The bone marrow (BM) biology during HTLV-1 infection is obscure. In this study, we investigated BM mononuclear cells and mesenchymal stromal cells (MSC) from HTLV-1 asymptomatic and symptomatic individuals. An infiltration of CD4+ T-cell lymphocytes in the BM of HTLV-1-infected individuals was observed when compared to healthy controls. The provirus detection in the BM CD4+ T cells confirmed the presence of integrated HTLV DNA. In regard to MSC, we observed that the number of fibroblast progenitor cells was lower in HTLV-1 infected individuals than in healthy controls. Isolated HTLV-1 infected BM-MSC demonstrated surface expression markers and in vitro differentiation potential similar to uninfected individuals. The presence of HTLV-1 proviral DNA in the BM-MSC of HTLV-1-infected patients was demonstrated but no p19 antigen was detected in supernatant from cultured MSC. We suppose that HTLV-1 infects human MSC probably by cell-to-cell contact from the infected CD4+ T-lymphocytes infiltrated into the bone marrow.
Detection of HTLV-1 proviral DNA in BM mononuclear cells and cultured mesenchymal stromal cells isolated from patients with HTLV-1 infection.
E. Rodrigues,Maria do Carmo Favarin,M. D. de Macedo,K. Otaguiri,M. Orellana,O. Takayanagui,P. Palma,S. Slavov,D. Covas,S. Kashima
Published 2018 in Virology
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2018
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Virology
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2018-06-01
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Biology, Medicine
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