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ArticleNeuroImmune pharmacology and therapeutics2025

HIV-1 infection facilitates Alzheimer's disease pathology in humanized APP knock-in immunodeficient mice.

Shaurav Bhattarai, Rana Kadry, Pravin Yeapuri, Yaman Lu, Emma G Foster, Chen Zhang, Prasanta Dash, Larisa Y Poluektova, Santhi Gorantla, R Lee Mosley and 1 more

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3 · Its place in the literature

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3 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Increased Amyloidogenic Neuronal Injury in HIV-1-infected APP-KI Alzheimer's disease mice.Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association · 2026
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors.

Shaurav BhattaraiDepartment of Pharmacology and Experimental Neuroscience, College of Medicine, University of Nebraska Medical Science, Omaha, NE, USA.
Rana KadryDepartment of Pharmacology and Experimental Neuroscience, College of Medicine, University of Nebraska Medical Science, Omaha, NE, USA.
Pravin YeapuriDepartment of Pharmacology and Experimental Neuroscience, College of Medicine, University of Nebraska Medical Science, Omaha, NE, USA.
Yaman LuDepartment of Pharmacology and Experimental Neuroscience, College of Medicine, University of Nebraska Medical Science, Omaha, NE, USA.
Emma G FosterDepartment of Pharmacology and Experimental Neuroscience, College of Medicine, University of Nebraska Medical Science, Omaha, NE, USA.
Chen ZhangDepartment of Pharmacology and Experimental Neuroscience, College of Medicine, University of Nebraska Medical Science, Omaha, NE, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0785-1292
Prasanta DashDepartment of Pharmacology and Experimental Neuroscience, College of Medicine, University of Nebraska Medical Science, Omaha, NE, USA.
Larisa Y PoluektovaDepartment of Pharmacology and Experimental Neuroscience, College of Medicine, University of Nebraska Medical Science, Omaha, NE, USA.
Santhi GorantlaDepartment of Pharmacology and Experimental Neuroscience, College of Medicine, University of Nebraska Medical Science, Omaha, NE, USA.
R Lee MosleyDepartment of Pharmacology and Experimental Neuroscience, College of Medicine, University of Nebraska Medical Science, Omaha, NE, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4241-6149
Howard E GendelmanDepartment of Pharmacology and Experimental Neuroscience, College of Medicine, University of Nebraska Medical Science, Omaha, NE, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7831-0370

Funding

Therapeutics Core (Page 286)P30MH062261 · NIMH · UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER · PI BUCH, SHILPA J., FOX, HOWARD S · 2000 to 2021
$37.7M
Targeted Neuro Protection of HIV-1 Associated Neurologic DiseaseP01MH064570 · NIMH · UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER · PI GELBARD, HARRIS A · 2001 to 2014
$19.4M
Pharmacokinetics and Drug-Drug InteractionsP01DA028555 · NIDA · UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER · PI GENDELMAN, HOWARD E · 2010 to 2019
$16.8M
Neuroprotective Immunity and HIV DementiaR01NS034239 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER · PI Howard E Gendelman, R Lee Mosley · 1995 to 2026
$12.3M
Proteomics CoreP01NS043985 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER · PI IKEZU, TSUNEYA · 2003 to 2012
$11.8M
Role of EAAT2 and AEG-1 in Astrocyte Dysfunction and NeurodegenerationP01NS031492 · NINDS · ST. LUKE'S-ROOSEVELT INST FOR HLTH SCIS · PI GENDELMAN, HOWARD E. · 1993 to 2007
$10.9M
Nanomedicine and NeuroAIDSR01NS036126 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER · PI GENDELMAN, HOWARD E · 1997 to 2017
$5.7M
Targeted lipid nanoparticles for gene therapeutics delivery approach to eradicating HIV reservoirsR01MH121402 · NIMH · UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER · PI Benson Edagwa, Howard E Gendelman · 2019 to 2026
$4.9M
HIV-1DetectionandEliminationFrom CNS Mononuclear PhagocytesR01NS126089 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER · PI GENDELMAN, HOWARD E, GORANTLA, SANTHI · 2021 to 2025
$3.5M
SMART HANDR01AG043540 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER · PI GENDELMAN, HOWARD E, POLUEKTOVA, LARISA Y · 2013 to 2017
$3.1M
Neuroimmunology of Disease Training ProgramT32NS105594 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER · PI Aditya N Bade, Howard E Gendelman · 2018 to 2026
$1.4M
Examining HIV-mediated disruption of CNS immune homeostasis using a triple humanized mouseR21MH131220 · NIMH · UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER · PI GORANTLA, SANTHI · 2022 to 2023
$422k
NIA NIH HHS R01 AG043540NIDA NIH HHS P01 DA028555NIMH NIH HHS P01 MH064570NIMH NIH HHS P30 MH062261NIMH NIH HHS R01 MH121402NIMH NIH HHS R21 MH131220NINDS NIH HHS P01 NS031492NINDS NIH HHS P01 NS043985NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS034239NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS036126NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS126089NINDS NIH HHS T32 NS105594
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Objectives: Amyloid-β (Aβ) plaque deposition in the brain is a principal pathological feature of both Alzheimer's disease (AD) and progressive human immunodeficiency virus type one (HIV-1) infection. Both enable Aβ assembly and Aβ protein aggregation. The potential link between HIV-1 and AD remains uncertain, supporting the need for a reliable animal model. HIV-1 is tropic and pathogenic for humans. It does not replicate in mice. The restricted species tropism has slowed progress in basic research activities. The current study seeks to correct animal model limitations. Methods: We created an AD mouse to address the need to develop an small animal model that allows studies of viral infection by making a knock-in (KI) with the human amyloid precursor protein (APP) Results: Productive HIV-1 infection was confirmed by plasma HIV-1 RNA levels in infected NAIL mice. The viral load increased by tenfold between day 10 and day 25 post-infection. By day 25, viral DNA confirmed the establishment of HIV-1 reservoirs in CD45+ cells from the immune tissues of infected NAIL mice. Additionally, p24 measurements in lymphoid and brain tissues of NAIL mice validated productive HIV-1 infection. Amyloid burden from infected NAIL mice was increased. Immunofluorescence staining revealed co-localization of Aβ fibrils and HLA-DR Conclusions: These results highlight the AD-HIV model's unique pathobiological and infectious features where the viral and immune responses can now be measured.

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Alzheimer’s diseaseamyloid betaHIV-1humanized miceimmune deficientmouse model

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