Pathogenesis Of HIV Infection ( Cont Of Viral Inf ) Flashcards
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Where does onvelope proteins gp120 and gp41 bings to?
CD4+ cell receptors and coreceptors ( CCR- or CXCR-4 )
How can the HIV enter the CD4+ cell
HIV envelope and CD4 cell membrane fuses
HIV membrane and the envelope proteins remain ____ of the CD4= cell, whereas the core of the virus ___ the CD4+ cell
Outside
Enters
__ cell enzymes interact with the viral core and stimulate the release of viral RNA and the viral enzymes
CD4+
Conversion of HIV RNA to DNA is known as _____; mediated by the HIV enzyme reverse transcriptase
Reverse transcription
Reverse traascription is medaited by what HIZ enyzme
Reverse transcriptase
What do you call this process?
Viral enzyme integrase then inserts the viral DNA into the CD4+ cell’s DNA
Integration
Viral enzyme ___ then inserts the viral DNA into the CD4+ cell’s DNA
Integrase
The new DNA causes the production of _____ that initiates the synthesis of HIV proteins
Messenger RNA
What are the building blocks for more HIV
Long chains of HIV proteins
What cells gathers at the CD4+ cell membrane to form new viruses
HIV proteins and viral RNA
New HIV RNA and HIV protein made by the host CD4+ cell move to the surface of the cell and assemble into what type of HIV
Immature (noninfectious) HIV
Immature HIV pushes itself out of the host CD4 cell wall by??
Budding
New virus has all the components necessary to infect other CD4+ cells but cannot do so until it has ____
Matured
New HIV releases ____, which cuts the long protein chains of the virus into smaller functional units that then reassemble to form a mature virus
Protease
Steps in the production of NEW HIV from HIV
- HIV attaches to the surface of the CD4 cells
- HIV proteins and enzymes are released into the cell
- Reerse transcription produces a souble strand HIV
- Integrase enables HIV to link into the cell’s DNA
- Proteases cuts and reassembles new HIV
- Each cell produces hundreds of new virions
How many years does HIV virus often enters a dormant stage?
2-15 years
When HIV is transmitted, fusion with CD4 cells occurs rapidly, and withina. Few days the virus migrates to ____, and then enters the circulaion
This results in widespread dissemination to the brain and the lymphatic system, causing the ______ or the ____ syndrome
Regional lymph nodes
Primary HIV infection or the seroconversion syndrome
Within 6-12 weeks of acquiring the virus, What test can be used to detect antibodies to HIV in the blood
Enzyme linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) and western blot can document seroconversion = positive to HIV
What do you call the time between viral infection and seroconversion is
“Window period”
Patients who acquire HIV generally remain asymptomatic until their CD4 cell cound falls below ____ cells/mm3, at which time the patient enters the ______ HIV infection
500 cells/mm3
Symptomatic HIV infection
AIDS is diagnosed when the CD4 cell count falls below ___ cells/mm3 or when one of the AIDS defining illnesses is documented
200 cells/mm3
____ is diagnosed when the CD4 cell count falls below 200 cels/mm3 or when one of the AIDS defining illnesses is documented
AIDS
____ characterized by a CD4 cell count <50cells/mm3, overwhelming opportunistic infections and death
Advanced HIV infection