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Beltrami S, Rizzo S, Strazzabosco G, Gentili V, Alogna A, Narducci M, Bortolotti D, Schiuma G, Rizzo R. Non-classical HLA class I molecules and their potential role in viral infections. Hum Immunol 2023:S0198-8859(23)00061-7. [PMID: 37005169 DOI: 10.1016/j.humimm.2023.03.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/01/2022] [Revised: 03/14/2023] [Accepted: 03/27/2023] [Indexed: 04/03/2023]
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Human Leukocyte Antigens (HLA) are classified in three different classes I, II and III, and represent the key mediators of immune responses, self-tolerance development and pathogen recognition. Among them, non-classical subtypes (HLA-Ib), e.g. HLA-E and HLA-G, are characterize by tolerogenic functions that are often exploited by viruses to evade the host immune responses. In this perspective, we will review the main current data referred to HLA-G and HLA-E and viral infections, as well as the impact on immune response. Data were selected following eligibility criteria accordingly to the reviewed topic. We used a set of electronic databases (Medline/PubMed, Scopus, Web of Sciences (WOS), Cochrane library) for a systematic search until November 2022 using MeSH keywords/terms (i.e. HLA, HLA-G, HLA-E, viral infection, SARS-CoV-2, etc.…). Recent studies support the involvement of non-classical molecules, such as HLA-E and HLA-G, in the control of viral infection. On one side, viruses exploit HLA-G and HLA-E molecule to control host immune activation. On the other side, the expression of these molecules might control the inflammatory condition generated by viral infections. Hence, this review has the aim to summarize the state of art of literature about the modulation of these non-classical HLA-I molecules, to provide a general overview of the new strategies of viral immune system regulation to counteract immune defenses.
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- Silvia Beltrami
- Department of Chemical, Pharmaceutical and Agricultural Sciences, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy - Via Luigi Borsari, 46, 44121 Ferrara, Italy
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- Department of Chemical, Pharmaceutical and Agricultural Sciences, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy - Via Luigi Borsari, 46, 44121 Ferrara, Italy
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- Department of Chemical, Pharmaceutical and Agricultural Sciences, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy - Via Luigi Borsari, 46, 44121 Ferrara, Italy
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- Department of Chemical, Pharmaceutical and Agricultural Sciences, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy - Via Luigi Borsari, 46, 44121 Ferrara, Italy
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- Department of Chemical, Pharmaceutical and Agricultural Sciences, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy - Via Luigi Borsari, 46, 44121 Ferrara, Italy
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- Department of Chemical, Pharmaceutical and Agricultural Sciences, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy - Via Luigi Borsari, 46, 44121 Ferrara, Italy; Temple University, Japan Campus, 1 Chome-14-29 Taishido, Setagaya City, Tokyo 154-0004, Italy
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- Department of Chemical, Pharmaceutical and Agricultural Sciences, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy - Via Luigi Borsari, 46, 44121 Ferrara, Italy
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- Department of Chemical, Pharmaceutical and Agricultural Sciences, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy - Via Luigi Borsari, 46, 44121 Ferrara, Italy
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- Department of Chemical, Pharmaceutical and Agricultural Sciences, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy - Via Luigi Borsari, 46, 44121 Ferrara, Italy; LTTA, University of Ferrara, Via Luigi Borsari, 46, 44121 Ferrara, Italy.
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Anderko RR, Mailliard RB. Mapping the interplay between NK cells and HIV: therapeutic implications. J Leukoc Biol 2023; 113:109-138. [PMID: 36822173 PMCID: PMC10043732 DOI: 10.1093/jleuko/qiac007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/01/2022] [Indexed: 01/18/2023] Open
Abstract
Although highly effective at durably suppressing plasma HIV-1 viremia, combination antiretroviral therapy (ART) treatment regimens do not eradicate the virus, which persists in long-lived CD4+ T cells. This latent viral reservoir serves as a source of plasma viral rebound following treatment interruption, thus requiring lifelong adherence to ART. Additionally, challenges remain related not only to access to therapy but also to a higher prevalence of comorbidities with an inflammatory etiology in treated HIV-1+ individuals, underscoring the need to explore therapeutic alternatives that achieve sustained virologic remission in the absence of ART. Natural killer (NK) cells are uniquely positioned to positively impact antiviral immunity, in part due to the pleiotropic nature of their effector functions, including the acquisition of memory-like features, and, therefore, hold great promise for transforming HIV-1 therapeutic modalities. In addition to defining the ability of NK cells to contribute to HIV-1 control, this review provides a basic immunologic understanding of the impact of HIV-1 infection and ART on the phenotypic and functional character of NK cells. We further delineate the qualities of "memory" NK cell populations, as well as the impact of HCMV on their induction and subsequent expansion in HIV-1 infection. We conclude by highlighting promising avenues for optimizing NK cell responses to improve HIV-1 control and effect a functional cure, including blockade of inhibitory NK receptors, TLR agonists to promote latency reversal and NK cell activation, CAR NK cells, BiKEs/TriKEs, and the role of HIV-1-specific bNAbs in NK cell-mediated ADCC activity against HIV-1-infected cells.
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- Renee R. Anderko
- Department of Infectious Diseases and Microbiology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15261, United States
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- Department of Infectious Diseases and Microbiology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15261, United States
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The Frequency and Function of NKG2C +CD57 + Adaptive NK Cells in Cytomagalovirus Co-Infected People Living with HIV Decline with Duration of Antiretroviral Therapy. Viruses 2023; 15:v15020323. [PMID: 36851537 PMCID: PMC9959045 DOI: 10.3390/v15020323] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/03/2023] [Revised: 01/16/2023] [Accepted: 01/19/2023] [Indexed: 01/26/2023] Open
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Human cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection drives the expansion and differentiation of natural killer (NK) cells with adaptive-like features. We investigated whether age and time on antiretroviral therapy (ART) influenced adaptive NK cell frequency and functionality. Flow cytometry was used to evaluate the frequency of adaptive and conventional NK cells in 229 CMV+ individuals of whom 170 were people living with HIV (PLWH). The frequency of these NK cell populations producing CD107a, CCL4, IFN-γ or TNF-α was determined following a 6-h antibody dependent (AD) stimulation. Though ART duration and age were correlated, longer time on ART was associated with a reduced frequency of adaptive NK cells. In general, the frequency and functionality of NK cells following AD stimulation did not differ significantly between treated CMV+PLWH and CMV+HIV- persons, suggesting that HIV infection, per se, did not compromise AD NK cell function. AD activation of adaptive NK cells from CMV+PLWH induced lower frequencies of IFN-γ or TNF-α secreting cells in older persons, when compared with younger persons.
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Kristensen AB, Wragg KM, Vanderven HA, Lee WS, Silvers J, Kent HE, Grant MD, Kelleher AD, Juno JA, Kent SJ, Parsons MS. Phenotypic and functional characteristics of highly differentiated CD57+NKG2C+ NK cells in HIV-1-infected individuals. Clin Exp Immunol 2022; 210:163-174. [PMID: 36053502 PMCID: PMC9750827 DOI: 10.1093/cei/uxac082] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/22/2022] [Revised: 08/07/2022] [Accepted: 09/01/2022] [Indexed: 01/24/2023] Open
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Natural killer (NK) cells are important anti-viral effector cells. The function and phenotype of the NK cells that constitute an individual's NK cell repertoire can be influenced by ongoing or previous viral infections. Indeed, infection with human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) drives the expansion of a highly differentiated NK cell population characterized by expression of CD57 and the activating NKG2C receptor. This NK cell population has also been noted to occur in HIV-1-infected individuals. We evaluated the NK cells of HIV-1-infected and HIV-1-uninfected individuals to determine the relative frequency of highly differentiated CD57+NKG2C+ NK cells and characterize these cells for their receptor expression and responsiveness to diverse stimuli. Highly differentiated CD57+NKG2C+ NK cells occurred at higher frequencies in HCMV-infected donors relative to HCMV-uninfected donors and were dramatically expanded in HIV-1/HCMV co-infected donors. The expanded CD57+NKG2C+ NK cell population in HIV-1-infected donors remained stable following antiretroviral therapy. CD57+NKG2C+ NK cells derived from HIV-1-infected individuals were robustly activated by antibody-dependent stimuli that contained anti-HIV-1 antibodies or therapeutic anti-CD20 antibody, and these NK cells mediated cytolysis through NKG2C. Lastly, CD57+NKG2C+ NK cells from HIV-1-infected donors were characterized by reduced expression of the inhibitory NKG2A receptor. The abundance of highly functional CD57+NKG2C+ NK cells in HIV-1-infected individuals raises the possibility that these NK cells could play a role in HIV-1 pathogenesis or serve as effector cells for therapeutic/cure strategies.
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- Anne B Kristensen
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- Biomedicine, College of Public Health, Medical and Veterinary Sciences, James Cook University, Douglas, Queensland, Australia
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Melbourne Sexual Health Centre and Department of Infectious Diseases, Alfred Hospital and Central Clinical School, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Melbourne Sexual Health Centre and Department of Infectious Diseases, Alfred Hospital and Central Clinical School, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Immunology and Infectious Diseases Program, Division of BioMedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
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- Kirby Institute, University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- Melbourne Sexual Health Centre and Department of Infectious Diseases, Alfred Hospital and Central Clinical School, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- ARC Centre for Excellence in Convergent Bio-Nano Science and Technology, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- Division of Microbiology and Immunology, Emory National Primate Research Center, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
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Alrubayyi A, Rowland-Jones S, Peppa D. Natural killer cells during acute HIV-1 infection: clues for HIV-1 prevention and therapy. AIDS 2022; 36:1903-1915. [PMID: 35851334 PMCID: PMC9612724 DOI: 10.1097/qad.0000000000003319] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/29/2021] [Revised: 06/01/2022] [Accepted: 06/07/2022] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Despite progress in preexposure prophylaxis, the number of newly diagnosed cases with HIV-1 remains high, highlighting the urgent need for preventive and therapeutic strategies to reduce HIV-1 acquisition and limit disease progression. Early immunological events, occurring during acute infection, are key determinants of the outcome and course of disease. Understanding early immune responses occurring before viral set-point is established, is critical to identify potential targets for prophylactic and therapeutic approaches. Natural killer (NK) cells represent a key cellular component of innate immunity and contribute to the early host defence against HIV-1 infection, modulating the pathogenesis of acute HIV-1 infection (AHI). Emerging studies have identified tools for harnessing NK cell responses and expanding specialized NK subpopulations with adaptive/memory features, paving the way for development of novel HIV-1 therapeutics. This review highlights the knowns and unknowns regarding the role of NK cell subsets in the containment of acute HIV-1 infection, and summarizes recent advances in selectively augmenting NK cell functions through prophylactic and therapeutic interventions.
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- Aljawharah Alrubayyi
- Nuffield Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford
- Division of Infection and Immunity, University College London
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- Division of Infection and Immunity, University College London
- Mortimer Market Centre, Department of HIV, CNWL NHS Trust, London, UK
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Vollmers S, Lobermeyer A, Niehrs A, Fittje P, Indenbirken D, Nakel J, Virdi S, Brias S, Trenkner T, Sauer G, Peine S, Behrens GM, Lehmann C, Meurer A, Pauli R, Postel N, Roider J, Scholten S, Spinner CD, Stephan C, Wolf E, Wyen C, Richert L, Norman PJ, Sauter J, Schmidt AH, Hoelzemer A, Altfeld M, Körner C. Host KIR/HLA-C Genotypes Determine HIV-Mediated Changes of the NK Cell Repertoire and Are Associated With Vpu Sequence Variations Impacting Downmodulation of HLA-C. Front Immunol 2022; 13:922252. [PMID: 35911762 PMCID: PMC9334850 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2022.922252] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/17/2022] [Accepted: 06/13/2022] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
Abstract
NK cells play a pivotal role in viral immunity, utilizing a large array of activating and inhibitory receptors to identify and eliminate virus-infected cells. Killer-cell immunoglobulin-like receptors (KIRs) represent a highly polymorphic receptor family, regulating NK cell activity and determining the ability to recognize target cells. Human leukocyte antigen (HLA) class I molecules serve as the primary ligand for KIRs. Herein, HLA-C stands out as being the dominant ligand for the majority of KIRs. Accumulating evidence indicated that interactions between HLA-C and its inhibitory KIR2DL receptors (KIR2DL1/L2/L3) can drive HIV-1-mediated immune evasion and thus may contribute to the intrinsic control of HIV-1 infection. Of particular interest in this context is the recent observation that HIV-1 is able to adapt to host HLA-C genotypes through Vpu-mediated downmodulation of HLA-C. However, our understanding of the complex interplay between KIR/HLA immunogenetics, NK cell-mediated immune pressure and HIV-1 immune escape is still limited. Therefore, we investigated the impact of specific KIR/HLA-C combinations on the NK cell receptor repertoire and HIV-1 Vpu protein sequence variations of 122 viremic, untreated HIV-1+ individuals. Compared to 60 HIV-1- controls, HIV-1 infection was associated with significant changes within the NK cell receptor repertoire, including reduced percentages of NK cells expressing NKG2A, CD8, and KIR2DS4. In contrast, the NKG2C+ and KIR3DL2+ NK cell sub-populations from HIV-1+ individuals was enlarged compared to HIV-1- controls. Stratification along KIR/HLA-C genotypes revealed a genotype-dependent expansion of KIR2DL1+ NK cells that was ultimately associated with increased binding affinities between KIR2DL1 and HLA-C allotypes. Lastly, our data hinted to a preferential selection of Vpu sequence variants that were associated with HLA-C downmodulation in individuals with high KIR2DL/HLA-C binding affinities. Altogether, our study provides evidence that HIV-1-associated changes in the KIR repertoire of NK cells are to some extent predetermined by host KIR2DL/HLA-C genotypes. Furthermore, analysis of Vpu sequence polymorphisms indicates that differential KIR2DL/HLA-C binding affinities may serve as an additional mechanism how host genetics impact immune evasion by HIV-1.
