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Ponnan SM, Vidyavijayan KK, Thiruvengadam K, Hilda J N, Mathayan M, Murugavel KG, Hanna LE. Role of Circulating T Follicular Helper Cells and Stem-Like Memory CD4 + T Cells in the Pathogenesis of HIV-2 Infection and Disease Progression. Front Immunol 2021; 12:666388. [PMID: 33936106 PMCID: PMC8085399 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2021.666388] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/10/2021] [Accepted: 03/23/2021] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
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CD4+ T cells are critical players in the host adaptive immune response. Emerging evidence suggests that certain CD4+ T cell subsets contribute significantly to the production of neutralizing antibodies and help in the control of virus replication. Circulating T follicular helper cells (Tfh) constitute a key T cell subset that triggers the adaptive immune response and stimulates the production of neutralizing antibodies (NAbs). T cells having stem cell-like property, called stem-like memory T cells (Tscm), constitute another important subset of T cells that play a critical role in slowing the rate of disease progression through the differentiation and expansion of different types of memory cell subsets. However, the role of these immune cell subsets in T cell homeostasis, CD4+ T cell proliferation, and progression of disease, particularly in HIV-2 infection, has not yet been elucidated. The present study involved a detailed evaluation of the different CD4+ T cell subsets in HIV-2 infected persons with a view to understanding the role of these immune cell subsets in the better control of virus replication and delayed disease progression that is characteristic of HIV-2 infection. We observed elevated levels of CD4+ Tfh and CD4+ Tscm cells along with memory and effector T cell abundance in HIV-2 infected individuals. We also found increased frequencies of CXCR5+ CD8+ T cells and CD8+ Tscm cells, as well as memory B cells that are responsible for NAb development in HIV-2 infected persons. Interestingly, we found that the frequency of memory CD4+ T cells as well as memory B cells correlated significantly with neutralizing antibody titers in HIV-2 infected persons. These observations point to a more robust CD4+ T cell response that supports B cell differentiation, antibody production, and CD8+ T cell development in HIV-2 infected persons and contributes to better control of the virus and slower rate of disease progression in these individuals.
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- Sivasankaran Munusamy Ponnan
- Department of HIV/AIDS, National Institute for Research in Tuberculosis (Indian Council of Medical Research), Chennai, India.,Centre for Infectious Disease Research, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India
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- Department of HIV/AIDS, National Institute for Research in Tuberculosis (Indian Council of Medical Research), Chennai, India
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- Department of HIV/AIDS, National Institute for Research in Tuberculosis (Indian Council of Medical Research), Chennai, India
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- Department of HIV/AIDS, National Institute for Research in Tuberculosis (Indian Council of Medical Research), Chennai, India
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- Centre for Drug Discovery and Development, Sathyabama Institute of Science and Technology, Chennai, India
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- Department of HIV/AIDS, National Institute for Research in Tuberculosis (Indian Council of Medical Research), Chennai, India
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Burster T, Gärtner F, Bulach C, Zhanapiya A, Gihring A, Knippschild U. Regulation of MHC I Molecules in Glioblastoma Cells and the Sensitizing of NK Cells. Pharmaceuticals (Basel) 2021; 14:ph14030236. [PMID: 33800301 PMCID: PMC7998501 DOI: 10.3390/ph14030236] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/16/2021] [Revised: 03/03/2021] [Accepted: 03/04/2021] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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Immunotherapy has been established as an important area in the therapy of malignant diseases. Immunogenicity sufficient for immune recognition and subsequent elimination can be bypassed by tumors through altered and/or reduced expression levels of major histocompatibility complex class I (MHC I) molecules. Natural killer (NK) cells can eliminate tumor cells in a MHC I antigen presentation-independent manner by an array of activating and inhibitory receptors, which are promising candidates for immunotherapy. Here we summarize the latest findings in recognizing and regulating MHC I molecules that affect NK cell surveillance of glioblastoma cells.
