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Periwal SB, Spagna K, Shahabi V, Quiroz J, Shroff KE. Statistical evaluation for detection of peptide specific interferon-gamma secreting T-cells induced by HIV vaccine determined by ELISPOT assay. J Immunol Methods 2005; 305:128-34. [PMID: 16181634 DOI: 10.1016/j.jim.2005.03.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/22/2003] [Revised: 02/28/2004] [Accepted: 03/08/2005] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Interferon-gamma (IFN-gamma) secreting T-cells play an important role in immunodeficiency virus (HIV) disease pathogenesis. A common technique to determine the efficacy of the HIV vaccines in murine models is to compare the number of IFN-gamma secreting T-cells induced by HIV vaccine to a control group. The measurement of IFN-gamma secreting T-cells relies on an ELISPOT assay. This assay is carried out in triplicate wells from the same mouse on the same ELISPOT plate. The numbers of spot forming cells (SFC) from these wells are correlated counts. Traditionally, simple statistical methods, such as ANOVA or Kruskall-Wallis tests, are performed on means by mouse. These approaches ignore the fact that the data are correlated counts. Count data are usually assumed to follow the Poisson distribution. However, some count data exhibit overdispersion that can affect the test statistics. The negative binomial distribution is an alternative to the Poisson distribution in the presence of overdispersion. Hence, negative binomial regression is a more suitable approach for overdispersed count data. In this study, we used a negative binomial regression to determine that IL-12 was a good adjuvant. The results of the study using a negative binomial regression are discussed.
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- Sangeeta B Periwal
- Department of Viral Vaccine Immunology, Wyeth Research, Pearl River, NY 10965, USA
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Sharpe S, Beer B, Hall G, Dennis M, Norley S, Cranage M. Analysis of SIV-specific CTL in the rhesus macaque model of AIDS: the use of simian fibroblasts as an alternative source of target cells for chromium release assays. J Immunol Methods 2001; 258:137-40. [PMID: 11684130 DOI: 10.1016/s0022-1759(01)00480-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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The simian immunodeficiency virus (SIV) model of AIDS is widely used for the development of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) vaccine strategies, particularly for the analysis of correlates of protective immunity. As it is not always possible to establish autologous B-lymphoblastoid cell lines (B-LCL) for use as targets in the analysis of cytotoxic T cell (CTL) activity, we have compared B-LCL with primary simian skin cells. Using a well-defined SIV gag-encoded CTL epitope restricted by Mamu A*01 major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class I, we have shown that peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) from vaccinated and infected macaques can kill MHC class I-matched skin fibroblasts presenting the cognate epitope but that skin fibroblasts are a less sensitive target than B-LCL for the detection of CTL.
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- S Sharpe
- Centre for Applied Microbiology and Research, Wiltshire SP4 0JG, Salisbury, UK.
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Kumar A, Weiss W, Tine JA, Hoffman SL, Rogers WO. ELISPOT assay for detection of peptide specific interferon-gamma secreting cells in rhesus macaques. J Immunol Methods 2001; 247:49-60. [PMID: 11150536 DOI: 10.1016/s0022-1759(00)00310-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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A reliable procedure to measure antigen specific T cell responses in rhesus macaques is required to determine the efficacy of vaccines and immunotherapies. The currently available T cell assays are poorly quantifiable or technically difficult to perform. Classical 51Cr-release cytotoxic T cell (CTL) assays are cumbersome and difficult to quantitate reproducibly. Detection of specific T-cell using MHC-peptide tetrameric complexes is highly sensitive, but requires knowledge of MHC type and prior identification of T cell epitopes. We therefore developed a rhesus interferon-gamma (IFN-gamma) ELISPOT assay capable of detecting IFN-gamma secretion in response to stimulation with pooled 20-mer peptides. Peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) from rhesus monkeys immunized with a DNA vaccine and recombinant canary pox encoding the Plasmodium knowlesi circumsporozoite protein (PkCSP) were incubated with pools of peptides from PkCSP. Positive responses to peptide pools and individual peptides ranging from 100 to 450 spot forming cells (SFC)/10(6) PBMC were detected in four of four immunized monkeys and in zero of two control monkeys. In two monkeys studied in detail, the IFN-gamma response was focussed on a single 20-mer peptide, QGDGANAGQPQAQGDGANAG, and was dependent on CD4(+), but not CD8(+), T cells. Background responses in control monkeys and preimmunization PBMCs ranged from 10 to 50 SFC/10(6) PBMC. The average within assay and between assay coefficients of variation (CV) for this peptide ELISPOT were 21.9 and 24.7%, respectively. This peptide IFN-gamma assay will be a useful tool for evaluation of T cell responses in rhesus macaques.
