Journal article
Adult Human Brain Tissue Cultures to Study NeuroHIV
Cells (Basel, Switzerland), v 13(13), p1127
29 Jun 2024
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Abstract
HIV-associated neurocognitive disorders (HAND) persist under antiretroviral therapy as a complex pathology that has been difficult to study in cellular and animal models. Therefore, we generated an ex vivo human brain slice model of HIV-1 infection from surgically resected adult brain tissue. Brain slice cultures processed for flow cytometry showed >90% viability of dissociated cells within the first three weeks in vitro, with parallel detection of astrocyte, myeloid, and neuronal populations. Neurons within brain slices showed stable dendritic spine density and mature spine morphologies in the first weeks in culture, and they generated detectable activity in multi-electrode arrays. We infected cultured brain slices using patient-matched CD4+ T-cells or monocyte-derived macrophages (MDMs) that were exposed to a GFP-expressing R5-tropic HIV-1 in vitro. Infected slice cultures expressed viral RNA and developed a spreading infection up to 9 days post-infection, which were significantly decreased by antiretrovirals. We also detected infected myeloid cells and astrocytes within slices and observed minimal effect on cellular viability over time. Overall, this human-centered model offers a promising resource to study the cellular mechanisms contributing to HAND (including antiretroviral toxicity, substance use, and aging), infection of resident brain cells, and new neuroprotective therapeutics.
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- Title
- Adult Human Brain Tissue Cultures to Study NeuroHIV
- Creators
- Rachel Van Duyne - Drexel UniversityElena Irollo - Drexel UniversityAngel LinJames A. Johnson - Drexel UniversityAlain M. Guillem - Drexel UniversityErick V. O’Brien - Drexel UniversityLaura Merja - Drexel UniversityBradley Nash - Drexel UniversityJoshua G. JacksonAtom SarkarZachary A. Klase - Drexel UniversityOlimpia Meucci - Drexel University
- Publication Details
- Cells (Basel, Switzerland), v 13(13), p1127
- Publisher
- MDPI
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Pharmacology and Physiology; Neurology
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:001270131000001
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-85198356598
- Other Identifier
- 991021892014804721
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