Tipo de estudio:
Risk_factors_studies
Límite:
Animals
Idioma:
En
Revista:
AIDS Res Hum Retroviruses
Asunto de la revista:
SINDROME DA IMUNODEFICIENCIA ADQUIRIDA (AIDS)
Año:
2000
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Estados Unidos
Pais de publicación:
Estados Unidos