E presence of AIDS defining lesions: Pneumocystis pneumonia, Mycobacterium avium infection (most commonly small intestine, liver and mesenteric lymph node), and intestinal adenovirus infection (most common in small intestine). Other, less common lesions include SIV giant cell disease in the lung, gut, and lymph nodes and SIV associated arteriopathy. Whole blood was collected in ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid (EDTA) before SIV infection (pre) and at different time points after SIV infection until necropsy. Using Wilk’s lambda multivariate analysis of variance (MANOVA), we determined no significant differences between absolute cell counts and percent changes of CD1c+, CD16+ and CD123+ DC subsets in studies I, II and III (P>0.05). For these reasons, data from these three studies were pooled. In addition, five rhesus macaques that were infected withPLOS ONE | DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0119764 April 27,14 /SIV Differently Affects CD1c and CD16 mDC In VivoSIVmac251 but not CD8 depleted were used to control possible effects of CD8 Dactinomycin web depletion on absolute numbers of mDCs and pDCs.Flow cytometry: phenotype analysis and cell sorting for detection of SIV RNA and DNAAntibodies. A cocktail composed of the following monoclonal antibodies was used: antiCD16-FITC (clone 3G8), anti-CD141-PE (clone 1A4), anti-CD123-PerCP-Cy5.5 (clone 7G3), anti-CD3-PE-Cy7 (clone SP34-2), anti-CD14-Pacific Blue (clone M5E2), CD20-APC-Cy7 (clone L27) all from BD Pharmingen (San Jose, CA), anti-CD1c-APC (clone AD5-8E7, Miltenyi Biotec, Auburn, CA), anti-HLA-DR-PE-Texas Red (clone Immu-357, Beckman Coulter, Miami, FL), anti-CD11c-Alexa700 (clone 3.9, eBiosciences, San Diego, CA), anti-CD8-Qdot 655 (clone 3B5, Invitrogen, Carlsbad, CA) and anti-CD4-Qdot 605 (clone S3.5, provided by Dr K. Reimann). Eleven-color flow cytometry. Erythrocytes in 100L of whole blood were lysed using Immunoprep reagent on a T-Q prep machine (Beckman-Coulter, Fullerton, CA). We routinely use two 100l samples of whole blood in separate tubes to ensure obtain optimal numbers of DC. After lysis, leukocytes from two tubes were pooled, washed with phosphate buffered saline (PBS) containing 2 fetal bovine serum (FBS) and incubated with a pre-mixed antibody cocktail described above for 15 minutes at room temperature in the dark. Stained cells were washed with PBS-2 FBS, and resuspended with freshly prepared 1 paraformaldehyde (PFA) and analyzed on a BD FACS Ariaflow cytometer (BD Biosciences) as previously described [18]. One million total events were collected for analysis. Absolute cell numbers of each subset in blood were calculated by multiplying the total percentage of cells by the number of white blood cells per microliter of blood as determined by complete blood cell counts. Data were analyzed using FlowJo software (version 7; Treestar, Ashland, OR). Cell sorting. CD1c+, CD16+ and CD123+ DC subsets were sorted from peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) by flow cytometry. Briefly, PMBCs were obtained by density gradient centrifugation (Ficoll-Paque PREMIUM; GE Healthcare Biosciences, Piscataway, NJ) and were incubated with a mix of the following antibodies: anti-CD11c-PE, anti-HLA-DR-PE-TexasRed, anti-CD123-PerCP-Cy5.5, anti-CD16-PE-Cy7, anti-CD1c-APC, antiCD3-APC-Cy7, anti-CD20-APC-Cy7, TSA molecular weight anti-CD14-APC-Cy7 and anti-CD8-Qdot655. DC sorting was performed on a FACSAria equiped with 3 lasers (Becton Dickinson) modified as previously reported [19]. We sorted between 190?0,000 CD1c+ mDCs (median 3,200.E presence of AIDS defining lesions: Pneumocystis pneumonia, Mycobacterium avium infection (most commonly small intestine, liver and mesenteric lymph node), and intestinal adenovirus infection (most common in small intestine). Other, less common lesions include SIV giant cell disease in the lung, gut, and lymph nodes and SIV associated arteriopathy. Whole blood was collected in ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid (EDTA) before SIV infection (pre) and at different time points after SIV infection until necropsy. Using Wilk’s lambda multivariate analysis of variance (MANOVA), we determined no significant differences between absolute cell counts and percent changes of CD1c+, CD16+ and CD123+ DC subsets in studies I, II and III (P>0.05). For these reasons, data from these three studies were pooled. In addition, five rhesus macaques that were infected withPLOS ONE | DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0119764 April 27,14 /SIV Differently Affects CD1c and CD16 mDC In VivoSIVmac251 but not CD8 depleted were used to control possible effects of CD8 depletion on absolute numbers of mDCs and pDCs.Flow cytometry: phenotype analysis and cell sorting for detection of SIV RNA and DNAAntibodies. A cocktail composed of the following monoclonal antibodies was used: antiCD16-FITC (clone 3G8), anti-CD141-PE (clone 1A4), anti-CD123-PerCP-Cy5.5 (clone 7G3), anti-CD3-PE-Cy7 (clone SP34-2), anti-CD14-Pacific Blue (clone M5E2), CD20-APC-Cy7 (clone L27) all from BD Pharmingen (San Jose, CA), anti-CD1c-APC (clone AD5-8E7, Miltenyi Biotec, Auburn, CA), anti-HLA-DR-PE-Texas Red (clone Immu-357, Beckman Coulter, Miami, FL), anti-CD11c-Alexa700 (clone 3.9, eBiosciences, San Diego, CA), anti-CD8-Qdot 655 (clone 3B5, Invitrogen, Carlsbad, CA) and anti-CD4-Qdot 605 (clone S3.5, provided by Dr K. Reimann). Eleven-color flow cytometry. Erythrocytes in 100L of whole blood were lysed using Immunoprep reagent on a T-Q prep machine (Beckman-Coulter, Fullerton, CA). We routinely use two 100l samples of whole blood in separate tubes to ensure obtain optimal numbers of DC. After lysis, leukocytes from two tubes were pooled, washed with phosphate buffered saline (PBS) containing 2 fetal bovine serum (FBS) and incubated with a pre-mixed antibody cocktail described above for 15 minutes at room temperature in the dark. Stained cells were washed with PBS-2 FBS, and resuspended with freshly prepared 1 paraformaldehyde (PFA) and analyzed on a BD FACS Ariaflow cytometer (BD Biosciences) as previously described [18]. One million total events were collected for analysis. Absolute cell numbers of each subset in blood were calculated by multiplying the total percentage of cells by the number of white blood cells per microliter of blood as determined by complete blood cell counts. Data were analyzed using FlowJo software (version 7; Treestar, Ashland, OR). Cell sorting. CD1c+, CD16+ and CD123+ DC subsets were sorted from peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) by flow cytometry. Briefly, PMBCs were obtained by density gradient centrifugation (Ficoll-Paque PREMIUM; GE Healthcare Biosciences, Piscataway, NJ) and were incubated with a mix of the following antibodies: anti-CD11c-PE, anti-HLA-DR-PE-TexasRed, anti-CD123-PerCP-Cy5.5, anti-CD16-PE-Cy7, anti-CD1c-APC, antiCD3-APC-Cy7, anti-CD20-APC-Cy7, anti-CD14-APC-Cy7 and anti-CD8-Qdot655. DC sorting was performed on a FACSAria equiped with 3 lasers (Becton Dickinson) modified as previously reported [19]. We sorted between 190?0,000 CD1c+ mDCs (median 3,200.