Title
Frequent detection of escape from cytotoxic T-lymphocyte recognition in perinatal human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) type 1 transmission: the ariel project for the prevention of transmission of HIV from mother to infant
UMMS Affiliation
Department of Pediatrics
Publication Date
1999-5
Document Type
Article
Subjects
Base Sequence; Cell Line, Transformed; DNA, Viral; Epitopes, T-Lymphocyte; Female; Genetic Variation; HIV Infections; HIV-1; Histocompatibility Antigens Class I; Humans; *Infectious Disease Transmission, Vertical; Molecular Sequence Data; Pregnancy; Pregnancy Complications, Infectious; T-Lymphocytes, Cytotoxic
Disciplines
Immunology and Infectious Disease | Pediatrics
Abstract
Host immunologic factors, including human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-specific cytotoxic T lymphocytes (CTL), are thought to contribute to the control of HIV type 1 (HIV-1) replication and thus delay disease progression in infected individuals. Host immunologic factors are also likely to influence perinatal transmission of HIV-1 from infected mother to infant. In this study, the potential role of CTL in modulating HIV-1 transmission from mother to infant was examined in 11 HIV-1-infected mothers, 3 of whom transmitted virus to their offspring. Frequencies of HIV-1-specific human leukocyte antigen class I-restricted CTL responses and viral epitope amino acid sequence variation were determined in the mothers and their infected infants. Maternal HIV-1-specific CTL clones were derived from each of the HIV-1-infected pregnant women. Amino acid substitutions within the targeted CTL epitopes were more frequently identified in transmitting mothers than in nontransmitting mothers, and immune escape from CTL recognition was detected in all three transmitting mothers but in only one of eight nontransmitting mothers. The majority of viral sequences obtained from the HIV-1-infected infant blood samples were susceptible to maternal CTL. These findings demonstrate that epitope amino acid sequence variation and escape from CTL recognition occur more frequently in mothers that transmit HIV-1 to their infants than in those who do not. However, the transmitted virus can be a CTL susceptible form, suggesting inadequate in vivo immune control.
Source
J Virol. 1999 May;73(5):3975-85. Link to article on publisher's website
Journal/Book/Conference Title
Journal of virology
Related Resources
PubMed ID
10196293
Repository Citation
Wilson, Cara C.; Brown, R. Clark; Korber, Bette T.; Wilkes, Barbara M.; Ruhl, Debbie J.; Sakamoto, Doreen; Kuntsman, Kevin; Luzuriaga, Katherine; Hanson, I. Celine; Widmayer, Susan M.; Wiznia, Andrew; Clapp, Sheila; Ammann, Arthur J.; Koup, Richard A.; Wolinsky, Steven M.; and Walker, Bruce D., "Frequent detection of escape from cytotoxic T-lymphocyte recognition in perinatal human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) type 1 transmission: the ariel project for the prevention of transmission of HIV from mother to infant" (1999). Immunology/Infectious Disease. 8.
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