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. 2023 Jul 11;14:1163012. doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2023.1163012

Table 1.

Comparison of literature on the susceptibility of HSPCs to HIV infection.

HIV DETECTED
Cells Infection HIV detection Reference
Source Phenotype Activation method HIV In vitro/vivo Method Target
BM CD34+ NA Uncharacterised HIV+ donors (Zaire and North America) In vivo PCR env, gag Stanley et al., 1992 (216)
PB CD34+/-
(BFU-E and CFU-GM colonies)
Overnight pre-stimulation in SCF, IL-3, GM-CSF, Epo X4-tropic HIV-1B molecular clone In vitro RT-PCR,
ELISA
tat, gag
p24
† Chelucci et al., 1995 (226)
BM CD34+, CD34+CD38+, CD34+CD38-, NA R5- and X4-tropic HIV-1 molecular clones. Uncharacterised patient virus (USA) In vitro; in vivo PCR,
ELISA
gag, LTR
p24
Shen et al., 1999 (229)
PB, UCB CD34+, MNCs Pre-cultured with SCF, GM-CSF, IL-3, Epo R5-tropic HIV-1C molecular clones and primary HIV+ patients (Botswana) In vitro, in vivo RT-PCR,
ELISA
gag
p24
† Redd et al., 2007 (218)
BM, UCB CD34+, CD133+ NA Uncharacterised patient virus; R5X4-tropic HIV-1B molecular clones and pseudovirus In vitro, in vivo Flow cytometry,
qPCR
Gag (KC57 and anti-p24 mAB),
LTR
‡ † Carter et al., 2010 (213)
BM, UCB CD34+, CD133+ Pre-stimulation in SCF, TPO, FLT3-L, IGFBP-2 X4- and R5X4-tropic HIV-1B molecular clones and pseudotyped viruses In vitro, in vivo Flow cytometry GFP, IC Gag ‡ Carter et al., 2011 (230)
BM CD133+, CD34+CD45RA-CD38- Pre-stimulation in SCF, TPO, FLT3-L, IGFBP-2 Pseudotyped virus In vitro Flow cytometry GFP, PLAP, p24 ‡ McNamara et al., 2012 (235)
BM CD133+ NA Uncharacterised HIV+ donors on ART with plasma viral loads of <48 copies/mL. In vivo qPCR Gag, LTR * McNamara et al., 2013 (236)
UCB, fetal liver CD34+CD38+CD123+ (CMP), CD34+CD38+CD45RA+ (GMP) and CD34+CD38+CD110+ (MEP) NA Wild-type viruses were created from proviral plasmids p89.6, pYJRCSF, and pNL4-3. In vitro qRT-PCR Gag, LTR ‡ Nixon et al., 2013 (214)
PB, BM Lin-CD34+ NA Uncharacterised HIV+ donors (naïve and on ART) In vivo qPCR LTR * Bordoni et al., 2015 (232)
BM Lin-CD34+ NA HIV-infected humanized mice (5 – 14 weeks post-infection) In vivo qPCR,
Immunofluorescence
Gag Araínga et al., 2016 (233)
BM CD34+, CD133+ UCB-derived cells pre-cultured for 4 days X4- and R5-tropic HIV-1B molecular clones. Uncharacterised HIV+ donors In vitro, in vivo Flow cytometry,
PCR
Gag, env * Sebastian et al., 2017 (237)
BM CD133+, CD34+CD133- NA Uncharacterised HIV+ donors In vivo PCR Gag, env * Zaikos et al., 2018 (234)
BM, CB Lin-, CD34+CD38-CD45RA-Lin-, Lin-CD34+CD38-CD45RA-CD90-, CD34+CD38-CD45RA-CD90+, CD34+CD38+ NA X4-tropic pseudotyped GFP reporter viruses, X4- and R5-tropic HIV-1B molecular clones. Uncharacterised HIV+ donors, one donor with confirmed HIV-1B infection In vitro; in vivo Flow cytometry, qPCR GFP, p24,
HIV-1 R-U5/gag
* Renelt et al., 2022 (222)
HIV NOT DETECTED
Cells Infection HIV detection Reference
Source Phenotype Activation method Virus In vitro/vivo Method Target
BM Colony-forming cells from T-cell and adherent BM cell-depleted BM fractions NA Uncharacterised HIV+ donors (North America); HIV-1B and HIV-2A (isolate ROD) In vivo; in vitro PCR Gag Molina et al., 1990 (223)
BM CD34+ NA Uncharacterised HIV+ donors (North America) In vivo PCR Env, gag Davis et al., 1991 (224)
BM CD34+ NA Uncharacterised HIV+ donors (France) In vivo PCR,
Flow cytometry
gag
p24, gp120
Louache et al., 1992 (225)
PB CD34+/-
(CFU-GEMM)
Overnight pre-stimulation in SCF, IL-3, GM-CSF, Epo X4-tropic HIV-1B molecular clone In vitro RT-PCR,
ELISA
Tat, gag
p24
Chelucci et al., 1995 (226)
BM CD34+, CD34-, MNCs NA Uncharacterised HIV-1+ donors (USA) on ART with no AIDS-defining illness In vivo PCR Gag, pol Neal et al., 1995 (217)
BM CD34+CD38-; CD34+CD4+ NA Uncharacterised HIV+ donors (France) In vivo PCR gag Marandin et al., 1996 (227)
BM CD34+CD38-; CD34+CD38+ NA R5 and R5X4-tropic HIV-1 and R5X4 HIV-2 molecular clones In vitro PCR,
ELISA
gag
p24
Weichold et al., 1998 (228)
BM G0 CD34+ 7-day pre-culture R5- and X4-tropic HIV-1 molecular clones. Uncharacterised patient virus (USA) In vitro; in vivo PCR,
ELISA
gag, LTR
p24
Shen et al., 1999 (229)
PB, UCB CD34+, MNCs Pre-cultured with SCF, GM-CSF, IL-3, Epo R5-tropic HIV- 1B molecular clones and primary HIV (USA) In vitro; in vivo RT-PCR,
p24 ELISA
gag Redd et al., 2007 (218)
BM, UCB CD34+, CD133+ Pre-stimulation in SCF, TPO, FLT3-L, IGFBP-2 R5- tropic HIV-1B molecular clones; pseudotyped viruses; HIV+ donors In vitro, in vivo Flow cytometry GFP, IC Gag Carter et al., 2011 (230)
BM CD34+ Pre-cultured with SCF, TPO, FLT3-L and GM-CSF and TNF-α, or PMA HIV+ donors (Patients on ART and VL <50 copies/mL) In vivo PCR gag Durand et al., 2012 (219)
BM Lin-CD34+,
Lin-CD34-
NA HIV-1B+ donors (Patients on ART and VL <45-70 copies/mL) In vivo PCR Target not specified Josefsson et al., 2012 (220)
UCB CD34+ 24 hr pre-stimulation with TPO, SCF, and FLT3-L VSV-G-pseudotyped virus with a modified pNL4.3 HIV-1-based core including an mCherry ORF In vitro Flow cytometry,
qPCR
mCherry Griffin & Goff, 2015 (221)
BM Lin-CD34+CD38-CD45RA-CD90-, CD34+CD38-CD45RA-CD90+ NA R5-tropic pseudotyped GFP reporter viruses In vitro Flow cytometry GFP Renelt et al., 2022 (222)

