In vivo T-lymphocyte activation and transient reduction of viral replication in macaques infected with simian immunodeficiency virus |
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| Authors: | Chen Z W Shen Y Zhou D Simon M Kou Z Lee-Parritz D Shen L Sehgal P Letvin N L |
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| Affiliation: | Harvard Medical School, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, USA. zchen@caregroup.harvard.edu |
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| Abstract: | While it is well established that cellular activation can increase human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) replication in T lymphocytes, it is also clear that both activated CD8+ and CD4+ T lymphocytes mediate anti-HIV activity. To assess the relative importance of these contrary effects on HIV replication in vivo, we evaluated the consequences of Mycobacterium bovis BCG and staphylococcal enterotoxin B (SEB) inoculation in vivo in rhesus monkeys chronically infected with simian immunodeficiency virus of macaques (SIVmac). BCG inoculation induced as much as a 2.5-log reduction of plasma and intracellular SIV RNA in SIVmac-infected monkeys. This down-regulation of virus replication persisted as long as 4 weeks after BCG inoculation. Similarly, SEB injection resulted in up to a 3-log decrease in plasma and intracellular SIV RNA in SIVmac-infected macaques. Interestingly, the short-term reduction of viremia in these monkeys correlated with the peak in vivo production of SEB- and BCG-induced cytokine responses. However, no long-term clinical benefit was observed in the SIVmac-infected macaques. These studies provide in vivo evidence that potent T-cell stimulation driven by antigens other than the virus itself can, under some circumstances, mediate short-term reduction of viremia in AIDS virus-infected individuals. |
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