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- Timo Burster
- Department of Biology, School of Sciences and Humanities, Nazarbayev University, Kabanbay Batyr Ave. 53, 010000 Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan;
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +7-(7172)-70-66-75
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- Department of General and Visceral Surgery, Surgery Center, Ulm University Hospital, Albert-Einstein-Allee 23, 89081 Ulm, Germany; (F.G.); (C.B.); (A.G.); (U.K.)
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- Department of General and Visceral Surgery, Surgery Center, Ulm University Hospital, Albert-Einstein-Allee 23, 89081 Ulm, Germany; (F.G.); (C.B.); (A.G.); (U.K.)
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- Department of Biology, School of Sciences and Humanities, Nazarbayev University, Kabanbay Batyr Ave. 53, 010000 Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan;
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- Department of General and Visceral Surgery, Surgery Center, Ulm University Hospital, Albert-Einstein-Allee 23, 89081 Ulm, Germany; (F.G.); (C.B.); (A.G.); (U.K.)
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- Department of General and Visceral Surgery, Surgery Center, Ulm University Hospital, Albert-Einstein-Allee 23, 89081 Ulm, Germany; (F.G.); (C.B.); (A.G.); (U.K.)
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Lluberas N, Trías N, Brugnini A, Mila R, Vignolo G, Trujillo P, Durán A, Grille S, Lluberas R, Lens D. Lymphocyte subpopulations in myocardial infarction: a comparison between peripheral and intracoronary blood. SPRINGERPLUS 2015; 4:744. [PMID: 26693103 PMCID: PMC4666876 DOI: 10.1186/s40064-015-1532-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/24/2015] [Accepted: 11/12/2015] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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The frequency and profile of lymphocyte subsets within the culprit coronary artery were investigated in 33 patients with myocardial infarction and compared to their systemic circulating counterparts. T cell subsets including CD4+CD28null, activated and regulatory T-cells, TH1/TH2/TH17 phenotypes, NK and B-cells were studied in intracoronary (IC) and arterial peripheral blood (PB) samples. CD4+CD28null T-lymphocytes were significantly increased in IC compared to PB (3.7 vs. 2.9 %, p < 0.0001). Moreover, patients with more than 6 h of evolution of STEMI exhibited higher levels of CD4+CD28null T-cells suggesting that this subset may be associated with more intense myocardial damage. The rare NK subpopulation CD3−CD16+CD56− was also increased in IC samples (5.6 vs. 3.9 %, p = 0.006). CD4+CD28null T-cells and CD3−CD16+CD56− NK subpopulations were also associated with higher CK levels. Additionally, IFN-γ and IL10 were significantly higher in IC CD4+ lymphocytes. Particular immune cell populations with a pro-inflammatory profile at the site of onset were increased relative to their circulating counterparts suggesting a pathophysiological role of these cells in plaque instability, thrombi and myocardial damage.
