title: Chimeric simian/human immunodeficiency virus that causes progressive loss of CD4+ T cells and AIDS in pig-tailed macaques.
abstract: By animal-to-animal passage of simian/human immunodeficiency virus (SHIV) in pig-tailed macaques, we have developed a macaque model of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) disease in humans. Passaging was begun with a chimeric virus containing the env gene of HIV-1 HXBc2 and the gag and pol genes of simian immunodeficiency virus SIVmac239. SHIV was passaged serially in cohorts of two macaques each, using bone marrow-to-bone marrow transfers at 5, 5, and 16 weeks for passages 2, 3, and 4, respectively. The fifth passage was done by using cell-free virus isolated from cerebrospinal fluid of a passage 4 macaque. The virus became more virulent with each passage. Virus replication was restricted in all three animals in passages 1 and 2 but not in five of the six animals in passages 3, 4, and 5. In these animals, intense virus replication in the lymphoid tissues resulted in almost total elimination of CD4+ T cells within weeks of inoculation, and three of these animals developed AIDS in less than 1 year. The more uniform virus-host interaction initiated by the cell-free virus in the passage 5 animals contrasted with a more variable pattern of disease initiated by infectious bone marrow cells during earlier passages. The virulent cell-free SHIV can now be used to screen the efficacy of vaccines directed against the envelope of HIV-1.
authors.affiliation: Marion Merrell Dow Laboratory of Viral Pathogenesis and Department of Microbiology, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City 66160-7420, USA.
authors.forename: S V
authors.initials: SV
authors.lastname: Joag
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Foresman
authors.forename: E B
authors.initials: EB
authors.lastname: Stephens
authors.forename: L J
authors.initials: LJ
authors.lastname: Zhao
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Adany
authors.forename: D M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Pinson
authors.forename: H M
authors.initials: HM
authors.lastname: McClure
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Narayan
mesh_terms: D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000276:immunology* / Q000473:pathology / Q000635:transmission / Q000821:virology*; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D001853:Bone Marrow / Q000821:virology; D015496:CD4-Positive T-Lymphocytes / Q000276:immunology*; D018414:CD8-Positive T-Lymphocytes / Q000276:immunology; D002678:Chimera; D017931:DNA Primers; D015752:Genes, env; D015750:Genes, gag; D015751:Genes, pol; D015497:HIV-1 / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000472:pathogenicity*; D006801:Humans; D008198:Lymph Nodes / Q000276:immunology / Q000473:pathology / Q000821:virology; D008253:Macaca mulatta; D008254:Macaca nemestrina; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D015302:Simian Immunodeficiency Virus / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000472:pathogenicity*; D013154:Spleen / Q000276:immunology / Q000473:pathology / Q000821:virology; D013950:Thymus Gland / Q000276:immunology / Q000473:pathology / Q000821:virology; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D017931:DNA Primers