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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
9
pubmed:dateCreated
1997-9-17
pubmed:abstractText
Human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) infection of the human thymus results in depletion of CD4-bearing thymocytes. This depletion is initially manifested in the immature CD4+/CD8+ thymocyte subset. To determine cellular factors involved in HIV infection in the thymus, we examined the expression of the recently identified viral coreceptor, CXCR4, on fresh human thymocytes and on human cells from SCID-hu (Thy/Liv) mice. CXCR4 is a member of the chemokine receptor family which is required along with CD4 for entry into the cell of syncytium-inducing (SI) HIV-1 strains. Our analyses show that CXCR4 expression is modulated during T-lymphoid differentiation such that immature thymocytes display an increased frequency and higher surface density of the coreceptor than do more mature cells. In addition, using an SI strain of HIV-1 which directs expression of a reporter protein on the surface of infected cells, we have found that the immature CD4+/CD8+ thymocytes that express the highest levels of both CD4 and CXCR4 are the cells that are preferentially infected and depleted by the virus in vitro. Thus, high levels of both primary receptor and coreceptor may allow efficient infection of the thymus by certain HIV-1 strains. This in part may explain the rapid disease progression seen in some HIV-infected children, where the thymus is actively involved in the production of new T lymphocytes.
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pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Sep
pubmed:issn
0022-538X
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
71
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
6928-34
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-18
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1997
pubmed:articleTitle
CXCR4 expression during lymphopoiesis: implications for human immunodeficiency virus type 1 infection of the thymus.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Microbiology, Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, Los Angeles, California, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't