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- A Kumar
- Malaria Program, Naval Medical Research Center, Silver Spring, MD 20910, USA
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Mavoungou E, Touré FS, Yaba P, Sall A, Délicat A, Poaty-Mavoungou V. Detection of simian immunodeficiency virus (SIV)-specific T-cell-mediated cytotoxicity in the peripheral blood from infected cynomolgus monkeys. J Med Primatol 1999; 28:307-17. [PMID: 10733203 DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0684.1999.tb00279.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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We have previously demonstrated that peptide immunization restimulates the memory CD4 T-cell response, but fails to induce cytotoxic T lymphocyte (CTL) in cynomolgus macaques. To examine the nature of protective immunity to simian immunodeficiency virus (SIV) in this study, freshly isolated peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) from four infected juvenile cynomolgus macaques and from three uninfected control macaques were assessed for CTL activity monthly for 9 consecutive months, beginning 1 month after detection of infection. Target cells consisted of major histocompatibility (MHC) haploidentical parental PBMC which were stimulated with mitogen and then pulsed with heat-killed SIVcyn. CTL activity was demonstrated in PBMCs from all four infected animals. The effector cells are T cells which mediate cytotoxicity against SIVcyn-pulsed target cells in an MHC-restricted manner. Furthermore, the cytotoxicity is virus specific and predominantly, if not exclusively, mediated by CD8+ T cells; it is also MHC class I restricted. Incubation of target cells with pepstatin A during antigen pulsing prior to the cytotoxic assay inhibited target cell generation, suggesting that viral antigens are processed via an endocytic pathway.
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- E Mavoungou
- Centre International de Recherches Médicales de Franceville, Gabon.
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Tellier MC, Soos J, Pu R, Pollock D, Yamamoto JK. Development of FIV-specific cytolytic T-lymphocyte responses in cats upon immunisation with FIV vaccines. Vet Microbiol 1997; 57:1-11. [PMID: 9231977 DOI: 10.1016/s0378-1135(97)00081-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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Vaccine protection has been achieved in cats against experimental infection with feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV). Such protection has been attributed to FIV-specific humoral immunity, as well as cellular immunity of unknown mechanism(s). Since cell-mediated immunity plays a crucial role in the clearance of viral infections, this study evaluated the role of FIV-specific CTL in vaccine prophylaxis. Cats were immunised with inactivated FIV vaccines, reported to have > 90% vaccine efficacy. Significant levels of specific CTL activity were detected following the third immunisation. CTL activity persisted for several months and could be enhanced through a booster immunisation. The levels of CTL activity were comparable to those induced by a recombinant canarypoxvirus based FIV vaccine. These results suggest a possible role for CTL-mediated immunity in vaccine protection against FIV infection in cats.
