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TRIM5 alpha Modulates Immunodeficiency Virus Control in Rhesus Monkeys

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PLOS PATHOGENS
Volume 6, Issue 1, Pages -

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PUBLIC LIBRARY SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1000738

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  1. NIAID Center for HIV/AIDS Vaccine Immunology [AI067854]
  2. NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES [U19AI067854, P30AI060354, U01AI067854] Funding Source: NIH RePORTER
  3. NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF GENERAL MEDICAL SCIENCES [T32GM007753] Funding Source: NIH RePORTER

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The cytoplasmic TRIM5 alpha proteins of certain mammalian lineages efficiently recognize the incoming capsids of particular retroviruses and potently restrict infection in a species-specific manner. Successful retroviruses have evolved capsids that are less efficiently recognized by the TRIM5 alpha proteins of the natural hosts. To address whether TRIM5 alpha contributes to the outcome of retroviral infection in a susceptible host species, we investigated the impact of TRIM5 polymorphisms in rhesus monkeys on the course of a simian immunodeficiency virus (SIV) infection. Full-length TRIM5 alpha cDNAs were derived from each of 79 outbred monkeys and sequenced. Associations were explored between the expression of particular TRIM5 alleles and both the permissiveness of cells to SIV infection in vitro and clinical sequelae of SIV infection in vivo. Natural variation in the TRIM5 alpha B30.2(SPRY) domain influenced the efficiency of SIVmac capsid binding and the in vitro susceptibility of cells from the monkeys to SIVmac infection. We also show the importance in vivo of the interaction of SIVmac with different allelic forms of TRIM5, demonstrating that particular alleles are associated with as much as 1.3 median log difference in set-point viral loads in SIVmac-infected rhesus monkeys. Moreover, these allelic forms of TRIM5 were associated with the extent of loss of central memory (CM) CD4+ T cells and the rate of progression to AIDS in the infected monkeys. These findings demonstrate a central role for TRIM5 alpha in limiting the replication of an immunodeficiency virus infection in a primate host.

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