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- Leibniz Institute of Virology, Hamburg, Germany
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- Leibniz Institute of Virology, Hamburg, Germany
- First Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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- Department I for Internal Medicine, University Hospital of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
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- Institute for Transfusion Medicine, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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- Department for Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
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- Department I for Internal Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, University Hospital Cologne, Cologne, Germany
- German Center for Infection Research (DZIF), Partner Site Bonn-Cologne, Cologne, Germany
- Center for Molecular Medicine Cologne, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
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- Center for Internal Medicine and Infectiology, Munich, Germany
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- Medizinisches Versorgungszentrum (MVZ) am Isartor, Munich, Germany
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- Prinzmed, Practice for Infectious Diseases, Munich, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine IV, Department of Infectious Diseases, Ludwig-Maximilians University Munich, Munich, Germany
- German Center for Infection Research (DZIF), Partner Site Munich, Munich, Germany
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- German Center for Infection Research (DZIF), Partner Site Munich, Munich, Germany
- Technical University of Munich, School of Medicine, University Hospital rechts der Isar, Department of Internal Medicine II, Munich, Germany
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- Infectious Diseases Unit, Goethe-University Hospital Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany
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- Department I for Internal Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, University Hospital Cologne, Cologne, Germany
- Praxis am Ebertplatz, Cologne, Germany
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- University of Bordeaux, Inserm U1219 Bordeaux Population Health, Inria Sistm, Bordeaux, France
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- Division of Biomedical Informatics and Personalized Medicine, University of Colorado, Aurora, CO, United States
- Department of Immunology and Microbiology, University of Colorado, Aurora, CO, United States
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- Leibniz Institute of Virology, Hamburg, Germany
- First Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
- German Center for Infection Research (DZIF), Partner Site Hamburg-Lübeck-Borstel-Riems, Hamburg, Germany
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- Leibniz Institute of Virology, Hamburg, Germany
- German Center for Infection Research (DZIF), Partner Site Hamburg-Lübeck-Borstel-Riems, Hamburg, Germany
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- Leibniz Institute of Virology, Hamburg, Germany
- *Correspondence: Christian Körner,
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Assessment of NKG2C copy number variation in HIV-1 infection susceptibility, and considerations about the potential role of lacking receptors and virus infection. J Hum Genet 2022; 67:475-479. [PMID: 35314764 PMCID: PMC8938163 DOI: 10.1038/s10038-022-01029-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/17/2021] [Revised: 02/16/2022] [Accepted: 02/28/2022] [Indexed: 12/02/2022]
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Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) infection dynamics is strongly influenced by the host genetic background. NKG2C is an activating receptor expressed mainly on Natural Killer (NK) cells, and a polymorphism of copy number variation in the gene coding for this molecule has been pointed as a potential factor involved in HIV infection susceptibility. We evaluated the impact of the NKG2C deletion on HIV-1 susceptibility, with or without HBV/HCV co-infection, in a total of 780 individuals, including 385 HIV-infected patients and 395 healthy blood donors. NKG2C deletion genotyping was performed by standard PCR. To our knowledge, this is the first study to access the impact of complete NKG2C deletion among HIV-infected Brazilian individuals. The frequency of NKG2C deletion (range: 19–22%) was similar in cases and controls. No association of NKG2C deletion with HIV-1 susceptibility or influence on clinical features, HBV or HCV co-infection was observed in the evaluated population. Our findings suggest that NKG2C deletion, and the consequent absence of this receptor expression, does not directly impact HIV susceptibility, HBV/HCV-co-infection in the studied population, suggesting that other signaling pathways might be triggered and perform similar functions in cell activity in the absence of this specific receptor, preventing the development of disadvantageous phenotypes. Larger cohorts and studies involving protein expression are necessary to confirm our findings.
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Martini F, Champagne E. The Contribution of Human Herpes Viruses to γδ T Cell Mobilisation in Co-Infections. Viruses 2021; 13:v13122372. [PMID: 34960641 PMCID: PMC8704314 DOI: 10.3390/v13122372] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/03/2021] [Revised: 11/23/2021] [Accepted: 11/24/2021] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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γδ T cells are activated in viral, bacterial and parasitic infections. Among viruses that promote γδ T cell mobilisation in humans, herpes viruses (HHVs) occupy a particular place since they infect the majority of the human population and persist indefinitely in the organism in a latent state. Thus, other infections should, in most instances, be considered co-infections, and the reactivation of HHV is a serious confounding factor in attributing γδ T cell alterations to a particular pathogen in human diseases. We review here the literature data on γδ T cell mobilisation in HHV infections and co-infections, and discuss the possible contribution of HHVs to γδ alterations observed in various infectious settings. As multiple infections seemingly mobilise overlapping γδ subsets, we also address the concept of possible cross-protection.
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Wragg KM, Tan HX, Kristensen AB, Nguyen-Robertson CV, Kelleher AD, Parsons MS, Wheatley AK, Berzins SP, Pellicci DG, Kent SJ, Juno JA. High CD26 and Low CD94 Expression Identifies an IL-23 Responsive Vδ2 + T Cell Subset with a MAIT Cell-like Transcriptional Profile. Cell Rep 2021; 31:107773. [PMID: 32553157 DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2020.107773] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/16/2019] [Revised: 03/24/2020] [Accepted: 05/22/2020] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Vδ2+ T cells play a critical role in immunity to micro-organisms and cancer but exhibit substantial heterogeneity in humans. Here, we demonstrate that CD26 and CD94 define transcriptionally, phenotypically, and functionally distinct Vδ2+ T cell subsets. Despite distinct antigen specificities, CD26hiCD94lo Vδ2+ cells exhibit substantial similarities to CD26hi mucosal-associated invariant T (MAIT) cells, although CD26- Vδ2+ cells exhibit cytotoxic, effector-like profiles. At birth, the Vδ2+Vγ9+ population is dominated by CD26hiCD94lo cells; during adolescence and adulthood, Vδ2+ cells acquire CD94/NKG2A expression and the relative frequency of the CD26hiCD94lo subset declines. Critically, exposure of the CD26hiCD94lo subset to phosphoantigen in the context of interleukin-23 (IL-23) and CD26 engagement drives the acquisition of a cytotoxic program and concurrent loss of the MAIT cell-like phenotype. The ability to modulate the cytotoxic potential of CD26hiCD94lo Vδ2+ cells, combined with their adenosine-binding capacity, may make them ideal targets for immunotherapeutic expansion and adoptive transfer.
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- Kathleen M Wragg
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC 3000, Australia
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC 3000, Australia
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC 3000, Australia
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC 3000, Australia; ARC Centre of Excellence in Advanced Molecular Imaging, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC 3000, Australia
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- The Kirby Institute, University of New South Wales, Kensington, NSW 2052, Australia; St. Vincent's Centre for Applied Medical Research, St. Vincent's Hospital, Darlinghurst, NSW 2011, Australia
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC 3000, Australia; Division of Microbiology and Immunology, Yerkes National Primate Research Center, Atlanta, GA 30329, USA; Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, School of Medicine, Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC 3000, Australia
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC 3000, Australia; Federation University and Fiona Elsey Cancer Research Institute, Ballarat, VIC 3350, Australia
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC 3000, Australia; Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Parkville, VIC 3052, Australia
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC 3000, Australia; Melbourne Sexual Health Centre and Department of Infectious Diseases, Alfred Health, Central Clinical School, Monash University, Carlton, VIC 3053, Australia; ARC Centre of Excellence in Convergent Bio-Nano Science and Technology, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC 3000, Australia.
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC 3000, Australia.
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Goodier MR, Riley EM. Regulation of the human NK cell compartment by pathogens and vaccines. Clin Transl Immunology 2021; 10:e1244. [PMID: 33505682 PMCID: PMC7813579 DOI: 10.1002/cti2.1244] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/13/2020] [Revised: 01/06/2021] [Accepted: 01/07/2021] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
Abstract
Natural killer cells constitute a phenotypically diverse population of innate lymphoid cells with a broad functional spectrum. Classically defined as cytotoxic lymphocytes with the capacity to eliminate cells lacking self‐MHC or expressing markers of stress or neoplastic transformation, critical roles for NK cells in immunity to infection in the regulation of immune responses and as vaccine‐induced effector cells have also emerged. A crucial feature of NK cell biology is their capacity to integrate signals from pathogen‐, tumor‐ or stress‐induced innate pathways and from antigen‐specific immune responses. The extent to which innate and acquired immune mediators influence NK cell effector function is influenced by the maturation and differentiation state of the NK cell compartment; moreover, NK cell differentiation is driven in part by exposure to infection. Pathogens can thus mould the NK cell response to maximise their own success and/or minimise the damage they cause. Here, we review recent evidence that pathogen‐ and vaccine‐derived signals influence the differentiation, adaptation and subsequent effector function of human NK cells.
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- Martin R Goodier
- Department of Infection Biology London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine London UK
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- Institute of Immunology and Infection Research School of Biological Sciences University of Edinburgh Edinburgh UK
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Barnes S, Schilizzi O, Audsley KM, Newnes HV, Foley B. Deciphering the Immunological Phenomenon of Adaptive Natural Killer (NK) Cells and Cytomegalovirus (CMV). Int J Mol Sci 2020; 21:ijms21228864. [PMID: 33238550 PMCID: PMC7700325 DOI: 10.3390/ijms21228864] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/28/2020] [Revised: 11/20/2020] [Accepted: 11/20/2020] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
Abstract
Natural killer (NK) cells play a significant and vital role in the first line of defense against infection through their ability to target cells without prior sensitization. They also contribute significantly to the activation and recruitment of both innate and adaptive immune cells through the production of a range of cytokines and chemokines. In the context of cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection, NK cells and CMV have co-evolved side by side to employ several mechanisms to evade one another. However, during this co-evolution the discovery of a subset of long-lived NK cells with enhanced effector potential, increased antibody-dependent responses and the potential to mediate immune memory has revolutionized the field of NK cell biology. The ability of a virus to imprint on the NK cell receptor repertoire resulting in the expansion of diverse, highly functional NK cells to this day remains a significant immunological phenomenon that only occurs in the context of CMV. Here we review our current understanding of the development of these NK cells, commonly referred to as adaptive NK cells and their current role in transplantation, infection, vaccination and cancer immunotherapy to decipher the complex role of CMV in dictating NK cell functional fate.
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- Samantha Barnes
- Telethon Kids Institute, University of Western Australia, Perth Children’s Hospital, Nedlands, WA 6009, Australia; (S.B.); (O.S.); (K.M.A.); (H.V.N.)
- School of Biomedical Sciences, The University of Western Australia, Crawley, WA 6009, Australia
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- Telethon Kids Institute, University of Western Australia, Perth Children’s Hospital, Nedlands, WA 6009, Australia; (S.B.); (O.S.); (K.M.A.); (H.V.N.)
- School of Biomedical Sciences, The University of Western Australia, Crawley, WA 6009, Australia
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- Telethon Kids Institute, University of Western Australia, Perth Children’s Hospital, Nedlands, WA 6009, Australia; (S.B.); (O.S.); (K.M.A.); (H.V.N.)
- School of Biomedical Sciences, The University of Western Australia, Crawley, WA 6009, Australia
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- Telethon Kids Institute, University of Western Australia, Perth Children’s Hospital, Nedlands, WA 6009, Australia; (S.B.); (O.S.); (K.M.A.); (H.V.N.)
- School of Biomedical Sciences, The University of Western Australia, Crawley, WA 6009, Australia
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- Telethon Kids Institute, University of Western Australia, Perth Children’s Hospital, Nedlands, WA 6009, Australia; (S.B.); (O.S.); (K.M.A.); (H.V.N.)
- Correspondence:
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Song T, Li L, Su B, Liu L, Liu Y, Yang X, Zhang Q, Guo N, Zhang T, Sun G, Wu H. NKG2C+ natural killer cell function improves the control of HBV replication in individuals with acute HIV infection coinfected with HBV. Medicine (Baltimore) 2020; 99:e20073. [PMID: 32358389 PMCID: PMC7440068 DOI: 10.1097/md.0000000000020073] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
Abstract
Individuals infected with hepatitis B virus (HBV) are often coinfected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). However, individuals with chronic HBV infection living with acute HIV infection have a significantly lower HBV viral load, along with higher HBeAg and HBsAg loss than HBV-infected individuals alone. Here, we investigated the possible role of natural killer cells (NK cell) function in this progressive course to explore the relationship between phenotypic/functional changes in NK cells during acute HIV infection and HBV clearance in patients with HIV/HBV coinfection.Peripheral blood NK cells from 38 patients with primary HIV infection, including 20 with untreated HIV infection and 18 treatment-naïve patients with HIV/HBV coinfection and 16 patients with chronic HBV infection, were enrolled in this study.We found that the HIV/HBV-coinfected individuals had higher levels of NK cells than the HBV-infected individuals, due to expansion of the CD56 NK cell population. The proportion of NK cells in CD56 and CD56 NK subsets was not found significant difference between HIV/HBV-coinfected and HBV-infected individuals. However, NKG2C levels on NK cells and subsets were significantly higher in HIV/HBV-coinfected individuals than in HBV-infected individuals, whereas NKG2A levels were unaffected or decreased. In addition, the levels of degranulation CD107a, cytotoxicity and IFN-γ production of NK cells were increased in HIV/HBV-coinfected individuals than in HBV-infected individuals. The level of IL-10 production of NK cells was decreased in HIV/HBV-coinfected individuals than in HBV-infected individuals. Furthermore, the level of HBV-DNA was inversely correlated with the proportion of NKG2C and NKG2CNKG2A NK cells, while positively correlated with the proportion of NKG2A and NKG2CNKG2A NK cells. IFN-γ production was inversely correlated with levels of HBV-DNA, but the CD107a expression and IL-10 production of NK cells were not correlated with HBV-DNA levels.These results demonstrate that the upregulation of NKG2C expression, but not of NKG2A expression on the surface of NK cells increases cytolytic capacity and the amounts of cytokines produced and may play a crucial role in HBV clearance during HIV/HBV-coinfection.