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- M C Tellier
- Department of Pathobiology, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville 32611, USA
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Buijs L, Bogers WM, Eichberg JW, Heeney JL. CD8+ cell-mediated immune responses: relation to disease resistance and susceptibility in lentivirus-infected primates. J Med Primatol 1997; 26:129-38. [PMID: 9379479 DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0684.1997.tb00044.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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Immune responses mediated by CD8+ lymphocytes have been correlated with protection from HIV infection and disease progression in humans and nonhuman primates. The CD8+ cell population is heterogeneous in terms of biological function and phenotype. We have undertaken a review of the current state of knowledge of subtypes of CD8+ cells and their role in immune responses directed to HIV and related primate lentiviruses. Differences in the pathogenesis of lentivirus infections in various primate hosts were examined and the possible roles of the various subpopulations of CD8+ lymphocytes in the resistance and/or susceptibility to lentivirus-related disease were compared.
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- L Buijs
- Department of Virology, Biomedical Primate Research Centre, Rijswijk, The Netherlands
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Characterization of Immune Responses Elicited by an Experimental Facilitated-DNA Vaccine for Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type-1 (HIV-1). Vaccines (Basel) 1995. [DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4613-0357-2_17] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/17/2022] Open
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The cell type predominantly infected by maedi-visna virus (MVV) is the macrophage, and we have looked at the ability of MVV-infected macrophages to interact with cytotoxic T lymphocytes (CTL), important effector cells against virus infections. MVV-specific CTL precursors were detected, after in vitro culture with MVV antigen and recombinant human interleukin-2, in peripheral blood lymphocytes of all MVV-infected sheep. MVV-infected monocyte-derived macrophages and alveolar macrophages were able to stimulate CTL activity in vitro and were targets for these activated CTL. The major effector cell population using MVV-infected macrophage targets was CD8+ lymphocytes, although another population, lymphokine-activated killer cells, may also have been involved. There was no direct cytotoxic activity found in alveolar lymphocytes from MVV-infected sheep without lung lesions.
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- W C Lee
- Department of Veterinary Pathology, University of Edinburgh, Summerhall, United Kingdom
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Newman MJ, Munroe KJ, Anderson CA, Murphy CI, Panicali DL, Seals JR, Wu JY, Wyand MS, Kensil CR. Induction of antigen-specific killer T lymphocyte responses using subunit SIVmac251 gag and env vaccines containing QS-21 saponin adjuvant. AIDS Res Hum Retroviruses 1994; 10:853-61. [PMID: 7986590 DOI: 10.1089/aid.1994.10.853] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023] Open
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Subunit vaccines based on recombinant proteins have proved useful for inducing antibody responses and they are safe for widespread use because they do not contain any live components. Unfortunately, they do not typically induce the types of cell-mediated immune responses required to control viral pathogens; specifically, they do not induce CD8+ cytotoxic T lymphocyte (CTL) responses. To increase the immunogenicity of recombinant proteins, we have used the QS-21 saponin adjuvant in subunit vaccine formulations. In the current study, experimental subunit vaccine formulations containing recombinant p55gag or gp120env proteins from the mac251 strain of the simian immunodeficiency virus (SIVmac251) and the QS-21 adjuvant were used to immunize rhesus macaques. These formulations induced SIV gag- or env-specific cellular immunity that was detectable in vitro and included killer cell activity. The induction of killer cells required prior vaccination and the responses were antigen specific for the immunogens contained in the vaccine formulations. Autologous target cells were required to detect these responses, suggesting genetic restriction, and effector cells appeared to be present in both the CD4+ and CD8+ T lymphocyte subpopulations. These data suggest that the vaccine-induced killer cell activity that was detected was mediated by both CD4+ and CD8+ lymphocytes. Despite the presence of these killer cells, all of the animals became infected with the SIVmac251 on experimental challenge. These findings demonstrated that antigen-specific killer cell responses could be induced by a subunit vaccine formulated with the QS-21 saponin adjuvant. The characteristics of the responses suggested that the effector cells were T lymphocytes, expressing either CD4 or CD8.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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- M J Newman
