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May  2016, 21(3): 863-881. doi: 10.3934/dcdsb.2016.21.863

## Backward bifurcation of an HTLV-I model with immune response

 1 School of Mathematics and Statistics, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710049, China 2 School of Mathematics and Statistics, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, 710049

Received  May 2015 Revised  September 2015 Published  January 2016

Human T-cell Lymphotropic virus type 1(HTLV-I) causes HAM/T SP and other illnesses. HTLV-I mainly infects $CD4^+$ T cells and activates HTLV-I-specific immune response. In this paper, we formulate a mathematical model of HTLV-I to investigate the role of selective mitotic transmission, Tax expression, and CTL response in vivo. We define two parameters ($R_0$ and $R_1$) to study the model dynamics. The unique infection-free equilibrium $P_0$ is globally asymptomatic stable if $R_0<1$. There exists the chronic-infection equilibrium $P_1$ if $R_1 < 1 < R_0$. There exists a unique chronic-infection equilibrium $P_2$ if $R_1 > 1$. There is a backward bifurcation of chronic-infection equilibria with CTL response if $R_1 < 1 < R_0$. The numerical simulations shown that the existence of backward bifurcation may lead to the existence of periodic solutions.
Citation: Sumei Li, Yicang Zhou. Backward bifurcation of an HTLV-I model with immune response. Discrete & Continuous Dynamical Systems - B, 2016, 21 (3) : 863-881. doi: 10.3934/dcdsb.2016.21.863
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Mesnard and C. Devaux, Multiple control levels of cell proliferation by human T-cell leukemia virus type 1 Tax protein,, Virology, 257 (1999), 277. doi: 10.1006/viro.1999.9685. Google Scholar [17] F. Bex and R. Gaynor, Regulation of gene expression by HTLV-I Tax protein,, Methods, 16 (1998), 83. doi: 10.1006/meth.1998.0646. Google Scholar [18] M. Yoshida, Multiple viral strategies of HTLV-I for dysregulation of cell growth control,, Annual Review of Immunology, 19 (2001), 475. Google Scholar [19] B. Asquith, A. J. Mosley, A. Heaps, Y. Tanaka, G. P. Taylor, A. R. Mclean and C. R. M Bangham, Quantification of the virus-host interaction in human T lymphotropic virus 1 infection,, Retrovirology, 75 (2005), 1. Google Scholar [20] M. A. Nowak and C. R. M. Bangham, Population dynamics of immune response to persistent viruses,, Science, 272 (1996), 74. doi: 10.1126/science.272.5258.74. Google Scholar [21] D. Wodarz, M. A. Nowak and C. R. M. Bangham, The dynamics of HTLV-I and the CTL response,, Immunology Today, 20 (1999), 220. doi: 10.1016/S0167-5699(99)01446-2. Google Scholar [22] M. Y. Li and A. G. Lim, Modelling the role of tax expression in HTLV-I persistence in vivo,, Bulletin of Mathematical Biology, 73 (2011), 3008. doi: 10.1007/s11538-011-9657-1. Google Scholar [23] S. Li and Y. Zhou, Global dynamics of an HTLV-I model with cell-to-cell infection and mitosis,, Abstract and Applied Analysis, 2014 (2014). doi: 10.1155/2014/132781. Google Scholar [24] H. Gomez-Acevedo, M. Y. Li and S. Jacobson, Multistability in a model for CTL Response to HTLV-I infection and its implications to HAM/TSP decelopment and prevention,, Bulletin of Mathematical Biology, 72 (2010), 681. doi: 10.1007/s11538-009-9465-z. Google Scholar [25] M. Y. Li and H. Shu, Global dynamics of a mathematical model for HTLV-I infection of $CD4^+$ T cells with delayed CTL response,, Nonlinear Analysis: Real World Applications, 13 (2012), 1080. doi: 10.1016/j.nonrwa.2011.02.026. Google Scholar [26] M. Y. Li and H. Shu, Multiple stable peridic oscillations in a mathematical model of CTL response to HTLVE-I infection,, Bulletin of Mathematical Biology, 73 (2011), 1774. doi: 10.1007/s11538-010-9591-7. Google Scholar [27] J. Lang and M. Y. Li, Stable and transient periodic oscillations in a mathematical model for CTL response to HTLV-I infection,, Mathematical Biology, 65 (2012), 181. doi: 10.1007/s00285-011-0455-z. Google Scholar [28] A. G. Lim and P. K. Maini, HTLV-I infection: A dynamica struggle between viral persistence and host immunity,, Journal of Theoretical Biology, 352 (2014), 92. doi: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2014.02.022. Google Scholar [29] B. Asquith, Y. Zhang, A. J. Mosley, C. M. d.Lara, D. L. Wallace, A. Worth, L. Kaftantzi, K. Meekings, G. E. Griffin, Y. Tanaka, D. F. Tough, P. C. Beverley, G. P. Taylor, D. C. Macallan and C. R. Bangham, In vivo T lymphocyte dynamics in humans and the impact of human T-lymphotropic virus 1 infection,, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 104 (2007), 8035. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0608832104. Google Scholar [30] X. Yang and L. Chen, Permanence and positive periodic solution for the single-species nonautonomous delay diffusive models,, Computers and Mathematics with Applications, 32 (1996), 109. doi: 10.1016/0898-1221(96)00129-0. Google Scholar [31] P. v. d. Driessche and J. Watmough, Reproduction numbers and sub-threshold endemic equilibria for compartmental models of disease transmission,, Mathematical. Biosciences, 180 (2002), 29. doi: 10.1016/S0025-5564(02)00108-6. Google Scholar [32] J. P. LaSalle, The stability of Dynamical systems,, Regional Conference Series in Applied Mathematics, (1976). Google Scholar [33] A. Melamed, D. J. Laydon, N. A. Gillet, Y. Tanaka, G. P. Taylor and C. R. Bangham, Genome-wide determinants of proviral targeting, clonal abundance and expression in natural HTLV-I infection,, PLoS pathogens, 9 (2013). doi: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1003271. Google Scholar