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- Ting Song
- Center for Infectious Diseases, Beijing Youan Hospital, Capital Medical University
- Beijing Key Laboratory for HIV/AIDS Research
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- Center for Infectious Diseases, Beijing Youan Hospital, Capital Medical University
- Beijing Key Laboratory for HIV/AIDS Research
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- Center for Infectious Diseases, Beijing Youan Hospital, Capital Medical University
- Beijing Key Laboratory for HIV/AIDS Research
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- Center for Infectious Diseases, Beijing Youan Hospital, Capital Medical University
- Beijing Key Laboratory for HIV/AIDS Research
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- Center for Infectious Diseases, Beijing Youan Hospital, Capital Medical University
- Beijing Key Laboratory for HIV/AIDS Research
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- Center for Infectious Diseases, Beijing Youan Hospital, Capital Medical University
- Beijing Key Laboratory for HIV/AIDS Research
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- Center for Infectious Diseases, Beijing Youan Hospital, Capital Medical University
- Beijing Key Laboratory for HIV/AIDS Research
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- Center for Infectious Diseases, Beijing Youan Hospital, Capital Medical University
- Beijing Key Laboratory for HIV/AIDS Research
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- Center for Infectious Diseases, Beijing Youan Hospital, Capital Medical University
- Beijing Key Laboratory for HIV/AIDS Research
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory, Beijing Youan hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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- Center for Infectious Diseases, Beijing Youan Hospital, Capital Medical University
- Beijing Key Laboratory for HIV/AIDS Research
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Comeau EM, Holder KA, Fudge NJ, Grant MD. Cytomegalovirus-Driven Adaption of Natural Killer Cells in NKG2C null Human Immunodeficiency Virus-Infected Individuals. Viruses 2019; 11:v11030239. [PMID: 30857329 PMCID: PMC6466323 DOI: 10.3390/v11030239] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/11/2019] [Revised: 03/01/2019] [Accepted: 03/05/2019] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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Expansion of natural killer (NK) cells expressing NKG2C occurs following human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) infection and is amplified by human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) co-infection. These NKG2C-expressing NK cells demonstrate enhanced CD16-dependent cytokine production and downregulate FcεRIγ and promyelocytic leukemia zinc finger protein (PLZF). Lacking NKG2C diminishes resistance to HIV infection, but whether this affects NK cell acquisition of superior antibody-dependent function is unclear. Therefore, our objective was to investigate whether HCMV-driven NK cell differentiation is impaired in NKG2Cnull HIV-infected individuals. Phenotypic (CD2, CD16, CD57, NKG2A, FcεRIγ, and PLZF expression) and functional (cytokine induction and cytotoxicity) properties were compared between HIV⁻infected NKG2Cnull and NKG2C-expressing groups. Cytokine production was compared following stimulation through natural cytotoxicity receptors or through CD16. Cytotoxicity was measured by anti-CD16-redirected lysis and by classical antibody-dependent cell-mediated cytotoxicity (ADCC) against anti-class I human leukocyte antigen (HLA) antibody-coated cells. Our data indicate highly similar HCMV-driven NK cell differentiation in HIV infection with or without NKG2C. While the fraction of mature (CD57pos) NK cells expressing CD2 (p = 0.009) or co-expressing CD2 and CD16 (p = 0.03) was significantly higher in NKG2Cnull HIV-infected individuals, there were no significant differences in NKG2A, FcεRIγ, or PLZF expression. The general phenotypic and functional equivalency observed suggests NKG2C-independent routes of HCMV-driven NK cell differentiation, which may involve increased CD2 expression.
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- Emilie M Comeau
- Immunology and Infectious Diseases Program, Division of BioMedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Memorial University of Newfoundland, 300 Prince Philp Drive, St. John's, NL A1B 3V6, Canada.
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Rivas JL, Palencia T, Fernández G, García M. Association of T and NK Cell Phenotype With the Diagnosis of Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS). Front Immunol 2018; 9:1028. [PMID: 29867995 PMCID: PMC5954087 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2018.01028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/14/2017] [Accepted: 04/24/2018] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) is a pathological condition characterized by incapacitating fatigue and a combination of neurologic, immunologic, and endocrine symptoms. At present its diagnosis is based exclusively on clinical criteria. Several studies have described altered immunologic profiles; therefore, we proposed to further examine the more significant differences, particularly T and NK cell subpopulations that could be conditioned by viral infections, to discern their utility in improving the diagnosis and characterization of the patients. The study included 76 patients that fulfilled the revised Canadian Consensus Criteria (CCC 2010) for ME/CFS and 73 healthy controls, matched for age and gender. Immunophenotyping of different T cell and natural killer cell subpopulations in peripheral blood was determined by flow cytometry. ME/CFS patients showed significantly lower values of T regulatory cells (CD4+CD25++(high)FOXP3+) and higher NKT-like cells (CD3+CD16+/-CD56+) than the healthy individuals. Regarding NK phenotypes, NKG2C was significantly lower and NKCD69 and NKCD56 bright were significantly higher in the patients group. A classification model was generated using the more relevant cell phenotype differences (NKG2C and T regulatory cells) that was able to classify the individuals as ME/CFS patients or healthy in a 70% of cases. The observed differences in some of the subpopulations of T and NK cells between patients and healthy controls could define a distinct immunological profile that can help in the diagnostic process of ME/CFS patients, contribute to the recognition of the disease and to the search of more specific treatments. However, more studies are needed to corroborate these findings and to contribute to establish a consensus in diagnosis.
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- Bioinformatics Unit, Genetics and Molecular Medicine Service, Hospital Sant Joan de Déu, Barcelona, Spain
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- ME/CFS Unit, ASSSEMBiomédics, Barcelona, Spain.,Immunology Department, Biomedical Diagnostic Center, Hospital Clínic Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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Sperk M, Zhang W, Nowak P, Neogi U. Plasma soluble factor following two decades prolonged suppressive antiretroviral therapy in HIV-1-positive males: A cross-sectional study. Medicine (Baltimore) 2018; 97:e9759. [PMID: 29384862 PMCID: PMC5805434 DOI: 10.1097/md.0000000000009759] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
Abstract
Acute human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection is associated with a marked induction of several pathways that are linked to inflammation and CD4 T-cell depletion. Many of these processes do not fully resolve on short-term combination antiretroviral therapy (cART) (<5 years), despite complete and durable suppression of viremia. The effects of long-term (>15 years) successful antiretroviral therapy (ART) and the linkage between levels of biomarkers remain unclear. Therefore, the present study aims to assess the host plasma proteome in a well-defined clinical material from HIV-1-positive male patients on successful long-term ART (>15 years) and compared them with age-matched healthy controls and treatment-naïve male patients with viremia in a cross-sectional manner.Plasma samples were obtained from 3 categories of age-matched HIV-1-positive male patients on long-term successfully (ART, n = 10) with a median (Interquartile range, IQR) of 19 (17-20) years, treatment-naïve patients with viremia (VP, n = 14), and HIV-1-negative persons (HC, n = 11). Plasma proteome was analyzed using the proximity extension assay targeting 92 factors. Statistical analyses were performed with GraphPad Prism v7, R-packages, and Qlucore Omics Explorer v3.2. Functional enrichment analysis was performed by Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes (KEGG), and interactions of specific molecules were identified using Path Designer integrated into Ingenuity Pathway Analysis (IPA).Group wise comparison identified 53 soluble factors, which differed between the groups (P < .05). Cluster analysis identified 13 discrete soluble factors (CD8A, CRTAM, CXCL13, EGF, CD5, CD40, CXCL9, Gal-1, IL12RB1, KLRD1, PD-1, CASP-8 and TNFRSF9) between the studied groups (adjusted P < .001). The long-term successfully ART-treated individuals clustered and networked with the HC while VPs clustered separately. All of the proinflammatory cytokines and chemokines were normalized back to levels of healthy controls in long-term successfully ART-treated individuals, but not the levels of KLRD1 and PGDFB.sKLRD1 that is involved in the regulation of natural killer cell (NK) mediated cytotoxicity, failed to be restored to the level of HIV-negative individuals despite successful long-term ART. Additional analysis of NK cells along with T-cell subsets can provide insights into the long-term effects of ART on the immune system.
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- Maike Sperk
- Divison of Clinical Microbiology, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Huddinge
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- Divison of Clinical Microbiology, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Huddinge
- Science for Life Laboratory, Division of Proteomics and Nanobiotechnology, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Solna
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- Department of Medicine Huddinge, Unit of Infectious Diseases, Karolinska Institutet, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Divison of Clinical Microbiology, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Huddinge
- Science for Life Laboratory, Division of Proteomics and Nanobiotechnology, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Solna
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Zulu MZ, Naidoo KK, Mncube Z, Jaggernath M, Goulder PJ, Ndung'u T, Altfeld M, Thobakgale CF. Reduced Expression of Siglec-7, NKG2A, and CD57 on Terminally Differentiated CD56 -CD16 + Natural Killer Cell Subset Is Associated with Natural Killer Cell Dysfunction in Chronic HIV-1 Clade C Infection. AIDS Res Hum Retroviruses 2017; 33:1205-1213. [PMID: 28810810 DOI: 10.1089/aid.2017.0095] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/23/2023] Open
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HIV-1 viremia has been shown to induce several phenotypic and functional abnormalities in natural killer (NK) cells. To assess immune defects associated with HIV viremia, we examined NK cell function, differentiation status, and phenotypic alterations based on expression of inhibitory and activating receptors on NK cells in HIV-1 subtype C chronically infected participants from Durban, South Africa. NK cell phenotypic profiles were characterized by assessing sialic acid-binding immunoglobulin-like lectin-7 (Siglec-7), NKG2A, and NKG2C markers on frozen peripheral blood mononuclear cells from viremic, antiretroviral therapy (ART)-naive HIV-1 chronically infected participants (n = 23), HIV-1 chronically infected participants who had been on combination antiretroviral therapy (cART) for at least 12 months (n = 23) compared with healthy donors (n = 23). NK cell differentiation was assessed by measurement of killer immunoglobulin receptor (KIR) and NKG2A expression; CD57 and CD107a measurements were carried out in HIV viremic and healthy donors. All phenotypic and functional assessments were analyzed by using multicolor flow cytometry. HIV-1-infected participants displayed greater frequencies of the CD56-CD16+ (CD56negative) NK cell subset compared with healthy donors (p < .0001). Downregulation of Siglec-7 and NKG2A and upregulation of NKG2C were more pronounced in the CD56negative NK cell subset of viremic participants. The CD56negative subset demonstrated a differentiated (KIR+NKG2A-) phenotype with reduced CD57 expression and lower degranulation capacity in HIV-1-infected participants compared with healthy donors. HIV-1 infection induces the expansion of the CD56negative NK cell subset marked by altered receptor expression profiles that are indicative of impaired function and may explain the overall NK cell dysfunction observed in chronic HIV-1 infection.
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- Michael Z. Zulu
- HIV Pathogenesis Programme, Doris Duke Medical Research Institute, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa
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- HIV Pathogenesis Programme, Doris Duke Medical Research Institute, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa
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- HIV Pathogenesis Programme, Doris Duke Medical Research Institute, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa
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- HIV Pathogenesis Programme, Doris Duke Medical Research Institute, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa
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- HIV Pathogenesis Programme, Doris Duke Medical Research Institute, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa
- Department of Paediatrics, Peter Medawar Building for Pathogen Research, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
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- HIV Pathogenesis Programme, Doris Duke Medical Research Institute, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa
- Ragon Institute of Massachusetts General Hospital, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Harvard University, Boston, Massachusetts
- Africa Health Research Institute, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa
- Max Planck Institute for Infection Biology, Berlin, Germany
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- HIV Pathogenesis Programme, Doris Duke Medical Research Institute, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa
- Ragon Institute of Massachusetts General Hospital, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Harvard University, Boston, Massachusetts
- Department of Viral Immunology, Heinrich-Pette-Institut, Hamburg, Germany
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- HIV Pathogenesis Programme, Doris Duke Medical Research Institute, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa
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Waters S, Brook E, Lee S, Estiasari R, Ariyanto I, Price P. HIV patients, healthy aging and transplant recipients can reveal the hidden footprints of CMV. Clin Immunol 2017; 187:107-112. [PMID: 29108855 DOI: 10.1016/j.clim.2017.11.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/10/2017] [Revised: 08/24/2017] [Accepted: 11/01/2017] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Cytomegalovirus (CMV) is a β-herpesvirus. Latent infections are common in all populations. However age-associated increases in levels of CMV-reactive antibody are testament to repeated reactivations and periods of viral replication. CMV has been associated with several diseases of aging, including vasculopathy and neurocognitive impairment. These conditions occur at a younger age in persons with particularly high burdens of CMV - transplant recipients and people living with HIV. Here we define the "clinical footprints" as immunopathologies triggered by CMV that develop over many years. A high burden of CMV also drives accumulation of multifunctional terminally-differentiated αβ T-cells, a novel population of Vδ2- γδ T-cells, and a population of CD56lo NK cells lacking a key regulatory molecule. An understanding of these "immunological footprints" of CMV may reveal how they collectively promote the "clinical footprints" of the virus. This is explored here in transplant recipients, HIV patients and healthy aging.