- Cambridge Biotech Corporation, Worcester, Massachusetts 01605
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Kent SJ, Stallard V, Corey L, Hu SL, Morton WR, Gritz L, Panicali DL, Greenberg PD. Analysis of cytotoxic T lymphocyte responses to SIV proteins in SIV-infected macaques using antigen-specific stimulation with recombinant vaccinia and fowl poxviruses. AIDS Res Hum Retroviruses 1994; 10:551-60. [PMID: 7917517 DOI: 10.1089/aid.1994.10.551] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023] Open
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Methods to analyze CD8+ CTL responses to simian immunodeficiency virus (SIV)-encoded proteins are essential to understand lentivirus immunopathogenesis and protective immune responses. Recombinant infectious shuttle vectors are useful for analyzing CTL responses to many viruses, including HIV. Therefore, CTL responses in SIV-infected Macaca fascicularis to SIV env and SIV gag/pol were evaluated using specific antigen stimulation with recombinant vaccinia (rVV) and fowl poxviruses (rFPV) containing SIV genes. Peripheral blood mononuclear cells from SIV-infected animals were stimulated with autologous cells infected with rVV expressing SIV env/gag/pol, and CTLs specific for SIV env and for SIV gag/pol were detected by testing for lytic activity in target cells expressing these genes separately. Lymphocyte subset purifications from the effector population demonstrated that the CTL response was mediated by CD8+ cells, and the use of brefeldin A to selectively block antigen presentation in association with MHC class I products affirmed this cytolytic activity was class I restricted. The use of rVV to analyze responses to SIV genes is potentially problematic in hosts immunized to vaccinia. Fowl poxvirus is an alternative virus that has many of the molecular advantages of vaccinia virus but is genomically distinct. Therefore, the ability of rFPV to expand and detect SIV-specific CTLs was evaluated. Although there was no cytopathic effect following infection with rFPV, macaque cells infected with this vector did express rFPV gene products, and could be used as stimulator and target cells to detect SIV-specific CD8+ CTLs. The results suggest that these recombinant viral vectors can be used to specifically stimulate CD8+, MHC class I-restricted CTLs reactive to SIV proteins, and should facilitate evaluating CTL responses in both SIV-infected animals and animals vaccinated against SIV.
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- S J Kent
- Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle 98195
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Johnson RP, Walker BD. Cytotoxic T lymphocytes in human immunodeficiency virus infection: responses to structural proteins. Curr Top Microbiol Immunol 1994; 189:35-63. [PMID: 7523033 DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-78530-6_3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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- R P Johnson
- Infectious Disease Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston 02114
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Song W, Collisson EW, Billingsley PM, Brown WC. Induction of feline immunodeficiency virus-specific cytolytic T-cell responses from experimentally infected cats. J Virol 1992; 66:5409-17. [PMID: 1323704 PMCID: PMC289097 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.66.9.5409-5417.1992] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
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We have examined the in vitro induction and activity of feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV)-specific cytolytic T cells obtained from cats experimentally infected for 7 to 17 weeks or 20 to 22 months with the Petaluma isolate of FIV. Normal or FIV-infected autologous and allogeneic T lymphoblastoid cells were used as target cells in chromium-51 or indium-111 release assays. When effector cells consisted of either fresh peripheral blood mononuclear cells or concanavalin A- and interleukin-2-stimulated cells, only low levels of cytotoxicity were observed. However, the levels of FIV-specific cytotoxicity were consistently higher in both groups of cats following in vitro stimulation of the effector cells with irradiated, FIV-infected autologous T lymphoblastoid cells and interleukin-2. The effector cells lysed autologous but not allogeneic FIV-infected target cells and were composed predominantly of CD8+ T cells, indicating that the FIV-specific cytotoxicity measured in this system is mediated by CD8+, major histocompatibility complex class I-restricted T cells. These studies show that FIV-specific cytolytic T cells can be detected as early as 7 to 9 weeks postinfection, and they define a system to identify virus-encoded epitopes important in the induction of protective immunity against lentiviruses.
