Mechanisms of virus dissemination in bone marrow of HIV-1-infected humanized BLT mice

  1. Mark S Ladinsky
  2. Wannisa Khamaikawin
  3. Yujin Jung
  4. Samantha Lin
  5. Jennifer Lam
  6. Dong Sung An
  7. Pamela J Bjorkman
  8. Collin Kieffer  Is a corresponding author
  1. California Institute of Technology, United States
  2. University of California, Los Angeles, United States
  3. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, United States

Abstract

Immune progenitor cells differentiate in bone marrow (BM) and then migrate to tissues. HIV-1 infects multiple BM cell types, but virus dissemination within BM has been poorly understood. We used light microscopy and electron tomography to elucidate mechanisms of HIV-1 dissemination within BM of HIV-1–infected BM/thymus/liver (BLT) mice. Tissue clearing combined with confocal and light sheet fluorescence microscopy revealed distinct populations of HIV-1 p24-producing cells in BM early after infection, and quantification of these populations identified macrophages as the principal subset of virus-producing cells in BM over time. Electron tomography demonstrated three modes of HIV-1 dissemination in BM: (i) semi-synchronous budding from T-cell and macrophage membranes, (ii) mature virus association with virus-producing T-cell uropods contacting putative target cells, and (iii) macrophages engulfing HIV-1–producing T-cells and producing virus within enclosed intracellular compartments that fused to invaginations with access to the extracellular space. These results illustrate mechanisms by which the specialized environment of the BM can promote virus spread locally and to distant lymphoid tissues.

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  1. Mark S Ladinsky

    Division of Biology and Biological Engineering, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, United States
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  2. Wannisa Khamaikawin

    School of Nursing, UCLA AIDS Institute, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, United States
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  3. Yujin Jung

    School of Nursing, UCLA AIDS Institute, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, United States
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  4. Samantha Lin

    School of Nursing, UCLA AIDS Institute,, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, United States
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  5. Jennifer Lam

    School of Nursing, UCLA AIDS Institute, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, United States
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  6. Dong Sung An

    School of Nursing, UCLA AIDS Institute, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, United States
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  7. Pamela J Bjorkman

    Division of Biology and Biological Engineering, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, United States
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    Pamela J Bjorkman, Reviewing editor, eLife.
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  8. Collin Kieffer

    Department of Microbiology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, United States
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    collink@illinois.edu
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Funding

National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (1R01AI100652-01A1)

  • Dong Sung An

National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (AI028697)

  • Dong Sung An

National Institute of General Medical Sciences (2 P50 GM082545-08)

  • Pamela J Bjorkman

California HIV/AIDS Research Program (ID15-CT-017)

  • Pamela J Bjorkman

The funders had no role in study design, data collection and interpretation, or the decision to submit the work for publication.

Ethics

Animal experimentation: Animals were maintained at the UCLA CFAR Humanized Mouse Core laboratory in accordance with a protocol approved by the UCLA Animal Research Committee. Experiments conformed to all relevant regulatory standards.(UCLA ARC # 2007-092-41A).

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© 2019, Ladinsky et al.

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  1. Mark S Ladinsky
  2. Wannisa Khamaikawin
  3. Yujin Jung
  4. Samantha Lin
  5. Jennifer Lam
  6. Dong Sung An
  7. Pamela J Bjorkman
  8. Collin Kieffer
(2019)
Mechanisms of virus dissemination in bone marrow of HIV-1-infected humanized BLT mice
eLife 8:e46916.
https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.46916

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