The SCID-hu mouse as a model for HIV-1 infection (original) (raw)
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- Gerold Feuer2,
- Lianying Gao2,
- Beth Jamieson2,
- Marlene Kristeva2,
- Irvin S. Y. Chen2,3 &
- …
- Jerome A. Zack2 na1
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DURING normal fetal ontogeny, one of the first organs to harbour CD4-positive cells is the thymus1. This organ could therefore be one of the earliest targets infected by human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) in utero. HIV-1-infected cells and pathological abnormalities of the thymus have been seen in HIV-1-infected adults and children, and in some fetuses aborted from infected women2–5. Studies of HIV-1 pathogenesis have been hampered by lack of a suitable animal model system. Here we use the SCID-hu mouse6 as a model to investigate the effect of virus infection on human tissue. The mouse is homozygous for the severe combined immunodeficiency (SCID) defect7,8. The model is constructed by implanting human fetal liver and thymus under the mouse kidney capsule. A conjoint human organ develops, which allows normal maturation of human thymocytes. After direct inoculation of HIV-1 into these implants, we observed severe depletion of human CD4-bearing cells within a few weeks of infection. This correlated with increasing virus load in the implants. Thus the SCID-hu mouse may be a useful in vivo system for the study of HIV-1-induced pathology.
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Grace M. Aldrovandi - Division of Hematology-Oncology, Department of Medicine,
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Aldrovandi, G., Feuer, G., Gao, L. et al. The SCID-hu mouse as a model for HIV-1 infection.Nature 363, 732–736 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1038/363732a0
- Received: 18 February 1993
- Accepted: 18 May 1993
- Issue Date: 24 June 1993
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/363732a0