Table 1 Estimates for the parameters of the mathematical ODE-model describing HIV-1 infection kinetics within the different environments

From: Experimental and computational analyses reveal that environmental restrictions shape HIV-1 spread in 3D cultures

Parameter

Description

Unit

Suspension

3D Collagen

    

Loose

Dense

λ CD8

Proliferation of CD8 cells after adaptation phase

day−1

1.13 [0.74, 1.74]

0.58 [0.24, 1.01]

0.29 [0.12, 0.56]

λ CD4

Proliferation of CD4 cells after adaptation phase

day−1

0.60 [0.36, 1.02]

0.78 [0.36, 1.29]

0.59 [0.32, 0.89]

T C

Max. capacity for CD3 T cells

×105 cells well−1

3.11 [2.72, 3.56]

3.53 [2.80, 4.52]

4.28 [3.15, 6.37]

δ CD8

Net-death rate of CD8 cells during adaptation phase

day−1

0.07 [0, 0.19]

0.11 [0, 0.23]

0.08 [0, 0.19]

δ CD4

Net-death rate of CD4 cells during adaptation phase

day−1

0.03 [0, 0.11]

0.23 [0.05, 0.39]

0.25 [0.09, 0.38]

I 0

Initial fraction of non-productively infected cells in T20x2 experiment

1

0.17 [0.10, 0.23]

ρ

Viral production rate

×104 RT (cell × day)−1

1.02 [0.80, 1.38]

0.48 [0.37, 0.66]

0.43 [0.32, 0.61]

δ I

Death rate of infected cells

day−1

0.42 [0.40, 0.44]

0.48 [0.46, 0.50]

0.52 [0.51, 0.56]

κ V

Viral diffusion rate from culture to supernatant

day−1

0.72 [0.55, 0.95]

0.13 [0.10, 0.17]

0.15 [0.11, 0.19]

I 0

Initial fraction of non-productively infected cells in WT experiment

×10−2

3.3 [1.7, 4.8]

V 0

Initial fraction of infectious virus in WT experiment

1

4.4 × 10−8 [0, fi = 10−3]

  

T ref,0

Initial fraction of refractory cells in WT experiment

1

0.10 [0.0074, 0.12]

β f

Cell-free infection rate

×10−5 (RT × day)−1

2.3 [0, 3.0]

β c

Cell-to-cell infection rate

×10−5 (cell × day)−1

1 × 10−6 [0, 7.0]

4.3 [3.6, 5.4]

1.7 [1.4, 2.6]

λ r

Proliferation rate of refractory cells

day−1

0.22 [0.16, 0.29]

0.78 [0.77, λCD4 = 0.78]

0.49 [0.45, 0.52]

  1. The schematic of the model is depicted in Fig. 3d, and the model and fitting procedure is explained in detail in Methods. Numbers in brackets represent 95%-confidence intervals for parameter estimates obtained by profile likelihood analysis