title: Ultra-sensitive FISH is a useful tool for studying chronic HIV-1 infection.
abstract: Using an ultra-sensitive fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) protocol, integration sites of the human immunodeficiency virus-1 (HIV-1) were mapped in two model cell lines for chronic HIV infection. In the promonocytic cell line U1/HIV-1, the two integrated copies of proviral HIV-DNA were located on the short arm of one copy of chromosome X (band Xp21) and on a rearranged chromosome 6. In the T-cell line 8E5/LAV, the single copy of proviral HIV-DNA was integrated into chromosomal bands 13q14-q21, which are known to contain common fragile sites. In addition, ultra-sensitive FISH was used for the detection of HIV provirus sequences in interphase cells, achieving a high hybridization efficiency. This application allows the analysis of the HIV status on a single cell level and thus may become a useful tool for the study of HIV infection.
authors.affiliation: Klinische Kooperationseinheit Molekulare Hämatologie/Onkologie, Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum, Heidelberg, Germany.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Deichmann
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bentz
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Haas
mesh_terms: D002460:Cell Line; D002874:Chromosome Mapping; D002882:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 13; D002896:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 6; D016679:Genome, Viral; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000235:genetics* / Q000503:physiopathology; D015497:HIV-1 / Q000235:genetics* / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D017404:In Situ Hybridization, Fluorescence / Q000379:methods*; D007399:Interphase / Q000235:genetics; D014960:X Chromosome