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- Shelley Waters
- School of Biomedical Science, Curtin University, Bentley, Australia
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- School of Biomedical Science, Curtin University, Bentley, Australia
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- School of Biomedical Science, Curtin University, Bentley, Australia; Department of Microbiology, Pathwest Laboratory Medicine, Fiona Stanley Hospital, Australia
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- Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Indonesia and Cipto Mangunkusumo Hospital, Jakarta, Indonesia
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- Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Indonesia and Cipto Mangunkusumo Hospital, Jakarta, Indonesia
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- School of Biomedical Science, Curtin University, Bentley, Australia; Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Indonesia and Cipto Mangunkusumo Hospital, Jakarta, Indonesia.
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Hölzemer A, Garcia-Beltran WF, Altfeld M. Natural Killer Cell Interactions with Classical and Non-Classical Human Leukocyte Antigen Class I in HIV-1 Infection. Front Immunol 2017; 8:1496. [PMID: 29184550 PMCID: PMC5694438 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2017.01496] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/05/2017] [Accepted: 10/24/2017] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
Abstract
Natural killer (NK) cells are effector lymphocytes of the innate immune system that are able to mount a multifaceted antiviral response within hours following infection. This is achieved through an array of cell surface receptors surveilling host cells for alterations in human leukocyte antigen class I (HLA-I) expression and other ligands as signs of viral infection, malignant transformation, and cellular stress. This interaction between HLA-I ligands and NK-cell receptor is not only important for recognition of diseased cells but also mediates tuning of NK-cell-effector functions. HIV-1 alters the expression of HLA-I ligands on infected cells, rendering them susceptible to NK cell-mediated killing. However, over the past years, various HIV-1 evasion strategies have been discovered to target NK-cell-receptor ligands and allow the virus to escape from NK cell-mediated immunity. While studies have been mainly focusing on the role of polymorphic HLA-A, -B, and -C molecules, less is known about how HIV-1 affects the more conserved, non-classical HLA-I molecules HLA-E, -G, and -F. In this review, we will focus on the recent progress in understanding the role of non-classical HLA-I ligands in NK cell-mediated recognition of HIV-1-infected cells.
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- Angelique Hölzemer
- First Department of Internal Medicine, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
- German Center for Infection Research (DZIF), Partner site Hamburg-Lübeck-Borstel-Riems, Hamburg, Germany
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- German Center for Infection Research (DZIF), Partner site Hamburg-Lübeck-Borstel-Riems, Hamburg, Germany
- Institute for Immunology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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Ma M, Wang Z, Chen X, Tao A, He L, Fu S, Zhang Z, Fu Y, Guo C, Liu J, Han X, Xu J, Chu Z, Ding H, Shang H, Jiang Y. NKG2C +NKG2A - Natural Killer Cells are Associated with a Lower Viral Set Point and may Predict Disease Progression in Individuals with Primary HIV Infection. Front Immunol 2017; 8:1176. [PMID: 28979268 PMCID: PMC5611385 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2017.01176] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/13/2017] [Accepted: 09/06/2017] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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Natural killer (NK) cells are the first line of defense against pathogens of the immune system and also play an important role in resistance against HIV. The activating receptor NKG2C and the inhibitory receptor NKG2A co-modulate the function of NK cells by recognizing the same ligand, HLA-E. However, the role of NKG2A and NKG2C on viral set point and the prediction of HIV disease progression have been rarely reported. In this study, we determined the expression of NKG2C or NKG2A on the surface of NK cells from 22 individuals with primary HIV infection (PHI) stage and 23 HIV-negative normal control (NC) subjects. The CD4+ T cell count and plasma level of HIV RNA in the infected individuals were longitudinally followed-up for about 720 days. The proportion of NKG2C+NKG2A- NK cells was higher in subjects from the low set point group and was negatively correlated with the viral load. In addition, strong anti-HIV activities were observed in NKG2C+ NK cells from the HIV-positive donors. Furthermore, a proportion of NKG2C+NKG2A- NK cells >35.45%, and a ratio of NKG2C/NKG2A >1.7 were predictive for higher CD4+ T cell counts 720 days after infection. Collectively, the experimental results allow us to draw the conclusion that NKG2C+ NK cells might exert an antiviral effect and that the proportion of NKG2C+NKG2A- NK cells, and the ratio of NKG2C/NKG2A, are potential biomarkers for predicting HIV disease progression.
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- Meichen Ma
- Key Laboratory of AIDS Immunology of National Health and Family Planning Commission, Department of Laboratory Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital, China Medical University, Shenyang, China.,Collaborative Innovation Center for Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Diseases, Hangzhou, China
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- Key Laboratory of AIDS Immunology of National Health and Family Planning Commission, Department of Laboratory Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital, China Medical University, Shenyang, China.,Collaborative Innovation Center for Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Diseases, Hangzhou, China
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- Key Laboratory of AIDS Immunology of National Health and Family Planning Commission, Department of Laboratory Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital, China Medical University, Shenyang, China.,Collaborative Innovation Center for Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Diseases, Hangzhou, China
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- Key Laboratory of AIDS Immunology of National Health and Family Planning Commission, Department of Laboratory Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital, China Medical University, Shenyang, China.,Collaborative Innovation Center for Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Diseases, Hangzhou, China
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- Key Laboratory of AIDS Immunology of National Health and Family Planning Commission, Department of Laboratory Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital, China Medical University, Shenyang, China.,Collaborative Innovation Center for Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Diseases, Hangzhou, China
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- Key Laboratory of AIDS Immunology of National Health and Family Planning Commission, Department of Laboratory Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital, China Medical University, Shenyang, China.,Collaborative Innovation Center for Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Diseases, Hangzhou, China
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- Key Laboratory of AIDS Immunology of National Health and Family Planning Commission, Department of Laboratory Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital, China Medical University, Shenyang, China.,Collaborative Innovation Center for Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Diseases, Hangzhou, China
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- Key Laboratory of AIDS Immunology of National Health and Family Planning Commission, Department of Laboratory Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital, China Medical University, Shenyang, China.,Collaborative Innovation Center for Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Diseases, Hangzhou, China
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- Key Laboratory of AIDS Immunology of National Health and Family Planning Commission, Department of Laboratory Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital, China Medical University, Shenyang, China.,Collaborative Innovation Center for Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Diseases, Hangzhou, China
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- Key Laboratory of AIDS Immunology of National Health and Family Planning Commission, Department of Laboratory Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital, China Medical University, Shenyang, China.,Collaborative Innovation Center for Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Diseases, Hangzhou, China
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- Key Laboratory of AIDS Immunology of National Health and Family Planning Commission, Department of Laboratory Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital, China Medical University, Shenyang, China.,Collaborative Innovation Center for Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Diseases, Hangzhou, China
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- Key Laboratory of AIDS Immunology of National Health and Family Planning Commission, Department of Laboratory Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital, China Medical University, Shenyang, China.,Collaborative Innovation Center for Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Diseases, Hangzhou, China
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- Key Laboratory of AIDS Immunology of National Health and Family Planning Commission, Department of Laboratory Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital, China Medical University, Shenyang, China.,Collaborative Innovation Center for Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Diseases, Hangzhou, China
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- Key Laboratory of AIDS Immunology of National Health and Family Planning Commission, Department of Laboratory Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital, China Medical University, Shenyang, China.,Collaborative Innovation Center for Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Diseases, Hangzhou, China
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- Key Laboratory of AIDS Immunology of National Health and Family Planning Commission, Department of Laboratory Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital, China Medical University, Shenyang, China.,Collaborative Innovation Center for Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Diseases, Hangzhou, China
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- Key Laboratory of AIDS Immunology of National Health and Family Planning Commission, Department of Laboratory Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital, China Medical University, Shenyang, China.,Collaborative Innovation Center for Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Diseases, Hangzhou, China
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Crux NB, Elahi S. Human Leukocyte Antigen (HLA) and Immune Regulation: How Do Classical and Non-Classical HLA Alleles Modulate Immune Response to Human Immunodeficiency Virus and Hepatitis C Virus Infections? Front Immunol 2017; 8:832. [PMID: 28769934 PMCID: PMC5513977 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2017.00832] [Citation(s) in RCA: 116] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/18/2017] [Accepted: 06/30/2017] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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The genetic factors associated with susceptibility or resistance to viral infections are likely to involve a sophisticated array of immune response. These genetic elements may modulate other biological factors that account for significant influence on the gene expression and/or protein function in the host. Among them, the role of the major histocompatibility complex in viral pathogenesis in particular human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and hepatitis C virus (HCV), is very well documented. We, recently, added a novel insight into the field by identifying the molecular mechanism associated with the protective role of human leukocyte antigen (HLA)-B27/B57 CD8+ T cells in the context of HIV-1 infection and why these alleles act as a double-edged sword protecting against viral infections but predisposing the host to autoimmune diseases. The focus of this review will be reexamining the role of classical and non-classical HLA alleles, including class Ia (HLA-A, -B, -C), class Ib (HLA-E, -F, -G, -H), and class II (HLA-DR, -DQ, -DM, and -DP) in immune regulation and viral pathogenesis (e.g., HIV and HCV). To our knowledge, this is the very first review of its kind to comprehensively analyze the role of these molecules in immune regulation associated with chronic viral infections.
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- Nicole B Crux
- Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, Department of Dentistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada.,Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada
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- Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, Department of Dentistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada.,Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada
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Gondois-Rey F, Chéret A, Granjeaud S, Mallet F, Bidaut G, Lécuroux C, Ploquin M, Müller-Trutwin M, Rouzioux C, Avettand-Fenoël V, Moretta A, Pialoux G, Goujard C, Meyer L, Olive D. NKG2C + memory-like NK cells contribute to the control of HIV viremia during primary infection: Optiprim-ANRS 147. Clin Transl Immunology 2017; 6:e150. [PMID: 28791125 PMCID: PMC5539415 DOI: 10.1038/cti.2017.22] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/24/2016] [Revised: 04/06/2017] [Accepted: 05/04/2017] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
Abstract
Natural-killer (NK) cells are important immune effectors during a viral infection. Latent CMV infection is widely spread and was demonstrated to shape the NK cell repertoire through the NKG2C receptor. An expansion of NKG2C+ NK cells has been reported during primary HIV infection (PHI), but their role is not known. We previously found a correlation between the maturation state of the NK cell compartment and a lower viral load by studying patients from the ANRS 147 Optiprim trial. We investigated here extensively the NKG2C+ NK cells at the time of PHI and its evolution after 3 months of early antiretroviral therapy (combination antiretroviral therapy (cART)). Multiparametric cytometry combined with bioinformatics was used to determine subsets. NKbright NKG2C+ progenitor, NKdim NKG2C+ effector and NKdim NKG2C+CD57+ memory-like populations were identified. Two groups of patients were unraveled according to the distribution of the NKG2C+ subsets skewed toward either progenitor/effector or memory-like phenotype. Patients with high NKG2C+CD57+ NK cell frequencies showed lower HIV-RNA, lower immune activation, higher pDC counts and reached more rapidly undetectable levels of HIV-RNA at M1 under cART. NKG2C+CD57+ NK cell frequency was the only factor strongly correlated to low viral load among other clinical features. While the patients were cytomegalovirus (CMV) infected, there was no sign of reactivation of CMV during PHI suggesting that memory-like NK cells were already present at the time of HIV infection and constituted a preexisting immune response able to contribute to natural control of HIV. This parameter appears to be a good candidate in the search of predictive markers to monitor HIV remission.
