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Cell-type specific genomics and transcriptomics of HIV in the brain

Amara Plaza-Jennings
Icahn School of Medicine at Mt. Sinai, NYC
Jun 22, 2022

Exploration of genome organization and function in the HIV infected brain is critical to aid in the understanding and development of treatments for HIV-associated neurocognitive disorder (HAND). Here, we applied a multiomic approach, including single nuclei transcriptomics, cell-type specific Hi-C 3D genome mapping, and viral integration site sequencing (IS-seq) to frontal lobe tissue from HIV-infected individuals with encephalitis (HIVE) and without encephalitis (HIV+). We observed reorganization of open/repressive (A/B) compartment structures in HIVE microglia encompassing 6.4% of the genome with enrichment for regions containing interferon (IFN) pathway genes. 3D genome remodeling was associated with transcriptomic reprogramming, including down-regulation of cell adhesion and synapse-related functions and robust activation of IFN signaling and cell migratory pathways, and was recapitulated by IFN-g stimulation of cultured microglial cells. Microglia from HIV+ brains showed, to a lesser extent, similar transcriptional alterations. IS-seq recovered 1,221 integration sites in the brain that were enriched for chromosomal domains newly mobilized into a permissive chromatin environment in HIVE microglia. Viral transcription, which was detected in 0.003% of all nuclei in HIVE brain, occurred in a subset of highly activated microglia that drove differential expression in HIVE. Thus, we observed a dynamic interrelationship of interferon-associated 3D genome and transcriptome remodeling with HIV integration and transcription in the brain.

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