HIV-1 Determinants of Thrombocytopenia at the Stage of CD34+ Progenitor Cell Differentiation in Vivo Lie in the Viral Envelope Gp120 V3 Loop Region
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HIV-1 V3 loop clones of virus isolates derived from patients suffering from thrombocytopenia were used for infection of the human thymus/liver conjoint hematopoietic organ that developed in the severe combined immunodeficient mouse (SCID-hu Thy/Liv). The V3 loop clones showed a significantly greater degree of inhibition of megakaryopoiesis than myelopoiesis and erythropoiesis of the human CD34+ progenitor cells, in vivo. Inhibition of megakaryopoiesis occurs through reduction in c-Mpl expression and consequent decrease in STAT5 activation. Therefore HIV-1 V3 loop sequences of thrombocytopenic patients exhibit preferential inhibition of megakaryocyte lineage-specific differentiation of CD34+ progenitor cells, thus reflecting the patients' clinical condition.
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