CD8+ T cells are an in vivo reservoir for human T-cell lymphotropic virus type I
Open Access
- 15 September 2001
- journal article
- Published by American Society of Hematology in Blood
- Vol. 98 (6), 1858-1861
- https://doi.org/10.1182/blood.v98.6.1858
Abstract
It is thought that human T-cell lymphotropic virus type I (HTLV-I) preferentially infects CD4+ T cells in vivo. However, observations of high HTLV-I proviral load in patients with HTLV-I–associated myelopathy/tropical spastic paraparesis suggest that HTLV-I may infect other cell types in addition to CD4+ T cells. To identify in vivo T-cell tropisms of HTLV-I, real-time quantitative polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and intracellular protein staining were used. A high amount of HTLV-I proviral DNA was detected from purified CD8+ T cells by quantitative PCR (between 1.64 and 62.83 copies of HTLV-I provirus per 100 isolated CD8+ T cells). CD8+ T cells expressed HTLV-I–related antigens (HTLV-I Tax and p19 protein) after a short time in cultivation. These results demonstrate that CD8+ T cells are also infected with HTLV-I and express HTLV-I antigens at levels that are comparable to HTLV-I–infected CD4+ cells. Therefore, CD8+ cells are an additional viral reservoir in vivo for HTLV-I and may contribute to the pathogenesis of HTLV-I–mediated disorders.Keywords
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