A Balanced Type 1/Type 2 Response Is Associated with Long-Term Nonprogressive Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 Infection
AUTOR(ES)
Imami, Nesrina
FONTE
American Society for Microbiology
RESUMO
Previous reports have emphasized the requirements for strong type 1 cell-mediated responses in the control of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1). HIV-1 Gag p24-specific CD4 helper T-lymphocyte (HTL) responses have been shown to inversely correlate with viral burden in HIV-1-infected individuals. In this study, peripheral blood mononuclear cells from 70 individuals with chronic progressive HIV-1 infection (clinical progressors), 10 clinical nonprogressors, and 3 immunologically discordant progressors were assessed for HTL proliferation and type 1/type 2 cytokine production. Clinical progressors lacked functional HIV-1-specific HTLs with proliferative and cytokine-producing capacity. Clinical nonprogressors were found to respond to a wide range of HIV-1 antigens from different clades, producing both type 1 and type 2 cytokines. Immunologically discordant progressors responded strongly to clade B Gag p24 with a type 1 cytokine profile but not to other antigens. Thus, in contrast to clinical nonprogressors, neither progressors nor immunologically discordant progressors secreted interleukin-4 (IL-4) in response to HIV-1 antigens. Both clinical nonprogressors and immunologically discordant progressors responded broadly to B clade Gag p24-overlapping peptides. However, IL-4 production in the nonprogressors was restricted to a limited number of p24 peptides. No HIV-1-specific T-cell responses were seen in 20 seronegative controls. Additionally, we observed a rapid type 1 to type 2 shift in the response of one immunologically discordant progressor upon onset of clinical symptoms. These results suggest that a balanced type 1/type 2 profile correlates with successful long-term control of HIV-1.
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