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- Françoise Gondois-Rey
- Aix Marseille University, CNRS, Inserm, Institut Paoli-Calmettes, CRCM, Department of Immunity and Cancer, Marseille, France
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- Department of Internal Medecine, Hôpital Bicêtre, APHP, Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France.,EA 7327 Paris Descartes University, Paris, France
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- Aix Marseille University, CNRS, Inserm, Institut Paoli-Calmettes, CRCM, CiBi Platform, Marseille, France
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- Aix Marseille University, CNRS, Inserm, Institut Paoli-Calmettes, CRCM, Department of Immunity and Cancer, Marseille, France
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- Aix Marseille University, CNRS, Inserm, Institut Paoli-Calmettes, CRCM, CiBi Platform, Marseille, France
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- Paris-Sud University, U1184, Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France.,CEA, Department of DSV/iMETI, IDMIT, Fontenay-aux-Roses, France.,Inserm U1184, Department of ImVA 'Immunology of chronic Viral infections and Autoimmune diseases', Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France
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- Institut Pasteur, HIV, Inflammation and Persistance Unit, Virology Department, Paris, France
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- Institut Pasteur, HIV, Inflammation and Persistance Unit, Virology Department, Paris, France
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- EA 7327 Paris Descartes University, Paris, France.,Virology Laboratory, APHP CHU Necker-Enfants Malades, Paris, France
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- EA 7327 Paris Descartes University, Paris, France.,Virology Laboratory, APHP CHU Necker-Enfants Malades, Paris, France
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- Dipartimento di medecina Sperimentale and Centro di Eccellenza per la Ricerca Biomedica, Università di Genova, Genova, Italy
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- Department of Infectious Diseases APHP, Hôpital Tenon, Paris, France
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- Department of Internal Medecine, Hôpital Bicêtre, APHP, Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France
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- Inserm, CESP U1018, Univ Paris-Sud, Department of Epidemiology and Population Health, APHP, Hôpital Bicêtre, Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France
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- Aix Marseille University, CNRS, Inserm, Institut Paoli-Calmettes, CRCM, Department of Immunity and Cancer, Marseille, France
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Hearps AC, Agius PA, Zhou J, Brunt S, Chachage M, Angelovich TA, Cameron PU, Giles M, Price P, Elliott J, Jaworowski A. Persistence of Activated and Adaptive-Like NK Cells in HIV + Individuals despite 2 Years of Suppressive Combination Antiretroviral Therapy. Front Immunol 2017; 8:731. [PMID: 28713370 PMCID: PMC5491541 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2017.00731] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/30/2017] [Accepted: 06/09/2017] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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Innate immune dysfunction persists in HIV+ individuals despite effective combination antiretroviral therapy (cART). We recently demonstrated that an adaptive-like CD56dim NK cell population lacking the signal transducing protein FcRγ is expanded in HIV+ individuals. Here, we analyzed a cohort of HIV+ men who have sex with men (MSM, n = 20) at baseline and following 6, 12, and 24 months of cART and compared them with uninfected MSM (n = 15) to investigate the impact of cART on NK cell dysfunction. Proportions of NK cells expressing markers of early (CD69+) and late (HLA-DR+/CD38+) activation were elevated in cART-naïve HIV+ MSM (p = 0.004 and 0.015, respectively), as were FcRγ− NK cells (p = 0.003). Using latent growth curve modeling, we show that cART did not reduce levels of FcRγ− NK cells (p = 0.115) or activated HLA-DR+/CD38+ NK cells (p = 0.129) but did reduce T cell and monocyte activation (p < 0.001 for all). Proportions of FcRγ− NK cells were not associated with NK cell, T cell, or monocyte activation, suggesting different factors drive CD56dim FcRγ− NK cell expansion and immune activation in HIV+ individuals. While proportions of activated CD69+ NK cells declined significantly on cART (p = 0.003), the rate was significantly slower than the decline of T cell and monocyte activation, indicating a reduced potency of cART against NK cell activation. Our findings indicate that 2 years of suppressive cART have no impact on CD56dim FcRγ− NK cell expansion and that NK cell activation persists after normalization of other immune parameters. This may have implications for the development of malignancies and co-morbidities in HIV+ individuals on cART.
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- Anna C Hearps
- Centre for Biomedical Research, Burnet Institute, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.,Department of Infectious Diseases, Monash University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
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- Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.,Centre for Population Health, Burnet Institute, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
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- Centre for Biomedical Research, Burnet Institute, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
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- Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Western Australia, Perth, WA, Australia
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- Centre for Biomedical Research, Burnet Institute, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.,Infectious Diseases Unit, Alfred Hospital, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, Monash University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.,Infectious Diseases Unit, Alfred Hospital, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
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- School of Biomedical Science, Curtin University, Perth, WA, Australia
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, Monash University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.,Infectious Diseases Unit, Alfred Hospital, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
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- Centre for Biomedical Research, Burnet Institute, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.,Department of Infectious Diseases, Monash University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
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Kaczmarek DJ, Kokordelis P, Krämer B, Glässner A, Wolter F, Goeser F, Lutz P, Schwarze-Zander C, Boesecke C, Strassburg CP, Rockstroh JK, Spengler U, Nattermann J. Alterations of the NK cell pool in HIV/HCV co-infection. PLoS One 2017; 12:e0174465. [PMID: 28380039 PMCID: PMC5381812 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0174465] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/17/2016] [Accepted: 03/09/2017] [Indexed: 01/17/2023] Open
Abstract
BACKGROUND A relevant proportion of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infected patients is co-infected with the hepatitis C virus (HCV). HCV co-infection in HIV-positive patients is associated with faster progression of liver disease in comparison to HCV mono-infection. Natural killer (NK) cells critically modulate the natural course of HCV infection. Both HIV and HCV mono-infection are associated with alterations of the NK cell pool. However, little data is available concerning phenotype and function of NK cells in HIV/HCV co-infection. METHODS A total of 34 HIV/HCV co-infected, 35 HIV and 39 HCV mono-infected patients and 43 healthy control persons were enrolled into this study. All HIV-positive patients were under effective antiretroviral therapy. NK cell phenotype, IFN-γ production and degranulation were studied by flow cytometry. RESULTS NK cell frequency in HIV/HCV co-infection was significantly lower than in healthy individuals but did not differ from HIV and HCV mono-infection. HIV/HCV co-infection was associated with significantly decreased expression of the maturation/differentiation markers CD27/62L/127 on NK cells but increased expression of CD57 compared to healthy controls. Of note, expression also differed significantly from HCV mono-infection but was similar to HIV mono-infection, suggesting a pronounced impact of HIV on these alterations. Similar findings were made with regard to the NK cell receptors NKG2A/C and NKp30. More importantly, NK cells in co-infection displayed a highly impaired functional activity with significantly lower IFN-γ production and degranulation than in healthy donors as well as HIV and HCV mono-infection, suggesting a synergistic effect of both viruses. CONCLUSIONS Our data indicate that HIV/HCV co-infection is associated with significant alterations of the NK cell pool, which might be involved in the rapid progression of liver disease in co-infected patients and which mainly reflect alterations observed in HIV mono-infection.
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- Dominik J. Kaczmarek
- Department of Internal Medicine I, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany
- German Center for Infection Research (DZIF), Bonn, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine I, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany
- German Center for Infection Research (DZIF), Bonn, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine I, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany
- German Center for Infection Research (DZIF), Bonn, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine I, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany
- German Center for Infection Research (DZIF), Bonn, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine I, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany
- German Center for Infection Research (DZIF), Bonn, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine I, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany
- German Center for Infection Research (DZIF), Bonn, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine I, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany
- German Center for Infection Research (DZIF), Bonn, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine I, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany
- German Center for Infection Research (DZIF), Bonn, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine I, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany
- German Center for Infection Research (DZIF), Bonn, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine I, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany
- German Center for Infection Research (DZIF), Bonn, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine I, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany
- German Center for Infection Research (DZIF), Bonn, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine I, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany
- German Center for Infection Research (DZIF), Bonn, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine I, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany
- German Center for Infection Research (DZIF), Bonn, Germany
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Gondois-Rey F, Chéret A, Mallet F, Bidaut G, Granjeaud S, Lécuroux C, Ploquin M, Müller-Trutwin M, Rouzioux C, Avettand-Fenoël V, De Maria A, Pialoux G, Goujard C, Meyer L, Olive D. A Mature NK Profile at the Time of HIV Primary Infection Is Associated with an Early Response to cART. Front Immunol 2017; 8:54. [PMID: 28239376 PMCID: PMC5300971 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2017.00054] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/26/2016] [Accepted: 01/12/2017] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
Abstract
Natural killer (NK) cells are major effectors of the innate immune response. Despite an overall defect in their function associated with chronic human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection, their role in primary HIV infection is poorly understood. We investigated the modifications of the NK cell compartment in patients from the ANRS-147-Optiprim trial, a study designed to examine the benefits of intensive combination antiretroviral therapy (cART) in patients with acute or early primary HIV infection. Multiparametric flow cytometry combined with bioinformatics analyses identified the NK phenotypes in blood samples from 30 primary HIV-infected patients collected at inclusion and after 3 months of cART. NK phenotypes were revealed by co-expression of CD56/CD16/NKG2A/NKG2C and CD57, five markers known to delineate stages of NK maturation. Three groups of patients were formed according to their distributions of the 12 NK cell phenotypes identified. Their virological and immunological characteristics were compared along with the early outcome of cART. At inclusion, HIV-infected individuals could be grouped into those with predominantly immature/early differentiated NK cells and those with predominantly mature NK cells. Several virological and immunological markers were improved in patients with mature NK profiles, including lower HIV viral loads, lower immune activation markers on NK and dendritic cell (DC), lower levels of plasma IL-6 and IP-10, and a trend to normal DC counts. Whereas all patients showed a decrease of viremia higher than 3 log10 copies/ml after 3 months of treatment, patients with a mature NK profile at inclusion reached this threshold more rapidly than patients with an immature NK profile (70 vs. 38%). In conclusion, a better early response to cART is observed in patients whose NK profile is skewed to maturation at inclusion. Whether the mature NK cells contributed directly or indirectly to HIV control through a better immune environment under cART is unknown. The NK maturation status of primary infected patients should be considered as a relevant marker of an immune process contributing to the early outcome of cART that could help in the management of HIV-infected patients.
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- Françoise Gondois-Rey
- CNRS, INSERM, Institut Paoli-Calmettes, CRCM, Immunity and Cancer Team, Aix Marseille Univ , Marseille , France
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- APHP, Hôpital Bicêtre, Internal Medecin Unit, Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France; U1184, Paris-Sud Univ, Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France; CEA, DSV/iMETI, IDMIT, Fontenay-aux-Roses, France; INSERM U1184, ImVA "Immunology of Chronic Viral Infections and Autoimmune Diseases", Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France; Institut Pasteur, HIV, Inflammation and Persistance Unit, Paris, France; Virology Laboratory, APHP CHU Necker-Enfants Malades, Paris, France
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- CNRS, INSERM, Institut Paoli-Calmettes, CRCM, Immunity and Cancer Team, Aix Marseille Univ , Marseille , France
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- CNRS, INSERM, Institut Paoli-Calmettes, CRCM, CiBi Platform, Aix Marseille Univ , Marseille , France
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- CNRS, INSERM, Institut Paoli-Calmettes, CRCM, CiBi Platform, Aix Marseille Univ , Marseille , France
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- U1184, Paris-Sud Univ, Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France; CEA, DSV/iMETI, IDMIT, Fontenay-aux-Roses, France; INSERM U1184, ImVA "Immunology of Chronic Viral Infections and Autoimmune Diseases", Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France
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- Institut Pasteur, HIV, Inflammation and Persistance Unit , Paris , France
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- Virology Laboratory, APHP CHU Necker-Enfants Malades, Paris, France; EA 7327 Paris Descartes University, Paris, France
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- Virology Laboratory, APHP CHU Necker-Enfants Malades, Paris, France; EA 7327 Paris Descartes University, Paris, France
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- Dipartimento di Scienze della Salute and Centro di Eccellenza per la Ricerca Biomedica, Università di Genova, Genova, Italy; Clinica Malattie Infettive, IRCCS Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria San Martino - Istituto Nazionale per la Ricerca sul Cancro, Genova, Italy
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- APHP, Hôpital Tenon, Infectious Diseases Unit , Paris , France
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- APHP, Hôpital Bicêtre, Internal Medecin Unit , Le Kremlin-Bicêtre , France
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- INSERM, CESP U1018, Epidemiology and population health, APHP, Hôpital Bicêtre, Paris 11 Univ , Le Kremlin-Bicêtre , France
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- CNRS, INSERM, Institut Paoli-Calmettes, CRCM, Immunity and Cancer Team, Aix Marseille Univ , Marseille , France
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NKG2C(+)CD57(+) Natural Killer Cell Expansion Parallels Cytomegalovirus-Specific CD8(+) T Cell Evolution towards Senescence. J Immunol Res 2016; 2016:7470124. [PMID: 27314055 PMCID: PMC4903150 DOI: 10.1155/2016/7470124] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/21/2016] [Accepted: 05/05/2016] [Indexed: 12/04/2022] Open
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Objective. Measuring NKG2C+CD57+ natural killer (NK) cell expansion to investigate NK responses against human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) and assessing relationships with adaptive immunity against HCMV. Methods. Expansion of NKG2C+CD57+ NK was measured in peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) from groups distinguished by HCMV and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection status. Anti-HCMV antibody levels against HCMV-infected MRC-5 cell lysate were assessed by ELISA and HCMV-specific CD8+ T cell responses characterized by intracellular flow cytometry following PBMC stimulation with immunodominant HCMV peptides. Results. Median NK, antibody, and CD8+ T cell responses against HCMV were significantly greater in the HCMV/HIV coinfected group than the group infected with CMV alone. The fraction of CMV-specific CD8+ T cells expressing CD28 correlated inversely with NKG2C+CD57+ NK expansion in HIV infection. Conclusion. Our data reveal no significant direct relationships between NK and adaptive immunity against HCMV. However, stronger NK and adaptive immune responses against HCMV and an inverse correlation between NKG2C+CD57+ NK expansion and proliferative reserve of HCMV-specific CD8+ T cells, as signified by CD28 expression, indicate parallel evolution of NK and T cell responses against HCMV in HIV infection. Similar aspects of chronic HCMV infection may drive both NK and CD8+ T cell memory inflation.
