Establishment of a SPF Rhesus Macaque Colony

U42 AR增刊：SNPRC建议扩大U42恒河猴的饲养和生产。 摘要 西南国家灵长类动物研究中心(SNPRC)培育出一种SPF印度来源的(ID)恒河猴 群体，由NIH SPF恒河猴育种计划(U42 OD010442)支持。该中心的艾滋病毒/艾滋病研究 大力支持内部和外部科学家，他们的工作研究关键主题，包括但不是 仅限于结核分枝杆菌/艾滋病毒混合感染、针对SIV/HIV、HIV/SIV感染的纳米颗粒疫苗的开发 新生恒河猴，在HIV/SIV恒河猴模型中miRNA在胃肠功能障碍中的作用 SIV感染灵长类动物中枢神经系统髓系细胞慢性蓄积物的研究及宿主的发育 针对SIV/HIV和Mtb/HIV感染的定向治疗。这些灵长类动物严重短缺。 进行了十多年的研究。突然将恒河猴用于新冠肺炎研究--有必要 由于大流行，这种灵长类动物模型对艾滋病毒/艾滋病研究的可用性造成了进一步的压力[不是-- OD-20-173。2020年9月11日《关于限制研究非人类灵长类动物可获得性的通知》]。为了 为了满足最近对新冠肺炎研究的迫切需求，SNPRC在过去的一年里一直在 主要针对这些研究，如《翘曲速度行动》和美国国家卫生研究院提出的指令所要求的。 这严重影响了我们为艾滋病毒/艾滋病调查人员维持研究灵长类动物的能力 U42基金。目前迫切需要增加这些来自印度的U42 SPF灵长类动物的产量。 本申请建议增加SNPRC的持有和繁殖空间，以支持该项目的扩展 殖民地。

U42 AR Supplement: SNPRC Proposal to expand U42 rhesus monkey holding and Production. Abstract The Southwest National Primate Research Center (SNPRC) has developed an SPF Indian-derived (ID) rhesus colony, supported by the NIH SPF rhesus breeding program (U42 OD010442). HIV/AIDS research at the center strongly supports both internal and external scientists whose work investigates critical topics including, but not limited to, Mtb/HIV coinfection, development of nanoparticle vaccines against SIV/HIV, HIV/SHIV infection in newborn rhesus monkeys, role of miRNA’s in gastrointestinal dysfunction in the HIV/SIV rhesus model, the investigation of CNS myeloid cells as chronic reservoirs in SIV-infected primates, and the development of host- directed therapies against SIV/HIV and Mtb/HIV infection. There has been a critical shortage of these primates for research for over a decade. The sudden usage of rhesus macaques for COVID-19 research—necessitated by the pandemic—has created further strain on the availability of this primate model for HIV/AIDS research [NOT- OD-20-173. September 11, 2020 ‘Notice of Limited Availability of Research Nonhuman Primates’]. In order to meet urgent needs for recent COVID-19 research, SNPRC rhesus macaques, over the past year, have been mostly directed to these studies as required by Operation Warp Speed and directives put forth from the NIH. This has severely impacted our ability to maintain research primates for our HIV/AIDS investigators under the U42 funding. There is an acute, urgent need to increase production of these U42 SPF Indian-derived primates. This application proposes to increase holding and breeding space at the SNPRC to support expansion of this colony.