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Phenotypic variations and switches in HIV isolated from the blood and the gastrointestinal tissues of patients with HIV‐1 infection
Author(s) -
AlMulla W.,
Church D.,
Gill M. J.
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
journal of medical virology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.782
H-Index - 121
eISSN - 1096-9071
pISSN - 0146-6615
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1096-9071(199705)52:1<31::aid-jmv6>3.0.co;2-s
Subject(s) - phenotype , reversion , gastrointestinal tract , biology , duodenum , pathogenesis , virus , immunology , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , viral disease , virology , small intestine , medicine , gastroenterology , gene , genetics , endocrinology , biochemistry
The objective of this study was to determine the initial and subsequent phenotypes of HIV‐1 isolated from the blood, duodenal, and colonic biopsies of 51 HIV‐1 positive patients followed prospectively over 2 years. Blood and tissues were cocultured with stimulated peripheral blood monocytes, and HIV was analyzed for phenotypic expression of syncytia‐induction (SI). A total of 45/51 patients had HIV‐1 isolated from the blood and 35/51 had HIV isolated from gastrointestinal tract. In 12/45 patients SI‐HIV‐1 was isolated from the blood. In 6/12 patients the blood phenotype reverted to the NSI phenotype. SI phenotypes were also isolated from the colon and duodenum of 8/35 patients and reversion from SI to NSI virus phenotype was again observed in gut tissue of 3/8 patients. These results show that gastrointestinal tissues can harbor SI HIV phenotype. Discordant phenotypes can be found in tissue and blood of late‐stage patients. Reversion of phenotypic SI expression to NSI may occur in patients receiving monotherapy as antiretroviral treatment. These results suggest that gastrointestinal tissues may act as a separate and distinct site involved in HIV replication and its associated pathogenesis. J. Med. Virol. 52:31–34, 1997. © 1997 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.