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##### References:
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Bangham, Evolutionary dynamics of HTLV-I,, Journal of Molecular Evolution, 50 (2000), 448. Google Scholar [8] J. E. Kaplan, M. Osame, H. Kubota, A. Igata, H. Nishitani, Y. Maeda, R. F. Khabbaz and R. S. Janssen, The risk of development of HTLV-I-associted myelopathy/tropocal spastic paraparesis among persons infected with HTLV-I,, Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes, 3 (1990), 1096. Google Scholar [9] C. Pique and K. S. Jones, Pathways of cell-cell transmission of HTLV-I,, Frontiers in Microbiology, 3 (2012). doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2012.00378. Google Scholar [10] M. Nagai, K. Usuku, W. Matsumoto, D. Kodama, N. Takenouchi, T. Moritoyo, S. Hashiguchi, M. Ichinose, R. M. Bangham, S. Izumo and M. Osame, Analysis of HTLV-I proviral load in 202 HAM/TSP patients and 243 asymptomatic HTLV-i carriers: high proviral load strongly predisposes to HAM/TSP,, Journal of NeuroVirology, 4 (1998), 586. Google Scholar [11] Y. Ina and T. Gogobori, Molecular evoluton of human T-cell leukemia virus,, Journal of Molecular Evolution, 31 (1990), 493. Google Scholar [12] R. Kubota, T. Fujiyoshi, S. Izumo, S. Yashiki, I. Maruyama, M. Osame and S. Sonoda, Fluctuation of HTLV-I proviral DNA in peripheral blood mononuclear cells of HTLV-I-associated myelopathy,, Journal of NeuroVirology, 42 (1993), 147. doi: 10.1016/0165-5728(93)90004-I. Google Scholar [13] H. GÓmez-Acevedo and M. Y. Li, Backward bifurcation in a model for HTLV-I infection of $CD4^+$ T cells,, Bulletin of Mathematical Biology, 67 (2005), 101. doi: 10.1016/j.bulm.2004.06.004. Google Scholar [14] F. Mortreux, A. S. Gabet and E. Wattel, Molecular and cellular aspects of HTLV-I associated leukemogenesis in vivo,, Leukemia, 17 (2003), 26. doi: 10.1038/sj.leu.2402777. Google Scholar [15] P. Hollsberg, Mechanisms of T-cell activation by human T-cell lymphotropic virus type 1,, Microbiology and Molecular Biology Reviews, 63 (1999), 308. Google Scholar [16] J. Mesnard and C. Devaux, Multiple control levels of cell proliferation by human T-cell leukemia virus type 1 Tax protein,, Virology, 257 (1999), 277. doi: 10.1006/viro.1999.9685. Google Scholar [17] F. Bex and R. Gaynor, Regulation of gene expression by HTLV-I Tax protein,, Methods, 16 (1998), 83. doi: 10.1006/meth.1998.0646. Google Scholar [18] M. Yoshida, Multiple viral strategies of HTLV-I for dysregulation of cell growth control,, Annual Review of Immunology, 19 (2001), 475. Google Scholar [19] B. Asquith, A. J. Mosley, A. Heaps, Y. Tanaka, G. P. Taylor, A. R. Mclean and C. R. M Bangham, Quantification of the virus-host interaction in human T lymphotropic virus 1 infection,, Retrovirology, 75 (2005), 1. Google Scholar [20] M. A. Nowak and C. R. M. Bangham, Population dynamics of immune response to persistent viruses,, Science, 272 (1996), 74. doi: 10.1126/science.272.5258.74. Google Scholar [21] D. Wodarz, M. A. Nowak and C. R. M. Bangham, The dynamics of HTLV-I and the CTL response,, Immunology