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- Natalia Lluberas
- Flow Cytometry and Molecular Biology Laboratory, Facultad de Medicina, Hospital de Clínicas, Universidad de la República, Av. Italia s/n., Montevideo, 11600 Uruguay ; Department of Cardiology, Facultad de Medicina, University Cardiovascular Center, Hospital de Clínicas, Universidad de la República, Montevideo, Uruguay
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- Flow Cytometry and Molecular Biology Laboratory, Facultad de Medicina, Hospital de Clínicas, Universidad de la República, Av. Italia s/n., Montevideo, 11600 Uruguay
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- Flow Cytometry and Molecular Biology Laboratory, Facultad de Medicina, Hospital de Clínicas, Universidad de la República, Av. Italia s/n., Montevideo, 11600 Uruguay
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- Department of Cardiology, Facultad de Medicina, University Cardiovascular Center, Hospital de Clínicas, Universidad de la República, Montevideo, Uruguay
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- Department of Cardiology, Facultad de Medicina, University Cardiovascular Center, Hospital de Clínicas, Universidad de la República, Montevideo, Uruguay
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- Department of Cardiology, Facultad de Medicina, University Cardiovascular Center, Hospital de Clínicas, Universidad de la República, Montevideo, Uruguay
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- Department of Cardiology, Facultad de Medicina, University Cardiovascular Center, Hospital de Clínicas, Universidad de la República, Montevideo, Uruguay
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- Flow Cytometry and Molecular Biology Laboratory, Facultad de Medicina, Hospital de Clínicas, Universidad de la República, Av. Italia s/n., Montevideo, 11600 Uruguay
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- Department of Cardiology, Facultad de Medicina, University Cardiovascular Center, Hospital de Clínicas, Universidad de la República, Montevideo, Uruguay
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- Flow Cytometry and Molecular Biology Laboratory, Facultad de Medicina, Hospital de Clínicas, Universidad de la República, Av. Italia s/n., Montevideo, 11600 Uruguay
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Milush JM, López-Vergès S, York VA, Deeks SG, Martin JN, Hecht FM, Lanier LL, Nixon DF. CD56negCD16⁺ NK cells are activated mature NK cells with impaired effector function during HIV-1 infection. Retrovirology 2013; 10:158. [PMID: 24351015 PMCID: PMC3892122 DOI: 10.1186/1742-4690-10-158] [Citation(s) in RCA: 86] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/12/2013] [Accepted: 11/29/2013] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND A subset of CD3(neg)CD56(neg)CD16⁺ Natural Killer (NK) cells is highly expanded during chronic HIV-1 infection. The role of this subset in HIV-1 pathogenesis remains unclear. The lack of NK cell lineage-specific markers has complicated the study of minor NK cell subpopulations. RESULTS Using CD7 as an additional NK cell marker, we found that CD3(neg)CD56(neg)CD16⁺ cells are a heterogeneous population comprised of CD7⁺ NK cells and CD7(neg) non-classical myeloid cells. CD7⁺CD56(neg)CD16⁺ NK cells are significantly expanded in HIV-1 infection. CD7⁺CD56(neg)CD16⁺ NK cells are mature and express KIRs, the C-type lectin-like receptors NKG2A and NKG2C, and natural cytotoxicity receptors similar to CD7⁺CD56⁺CD16⁺ NK cells. CD7⁺CD56(neg) NK cells in healthy donors produced minimal IFNγ following K562 target cell or IL-12 plus IL-18 stimulation; however, they degranulated in response to K562 stimulation similar to CD7⁺CD56⁺ NK cells. HIV-1 infection resulted in reduced IFNγ secretion following K562 or cytokine stimulation by both NK cell subsets compared to healthy donors. Decreased granzyme B and perforin expression and increased expression of CD107a in the absence of stimulation, particularly in HIV-1-infected subjects, suggest that CD7⁺CD56(neg)CD16⁺ NK cells may have recently engaged target cells. Furthermore, CD7⁺CD56(neg)CD16⁺ NK cells have significantly increased expression of CD95, a marker of NK cell activation. CONCLUSIONS Taken together, CD7⁺CD56(neg)CD16⁺ NK cells are activated, mature NK cells that may have recently engaged target cells.
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- Jeffrey M Milush
- Division of Experimental Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94110, USA.
