Characterization of infectious molecular clones of simian immunodeficiency virus (SIVmac) and human immunodeficiency virus type 2: persistent infection of rhesus monkeys with molecularly cloned SIVmac.
AUTOR(ES)
Naidu, Y M
RESUMO
Infection of macaque monkeys with simian immunodeficiency virus (SIV) is probably the best animal model currently available for studying acquired immunodeficiency syndrome. In this report, we describe three infectious molecular clones of SIVmac and one of human immunodeficiency virus type 2 (HIV-2) and their use in the study of cell and species specificity, animal infection, and the relationship of gene sequence to function. Replication of the cloned viruses in different cell lines varied dramatically. Some human CD4+ cell lines (HUT 78 and MT-4) supported the replication of SIVmac and HIV-2, while others (CEM and Jurkat-T) supported the replication of HIV-2 but not SIVmac. Growth of cloned virus in macaque lymphocytes in vitro was predictive of macaque infection in vivo. Macaque lymphocytes supported the replication of SIVmac239 and SIVmac251 but not SIVmac142 or HIV-2ROD. Using virus recovery and antibody response as criteria for infection, macaques that received cloned SIVmac251 and SIVmac239 became infected, while macaques receiving cloned SIVmac142 and HIV-2ROD did not become infected. Nucleotide sequences from the envelope region of all four cloned viruses demonstrated that there is considerable flexibility in the location of the translational termination (stop) signal. These infectious molecular clones will be very useful for future studies directed at the molecular basis for persistence, pathogenicity, tropism, and cell and species specificity.
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