Transmission of highly virulent CXCR4 tropic HIV-1 through the mucosal route in an individual with a wild-type CCR5 genotype

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BACKGROUND: Nearly all transmitted/founder (T/F) HIV-1 are CCR5 (R5)-tropic. While previous evidence suggested that CXCR4 (X4)-tropic HIV-1 are transmissible, virus detection and characterization were not at the earliest stages of acute infection. METHODS: T cells using pseudovirus and infectious molecular clones. CD4 subset dynamics were analyzed using flow cytometry. Viral load in each CD4 subset was quantified using cell-associated HIV RNA assay and total and integrated HIV DNA assay. FINDINGS: T cell activation was observed over time. This X4-tropic T/F virus is resistant to broadly neutralizing antibodies (bNAbs) targeting V1/V2 and V3 regions, while most of the R5 T/F viruses in the same cohort are sensitive to the same panel of bNAbs. INTERPRETATION: X4-tropic HIV-1 is transmissible through mucosal route in people with wild-type CCR5 genotype. The CD4 subset tropism of HIV-1 may be an important determinant for HIV-1 transmissibility and virulence. FUNDING: Institute of Human Virology, National Institutes of Health, Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine.

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