Distinct chromatin functional states correlate with HIV latency reactivation in infected primary CD4+ T Cells
- Gladstone Institutes, United States
- University of California, San Francisco, United States
- Karolinska Institutet, Sweden
- The Rockefeller University, United States
Abstract
Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection is currently incurable, due to the persistence of latently infected cells. The 'shock and kill' approach to a cure proposes to eliminate this reservoir via transcriptional activation of latent proviruses, enabling direct or indirect killing of infected cells. Currently available latency-reversing agents (LRAs) have however proven ineffective. To understand why, we used a novel HIV reporter strain in primary CD4+ T cells and determined which latently infected cells are reactivatable by current candidate LRAs. Remarkably, none of these agents reactivated more than 5% of cells carrying a latent provirus. Sequencing analysis of reactivatable vs.non-reactivatable populations revealed that the integration sites were distinguishable in terms of chromatin functional states. Our findings challenge the feasibility of 'shock and kill', and suggest the need to explore other strategies to control the latent HIV reservoir.
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All sequencing data generated during this study are included in the Integration sites Source data file 1
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Center for AIDS Research, University of California, San Francisco and Gladstone Institute of Virology and Immunology
- Emilie Battivelli
- Mohamed Abdel-Mohsen
National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (5-31532)
- Eric Verdin
California HIV/AIDS Research Program
- Emilie Battivelli
Canadian Institutes of Health Research (201311MFE-321128-179658)
- Matthew S Dahabieh
Svenska Forskningsrådet Formas (VR2015-02312)
- J Peter Svensson
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (R01Ai117864)
- Eric Verdin
National Institute on Drug Abuse (1R01DA041742-01)
- Eric Verdin
National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (1R01DE026010-01)
- Eric Verdin
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (R21AI129636)
- Mohamed Abdel-Mohsen
Cancerfonden (CAN2016/576)
- J Peter Svensson
The funders had no role in study design, data collection and interpretation, or the decision to submit the work for publication.
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© 2018, Battivelli et al.
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Distinct chromatin functional states correlate with HIV latency reactivation in infected primary CD4+ T Cells
eLife 7:e34655.
https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.34655