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Davis ZB, Cogswell A, Scott H, Mertsching A, Boucau J, Wambua D, Le Gall S, Planelles V, Campbell KS, Barker E. A Conserved HIV-1-Derived Peptide Presented by HLA-E Renders Infected T-cells Highly Susceptible to Attack by NKG2A/CD94-Bearing Natural Killer Cells. PLoS Pathog 2016; 12:e1005421. [PMID: 26828202 PMCID: PMC4735451 DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1005421] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/11/2015] [Accepted: 01/06/2016] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
Abstract
Major histocompatibility class I (MHC-I)-specific inhibitory receptors on natural killer (NK) cells (iNKRs) tolerize mature NK cell responses toward normal cells. NK cells generate cytolytic responses to virus-infected or malignant target cells with altered or decreased MHC-I surface expression due to the loss of tolerizing ligands. The NKG2A/CD94 iNKR suppresses NK cell responses through recognition of the non-classical MHC-I, HLA-E. We used HIV-infected primary T-cells as targets in an in vitro cytolytic assay with autologous NK cells from healthy donors. In these experiments, primary NKG2A/CD94(+) NK cells surprisingly generated the most efficient responses toward HIV-infected T-cells, despite high HLA-E expression on the infected targets. Since certain MHC-I-presented peptides can alter recognition by iNKRs, we hypothesized that HIV-1-derived peptides presented by HLA-E on infected cells may block engagement with NKG2A/CD94, thereby engendering susceptibility to NKG2A/CD94(+) NK cells. We demonstrate that HLA-E is capable of presenting a highly conserved peptide from HIV-1 capsid (AISPRTLNA) that is not recognized by NKG2A/CD94. We further confirmed that HLA-C expressed on HIV-infected cells restricts attack by KIR2DL(+) CD56(dim) NK cells, in contrast to the efficient responses by CD56(bright) NK cells, which express predominantly NKG2A/CD94 and lack KIR2DLs. These findings are important since the use of NK cells was recently proposed to treat latently HIV-1-infected patients in combination with latency reversing agents. Our results provide a mechanistic basis to guide these future clinical studies, suggesting that ex vivo-expanded NKG2A/CD94(+) KIR2DL(-) NK cells may be uniquely beneficial.
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- Zachary B. Davis
- Department of Immunology/Microbiology, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
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- Department of Immunology/Microbiology, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
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- Division of Infection and Immunity and Cell Signaling and Cell Death, The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
- Department of Medical Biology, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
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- Department of Immunology/Microbiology, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
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- Ragon Institute of MGH, MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America
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- Ragon Institute of MGH, MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America
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- Ragon Institute of MGH, MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America
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- Department of Pathology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, United States of America
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- Fox Chase Cancer Center, Institute for Cancer Research, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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- Department of Immunology/Microbiology, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
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Oh JS, Ali AK, Kim S, Corsi DJ, Cooper CL, Lee SH. NK cells lacking FcεRIγ are associated with reduced liver damage in chronic hepatitis C virus infection. Eur J Immunol 2016; 46:1020-9. [PMID: 26712042 DOI: 10.1002/eji.201546009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/16/2015] [Revised: 10/09/2015] [Accepted: 12/23/2015] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
Abstract
A novel subset of human natural killer (NK) cells, which displays potent and broad antiviral responsiveness in concert with virus-specific antibodies, was recently uncovered in cytomegalovirus (CMV)+ individuals. This NK-cell subset (g-NK) was characterized by a deficiency in the expression of FcεRIγ adaptor protein and the long-lasting memory-like NK-cell phenotype, suggesting a role in chronic infections. This study investigates whether the g-NK-cell subset is associated with the magnitude of liver disease during chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection. Analysis of g-NK-cell proportions and function in the PBMCs of healthy controls and chronic HCV subjects showed that chronic HCV subjects had slightly lower proportions of the g-NK-cell subset having similarly enhanced antibody-dependent cellular cytotoxicity responses compared to conventional NK cells. Notably, among CMV+ chronic HCV patients, lower levels of liver enzymes and fibrosis were found in those possessing g-NK cells. g-NK cells were predominant among the CD56(neg) NK cell population often found in chronic HCV patients, suggesting their involvement in immune response during HCV infection. For the first time, our findings indicate that the presence of the g-NK cells in CMV+ individuals is associated with amelioration of liver disease in chronic HCV infection, suggesting the beneficial roles of g-NK cells during a chronic infection.
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- Jun S Oh
- Department of Biochemistry, Microbiology and Immunology, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada
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- Department of Biochemistry, Microbiology and Immunology, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada
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- Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA
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- Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, Canada.,Division of Infectious Diseases, Ottawa Hospital-General Campus, Ottawa, Canada.,School of Epidemiology, Public Health and Preventative Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada
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- Department of Biochemistry, Microbiology and Immunology, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada
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Moreno-Nieves UY, Didier C, Lévy Y, Barré-Sinoussi F, Scott-Algara D. S100A9 Tetramers, Which are Ligands of CD85j, Increase the Ability of MVAHIV-Primed NK Cells to Control HIV Infection. Front Immunol 2015; 6:478. [PMID: 26441983 PMCID: PMC4585218 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2015.00478] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/18/2015] [Accepted: 09/03/2015] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Natural killer (NK) cells are the major antiviral effector population of the innate immune system. We previously found that S100A9 is a novel ligand of the receptor CD85j and that S100A9 tetramers enhance the anti-HIV activity of NK cells. Also, we found that dendritic cells (DCs) infected by the HIV vaccine candidate, MVAHIV, prime NK cells to specifically control HIV infection in autologous CD4(+) T cells. In this study, we analyzed whether stimulation of NK cells by S100A9 tetramers prior to the priming by MVAHIV-infected DCs modulates the subsequent anti-HIV activity of NK cells. We found that S100A9 tetramers activate NK cells and that DCs enhance the anti-HIV activity of NK cells. Interestingly, we observed that stimulation of NK cells by S100A9 tetramers, prior to the priming, significantly increased the subsequent anti-HIV activity of NK cells and that the enhanced anti-HIV activity was observed following different conditions of priming, including the MVAHIV-priming. As S100A9 tetramers alone directly increase the anti-HIV activity of NK cells and as this increased anti-HIV activity is also observed following the interaction of NK cells with MVAHIV-infected DCs, we propose S100A9 tetramers as potential adjuvants to stimulate the anti-HIV activity of NK cells.
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- Uriel Y Moreno-Nieves
- Unité de Régulation des Infections Rétrovirales, Department of Virology, Institut Pasteur , Paris , France
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- Unité de Régulation des Infections Rétrovirales, Department of Virology, Institut Pasteur , Paris , France
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- INSERM U955, AP-HP, Groupe Henri-Mondor Albert-Chenevier, Immunologie Clinique , Creteil , France
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- Unité de Régulation des Infections Rétrovirales, Department of Virology, Institut Pasteur , Paris , France
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- Unité de Régulation des Infections Rétrovirales, Department of Virology, Institut Pasteur , Paris , France
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Zhou J, Amran FS, Kramski M, Angelovich TA, Elliott J, Hearps AC, Price P, Jaworowski A. An NK Cell Population Lacking FcRγ Is Expanded in Chronically Infected HIV Patients. THE JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 2015; 194:4688-97. [PMID: 25855354 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.1402448] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/10/2014] [Accepted: 03/06/2015] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
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We previously demonstrated that NK cells from HIV-infected individuals have elevated expression of activation markers, spontaneously degranulate ex vivo, and decrease expression of a signal-transducing protein for NK-activating receptors, FcRγ. Importantly, these changes were maintained in virologically suppressed (VS) individuals receiving combination antiretroviral therapy (cART). In this study, we show that loss of FcRγ is caused by the expansion of a novel subset of FcRγ(-)CD56(dim) NK cells with an altered activation receptor repertoire and biological properties. In a cross-sectional study, FcRγ(-) NK cells as a proportion of total CD56(dim) NK cells increased in cART-naive viremic HIV-infected individuals (median [interquartile range] = 25.9 [12.6-56.1] compared with 3.80 [1.15-11.5] for HIV(-) controls, p < 0.0001) and in VS HIV-infected individuals (22.7 [13.1-56.2] compared with 3.80 [1.15-11.5], p = 0.0004), with no difference between cART-naive and VS patients (p = 0.93). FcRγ(-) NK cells expressed no NKp30 or NKp46. They showed greater Ab-dependent cellular cytotoxicity activity against rituximab-opsonized Raji cells and in a whole-blood assay measuring NK responses to overlapping HIV peptides, despite having reduced CD16 expression compared with conventional NK cells. Their prevalence correlated with CMV Ab titers in HIV(-) subjects but not in HIV(+) individuals, and with the inflammatory marker CXCL10 in both groups. The expansion of a subset of NK cells that lacks NKp30 and NKp46 to ∼90% of CD56(dim) NK cells in some VS HIV(+) individuals may influence NK-mediated immunosurveillance in patients receiving cART.
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- Jingling Zhou
- Centre for Biomedical Research, Burnet Institute, Melbourne, Victoria 3004, Australia
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- School of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Western Australia, Nedlands, Western Australia 6009, Australia
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- Department of Immunology and Microbiology, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria 3010, Australia
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- Centre for Biomedical Research, Burnet Institute, Melbourne, Victoria 3004, Australia; School of Applied Sciences, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology University, Melbourne, Victoria 3000, Australia
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria 3004, Australia; and
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- Centre for Biomedical Research, Burnet Institute, Melbourne, Victoria 3004, Australia; Department of Infectious Diseases, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria 3004, Australia; and
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- School of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Western Australia, Nedlands, Western Australia 6009, Australia
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- Centre for Biomedical Research, Burnet Institute, Melbourne, Victoria 3004, Australia; Department of Infectious Diseases, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria 3004, Australia; and Department of Immunology, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria 3004, Australia
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Forbes CA, Coudert JD. Mechanisms regulating NK cell activation during viral infection. Future Virol 2015. [DOI: 10.2217/fvl.14.106] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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ABSTRACT NK cells constitute a population of lymphocytes involved in innate immune functions. They play a critical role in antiviral immune surveillance. Viruses have evolved with their host species for millions of years, each exerting a selective pressure upon the other. As a corollary, the pathways used by the immune system that are critical to control viral infection can be revealed by defining the role of viral gene products that are nonessential for virus replication. We relate here the battery of resources available to NK cells to recognize and eliminate viruses and reciprocally the immune evasion mechanisms developed by viruses to prevent NK cell activation.
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- Catherine A Forbes
- Centre for Experimental Immunology, Lions Eye Institute, 2 Verdun St, Nedlands, WA 6009, Australia
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- Centre for Experimental Immunology, Lions Eye Institute, 2 Verdun St, Nedlands, WA 6009, Australia
- Centre for Ophthalmology & Vision Science, M517, University of Western Australia, 35 Stirling Hwy, Crawley, WA 6009, Australia
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Natural killer cell function and dysfunction in hepatitis C virus infection. BIOMED RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2014; 2014:903764. [PMID: 25057504 PMCID: PMC4095668 DOI: 10.1155/2014/903764] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/03/2014] [Accepted: 04/14/2014] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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Viruses must continually adapt against dynamic innate and adaptive responses of the host immune system to establish chronic infection. Only a small minority (~20%) of those exposed to hepatitis C virus (HCV) spontaneously clear infection, leaving approximately 200 million people worldwide chronically infected with HCV. A number of recent research studies suggest that establishment and maintenance of chronic HCV infection involve natural killer (NK) cell dysfunction. This relationship is illustrated in vitro by disruption of typical NK cell responses including both cell-mediated cytotoxicity and cytokine production. Expression of a number of activating NK cell receptors in vivo is also affected in chronic HCV infection. Thus, direct in vivo and in vitro evidence of compromised NK function in chronic HCV infection in conjunction with significant epidemiological associations between the outcome of HCV infection and certain combinations of NK cell regulatory receptor and class I human histocompatibility linked antigen (HLA) genotypes indicate that NK cells are important in the immune response against HCV infection. In this review, we highlight evidence suggesting that selective impairment of NK cell activity is related to establishment of chronic HCV infection.
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Nash WT, Teoh J, Wei H, Gamache A, Brown MG. Know Thyself: NK-Cell Inhibitory Receptors Prompt Self-Tolerance, Education, and Viral Control. Front Immunol 2014; 5:175. [PMID: 24795719 PMCID: PMC3997006 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2014.00175] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/29/2014] [Accepted: 04/03/2014] [Indexed: 01/05/2023] Open
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Natural killer (NK) cells provide essential protection against viral infections. One of the defining features of this lymphocyte population is the expression of a wide array of variable cell surface stimulatory and inhibitory NK receptors (sNKR and iNKR, respectively). The iNKR are particularly important in terms of NK-cell education. As receptors specific for MHC class I (MHC I) molecules, they are responsible for self-tolerance and adjusting NK-cell reactivity based on the expression level of self-MHC I. The end result of this education is twofold: (1) inhibitory signaling tunes the functional capacity of the NK cell, endowing greater potency with greater education, and (2) education on self allows the NK cell to detect aberrations in MHC I expression, a common occurrence during many viral infections. Many studies have indicated an important role for iNKR and MHC I in disease, making these receptors attractive targets for manipulating NK-cell reactivity in the clinic. A greater understanding of iNKR and their ability to regulate NK cells will provide a basis for future attempts at translating their potential utility into benefits for human health.