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Phenotypically and functionally distinct subsets contribute to the expansion of CD56-/CD16+ natural killer cells in HIV infection. AIDS 2010; 24:1823-34. [PMID: 20543659 DOI: 10.1097/qad.0b013e32833b556f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Chronic HIV infection has been associated with activation and increased turnover of natural killer (NK) cells as well as with disturbed homeostasis of the NK cell compartment, including loss of CD56(+) NK cells and accumulation of dysfunctional CD56(-)/CD16(+) NK cells. We performed a comprehensive phenotypical and functional characterization of this population. DESIGN A cross-sectional study was performed to analyze CD56(-)/CD16(+) NK cells from 34 untreated HIV-infected and 15 seronegative individuals. METHODS NK cells were analyzed by flow cytometry. Degranulation was assessed by measuring their expression of CD107a after stimulation with K562 cells, interleukin-12 and interleukin-15. RESULTS CD56(-)/CD16(+) NK cells are heterogeneous and composed of two populations, namely CD122(-)/CCR7(+) cells and CD122(-)/CCR7(+) cells. We show that expanded CD122(+) but not CCR7(+) cells in HIV-seropositive individuals are characterized by expression of senescence marker CD57 similarly to CD56(dim)/CD16(+) NK cells along with expression of KIRs, CD8, perforin and granzyme B. Despite expression of perforin and granzyme B, CD57 expressing cells exhibited less numbers of degranulating cells as measured by CD107a, indicating their functional impairment. However, there was no correlation between expansion of total CD56(-)/CD16(+) NK cells or the distinct subpopulations and viral load or CD4 cell count. CONCLUSION These data indicate that expansion of CD56(-)/CD16(+) cells in HIV infection is driven by a distinct subset within this population with high expression of terminal differentiation marker with a phenotype resembling CD56(-)/CD16(+) NK cells.
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Zarife MAS, Reis EAG, Carmo TMA, Lopes GB, Brandão ECM, Silva HR, Santana N, Martins-Filho OA, Reis MG. Increased frequency of CD56Bright NK-cells, CD3-CD16+CD56- NK-cells and activated CD4+T-cells or B-cells in parallel with CD4+CDC25High T-cells control potentially viremia in blood donors with HCV. J Med Virol 2008; 81:49-59. [PMID: 19031471 DOI: 10.1002/jmv.21340] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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A detailed phenotypic analysis of major and minor circulating lymphocyte subsets is described in potential blood donors with markers of hepatitis C virus (HCV), including non-viremic and viremic groups. Although there were no changes in the hematological profile of either group, increased the levels of pre-NK cells (CD3-CD16+CD56-) and a lower frequency of mature NK cells (CD3-CD16+CD56+) characterized innate immunity in the non-viremic group. Both non-viremic and viremic groups displayed significantly increased levels of CD56(Bright) NK cells. Furthermore, this subset was significantly elevated in the viremic subgroup with a low viral load. In addition, an increase in the NKT2 subset was observed only in this subgroup. An enhanced frequency of activated CD4+ T-cells (CD4+HLA-DR+) was a characteristic feature of the non-viremic group, whereas elevated CD19+ B-cells and CD19+CD86+ cell populations were the major phenotypic features of the viremic group, particularly in individuals with a low viral load. Although CD4+CD25High T-cells were significantly elevated in both the viremic and non-viremic groups, it was particularly evident in the viremic low viral load subgroup. A parallel increase in CD4+CD25High T-cells, pre-NK, and activated CD4+ T-cells was observed in the non-viremic group, whereas a parallel increase in CD4+CD25High T-cells and CD19+ B-cells was characteristic of the low viral load subgroup. These findings suggest that CD56Bright NK cells, together with pre-NK cells and activated CD4+ T-cells in combination with CD4+CD25High T-cells, might play an important role in controlling viremia. Elevated CD56(Bright) NK cells, B-cell responses and a T-regulated immunological profile appeared to be associated with a low viral load.
