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- Title
CD34T+ Humanized Mouse Model to Study Mucosal HIV-1 Transmission and Prevention.
- Authors
Vanshylla, Kanika; Held, Kathrin; Eser, Tabea M.; Gruell, Henning; Kleipass, Franziska; Stumpf, Ricarda; Jain, Kanika; Weiland, Daniela; Münch, Jan; Grüttner, Berthold; Geldmacher, Christof; Klein, Florian; Poudrier, Johanne
- Abstract
Humanized mice are critical for HIV-1 research, but humanized mice generated from cord blood are inefficient at mucosal HIV-1 transmission. Most mucosal HIV-1 transmission studies in mice require fetal tissue-engraftment, the use of which is highly restricted or prohibited. We present a fetal tissue-independent model called CD34T+ with enhanced human leukocyte levels in the blood and improved T cell homing to the gut-associated lymphoid tissue. CD34T+ mice are highly permissive to intra-rectal HIV-1 infection and also show normal env diversification in vivo despite high viral replication. Moreover, mucosal infection in CD34T+ mice can be prevented by infusion of broadly neutralizing antibodies. CD34T+ mice can be rapidly and easily generated using only cord blood cells and do not require any complicated surgical procedures for the humanization process. Therefore, CD34T+ mice provide a novel platform for mucosal HIV-1 transmission studies as well as rapid in vivo testing of novel prevention molecules against HIV-1.
- Subjects
HIV; CORD blood; OPERATIVE surgery; LYMPHOID tissue; BLOOD cells
- Publication
Vaccines, 2021, Vol 9, Issue 3, p198
- ISSN
2076-393X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/vaccines9030198