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- W Song
- Department of Veterinary Pathobiology, Texas A&M University, College Station 77843-4467
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Bourgault I, Venet A, Levy JP. Three epitopic peptides of the simian immunodeficiency virus Nef protein recognized by macaque cytolytic T lymphocytes. J Virol 1992; 66:750-6. [PMID: 1370557 PMCID: PMC240774 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.66.2.750-756.1992] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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In 8 of 12 experimentally infected macaques, the Nef SIVmac 251 protein was recognized by cytolytic T lymphocytes (CTL) and appeared strongly immunogenic. Here, we report experiments which have been performed by using synthetic peptides to precisely determine the epitopes recognized by macaque CTL. Three epitopes of the Nef protein have been defined as CTL targets in three macaques. The epitopic peptides are located in the central region of the protein, and all of them show high homology with peptides of the human immunodeficiency virus type 1 Nef protein recognized by human CTL in association with several human leukocyte antigen molecules. These results suggest that (i) the Nef protein is a good candidate for vaccination not only because of its early expression but also because of its high immunogenicity for CTL, (ii) long peptides covering the central region of this protein could be used as vaccines and could cross the major histocompatibility complex barrier in a large variety of individuals, and (iii) the rhesus macaque is a good animal model in which to test for protection by CTL.
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- I Bourgault
- Institut Cochin de Génétique Moléculaire, Hôpital Cochin, Paris, France
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- N L Letvin
- Harvard Medical School, Southborough, Massachusetts
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Vowels BR, Gershwin ME, Gardner MB, McGraw TP. Natural killer cell activity of rhesus macaques against retrovirus-pulsed CD4+ target cells. AIDS Res Hum Retroviruses 1990; 6:905-18. [PMID: 1975194 DOI: 10.1089/aid.1990.6.905] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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Rhesus peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) fail to demonstrate natural killer (NK) activity against the human T-cell lines CEM, CEM x 174, or SUP-T1. However, these cell lines could act as NK-sensitive target cells if they were pulsed with heat-inactivated, whole simian immunodeficiency virus (SIV). The ability of these SIV-pulsed T-cell lines to act as NK-sensitive target cells was directly related to the relative density of CD4 on their surface. Target cell generation was inhibited by preincubation of cell lines with CD4 monoclonal antibody (MAb) with specificity for the SIV binding site. In addition, NK activity was seen against target cells that had been prepared with human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) gp120, nonglycosylated gp120, env A of feline leukemia virus (FeLV), and simian type D retrovirus (SRV). Addition of leupeptin to target cells prior to SIV pulsing did not result in a significant decrease in cytotoxic activity, suggesting that processing is not required for the generation of target cells. The cells that mediate NK activity are nonadherent, do not form rosettes with AET-treated sheep red blood cells (SRBC), and are phenotypically CD16+ and CD8+. NK activity of SIV-infected macaques was significantly decreased against both K562 cells and SIV-pulsed target cells as compared with uninfected animals. However, treatment of PBMC with interleukin-2 (IL-2) resulted in a partial restoration of NK activity.
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- B R Vowels
- Department of Medical Pathology, California Primate Research Center, University of California, Davis 95616
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McGraw TP, Vowels BR, Gershwin ME, Gardner MB. Cellular Immune Response of SIV‐Infected Rhesus Macaques. J Med Primatol 1990. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0684.1990.tb00426.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Thomas P. McGraw
- Department of Medical PathologyDivision of Rheumatology/Allergy/Clinical ImmunologyUniversity of CaliforniaDavisCAUSA
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- Department of Medical PathologyDivision of Rheumatology/Allergy/Clinical ImmunologyUniversity of CaliforniaDavisCAUSA
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- Department of Internal MedicineDivision of Rheumatology/Allergy/Clinical ImmunologyUniversity of CaliforniaDavisCAUSA
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- Department of Medical PathologyDivision of Rheumatology/Allergy/Clinical ImmunologyUniversity of CaliforniaDavisCAUSA
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