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Expansion of CD25-Negative Forkhead Box P3-Positive T Cells during HIV and Mycobacterium tuberculosis Infection.


ABSTRACT: Tuberculosis (TB) and HIV alter the immune system, and coinfected (HIV-TB) individuals usually present deregulations of T-lymphocytic immune response. We previously observed an increased frequency of "unconventional" CD4+CD25-FoxP3+ Treg (uTreg) population during HIV-TB disease. Therefore, we aimed to explore the phenotype and function of uTreg and conventional CD4+CD25+FoxP3+ Treg subsets (cTreg) in this context. We evaluated the expression of CD39, programmed cell death protein 1 (PD1), glucocorticoid-induced tumor necrosis factor receptor (GITR), and the effector/memory distribution by flow cytometry in cTreg and uTreg. Also, IL-10, TGF-?, IFN-? production, and the suppressor capacity of uTregs were analyzed in cocultures with effector lymphocytes and compared with the effect of regulatory T cells (Tregs). We found diminished expression of CD39 and higher levels of PD1 on uTreg compared to cTreg in both HIV-TB and healthy donors (HD). In addition, uTreg and cTreg showed differences in maturation status in both HIV-TB and HD groups, due to the expansion of effector memory uTregs. Interestingly, both HIV-TB and HD showed a pronounced production of IFN-? in uTreg population, though no significant differences were observed for IL-10 and TGF-? production between uTreg and cTreg. Moreover, IFN-?+ cells were restricted to the CD39- uTreg population. Finally, when the suppressor capacity was evaluated, both uTreg and cTreg inhibited polyclonal T cell-proliferation and IFN-? production in a similar extent. These findings suggest that uTregs, which are expanded during HIV-TB coinfection, exert regulatory functions in a similar way to cTregs despite an altered surface expression of Treg characteristic markers and differences in cytokine production.

SUBMITTER: Angerami MT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5422469 | biostudies-literature | 2017

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Expansion of CD25-Negative Forkhead Box P3-Positive T Cells during HIV and <i>Mycobacterium tuberculosis</i> Infection.

Angerami Matías T MT   Suarez Guadalupe V GV   Vecchione María B MB   Laufer Natalia N   Ameri Diego D   Ben Graciela G   Perez Hector H   Sued Omar O   Salomón Horacio H   Quiroga María F MF  

Frontiers in immunology 20170509


Tuberculosis (TB) and HIV alter the immune system, and coinfected (HIV-TB) individuals usually present deregulations of T-lymphocytic immune response. We previously observed an increased frequency of "unconventional" CD4<sup>+</sup>CD25<sup>-</sup>FoxP3<sup>+</sup> Treg (uTreg) population during HIV-TB disease. Therefore, we aimed to explore the phenotype and function of uTreg and conventional CD4<sup>+</sup>CD25<sup>+</sup>FoxP3<sup>+</sup> Treg subsets (cTreg) in this context. We evaluated the  ...[more]

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