
Translocation of microbes and changes of immunocytes in the gut of rapid‐ and slow‐progressor Chinese rhesus macaques infected with SIVmac239
Human/simian immunodeficiency virus (HIV/SIV) infection can cause severe depletion of CD4+ T cells in both plasma and mucosa; it also results in damage to the gut mucosa barrier, which makes the condition more conducive to microbial translocation. In this study, we used SIV‐infected
Chinese rhesus macaques to quantify the extent of microbial translocation and the function of immune cells in the entire gastrointestinal tract and to compare their differences between rapid and slow progressors. The results showed that in the slow progressors, microbial products translocated
considerably and deeply into the lamina propria of the gut; the tissue macrophages had no significant differences compared with the rapid progressors, but there was a slightly higher percentage of mucosal CD8+ T cells and a large amount of extracellular microbial products in the
lamina propria of the intestinal mucosa of the slow progressors. The data suggested that although microbial translocation increased markedly, the mucosal macrophages and CD8+ T cells were insufficient to clear the infiltrated microbes in the slow progressors. Also, therapies aimed
at suppressing the translocation of microbial products in the mucosa could help to delay the progression of SIV disease.
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Keywords: lamina propria; microbial translocation; mucosa; simian immunodeficiency virus
Document Type: Research Article
Publication date: April 1, 2016