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- William T Nash
- Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Cancer Biology, School of Medicine, University of Virginia , Charlottesville, VA , USA ; Beirne B. Carter Center for Immunology Research, School of Medicine, University of Virginia , Charlottesville, VA , USA
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- Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Cancer Biology, School of Medicine, University of Virginia , Charlottesville, VA , USA ; Beirne B. Carter Center for Immunology Research, School of Medicine, University of Virginia , Charlottesville, VA , USA
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- Beirne B. Carter Center for Immunology Research, School of Medicine, University of Virginia , Charlottesville, VA , USA ; Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, University of Virginia , Charlottesville, VA , USA
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- Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Cancer Biology, School of Medicine, University of Virginia , Charlottesville, VA , USA ; Beirne B. Carter Center for Immunology Research, School of Medicine, University of Virginia , Charlottesville, VA , USA
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- Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Cancer Biology, School of Medicine, University of Virginia , Charlottesville, VA , USA ; Beirne B. Carter Center for Immunology Research, School of Medicine, University of Virginia , Charlottesville, VA , USA ; Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, University of Virginia , Charlottesville, VA , USA
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The natural killer cell interferon-gamma response to bacteria is diminished in untreated HIV-1 infection and defects persist despite viral suppression. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr 2014; 65:259-67. [PMID: 24091697 DOI: 10.1097/01.qai.0000435603.50598.2b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Natural killer (NK) cells are important in innate immune responses to bacterial and viral pathogens. HIV-1 infection is associated with opportunistic bacterial infections and with microbial translocation, but the nature of the NK cell response to bacteria during HIV-1 infection has not been studied extensively. The objective of this study was to compare NK cell responses to bacteria in HIV-1-infected versus that in uninfected individuals. METHODS Multicolor flow cytometry was used to evaluate the ability of blood NK cell subsets (CD56CD16, CD56CD16, and CD56CD16) from treated, virally suppressed, and untreated viremic subjects with chronic HIV-1 infection and uninfected controls, to secrete interferon gamma (IFN-γ) in response to the in vitro stimulation of peripheral blood mononuclear cells with heat-killed commensal Escherichia coli or pathogenic Salmonella typhimurium. RESULTS All 3 NK cell subsets produced IFN-γ in response to bacteria, but CD56CD16 NK cells were least responsive. Untreated HIV-1-infected donors had increased frequencies of CD56CD16 NK cells and lower overall frequencies of IFN-γ-producing NK cells responding to E. coli and S. typhimurium than did NK cells from uninfected donors. These NK cell defects were not fully restored in antiretroviral therapy-treated donors. Monocytes were necessary for NK cells to respond to bacteria, but the HIV-associated defect was intrinsic to NK cells because the addition of normal monocytes did not restore IFN-γ production in response to bacteria. CONCLUSIONS Functional defects and numeric alterations of NK cell subsets lead to decreased frequencies of bacteria-reactive, IFN-γ-producing NK cells in HIV-1-infected subjects, even those on antiretroviral therapy.
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Kuri-Cervantes L, de Oca GSM, Avila-Ríos S, Hernández-Juan R, Reyes-Terán G. Activation of NK cells is associated with HIV-1 disease progression. J Leukoc Biol 2014; 96:7-16. [PMID: 24399837 DOI: 10.1189/jlb.0913514] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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The main predictor of HIV-1 disease progression is CD8(+) T cell activation, characterized by elevated expression of CD38 and HLA-DR. NK cells are also activated in viremic HIV-1-infected individuals. However, the relationship between NK cell activation and HIV-1 disease progression remains undefined. We characterized NK cell activation and its association with disease progression in treatment of naive HIV-1-infected individuals, who naturally maintained low/undetectable viremia (elite and viremic controllers), compared with progressors and AIDS subjects, and treated individuals. Our results show that CD38 expression on NK cells, predominantly in the cytotoxic CD56(dim)CD16(+) subset, is associated with HIV-1 disease progression (CD4(+) T cell count and pVL), T cell activation (percentage of CD38(+)HLA-DR(+) T cells), sCD14, inflammation, and innate immune activation. Moreover, NK cell activation is increased in HIV-1-infected subjects progressing to AIDS but not in elite and viremic controllers. ART partially reduces the proportion of activated NK cells. Furthermore, our results show that individuals, who naturally control viremia, maintain low levels of innate immune activation similar to those of uninfected controls.
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- Leticia Kuri-Cervantes
- Centro de Investigación en Enfermedades Infecciosas, Instituto Nacional de Enfermedades Respiratorias, Mexico City, Mexico
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- Centro de Investigación en Enfermedades Infecciosas, Instituto Nacional de Enfermedades Respiratorias, Mexico City, Mexico
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- Centro de Investigación en Enfermedades Infecciosas, Instituto Nacional de Enfermedades Respiratorias, Mexico City, Mexico
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- Centro de Investigación en Enfermedades Infecciosas, Instituto Nacional de Enfermedades Respiratorias, Mexico City, Mexico
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- Centro de Investigación en Enfermedades Infecciosas, Instituto Nacional de Enfermedades Respiratorias, Mexico City, Mexico
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Imami N, Westrop SJ, Grageda N, Herasimtschuk AA. Long-Term Non-Progression and Broad HIV-1-Specific Proliferative T-Cell Responses. Front Immunol 2013; 4:58. [PMID: 23459797 PMCID: PMC3585435 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2013.00058] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/16/2013] [Accepted: 02/17/2013] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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Complex mechanisms underlying the maintenance of fully functional, proliferative, HIV-1-specific T-cell responses involve processes from early T-cell development through to the final stages of T-cell differentiation and antigen recognition. Virus-specific proliferative CD4 and CD8 T-cell responses, important for the control of infection, are observed in some HIV-1(+) patients during early stages of disease, and are maintained in long-term non-progressing subjects. In the vast majority of HIV-1(+) patients, full immune functionality is lost when proliferative HIV-1-specific T-cell responses undergo a variable progressive decline throughout the course of chronic infection. This appears irreparable despite administration of potent combination antiretroviral therapy, which to date is non-curative, necessitating life-long administration and the development of effective, novel, therapeutic interventions. While a sterilizing cure, involving clearance of virus from the host, remains a primary aim, a "functional cure" may be a more feasible goal with considerable impact on worldwide HIV-1 infection. Such an approach would enable long-term co-existence of host and virus in the absence of toxic and costly drugs. Effective immune homeostasis coupled with a balanced response appropriately targeting conserved viral antigens, in a manner that avoids hyperactivation and exhaustion, may prove to be the strongest correlate of durable viral control. This review describes novel concepts underlying full immune functionality in the context of HIV-1 infection, which may be utilized in future strategies designed to improve upon existing therapy. The aim will be to induce long-term non-progressor or elite controller status in every infected host, through immune-mediated control of viremia and reduction of viral reservoirs, leading to lower HIV-1 transmission rates.
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- Nesrina Imami
- Department of Medicine, Imperial College LondonLondon, UK
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Gregson JN, Kuri-Cervantes L, Mela CM, Gazzard BG, Bower M, Goodier MR. Short communication: NKG2C+ NK cells contribute to increases in CD16+CD56- cells in HIV type 1+ individuals with high plasma viral load. AIDS Res Hum Retroviruses 2013; 29:84-8. [PMID: 22920222 DOI: 10.1089/aid.2011.0397] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/12/2023] Open
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Chronic HIV-1 infection results in the expansion of both NKG2C+ and CD16+CD56- human natural killer cells. NKG2C+ cells proliferate in response to human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) and expansion of the dysfunctional CD56-CD16+ natural killer (NK) cells is associated with HIV-1 viremia. Here we report an association between increased proportions of CD56-CD16+ NK cells in viremic HIV-1+ individuals and an increased contribution of NKG2C+ cells to this subset. These data, in addition to anti-HCMV IgG serology, indicate a potential contribution of both HCMV and HIV-1 to NK cell dysfunction in HIV-1-infected individuals.
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- John N.S. Gregson
- Department of Immunology, Imperial College London, Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, London, United Kingdom
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- Department of Immunology, Imperial College London, Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, London, United Kingdom
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- Department of Immunology, Imperial College London, Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, London, United Kingdom
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- Division of HIV-GUM, Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, London, United Kingdom
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- Clinical Oncology Unit, Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, London, United Kingdom
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- Department of Immunology, Imperial College London, Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, London, United Kingdom
- Infection and Immunity Department, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom
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Thomas R, Low HZ, Kniesch K, Jacobs R, Schmidt RE, Witte T. NKG2C deletion is a risk factor of HIV infection. AIDS Res Hum Retroviruses 2012; 28:844-51. [PMID: 22074011 DOI: 10.1089/aid.2011.0253] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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NK cell function is important in the immune response to HIV infection. NKG2C and NKG2A are activating and inhibitory NK cell receptors, respectively, and their only known ligand, HLA-E, demonstrates increased expression in HIV infection and presents at least one HIV-derived peptide. A variation in chromosome 12 exists in which the 16-kb section of DNA encompassing the nkg2c gene is completely absent. DNA samples of 433 HIV-1-infected patients and 280 controls were genotyped by PCR, and revealed an association of the absence variation with a higher risk of HIV infection, as well as faster progression and higher pretreatment viral loads (p<0.05, respectively). Surface NKG2C expression, analyzed by FACS, on the freshly isolated lymphocytes of 20 control and 19 HIV-infected donors revealed that NKG2C expression is genotype dependent in both populations: no NKG2C expression in the -/- groups, intermediate expression in the +/- groups, and highest expression in the +/+ groups. The comparison of NKG2C and NKG2A expression in HIV and control groups (+/- and +/+ included) indicates an increased NKG2C expression on HIV patient NK cells (p<0.05) and decreased inhibitory NKG2A expression on CD8 T cells (p<0.001), and both these effects are more striking in the +/+ genotype (p<0.005). Furthermore, a positive correlation was found between HIV viral load and the proportion of NKG2C(+) NK cells. The increased expression of NKG2C in HIV patients, in combination with the genetic association of the absence variation with an increased susceptibility to HIV infection, higher HIV viral set point, and a faster progression, indicate that NKG2C is important in the defense against HIV infection and progression.
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- Rachel Thomas
- Department of Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, Hannover Medical University, Hannover, Germany
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- Department of Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, Hannover Medical University, Hannover, Germany
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- Department of Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, Hannover Medical University, Hannover, Germany
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- Department of Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, Hannover Medical University, Hannover, Germany
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- Department of Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, Hannover Medical University, Hannover, Germany
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- Department of Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, Hannover Medical University, Hannover, Germany
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Petitdemange C, Becquart P, Wauquier N, Béziat V, Debré P, Leroy EM, Vieillard V. Unconventional repertoire profile is imprinted during acute chikungunya infection for natural killer cells polarization toward cytotoxicity. PLoS Pathog 2011; 7:e1002268. [PMID: 21966274 PMCID: PMC3178577 DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1002268] [Citation(s) in RCA: 214] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/21/2011] [Accepted: 07/27/2011] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Chikungunya virus (CHIKV) is a worldwide emerging pathogen. In humans it causes a syndrome characterized by high fever, polyarthritis, and in some cases lethal encephalitis. Growing evidence indicates that the innate immune response plays a role in controlling CHIKV infection. We show here that CHIKV induces major but transient modifications in NK-cell phenotype and function soon after the onset of acute infection. We report a transient clonal expansion of NK cells that coexpress CD94/NKG2C and inhibitory receptors for HLA-C1 alleles and are correlated with the viral load. Functional tests reveal cytolytic capacity driven by NK cells in the absence of exogenous signals and severely impaired IFN-γ production. Collectively these data provide insight into the role of this unique subset of NK cells in controlling CHIKV infection by subset-specific expansion in response to acute infection, followed by a contraction phase after viral clearance. Chikungunya virus (CHIKV) infection, which is responsible for devastating human illness, is rapidly becoming a global concern. The spread of this disease throughout tropical areas, where it now affects nearly 40 countries, underlines the need to improve our understanding of this infection. In 2008, CHIKV was listed as a US National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease (NIAID) category C priority pathogen. Natural killer (NK) cells are cytotoxic effector cells that play a vital role in the innate immune system by limiting acute infection, as previously described for several other diseases. This report describes the first phenotypic and functional analysis of NK cells soon after infection by this virus. The key element of this study was the detailed analysis of the expansion of NK cells. Coexpression of NKG2C activating receptors and HLA-C1 ligands is associated with viral load, impaired IFN-γ production, and significant cytolytic functions. We found that NK cells were able to sense CHIKV from the beginning of infection and contributed to the clearance of the infected cells through the expansion of a unique NK-cell subset.
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- Caroline Petitdemange
- INSERM UMR-S 945, Immunité et Infection, Hôpital Pitié-Salpêtrière, Paris, France
- Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris, France
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- Unité des Maladies Virales Emergentes, Centre International de Recherches Médicales de Franceville, Franceville, Gabon
- UMR 224 IRD/CNRS/UM1, Montpellier, France
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- INSERM UMR-S 945, Immunité et Infection, Hôpital Pitié-Salpêtrière, Paris, France
- Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris, France
- Unité des Maladies Virales Emergentes, Centre International de Recherches Médicales de Franceville, Franceville, Gabon
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- INSERM UMR-S 945, Immunité et Infection, Hôpital Pitié-Salpêtrière, Paris, France
- Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris, France
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- INSERM UMR-S 945, Immunité et Infection, Hôpital Pitié-Salpêtrière, Paris, France
- Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris, France
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- Unité des Maladies Virales Emergentes, Centre International de Recherches Médicales de Franceville, Franceville, Gabon
- UMR 224 IRD/CNRS/UM1, Montpellier, France
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- INSERM UMR-S 945, Immunité et Infection, Hôpital Pitié-Salpêtrière, Paris, France
- Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris, France
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Natural killer cells, dendritic cells, and the alarmin high-mobility group box 1 protein. Curr Opin HIV AIDS 2011; 6:364-72. [DOI: 10.1097/coh.0b013e328349b089] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Jiang Y, He L, Chen H, Bice T, Zhang Z, Liu J, Ding H, Han X, Shang H. Alteration of inhibitory and activating NK cell receptor expression on NK cells in HIV-infected Chinese. Cell Immunol 2011; 271:219-26. [PMID: 21813117 DOI: 10.1016/j.cellimm.2011.06.026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/11/2010] [Revised: 06/28/2011] [Accepted: 06/29/2011] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Natural killer (NK) cell function, based on the expression of activating and inhibitory natural killer receptors (NKRs), may become abnormal during human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection. In this study, we investigated changes in receptor expression with individual and combinational analysis on NK cell subsets in HIV-infected Chinese. The results showed that natural killer group 2 member D (NKG2D) expression on total NK cells decreased significantly in HIV infection, while the expressions of natural killer group 2 member A (NKG2A) and killer cell immunoglobulin-like receptor, three domains, long cytoplasmic tail 1 (KIR3DL1) on total NK cells were not significantly different between any of the groups including HIV-positive treatment-naïve group, AIDS treatment-naïve group, HAART-treatment AIDS group and HIV-negative control group. Individual analysis of NKG2A(+) and KIR3DL1(+) cells revealed no significant differences in expression in any NK cell subsets between any of the groups, but the combinational analysis of NKG2D(-)NKG2A(+), and NKG2D(-)KIR3DL1(+) on the NK CD56(dim) cell subset in the AIDS group were increased compared to the HIV-negative control group. On the contrary, NKG2D(-)NKG2A(+) expression on the CD56(bright) subset decreased in the AIDS group compared to the control group. Highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) treatment almost completely restored the levels of these receptor expressions. The results indicate that the distinct alteration of activating and inhibitory NKR expression on NK cells and its subsets occurred during HIV progression. Moreover, the imbalanced change of activating and inhibitory NKRs on NK cells and its subsets may explain the impaired NK cell immunity in HIV infected individuals.
