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Elevated Expression of CD160 and 2B4 Defines a Cytolytic HIV-Specific CD8+ T-Cell Population in Elite Controllers.

ABSTRACT: During chronic human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection, virus-specific CD8(+) T cells become functionally exhausted. Unlike most chronically infected individuals, elite controllers of HIV retain CD8(+) T-cell polyfunctionality and cytolytic capacity. It remains unclear whether elite controllers manifest T-cell exhaustion similar to subjects with chronic progression of HIV infection. Here we assessed coexpression of PD-1, Lag-3, CD160, and 2B4 as a measure of T-cell exhaustion in a cohort of elite controllers and in chronic progressors. We found that elite controllers have a high proportion of potentially exhausted (PD1(+)CD160(+)2B4(+)) HIV-specific CD8(+) T cells that is comparable to the proportion in chronic progressors. However, elite controllers also harbor a population of HIV-specific CD160(+)2B4(+) CD8(+) T cells that correlates with cytolytic capacity, as measured by perforin expression, a population not commonly present in chronic progressors. We therefore propose that coexpression of CD160 and 2B4 delineates a population of cytolytic CD8(+) T cells important for the control of HIV.

SUBMITTER: Pombo C

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4601914 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Elevated Expression of CD160 and 2B4 Defines a Cytolytic HIV-Specific CD8+ T-Cell Population in Elite Controllers.

Pombo Carolina C Wherry E John EJ Gostick Emma E Price David A DA Betts Michael R MR

The Journal of infectious diseases 20150415 9

During chronic human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection, virus-specific CD8(+) T cells become functionally exhausted. Unlike most chronically infected individuals, elite controllers of HIV retain CD8(+) T-cell polyfunctionality and cytolytic capacity. It remains unclear whether elite controllers manifest T-cell exhaustion similar to subjects with chronic progression of HIV infection. Here we assessed coexpression of PD-1, Lag-3, CD160, and 2B4 as a measure of T-cell exhaustion in a cohort of ...[more]

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Project description:OBJECTIVE:Elite controllers, defined as persons maintaining undetectable levels of HIV-1 replication in the absence of antiretroviral therapy, represent living evidence that sustained, natural control of HIV-1 is possible, at least in relatively rare instances. Understanding the complex immunologic and virologic characteristics of these specific patients holds promise for inducing drug-free control of HIV-1 in broader populations of HIV-1 infected patients. DESIGN:We used an unbiased transcriptional profiling approach to characterize CD8+ T cells, the strongest correlate of HIV-1 immune control identified thus far, in a large cohort of elite controllers (n?=?51); highly active antiretrovial therapy (HAART)-treated patients (n?=?32) and HIV-1 negative (n?=?10) served as reference cohorts. METHODS:We isolated mRNA from total CD8+ T cells isolated from peripheral blood mononuclear cell (PBMC) of each individual followed by microarray analysis of the transcriptional signatures. RESULTS:We observed profound transcriptional differences [590 transcripts, false discovery rate (FDR)-adjusted P?<?0.05] between elite controller and HAART-treated patients. Interestingly, metabolic and signalling pathways governed by mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) and eIF2, known for their key roles in regulating cellular growth, proliferation and metabolism, were among the top functions enriched in the differentially expressed genes, suggesting a therapeutically actionable target as a distinguishing feature of spontaneous HIV-1 immune control. A subsequent bootstrapping approach distinguished five different subgroups of elite controller, each characterized by distinct transcriptional signatures. However, despite this marked heterogeneity, differential regulation of mTOR and eIF2 signalling remained the dominant functional pathway in three of these elite controller subgroups. CONCLUSION:These studies suggest that mTOR and eIF2 signalling may play a remarkably universal role for regulating CD8 T-cell function from elite controllers.

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Elevated Expression of CD160 and 2B4 Defines a Cytolytic HIV-Specific CD8+ T-Cell Population in Elite Controllers.

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Elevated Expression of CD160 and 2B4 Defines a Cytolytic HIV-Specific CD8+ T-Cell Population in Elite Controllers.

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