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Barcelos W, Sathler-Avelar R, Martins-Filho OA, Carvalho BN, Guimarães TMPD, Miranda SS, Andrade HM, Oliveira MHP, Toledo VPCP. Natural killer cell subpopulations in putative resistant individuals and patients with active Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection. Scand J Immunol 2008; 68:92-102. [PMID: 18484953 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3083.2008.02116.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Herein, we intended to perform flow-cytometric analyses of peripheral blood NK-cell subsets in patients with active tuberculosis (TB) and those putative resistant subjects displaying positive tuberculin skin test (TST+) and compared with TST- healthy controls. Our findings demonstrated distinct phenotypic features in TST+ as compared with TB. While lower values of NK-cells with increased frequency of CD3-CD16+ CD56- and CD3-CD16-CD56+ subsets besides lower frequency of CD3-CD16+ CD56+ NK-cells was observed in TST+, unaltered levels of NK-cells with increased levels of CD3-CD16+ CD56- NK-cells with lower frequency of CD3-CD16+ CD56+ NK-cells was found in TB. Additional analysis highlighted a shift towards increased levels of CD3-CD16-/+CD56bright NK-cells as the hallmark of TST+, whereas unaltered frequency was observed in TB. Increased levels of CD3+CD56+ cells were observed in both TST+ and TB. Further focusing on the monocyte/NK-cell network, we have reported that enhanced frequency of CD14+ CD16+ monocytes particularly observed in TST+. Outstanding were the distinct correlation profiles observed between CD3-CD16-CD56+ NK-cells and CD3+ CD56+ cells CD14+ CD16+ monocytes for TST+ and TB. These data suggested that high levels of CD3-CD16-CD56+ NK-cells aside CD14+ CD16+ monocytes as well as non-concurrent increment of CD3+ CD56+ cells, may be involved in protective mechanisms in putative tuberculosis-resistant individuals. On the other hand, the basal levels of macrophage-like monocytes despite its positive correlation with increased levels of CD3+ CD56+ cells may count for the lack of the protective immunity in patients with active tuberculosis. Further studies focusing on the cytokine profiling of peripheral blood innate immunity cells before and after chemotherapeutic treatment are currently under evaluation.
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- W Barcelos
- Departamento de Análises Clínicas, Faculdade de Farmácia, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Minas Gerais, Brazil
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Vitelli-Avelar DM, Sathler-Avelar R, Massara RL, Borges JD, Lage PS, Lana M, Teixeira-Carvalho A, Dias JCP, Elói-Santos SM, Martins-Filho OA. Are increased frequency of macrophage-like and natural killer (NK) cells, together with high levels of NKT and CD4+CD25high T cells balancing activated CD8+ T cells, the key to control Chagas' disease morbidity? Clin Exp Immunol 2006; 145:81-92. [PMID: 16792677 PMCID: PMC1942003 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2249.2006.03123.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 04/27/2006] [Indexed: 01/12/2023] Open
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The immunological response during early human Trypanosoma cruzi infection is not completely understood, despite its role in driving the development of distinct clinical manifestations of chronic infection. Herein we report the results of a descriptive flow cytometric immunophenotyping investigation of major and minor peripheral blood leucocyte subpopulations in T. cruzi-infected children, characterizing the early stages of the indeterminate clinical form of Chagas' disease. Our results indicated significant alterations by comparison with uninfected children, including increased values of pre-natural killer (NK)-cells (CD3- CD16+ CD56-), and higher values of proinflammatory monocytes (CD14+ CD16+ HLA-DR++). The higher values of activated B lymphocytes (CD19+ CD23+) contrasted with impaired T cell activation, indicated by lower values of CD4+ CD38+ and CD4+ HLA-DR+ lymphocytes, a lower frequency of CD8+ CD38+ and CD8+ HLA-DR+ cells; a decreased frequency of CD4+ CD25HIGH regulatory T cells was also observed. These findings reinforce the hypothesis that simultaneous activation of innate and adaptive immunity mechanisms in addition to suppression of adaptive cellular immune response occur during early events of Chagas' disease. Comparative cross-sectional analysis of these immunophenotypes with those exhibited by patients with late chronic indeterminate and cardiac forms of disease suggested that a shift toward high values of macrophage-like cells extended to basal levels of proinflammatory monocytes as well as high values of mature NK cells, NKT and regulatory T cells, may account for limited tissue damage during chronic infection favouring the establishment/maintenance of a lifelong indeterminate clinical form of the disease. On the other hand, development of an adaptive cell-mediated inflammatory immunoprofile characterized by high levels of activated CD8+ cells and basal levels of mature NK cells, NKT and CD4+ CD25HIGH cells might lead to late chronic pathologies associated with chagasic heart disease.
