Impaired Macrophage Phagocytosis of Apoptotic Neutrophils in Patients with Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 Infection
AUTOR(ES)
Torre, Donato
FONTE
American Society for Microbiology
RESUMO
Dysfunction of neutrophils (polymorphonuclear leukocytes [PMNL]) and macrophagic cells occurs as a consequence of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) infection. Macrophages contribute to the resolution of early inflammation ingesting PMNL apoptotic bodies. This study investigated macrophage ability to phagocytose PMNL apoptotic bodies in patients with HIV-1 infection in comparison with uninfected individuals and the effect of HIV Nef protein on apoptotic body phagocytosis to determine if phagocytic activity is impaired by HIV infection. Monocytes/macrophages were isolated from 10 HIV-1-infected patients and from five healthy volunteers, whereas PMNL were isolated from healthy volunteers. Macrophage phagocytosis of apoptotic PMNL was determined by staining of apoptotic bodies with fluorescein-conjugated concanavalin A or with fluorescein-labeled phalloidin. Our data show significant impairment of PMNL apoptotic body macrophage phagocytosis in subjects with HIV-1 infection presenting a concentration of CD4+ T lymphocytes of >200/mm3 and in particular in those with <200 CD4+ T lymphocyte cells/mm3. In addition, HIV-1 recombinant Nef protein is able to decrease phagocytosis of apoptotic PMNL from normal human macrophages in a dose-dependent manner. The results of our study suggest that impaired macrophage phagocytosis of PMNL apoptotic bodies may contribute to the persistence of the inflammatory state in HIV-infected subjects, especially during opportunistic infections that are often favored by defective phagocytic activity.
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