GSBS Student Publications
Title
Polyfunctional T cell responses are a hallmark of HIV-2 infection
UMMS Affiliation
MRC Human Immunology Unit
Date
1-18-2008
Document Type
Article
Medical Subject Headings
CD4-Positive T-Lymphocytes; CD8-Positive T-Lymphocytes; Cytokines; Dose-Response Relationship, Immunologic; Epitopes, T-Lymphocyte; Flow Cytometry; HIV Infections; HIV-1; HIV-2; Humans; Immunophenotyping; T-Lymphocytes
Disciplines
Life Sciences | Medicine and Health Sciences
Abstract
HIV-2 is distinguished clinically and immunologically from HIV-1 infection by delayed disease progression and maintenance of HIV-specific CD4(+) T cell help in most infected subjects. Thus, HIV-2 provides a unique natural human model in which to investigate correlates of immune protection against HIV disease progression. Here, we report a detailed assessment of the HIV-2-specific CD4(+) and CD8(+) T cell response compared to HIV-1, using polychromatic flow cytometry to assess the quality of the HIV-specific T cell response by measuring IFN-gamma, IL-2, TNF-alpha, MIP-1beta, and CD107a mobilization (degranulation) simultaneously following Gag peptide stimulation. We find that HIV-2-specific CD4(+) and CD8(+) T cells are more polyfunctional that those specific for HIV-1 and that polyfunctional HIV-2-specific T cells produce more IFN-gamma and TNF-alpha on a per-cell basis than monofunctional T cells. Polyfunctional HIV-2-specific CD4(+) T cells were generally more differentiated and expressed CD57, while there was no association between function and phenotype in the CD8(+) T cell fraction. Polyfunctional HIV-specific T cell responses are a hallmark of non-progressive HIV-2 infection and may be related to good clinical outcome in this setting.
Rights and Permissions
Citation: Eur J Immunol. 2008 Feb;38(2):350-63. Link to article on publisher's site
DOI of Published Version
10.1002/eji.200737768
Related Resources
Journal Title
European journal of immunology
PubMed ID
18200635
Repository Citation
Duvall, Melody G.; Precopio, Melissa Lynn; Ambrozak, David A.; Jaye, Assan; McMichael, Andrew J.; Whittle, Hilton C.; Roederer, Mario; Rowland-Jones, Sarah L.; and Koup, Richard A., "Polyfunctional T cell responses are a hallmark of HIV-2 infection" (2008). GSBS Student Publications. 1431.
https://escholarship.umassmed.edu/gsbs_sp/1431