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- Yongjun Jiang
- Key Laboratory of AIDS Immunology of Ministry of Health, Department of Laboratory Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital, China Medical University, Shenyang, PR China
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KIR/HLA: Genetic Clues for a Role of NK Cells in the Control of HIV. ADVANCES IN EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY 2011; 780:27-36. [DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4419-5632-3_3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Dendritic cells (DCs) and natural killer (NK) cells have central roles in antiviral immunity by shaping the quality of the adaptive immune response to viruses and by mediating direct antiviral activity. HIV-1 infection is characterized by a severe dysregulation of the antiviral immune response that starts during early infection. This Review describes recent insights into how HIV-1 infection affects DC and NK cell function, and the roles of these innate immune cells in HIV-1 pathogenesis. The importance of understanding DC and NK cell crosstalk during HIV infection for the development of effective antiviral strategies is also discussed.
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Le Bouteiller P, Siewiera J, Casart Y, Aguerre-Girr M, El Costa H, Berrebi A, Tabiasco J, Jabrane-Ferrat N. The human decidual NK-cell response to virus infection: what can we learn from circulating NK lymphocytes? J Reprod Immunol 2011; 88:170-5. [PMID: 21277025 DOI: 10.1016/j.jri.2010.12.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/24/2010] [Revised: 11/19/2010] [Accepted: 12/14/2010] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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NK cells present in the peripheral blood respond rapidly to pathogens or pathogen-infected cells by various means including cytotoxicity and production of cytokines. Whether decidual NK (dNK) cells are able to play a similar role when the pregnant uterus is infected by viruses is still largely unknown. Decidual NK cells are generally considered as poorly cytotoxic when compared to their peripheral blood counterparts. However, we have recently demonstrated that freshly isolated dNK cells from healthy early pregnant uterus do have a cytotoxic potential mediated by the specific engagement of NKp46 activating receptor. We further found that the co-engagement of CD94/NKG2A inhibiting receptor drastically inhibits the cytolytic function of dNK. This latter observation suggests that in situ the CD94/NKG2A receptor interaction with its HLA-E specific ligand is a dominant negative regulatory mechanism that prevents unwanted dNK cell cytotoxicity in non-infected pregnant uterus. How do dNK cells behave when they are activated by virus-infected cells present at the maternal-fetal interface? Largely based on data obtained from circulating NK cells, this review briefly discusses the following questions: Does uterine viral infection promote decidual NK cell proliferative capacity in situ? Are dNK cells able to kill virus-infected autologous decidual target cells and thus limit the virus spreading to the fetus? Which viral-mediated signal(s) and molecular interactions may subvert inhibition of dNK cytotoxic potential? Does uterine viral infection promote decidual NK cell secretion of cytokines and chemokines that boost the anti-viral immune response?
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- Philippe Le Bouteiller
- Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, UMR 1043, Toulouse 31300, France.
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Al-Hubeshy ZB, Coleman A, Nelson M, Goodier MR. A rapid method for assessment of natural killer cell function after multiple receptor crosslinking. J Immunol Methods 2011; 366:52-9. [PMID: 21281644 DOI: 10.1016/j.jim.2011.01.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/05/2010] [Revised: 01/10/2011] [Accepted: 01/20/2011] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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NK cell function is regulated by the integration of signals from activating and inhibitory receptors. We developed an assay to study the effect of co-crosslinking NK cell receptors in pair-wise combinations without the need to purify NK cells. Monoclonal antibodies recognising inhibitory and activating receptors were coated to flat bottomed tissue culture plates and degranulation was measured within unfractionated, freshly isolated resting or cytokine activated peripheral blood mononuclear cells by flow cytometric analysis of CD107a expression. Measured degranulation responses were NK cell specific, since no expression of CD107a was induced in gated T cells. We detected enhancement of degranulation in response to combinations of antibodies against activating NK cell receptors, including CD16, NKG2D, NKp30 and NKp46 compared to each antibody when combined with an isotype matched control antibody. Co-crosslinking of NKG2A resulted in the inhibition of degranulation measured in response to anti-NKp30 or anti-NKp46 alone in both resting or cytokine pre-activated NK cells, but had no effect on CD16 or NKG2D mediated responses. Interferon gamma production was assayed by intracellular cytokine staining and in cell culture supernatants after receptor crosslinking. No IFN-γ could be detected from resting NK cells after receptor crosslinking whereas the pattern of IFN-γ production in cytokine pre-activated NK cells reflected that observed for degranulation. We conclude that this assay is suitable for the analysis of the impact of NK cell receptor co-crosslinking on multiple NK cell functions and has the potential for application to pathologic conditions where limited numbers of cells are available for study.
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- Z B Al-Hubeshy
- Department of Immunology, Imperial College London, London, UK
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Brunetta E, Hudspeth KL, Mavilio D. Pathologic natural killer cell subset redistribution in HIV-1 infection: new insights in pathophysiology and clinical outcomes. J Leukoc Biol 2010; 88:1119-30. [DOI: 10.1189/jlb.0410225] [Citation(s) in RCA: 70] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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Specific phenotypic and functional features of natural killer cells from HIV-infected long-term nonprogressors and HIV controllers. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr 2010; 53:564-73. [PMID: 20147841 DOI: 10.1097/qai.0b013e3181d0c5b4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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BACKGROUND Recent evidence suggests that natural killer (NK) cells play a crucial role in the HIV pathogenesis. Long-term nonprogressor (LTNP) and HIV controllers are rare HIV-infected patients who control viral replication and show delayed disease progression. They represent fascinating models of natural protection against disease progression and for studying the immunological response to the virus. METHODS We have conducted an extensive analysis of the phenotypic and functional properties of CD56, CD56 and CD56/CD16 NK cell subsets from LTNP and HIV-controllers, and compared them with HIV progressors and healthy donors. RESULTS Hierarchical clustering analysis of NK phenotypic markers revealed that LTNP and HIV controllers, exhibit peculiar phenotypic features, associated with high levels of interferon-g, activation markers, and cytolytic activity in CD3CD56 NK cells against K562 target cells. More importantly, cytolytic activity against autologous CD4 T cells is abrogated after treatment with anti-NKp44L mAb, in LTNP and HIV progressors, suggesting a key role of NKp44L. In contrast, in HIV controllers and healthy donors, NKp44L expression on CD4 T cells and autologous NK lysis were both poorly detected. CONCLUSIONS These results show that NK cells from LTNP and HIV controllers display phenotypic and functional features and suggest a consistent continuous involvement of the innate immune response in the failure to control viral replication. Collectively, these data may have important implication in the design of new anti-HIV therapeutical strategies based on the particular functional activity of NK cells.
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Morel E, Escamochero S, Cabañas R, Díaz R, Fiandor A, Bellón T. CD94/NKG2C is a killer effector molecule in patients with Stevens-Johnson syndrome and toxic epidermal necrolysis. J Allergy Clin Immunol 2010; 125:703-10, 710.e1-710.e8. [PMID: 20132973 DOI: 10.1016/j.jaci.2009.10.030] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/22/2009] [Revised: 09/09/2009] [Accepted: 10/19/2009] [Indexed: 01/14/2023]
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BACKGROUND Toxic epidermal necrolysis (TEN) and Stevens-Johnson syndrome (SJS) are severe, bullous cutaneous diseases with uncertain pathogenesis, although cytotoxic T cells seem to be involved. Natural killer (NK)-like activity has been found in blister infiltrates. Cytotoxic T lymphocytes (CTLs) with NK-like activity (NK-CTLs) have been shown to express T-cell receptors restricted by the HLA-Ib molecule HLA-E. Alternatively, the HLA-E-specific activating receptor CD94/NKG2C can trigger T-cell receptor-independent cytotoxicity in CTLs. OBJECTIVE Our aim was to test whether HLA-E expression sensitizes keratinocytes to killing by CTLs with NK-like activity and to explore the expression of activating receptors specific for HLA-E in blister cytotoxic lymphocytes. METHODS We used flow cytometry and immunohistochemistry to analyze HLA-E expression in keratinocytes from affected skin in patients with SJS, TEN, and other less severe drug-induced exanthemas. The expression of CD94/NKG2C was analyzed by means of flow cytometry in PBMCs and blister cells from patients. PBMCs and blister cells were analyzed for their ability to kill HLA-E-expressing cells. Involvement of CD94/NKG2C in triggering degranulation of cytolytic cells was explored by means of CD107a mobilization assays and standard cytotoxicity chromium release assays. RESULTS We found that keratinocytes from affected skin expressed HLA-E and that cell-surface HLA-E sensitizes keratinocytes to killing by CD94/NKG2C(+) CTLs. Frequencies of CD94/NKG2C(+) peripheral blood T and NK cells were increased in patients with SJS and TEN during the acute phase. Moreover, activated blister T and NK lymphocytes expressed CD94/NKG2C and were able to degranulate in response to HLA-E(+) cells in an NKG2C-dependent manner. CONCLUSION CD94/NKG2C might be involved in triggering cytotoxic lymphocytes in patients with SJS and TEN.
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- Esther Morel
- Research Unit, Hospital Universitario La Paz-FIBHULP, Madrid, Spain
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Chronic HIV-1 viremia reverses NKG2A/NKG2C ratio on natural killer cells in patients with human cytomegalovirus co-infection. AIDS 2010; 24:27-34. [PMID: 19910789 DOI: 10.1097/qad.0b013e3283328d1f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 119] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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BACKGROUND The HIV-1-induced expansion of highly dysfunctional natural killer (NK) cell subsets represents a strategy to evade NK cell antiviral functions. In this context, the loss of NKG2A NK cells in chronic viremic HIV-1-infected individuals has also been associated with a dramatic expansion of NKG2C NK cells. The viral trigger associated with high frequencies of NK cell subsets expressing NKG2C is still being debated. OBJECTIVE To confirm that human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) infection is necessary for the expansion of NKG2C NK cells and to assess whether this phenomenon affects NKG2A/NKG2C ratio on NK cells in patients coinfected with HIV-1 and HCMV. DESIGN We measured the expression of NKG2A and NKG2C on NK cells from 70 healthy donors, 21 early, 96 chronic and 27 long-term nonprogressor's (LTNPs) HIV-1-infected patients using a multicolor flow cytometric approach. HCMV infection was detected by titrating the serum levels of specific circulating antibodies. RESULTS A significant expansion of NKG2C NK cells could be detected only in HCMV-infected patients. This phenotypic feature, together with the HIV-1-mediated downmodulation of NKG2A, pathologically reverses the ratio of NKG2A/NKG2C uniquely on NK cells from chronic viremic HIV-1-infected patients with a concomitant HCMV infection. The normalization of NKG2A/NKG2C ratio to values more than one occurred only after 24 months of suppression of HIV-1 replication following antiretroviral therapy. CONCLUSION The inversion of NKG2A/NKG2C ratio characterizes advanced stages of HIV-1 disease in patients showing a concomitant HCMV infection. This NK cell immune parameter renders this cohort of patients distinguishable from LTNPs and early HIV-1-infected individuals.
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NK cell activation by KIR-binding antibody 1-7F9 and response to HIV-infected autologous cells in viremic and controller HIV-infected patients. Clin Immunol 2009; 134:158-68. [PMID: 19880352 DOI: 10.1016/j.clim.2009.10.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/22/2009] [Revised: 09/09/2009] [Accepted: 10/01/2009] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Natural killer (NK) cells may be protective in HIV infection and are inhibited by killer cell immunoglobulin-like receptors (KIRs) interacting with MHC class I molecules, including HLA-C. Retention of HLA-C despite downregulation of other MHC class I molecules on HIV infected cells might protect infected cells from NK cell recognition in vitro. To assess the role of inhibitory HLA-C ligands in the capacity of NK cells to recognize autologous infected T cells, we measured NK cell degranulation in vitro in viremic patients, controllers with low viremia, and healthy donors. No difference in NK cell response to uninfected compared to HIV-1(IIIB) infected targets was observed. Activation of NK cells was regulated by KIRs, because NK cell degranulation was increased by 1-7F9, a human antibody that binds KIR2DL1/L2/L3 and KIR2DS1/S2, and this effect was most pronounced in KIR haplotype B individuals.
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Elevated Natural Killer Cell Activity Despite Altered Functional and Phenotypic Profile in Ugandans With HIV-1 Clade A or Clade D Infection. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr 2009; 51:380-9. [DOI: 10.1097/qai.0b013e3181aa256e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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