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- D M Vitelli-Avelar
- Laboratório de Doença de Chagas, Centro de Pesquisas René Rachou, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
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Qi W, Yongjun J, Yanan W, Zining Z, Xiaoxu H, Jing L, Hong S. Differential Expression of Perforin in Cytotoxic Lymphocyte in HIV/AIDS Patients of China. J Clin Immunol 2006; 26:339-46. [PMID: 16770700 DOI: 10.1007/s10875-006-9027-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/16/2006] [Accepted: 04/20/2006] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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Cytotoxic lymphocytes are critical in the control of HIV replication, it has been shown that perforin is the key effector of killing machinery for CTLs and NK cells, so we investigated the circulating levels of perforin in CD8+ T cells and NK cells by flow cytometry intracellular stain in Chinese HIV infected individuals, its association with disease progression was analyzed. Our results showed that NK cells express perforin more efficiently than CD8+ T cells, CD8+ T cells expressed perforin higher than that of healthy controls, but NK cells expressed lower perforin than that of healthy controls, both were not correlated with disease progression. but significantly associated with their numbers, anti-retrovirus therapy had no evident effects on peforin expression in CD8+ T cells, but enhanced perfrin expression in NK cells, perforin expression in CD8+ T cells and CD16+ NK cells correlate with CD4+ T cell counts significantly in HAART-treated group. Therefore, different mechanisms may be involved in regulating peripheral perforin expression in different cell types.
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- Wang Qi
- Shenyang Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Shenyang, Liaoning, People's Republic of China
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Vitelli-Avelar DM, Sathler-Avelar R, Dias JCP, Pascoal VPM, Teixeira-Carvalho A, Lage PS, Elói-Santos SM, Corrêa-Oliveira R, Martins-Filho OA. Chagasic patients with indeterminate clinical form of the disease have high frequencies of circulating CD3+CD16-CD56+ natural killer T cells and CD4+CD25High regulatory T lymphocytes. Scand J Immunol 2005; 62:297-308. [PMID: 16179017 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3083.2005.01668.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 69] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Several studies have demonstrated that different clinical manifestations of human Chagas' disease are associated with distinct and complex host-parasite relationships directly involving the immune system. In this context, it has been proposed that tissue damage might be more severe in the absence of regulatory mechanisms that involve both innate and adaptive immune responses. Herein, we describe a descriptive phenotypic profile focusing on the frequency of major regulatory T cells [CD4+CD25high and natural killer T (NKT) lymphocytes] in different clinical forms of Chagas' disease. Ex vivo immunophenotyping of whole blood demonstrated that the indeterminate clinical form displays a higher frequency of both CD4+CD25high and NKT regulatory cells (CD3+CD16-CD56+), associated with increased levels of circulating cytotoxic NK cells (CD3-CD16+CD56+ and CD3-CD16+CD56dim NK cells). By contrast, the increased percentage of activated CD8+HLA-DR+ T-cell subset was exclusively associated with severe clinical forms of Chagas' disease. We hypothesize that regulatory T cells may be able to control the deleterious cytotoxic activity in the indeterminate clinical form by inhibiting the activation of CD8+HLA-DR+ T cells. The lack of regulated populations in cardiac and digestive clinical forms could account for impaired immune response that culminates in strong cytotoxic activity and tissue damage.
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- D M Vitelli-Avelar
- Laboratório de Doença de Chagas, Centro de Pesquisas Rene Rachou, Barro Preto, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
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Fauci AS, Mavilio D, Kottilil S. NK cells in HIV infection: Paradigm for protection or targets for ambush. Nat Rev Immunol 2005; 5:835-43. [PMID: 16239902 DOI: 10.1038/nri1711] [Citation(s) in RCA: 223] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Natural killer cells are a crucial component of the innate immune response to certain tumours and to various viruses, fungi, parasites and bacteria. HIV has infected more than 60 million people worldwide and has led to more than 23 million deaths. At present, there are approximately 40 million people who are living with HIV infection, and there were 5 million new infections in 2004. As part of the innate immune system, natural killer cells might have an important role in host defence against HIV infection, as well as in the control of HIV replication in vivo. In this regard, it is important to understand how natural killer cells and HIV interact. This Review focuses on the role of natural killer cells in controlling HIV infection and on the impact of HIV and HIV-viraemia-induced immune activation on natural-killer-cell function.