Today, 20 (1999), 220. doi: 10.1016/S0167-5699(99)01446-2. Google Scholar [22] M. Y. Li and A. G. Lim, Modelling the role of tax expression in HTLV-I persistence in vivo,, Bulletin of Mathematical Biology, 73 (2011), 3008. doi: 10.1007/s11538-011-9657-1. Google Scholar [23] S. Li and Y. Zhou, Global dynamics of an HTLV-I model with cell-to-cell infection and mitosis,, Abstract and Applied Analysis, 2014 (2014). doi: 10.1155/2014/132781. Google Scholar [24] H. Gomez-Acevedo, M. Y. Li and S. Jacobson, Multistability in a model for CTL Response to HTLV-I infection and its implications to HAM/TSP decelopment and prevention,, Bulletin of Mathematical Biology, 72 (2010), 681. doi: 10.1007/s11538-009-9465-z. Google Scholar [25] M. Y. Li and H. Shu, Global dynamics of a mathematical model for HTLV-I infection of $CD4^+$ T cells with delayed CTL response,, Nonlinear Analysis: Real World Applications, 13 (2012), 1080. doi: 10.1016/j.nonrwa.2011.02.026. Google Scholar [26] M. Y. Li and H. Shu, Multiple stable peridic oscillations in a mathematical model of CTL response to HTLVE-I infection,, Bulletin of Mathematical Biology, 73 (2011), 1774. doi: 10.1007/s11538-010-9591-7. Google Scholar [27] J. Lang and M. Y. Li, Stable and transient periodic oscillations in a mathematical model for CTL response to HTLV-I infection,, Mathematical Biology, 65 (2012), 181. doi: 10.1007/s00285-011-0455-z. Google Scholar [28] A. G. Lim and P. K. Maini, HTLV-I infection: A dynamica struggle between viral persistence and host immunity,, Journal of Theoretical Biology, 352 (2014), 92. doi: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2014.02.022. Google Scholar [29] B. Asquith, Y. Zhang, A. J. Mosley, C. M. d.Lara, D. L. Wallace, A. Worth, L. Kaftantzi, K. Meekings, G. E. Griffin, Y. Tanaka, D. F. Tough, P. C. Beverley, G. P. Taylor, D. C. Macallan and C. R. Bangham, In vivo T lymphocyte dynamics in humans and the impact of human T-lymphotropic virus 1 infection,, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 104 (2007), 8035. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0608832104. Google Scholar [30] X. Yang and L. Chen, Permanence and positive periodic solution for the single-species nonautonomous delay diffusive models,, Computers and Mathematics with Applications, 32 (1996), 109. doi: 10.1016/0898-1221(96)00129-0. Google Scholar [31] P. v. d. Driessche and J. Watmough, Reproduction numbers and sub-threshold endemic equilibria for compartmental models of disease transmission,, Mathematical. Biosciences, 180 (2002), 29. doi: 10.1016/S0025-5564(02)00108-6. Google Scholar [32] J. P. LaSalle, The stability of Dynamical systems,, Regional Conference Series in Applied Mathematics, (1976). Google Scholar [33] A. Melamed, D. J. Laydon, N. A. Gillet, Y. Tanaka, G. P. Taylor and C. R. Bangham, Genome-wide determinants of proviral targeting, clonal abundance and expression in natural HTLV-I infection,, PLoS pathogens, 9 (2013). doi: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1003271. Google Scholar
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