Preservation of T cell proliferation restricted by protective HLA alleles is critical for immune control of HIV-1 infection |
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Authors: | Horton Helen Frank Ian Baydo Ruth Jalbert Emilie Penn Justin Wilson Sean McNevin John P McSweyn Matthew D Lee Deborah Huang Yunda De Rosa Stephen C McElrath M Juliana |
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Institution: | Program in Infectious Diseases, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA 98109, USA. |
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Abstract: | HIV-1-infected persons with HLA-B27 and -B57 alleles commonly remain healthy for decades without antiretroviral therapy. Properties of CD8+ T cells restricted by these alleles considered to confer disease protection in these individuals are elusive but important to understand and potentially elicit by vaccination. To address this, we compared CD8+ T cell function induced by HIV-1 immunogens and natural infection using polychromatic flow cytometry. HIV-1-specific CD8+ T cells from all four uninfected immunized and 21 infected subjects secreted IFN-gamma and TNF-alpha. However, CD8+ T cells induced by vaccination and primary infection, but not chronic infection, proliferated to their cognate epitopes. Notably, B27- and B57-restricted CD8+ T cells from nonprogressors exhibited greater expansion than those restricted by other alleles. Hence, CD8+ T cells restricted by certain protective alleles can resist replicative defects, which permits expansion and antiviral effector activities. Our findings suggest that the capacity to maintain CD8+ T cell proliferation, regardless of MHC-restriction, may serve as an important correlate of disease protection in the event of infection following vaccination. |
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