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- Anthony S Fauci
- Laboratory of Immunoregulation, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Building 31, Room 7A04, 31 Center Drive, MSC 2520, Bethesda, Maryland 20892-2520, USA.
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Mavilio D, Lombardo G, Benjamin J, Kim D, Follman D, Marcenaro E, O'Shea MA, Kinter A, Kovacs C, Moretta A, Fauci AS. Characterization of CD56-/CD16+ natural killer (NK) cells: a highly dysfunctional NK subset expanded in HIV-infected viremic individuals. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2005; 102:2886-91. [PMID: 15699323 PMCID: PMC549494 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0409872102] [Citation(s) in RCA: 406] [Impact Index Per Article: 21.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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Natural killer (NK) cells are an important component of the innate immune response against viral infections. NK cell-mediated cytolytic activity is defective in HIV-infected individuals with high levels of viral replication. In the present study, we examined the phenotypic and functional characteristics of an unusual CD56(-)/CD16(+) (CD56(-)) NK subset that is greatly expanded in HIV-viremic individuals. The higher level of expression of inhibitory NK receptors and the lower level of expression of natural cytotoxicity receptors observed in the CD56(-) NK fraction compared with that of CD56(+) NK cells was associated with extremely poor in vitro cytotoxic function of this subset. In addition, the secretion of certain cytokines known to be important in initiating antiviral immune responses was markedly reduced in the CD56(-), as compared with the CD56(+) NK cell subset. These data suggest that the expansion of this highly dysfunctional CD56(-) NK cell subset in HIV-viremic individuals largely accounts for the impaired function of the total NK cell population.
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- Domenico Mavilio
- Laboratory of Immunoregulation and Biostatistics Research Branch, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA.
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Sathler-Avelar R, Lemos EM, Reis DD, Medrano-Mercado N, Araújo-Jorge TC, Antas PRZ, Corrêa-Oliveira R, Teixeira-Carvalho A, Elói-Santos SM, Favato D, Martins-Filho OA. Phenotypic Features of Peripheral Blood Leucocytes During Early Stages of Human Infection with Trypanosoma cruzi. Scand J Immunol 2003; 58:655-63. [PMID: 14636422 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3083.2003.01340.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
Abstract
We performed a cross-sectional flow cytometric analysis of peripheral blood mononuclear cells to evaluate human immunologic status during early stages of Trypanosoma cruzi infection in children. We identified major immunological features corresponding to three proposed phases of disease: early acute (EA) phase, late acute (LA) phase and recent chronic (RC) phase. EA phase was accompanied by expansion of conventional B cells, up-regulation of CD54 on monocytes and down-regulation of CD54 on T cells and not associated with monocyte-activation phenotypes or changes of natural killer (NK) population. LA phase was characterized by a selective increase in a distinct lineage of NK cells (CD16+CD56-), as well as a persistent expansion of B cells and down-regulation of CD54 on T cells. RC phase showed persistent low levels of CD54 molecule on T cells and an increase of B cells, mainly triggered by expansion of the B1-cell subset, as well as increased expression of human leucocyte antigen (HLA-DR) by monocytes. These findings reinforce the hypothesis that T. cruzi-derived antigens are able to activate NK cells before the development of T-cell-mediated immunity. Moreover, our data support previous findings of increased levels of B1 lymphocytes during human Chagas' disease and show that this event is already present during initial stages of chronic infection.
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Affiliation(s)
- R Sathler-Avelar
- Laboratório de Doença de Chagas, Centro de Pesquisas René Rachou, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Minas Gerais, Brazil
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