Mechanisms of CNS Viral Seeding by HIV<sup>+</sup> CD14<sup>+</sup> CD16<sup>+</sup> Monocytes: Establishment and Reseeding of Viral Reservoirs Contributing to HIV-Associated Neurocognitive Disorders

ABSTRACT HIV reservoirs persist despite antiretroviral therapy (ART) and are established within a few days after infection. Infected myeloid cells in the central nervous system (CNS) may contribute to the establishment of a CNS viral reservoir. The mature CD14+ CD16+ monocyte subset enters the CNS i...

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Autores principales: Mike Veenstra, Rosiris León-Rivera, Ming Li, Lucio Gama, Janice E. Clements, Joan W. Berman
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:8981c6ce8a9c42c997d3b35fb6bf5e492021-11-15T15:51:51ZMechanisms of CNS Viral Seeding by HIV<sup>+</sup> CD14<sup>+</sup> CD16<sup>+</sup> Monocytes: Establishment and Reseeding of Viral Reservoirs Contributing to HIV-Associated Neurocognitive Disorders10.1128/mBio.01280-172150-7511https://doaj.org/article/8981c6ce8a9c42c997d3b35fb6bf5e492017-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/mBio.01280-17https://doaj.org/toc/2150-7511ABSTRACT HIV reservoirs persist despite antiretroviral therapy (ART) and are established within a few days after infection. Infected myeloid cells in the central nervous system (CNS) may contribute to the establishment of a CNS viral reservoir. The mature CD14+ CD16+ monocyte subset enters the CNS in response to chemokines, including CCL2. Entry of infected CD14+ CD16+ monocytes may lead to infection of other CNS cells, including macrophages or microglia and astrocytes, and to release of neurotoxic early viral proteins and additional cytokines. This contributes to neuroinflammation and neuronal damage leading to HIV-associated neurocognitive disorders (HAND) in ~50% of HIV-infected individuals despite ART. We examined the mechanisms of monocyte entry in the context of HIV infection and report for the first time that HIV+ CD14+ CD16+ monocytes preferentially transmigrate across the blood-brain barrier (BBB). The junctional proteins JAM-A and ALCAM and the chemokine receptor CCR2 are essential to their preferential transmigration across the BBB to CCL2. We show here that JAM-A and ALCAM are increased on HIV+ CD14+ CD16+ monocytes compared to their expression on HIVexp CD14+ CD16+ monocytes—cells that are uninfected but exposed to HIV, viral proteins, and inflammatory mediators. Antibodies against JAM-A and ALCAM and the novel CCR2/CCR5 dual inhibitor cenicriviroc prevented or significantly reduced preferential transmigration of HIV+ CD14+ CD16+ monocytes. This indicates that JAM-A, ALCAM, and CCR2 may be potential therapeutic targets to block entry of these infected cells into the brain and prevent or reduce the establishment and replenishment of viral reservoirs within the CNS. IMPORTANCE HIV infects different tissue compartments of the body, including the central nervous system (CNS). This leads to establishment of viral reservoirs within the CNS that mediate neuroinflammation and neuronal damage, contributing to cognitive impairment. Our goal was to examine the mechanisms of transmigration of cells that contribute to HIV infection of the CNS and to continued replenishment of CNS viral reservoirs, to establish potential therapeutic targets. We found that an HIV-infected subset of monocytes, mature HIV+ CD14+ CD16+ monocytes, preferentially transmigrates across the blood-brain barrier. This was mediated, in part, by increased junctional proteins JAM-A and ALCAM and chemokine receptor CCR2. We show that the CCR2/CCR5 dual inhibitor cenicriviroc and blocking antibodies against the junctional proteins significantly reduce, and often completely block, the transmigration of HIV+ CD14+ CD16+ monocytes. This suggests new opportunities to eliminate infection and seeding or reseeding of viral reservoirs within the CNS, thus reducing neuroinflammation, neuronal damage, and cognitive impairment.Mike VeenstraRosiris León-RiveraMing LiLucio GamaJanice E. ClementsJoan W. BermanAmerican Society for MicrobiologyarticleCNSHIVcognitionqPCRreservoirsMicrobiologyQR1-502ENmBio, Vol 8, Iss 5 (2017)
institution DOAJ
collection DOAJ
language EN
topic CNS
HIV
cognition
qPCR
reservoirs
Microbiology
QR1-502
spellingShingle CNS
HIV
cognition
qPCR
reservoirs
Microbiology
QR1-502
Mike Veenstra
Rosiris León-Rivera
Ming Li
Lucio Gama
Janice E. Clements
Joan W. Berman
Mechanisms of CNS Viral Seeding by HIV<sup>+</sup> CD14<sup>+</sup> CD16<sup>+</sup> Monocytes: Establishment and Reseeding of Viral Reservoirs Contributing to HIV-Associated Neurocognitive Disorders
