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Previous studies have shown that depletion of CD8(+) cells during acute and chronic simian immunodeficiency virus (SIV) infection leads to increased viral replication, morbidity, and mortality, which have been attributed to loss of CD8(+) T cell-mediated control of SIV. However, these studies did not exclude that CD8(+) cell depletion increased homeostatic proliferation of CD4(+) T cells, resulting in increased viral targets and, therefore, viral rebound. Chronically SHIV89.6P-infected cynomolgus macaques were CD8(+) cell-depleted, and the frequency, cell number, and phenotype of CD4(+) T cells and viral infection were examined using flow cytometry and quantitative real-time PCR. The frequency and number of Ki-67-expressing CD4(+) T cells were increased with CD8(+) cell depletion. This proliferation of CD4(+) T cells occurred even in animals with no rebound of viral loads. Most of the proliferating cells were effector memory CD4(+) T cells. Plasma simian HIV (SHIV) RNA copies positively correlated with proliferating CD4(+) T cells and SHIV DNA copies in Ki-67(+) CD4(+) T cells. Although this study does not exclude an important role for virus-specific CD8(+) T cells in SIV and SHIV infection, our data suggest that homeostatic proliferation is an important contributor to increases in plasma viremia that follow CD8(+) cell depletion.

CD8+ Cell Depletion of SHIV89.6P-Infected Macaques Induces CD4+ T Cell Proliferation that Contributes to Increased Viral Loads