Establishment of a Cynomolgus Macaque Model of Human T-Cell Leukemia Virus Type 1 (HTLV-1) Infection by Direct Inoculation of Adult T-Cell Leukemia Patient-Derived Cell Lines for HTLV-1 Infection

Human T-cell leukemia virus type 1 (HTLV-1) is the causative agent of adult T-cell leukemia (ATL) and HTLV-1-associated myelopathy/tropical spastic paraparesis (HAM/TSP). However, the precise mechanisms leading to HTLV-1 chronic infection and the onset of the diseases have remained unclear, and effe...

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Autores principales: Urano, Emiko, Ueda, Kayoko, Higuchi, Mahoko, Furukawa, Mugi, Okamura, Tomotaka, Tanaka, Yuetsu, Yasutomi, Yasuhiro
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Publicado: American Society for Microbiology 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9682988/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36314828
http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/jvi.01339-22
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author Urano, Emiko
Ueda, Kayoko
Higuchi, Mahoko
Furukawa, Mugi
Okamura, Tomotaka
Tanaka, Yuetsu
Yasutomi, Yasuhiro
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Ueda, Kayoko
Higuchi, Mahoko
Furukawa, Mugi
Okamura, Tomotaka
Tanaka, Yuetsu
Yasutomi, Yasuhiro
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description Human T-cell leukemia virus type 1 (HTLV-1) is the causative agent of adult T-cell leukemia (ATL) and HTLV-1-associated myelopathy/tropical spastic paraparesis (HAM/TSP). However, the precise mechanisms leading to HTLV-1 chronic infection and the onset of the diseases have remained unclear, and effective vaccines for inhibiting the infection and the progression of pathogenesis have therefore not been developed. The use of a nonhuman primate (NHP) model is thought to be important for revealing the mechanisms of the progressive status and for the development of prevention procedures. In this study, we developed a cynomolgus macaque (CM) model of HTLV-1 infection by direct intravenous inoculation of HTLV-1-producing cells derived from ATL patients. The cell line used for infection, ATL-040, was selected as the most infectious one in our cell line library. CMs inoculated intravenously with 1 × 10(8) ATL-040 cells per animal became persistently infected with HTLV-1, as shown by the HTLV-1 provirus load (PVL) in peripheral blood mononuclear cells and HTLV-1-specific antibodies (2/2 animals). One CM inoculated intravenously with 1 × 10(7) ATL-040 cells did not have detectable PVLs despite the fact that anti-HTLV-1 antibodies were maintained for more than 2 years. Furthermore, immunological approaches, including CD8(+) T cell depletion prior to infection (3/3 animals) and intrathecal inoculation (3/3 animals), led to increased proviral loads in the cynomolgus monkeys. The present method and the cynomolgus monkey model of HTLV-1 infection will be beneficial for immunological and virological studies on HTLV-1 aiming at the development of anti-HTLV-1 prophylactic vaccines and therapy drugs. IMPORTANCE HTLV-1 was discovered in the 1980s as the causative agent of adult T-cell leukemia and HTLV-1-associated myelopathy/tropical spastic paraparesis. However, the precise mechanisms leading to HTLV-1 chronic infection and the onset of the diseases still remain unidentified. Thus, no effective vaccines to inhibit the infection and the progressive of pathogenesis have been developed. The use of appropriate animal models is essential for understanding HTLV-1 infection and pathogenesis. In order to establish a new nonhuman primate model for studies on HTLV-1 infection, cynomolgus monkeys were infected with HTLV-1 under a variety of experimental conditions. Our method, using a cell line generated from an ATL patient as a source of HTLV-1, was able to establish HTLV-1 infection in monkeys with a 100% success rate. This cynomolgus macaque model of HTLV-1 infection will contribute to the elucidation of HTLV-1 infection and its associated disease development.