BM, bone marrow; PB, peripheral blood; UCB, umbilical cord blood; BFU-E, burst-forming unit erythroid; CFU-GM, colony-forming unit granulocyte-macrophage; CMP, common myeloid progenitor; GMP, granulocyte-macrophage progenitor; MEP, megakaryocyte-erythroid progenitor; CFU-GEMM, colony-forming unit granulocyte-erythroid-macrophage-megakaryocyte; SCF, stem cell factor; IL-3, interleukin-3; GM-CSF, granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor; Epo, erythropoietin; IGFBP-2, insulin-like growth factor binding protein-2; TNF-α, tumour necrosis factor alpha; PMA, phorbol myristate acetate; FLT3-L, fms-like tyrosine kinase receptor 3 ligand; TPO, thrombopoietin; R5, C-C-motif chemokine receptor type 5; X4, C-X-C,motif chemokine receptor type 4; PCR, polymerase chain reaction; qPCR, quantitative PCR; RT-qPCR, real-time qPCR; ELISA, enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay; IC, intracellular; GFP, green fluorescent protein.

*T-cell contamination was robustly excluded from analysis (<1% T-cells).

‡T-cell contamination unlikely due to single-cell HIV-detection by flow cytometry.

†T-cell contamination unlikely due to culture conditions (CFU assays).