Publication: Impaired IFN-γ production by viral immunodominant peptide-specific tetramer+ CD8+ T cells in HIV-1 infected patients is not secondary to HAART
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2004-09-01
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17402522
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Mahidol University
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Clinical and Developmental Immunology. Vol.11, No.3-4 (2004), 287-298
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Nattawat Onlamoon, Kovit Pattanapanyasat, Aftab A. Ansari Impaired IFN-γ production by viral immunodominant peptide-specific tetramer+ CD8+ T cells in HIV-1 infected patients is not secondary to HAART. Clinical and Developmental Immunology. Vol.11, No.3-4 (2004), 287-298. doi:10.1080/17402520400001611 Retrieved from: https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/123456789/21161
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Impaired IFN-γ production by viral immunodominant peptide-specific tetramer+ CD8+ T cells in HIV-1 infected patients is not secondary to HAART
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Studies on PBMC samples from HIV-1 infected patients have shown that despite substantial number of HIV specific CTLs, these patients gradually progress to AIDS. The present study was conducted to determine whether this paradox was secondary to the influence of protease inhibitors being utilized by these patients. Thus, aliquots of PBMC samples from 10 HIV infected humans with no prior history of anti-retroviral drug therapy (ART) and 6 HIV-infected patients that had been on HAART for > 1 year were analyzed for the frequency of HIV-1 Nef and Gag dominant peptide specific tetramer+ cells, respectively. The tetramer+ PBMCs were analyzed for their ability to synthesize specific peptide induced IFN-γ utilizing both the ELISPOT and the intracellular cytokine (ICC) assays. Results of the studies showed that there was an overall correlation between the frequency of Nef and Gag peptide tetramer+ cells and the frequency of IFN-γ synthesizing cells as assayed by either ICC or ELISPOT assay, markedly reduced values of IFN-γ synthesizing cells per unit tetramer+ cells were noted in both group of patients. These data suggest that the frequency of HIV-specific CD8+ T cells is maintained during the chronic phase of infection, their ability to function is compromised and is not a reflection of ART. While the addition of IL-2, anti-CD40L and allogeneic cells led to partial increase in the ability of the tetramer+ cells to synthesize IFN-γ, the addition of IL-4, IL-12, anti-CD28 or a cocktail of anti-TGF-β, TNF-α and IL-10 failed to augment the IFN-γ response.