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spelling pubmed-96829882022-11-24 Establishment of a Cynomolgus Macaque Model of Human T-Cell Leukemia Virus Type 1 (HTLV-1) Infection by Direct Inoculation of Adult T-Cell Leukemia Patient-Derived Cell Lines for HTLV-1 Infection Urano, Emiko Ueda, Kayoko Higuchi, Mahoko Furukawa, Mugi Okamura, Tomotaka Tanaka, Yuetsu Yasutomi, Yasuhiro J Virol Pathogenesis and Immunity Human T-cell leukemia virus type 1 (HTLV-1) is the causative agent of adult T-cell leukemia (ATL) and HTLV-1-associated myelopathy/tropical spastic paraparesis (HAM/TSP). However, the precise mechanisms leading to HTLV-1 chronic infection and the onset of the diseases have remained unclear, and effective vaccines for inhibiting the infection and the progression of pathogenesis have therefore not been developed. The use of a nonhuman primate (NHP) model is thought to be important for revealing the mechanisms of the progressive status and for the development of prevention procedures. In this study, we developed a cynomolgus macaque (CM) model of HTLV-1 infection by direct intravenous inoculation of HTLV-1-producing cells derived from ATL patients. The cell line used for infection, ATL-040, was selected as the most infectious one in our cell line library. CMs inoculated intravenously with 1 × 10(8) ATL-040 cells per animal became persistently infected with HTLV-1, as shown by the HTLV-1 provirus load (PVL) in peripheral blood mononuclear cells and HTLV-1-specific antibodies (2/2 animals). One CM inoculated intravenously with 1 × 10(7) ATL-040 cells did not have detectable PVLs despite the fact that anti-HTLV-1 antibodies were maintained for more than 2 years. Furthermore, immunological approaches, including CD8(+) T cell depletion prior to infection (3/3 animals) and intrathecal inoculation (3/3 animals), led to increased proviral loads in the cynomolgus monkeys. The present method and the cynomolgus monkey model of HTLV-1 infection will be beneficial for immunological and virological studies on HTLV-1 aiming at the development of anti-HTLV-1 prophylactic vaccines and therapy drugs. IMPORTANCE HTLV-1 was discovered in the 1980s as the causative agent of adult T-cell leukemia and HTLV-1-associated myelopathy/tropical spastic paraparesis. However, the precise mechanisms leading to HTLV-1 chronic infection and the onset of the diseases still remain unidentified. Thus, no effective vaccines to inhibit the infection and the progressive of pathogenesis have been developed. The use of appropriate animal models is essential for understanding HTLV-1 infection and pathogenesis. In order to establish a new nonhuman primate model for studies on HTLV-1 infection, cynomolgus monkeys were infected with HTLV-1 under a variety of experimental conditions. Our method, using a cell line generated from an ATL patient as a source of HTLV-1, was able to establish HTLV-1 infection in monkeys with a 100% success rate. This cynomolgus macaque model of HTLV-1 infection will contribute to the elucidation of HTLV-1 infection and its associated disease development. American Society for Microbiology 2022-10-31 /pmc/articles/PMC9682988/ /pubmed/36314828 http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/jvi.01339-22 Text en Copyright © 2022 Urano et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) .
spellingShingle Pathogenesis and Immunity
Urano, Emiko
Ueda, Kayoko
Higuchi, Mahoko
Furukawa, Mugi
Okamura, Tomotaka
Tanaka, Yuetsu
Yasutomi, Yasuhiro
Establishment of a Cynomolgus Macaque Model of Human T-Cell Leukemia Virus Type 1 (HTLV-1) Infection by Direct Inoculation of Adult T-Cell Leukemia Patient-Derived Cell Lines for HTLV-1 Infection
title Establishment of a Cynomolgus Macaque Model of Human T-Cell Leukemia Virus Type 1 (HTLV-1) Infection by Direct Inoculation of Adult T-Cell Leukemia Patient-Derived Cell Lines for HTLV-1 Infection
title_full Establishment of a Cynomolgus Macaque Model of Human T-Cell Leukemia Virus Type 1 (HTLV-1) Infection by Direct Inoculation of Adult T-Cell Leukemia Patient-Derived Cell Lines for HTLV-1 Infection
title_fullStr Establishment of a Cynomolgus Macaque Model of Human T-Cell Leukemia Virus Type 1 (HTLV-1) Infection by Direct Inoculation of Adult T-Cell Leukemia Patient-Derived Cell Lines for HTLV-1 Infection
title_full_unstemmed Establishment of a Cynomolgus Macaque Model of Human T-Cell Leukemia Virus Type 1 (HTLV-1) Infection by Direct Inoculation of Adult T-Cell Leukemia Patient-Derived Cell Lines for HTLV-1 Infection
title_short Establishment of a Cynomolgus Macaque Model of Human T-Cell Leukemia Virus Type 1 (HTLV-1) Infection by Direct Inoculation of Adult T-Cell Leukemia Patient-Derived Cell Lines for HTLV-1 Infection
title_sort establishment of a cynomolgus macaque model of human t-cell leukemia virus type 1 (htlv-1) infection by direct inoculation of adult t-cell leukemia patient-derived cell lines for htlv-1 infection
topic Pathogenesis and Immunity
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9682988/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36314828
http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/jvi.01339-22
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