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To investigate the role of apoptosis in the pathogenesis of HIV infection we used macaques infected with simian immunodeficiency virus (SIV) as a primate model and examined the characteristics of the apoptosis of lymphocytes in SIV mac-infected macaques. In vitro apoptosis was more strongly induced in peripheral blood mononcuclear cells (PBMC) from SIV mac239- infected macaques than those from uninfected controls. We found that the frequency of Fas antigen-positive cells was higher in PBMC from SIV mac-infected macaques than from uninfected controls, and in vitro apoptosis of PBMC was suppressed by an inhibitor of the interleukin-lβ converting enzyme (ICE) family proteases. In biopsied lymph nodes, the number of apoptotic nuclei in T cell-dependent areas was higher in SIVmac-infected macaques than in unifected controls. A higher number of apoptotic nuclei in lymph nodes of SIVmac-infected macaques was observed in the stage of persisent general lymphadenopathy than in those with AIDS-related complex, while there was no significant difference in the extent of apoptosis of cultured PBMC among the SIVmac-infected macaques. These results suggest that in vitro apoptosis is mediated by the Fas/Fas ligand and ICE system and that apoptosis in lymph nodes may be more closely related to the stage of SIVmac infection than is that of cultured PBMC.
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Accepted November 17, 1997 Received October 2, 1997
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Iida, T., Igarashi, T., Ichimura, H. et al. Fas antigen expression and apoptosis of lymphocytes in macaques infected with simian immunodeficiency virus strain mac. Arch. Virol. 143, 717–729 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1007/s007050050325
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s007050050325