Apoptosis as a mechanism of cell death in cultured T lymphoblasts acutely infected with HIV-1. (original) (raw)

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• J Clin Invest
• v.87(5); 1991 May
• PMC295273

J Clin Invest. 1991 May; 87(5): 1710–1715.

Department of Medicine, University of California at San Diego, La Jolla 92093.

Abstract

The mechanisms by which HIV-1 infection kills T lymphocytes are not clearly established. Apoptosis is an internally programmed cell death pathway that may regulate both T cell development and senescence, and that is characterized by cleavage of DNA at internucleosomal regions. The present experiments show that acute HIV-1 infection of MT2 lymphoblasts and activated normal peripheral blood mononuclear cells induces apoptosis. The addition of anti-gp120 neutralizing antibody, after HIV-1 infection of MT2 cells, permitted sustained high levels of viral replication, but blocked apoptosis and cell death. Apoptosis may account for the direct cytopathologic effects of HIV-1 in T cells.

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