Virome analysis of antiretroviral-treated HIV patients shows no correlation between T-cell activation and anelloviruses levels
| Autor: | Steven G. Deeks, Roberta Bruhn, Linlin Li, Antonio Charlys da Costa, Xutao Deng, Eric Delwart |
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| Rok vydání: | 2015 |
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Male Torque teno virus T-Lymphocytes T cell Pegivirus HIV Infections Viremia Lymphocyte Activation Anelloviridae Polymerase Chain Reaction Article Virology Genotype medicine Humans Human virome Retrospective Studies biology High-Throughput Nucleotide Sequencing Middle Aged Viral Load medicine.disease biology.organism_classification DNA Virus Infections Infectious Diseases medicine.anatomical_structure Anti-Retroviral Agents Immunology Female Immunocompetence Viral load |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Clinical Virology. 72:106-113 |
| ISSN: | 1386-6532 |
| Popis: | Background Abnormally high levels of T-cell activation can persist in HIV-infected subjects despite effective anti-retroviral therapy (ART) and has been associated with negative health outcomes. The nature of the antigenic drivers or other causes of this residual T-cell activation remain uncertain. Anelloviruses are universally acquired soon after birth, resulting in persistent viremia, and considered part of the commensal human virome. Reduced immunocompetence results in increased anellovirus levels. Objectives To test whether increased levels of anelloviruses or other viruses in plasma are associated with higher levels of persistent T-cell activation during ART. Study design Two amplification methods combined with next generation sequencing were used to detect all viruses and estimate relative anellovirus levels in plasma from 19 adults on effective ART who exhibited a wide range of T-cell activation levels. Results Nucleic acids from HBV and HCV were detected in one patient each while pegivirus A (GBV-C) was found in three patients. Anellovirus DNA was detected in all patients with some individuals carrying up to eight different genotypes. Specific anellovirus genotypes or higher level of co-infections were not detected in subjects with higher levels of T-cell activation. No association was detected between relative plasma anellovirus DNA levels and the percentage of activated CD4 or CD8 T cells. Conclusions Human anelloviruses were detected in all HIV suppressed subjects, exhibited a wide range of viremia levels, and were genetically highly diverse. The level of persistent T-cell activation was not correlated with the level of viremia or genotypes present indicating that anellovirus antigens are unlikely to be a dominant source of antigens driving chronic T-cell activation. |
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