description ABSTRACT HIV reservoirs persist despite antiretroviral therapy (ART) and are established within a few days after infection. Infected myeloid cells in the central nervous system (CNS) may contribute to the establishment of a CNS viral reservoir. The mature CD14+ CD16+ monocyte subset enters the CNS in response to chemokines, including CCL2. Entry of infected CD14+ CD16+ monocytes may lead to infection of other CNS cells, including macrophages or microglia and astrocytes, and to release of neurotoxic early viral proteins and additional cytokines. This contributes to neuroinflammation and neuronal damage leading to HIV-associated neurocognitive disorders (HAND) in ~50% of HIV-infected individuals despite ART. We examined the mechanisms of monocyte entry in the context of HIV infection and report for the first time that HIV+ CD14+ CD16+ monocytes preferentially transmigrate across the blood-brain barrier (BBB). The junctional proteins JAM-A and ALCAM and the chemokine receptor CCR2 are essential to their preferential transmigration across the BBB to CCL2. We show here that JAM-A and ALCAM are increased on HIV+ CD14+ CD16+ monocytes compared to their expression on HIVexp CD14+ CD16+ monocytes—cells that are uninfected but exposed to HIV, viral proteins, and inflammatory mediators. Antibodies against JAM-A and ALCAM and the novel CCR2/CCR5 dual inhibitor cenicriviroc prevented or significantly reduced preferential transmigration of HIV+ CD14+ CD16+ monocytes. This indicates that JAM-A, ALCAM, and CCR2 may be potential therapeutic targets to block entry of these infected cells into the brain and prevent or reduce the establishment and replenishment of viral reservoirs within the CNS. IMPORTANCE HIV infects different tissue compartments of the body, including the central nervous system (CNS). This leads to establishment of viral reservoirs within the CNS that mediate neuroinflammation and neuronal damage, contributing to cognitive impairment. Our goal was to examine the mechanisms of transmigration of cells that contribute to HIV infection of the CNS and to continued replenishment of CNS viral reservoirs, to establish potential therapeutic targets. We found that an HIV-infected subset of monocytes, mature HIV+ CD14+ CD16+ monocytes, preferentially transmigrates across the blood-brain barrier. This was mediated, in part, by increased junctional proteins JAM-A and ALCAM and chemokine receptor CCR2. We show that the CCR2/CCR5 dual inhibitor cenicriviroc and blocking antibodies against the junctional proteins significantly reduce, and often completely block, the transmigration of HIV+ CD14+ CD16+ monocytes. This suggests new opportunities to eliminate infection and seeding or reseeding of viral reservoirs within the CNS, thus reducing neuroinflammation, neuronal damage, and cognitive impairment.
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author Mike Veenstra
Rosiris León-Rivera
Ming Li
Lucio Gama
Janice E. Clements
Joan W. Berman
author_facet Mike Veenstra
Rosiris León-Rivera
Ming Li
Lucio Gama
Janice E. Clements
Joan W. Berman
author_sort Mike Veenstra
title Mechanisms of CNS Viral Seeding by HIV<sup>+</sup> CD14<sup>+</sup> CD16<sup>+</sup> Monocytes: Establishment and Reseeding of Viral Reservoirs Contributing to HIV-Associated Neurocognitive Disorders
title_short Mechanisms of CNS Viral Seeding by HIV<sup>+</sup> CD14<sup>+</sup> CD16<sup>+</sup> Monocytes: Establishment and Reseeding of Viral Reservoirs Contributing to HIV-Associated Neurocognitive Disorders
title_full Mechanisms of CNS Viral Seeding by HIV<sup>+</sup> CD14<sup>+</sup> CD16<sup>+</sup> Monocytes: Establishment and Reseeding of Viral Reservoirs Contributing to HIV-Associated Neurocognitive Disorders
title_fullStr Mechanisms of CNS Viral Seeding by HIV<sup>+</sup> CD14<sup>+</sup> CD16<sup>+</sup> Monocytes: Establishment and Reseeding of Viral Reservoirs Contributing to HIV-Associated Neurocognitive Disorders
title_full_unstemmed Mechanisms of CNS Viral Seeding by HIV<sup>+</sup> CD14<sup>+</sup> CD16<sup>+</sup> Monocytes: Establishment and Reseeding of Viral Reservoirs Contributing to HIV-Associated Neurocognitive Disorders
title_sort mechanisms of cns viral seeding by hiv<sup>+</sup> cd14<sup>+</sup> cd16<sup>+</sup> monocytes: establishment and reseeding of viral reservoirs contributing to hiv-associated neurocognitive disorders
publisher American Society for Microbiology
publishDate 2017
url https://doaj.org/article/8981c6ce8a9c42c997d3b35fb6bf5e49
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