The issue of infection of peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) by the hepatitis C virus (HCV) has potentially important implications, but is still debated. We have used the severe combined immunodeficiency (SCID) mouse model to test for the persistence of HCV in PBMC. Hematopoietic cells isolated from 14 subjects infected by HCV were inoculated intraperitoneally into SCID mice. Serum and blood cell samples from these mice were obtained with a mean follow-up of 8 weeks. As controls, human fibroblasts and sheep PBMC, preincubated with a human HCV-positive serum, were inoculated concomitantly into mice and analyzed. HCV-RNA positive strands were detected in 7 of 26 serum samples and 8 of 26 cell fractions from SCID mice inoculated with HCV-positive PBMC, after 8 weeks of follow-up. In contrast, no HCV RNA was detectable in the 10 control mice. HCV-RNA negative strands were detected in only 2 of 10 tested samples from 2 mice, and both positive mice had been inoculated with PBMC from HCVpositive subjects with malignant hematopoietic syndrome. Our study offers strong evidence for the persistence of HCV infection in mononuclear cells. Our results are also consistent with a low rate of HCV multiplication. This SCID mouse model might therefore be useful in analyzing the mechanisms of HCV persistence in mononuclear cells.

Hepatitis C virus persistence in human hematopoietic cells injected into scid mice / J.P. Bronowicki; M.A. Loriot; V. Thiers; Y. Grignon; A.L. Zignego; C. Brechot. - In: HEPATOLOGY. - ISSN 0270-9139. - STAMPA. - 28:(1998), pp. 211-218.

Hepatitis C virus persistence in human hematopoietic cells injected into scid mice.

ZIGNEGO, ANNA LINDA;
1998

Abstract

The issue of infection of peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) by the hepatitis C virus (HCV) has potentially important implications, but is still debated. We have used the severe combined immunodeficiency (SCID) mouse model to test for the persistence of HCV in PBMC. Hematopoietic cells isolated from 14 subjects infected by HCV were inoculated intraperitoneally into SCID mice. Serum and blood cell samples from these mice were obtained with a mean follow-up of 8 weeks. As controls, human fibroblasts and sheep PBMC, preincubated with a human HCV-positive serum, were inoculated concomitantly into mice and analyzed. HCV-RNA positive strands were detected in 7 of 26 serum samples and 8 of 26 cell fractions from SCID mice inoculated with HCV-positive PBMC, after 8 weeks of follow-up. In contrast, no HCV RNA was detectable in the 10 control mice. HCV-RNA negative strands were detected in only 2 of 10 tested samples from 2 mice, and both positive mice had been inoculated with PBMC from HCVpositive subjects with malignant hematopoietic syndrome. Our study offers strong evidence for the persistence of HCV infection in mononuclear cells. Our results are also consistent with a low rate of HCV multiplication. This SCID mouse model might therefore be useful in analyzing the mechanisms of HCV persistence in mononuclear cells.
1998
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211
218
J.P. Bronowicki; M.A. Loriot; V. Thiers; Y. Grignon; A.L. Zignego; C. Brechot
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