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Policicchio BB, Cardozo-Ojeda EF, Xu C, Ma D, He T, Raehtz KD, Sivanandham R, Kleinman AJ, Perelson AS, Apetrei C, Pandrea I, Ribeiro RM. CD8 + T cells control SIV infection using both cytolytic effects and non-cytolytic suppression of virus production. Nat Commun 2023; 14:6657. [PMID: 37863982 PMCID: PMC10589330 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-42435-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/18/2022] [Accepted: 10/11/2023] [Indexed: 10/22/2023] Open
Abstract
Whether CD8+ T lymphocytes control human immunodeficiency virus infection by cytopathic or non-cytopathic mechanisms is not fully understood. Multiple studies highlighted non-cytopathic effects, but one hypothesis is that cytopathic effects of CD8+ T cells occur before viral production. Here, to examine the role of CD8+ T cells prior to virus production, we treated SIVmac251-infected macaques with an integrase inhibitor combined with a CD8-depleting antibody, or with either reagent alone. We analyzed the ensuing viral dynamics using a mathematical model that included infected cells pre- and post- viral DNA integration to compare different immune effector mechanisms. Macaques receiving the integrase inhibitor alone experienced greater viral load decays, reaching lower nadirs on treatment, than those treated also with the CD8-depleting antibody. Models including CD8+ cell-mediated reduction of viral production (non-cytolytic) were found to best explain the viral profiles across all macaques, in addition an effect in killing infected cells pre-integration (cytolytic) was supported in some of the best models. Our results suggest that CD8+ T cells have both a cytolytic effect on infected cells before viral integration, and a direct, non-cytolytic effect by suppressing viral production.
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Affiliation(s)
- Benjamin B Policicchio
- Department of Infectious Diseases and Microbiology, Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, 15261, USA
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- Department of Pathology, School of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, 15261, USA
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- Department of Pathology, School of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, 15261, USA
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- Department of Pathology, School of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, 15261, USA
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- Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, 15261, USA
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- Department of Pathology, School of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, 15261, USA
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- Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, 15261, USA
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- Theoretical Biology and Biophysics Group, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM, 87545, USA
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- Department of Infectious Diseases and Microbiology, Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, 15261, USA
- Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, 15261, USA
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- Department of Infectious Diseases and Microbiology, Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, 15261, USA
- Department of Pathology, School of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, 15261, USA
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- Theoretical Biology and Biophysics Group, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM, 87545, USA.
- Laboratório de Biomatemática, Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de Lisboa (previous address), Lisboa, Portugal.
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Mokaleng B, Choga WT, Bareng OT, Maruapula D, Ditshwanelo D, Kelentse N, Mokgethi P, Moraka NO, Motswaledi MS, Tawe L, Koofhethile CK, Moyo S, Zachariah M, Gaseitsiwe S. No Difference in the Prevalence of HIV-1 gag Cytotoxic T-Lymphocyte-Associated Escape Mutations in Viral Sequences from Early and Late Parts of the HIV-1 Subtype C Pandemic in Botswana. Vaccines (Basel) 2023; 11:1000. [PMID: 37243104 PMCID: PMC10221913 DOI: 10.3390/vaccines11051000] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/24/2023] [Revised: 05/12/2023] [Accepted: 05/15/2023] [Indexed: 05/28/2023] Open
Abstract
HIV is known to accumulate escape mutations in the gag gene in response to the immune response from cytotoxic T lymphocytes (CTLs). These mutations can occur within an individual as well as at a population level. The population of Botswana exhibits a high prevalence of HLA*B57 and HLA*B58, which are associated with effective immune control of HIV. In this retrospective cross-sectional investigation, HIV-1 gag gene sequences were analyzed from recently infected participants across two time periods which were 10 years apart: the early time point (ETP) and late time point (LTP). The prevalence of CTL escape mutations was relatively similar between the two time points-ETP (10.6%) and LTP (9.7%). The P17 protein had the most mutations (9.4%) out of the 36 mutations that were identified. Three mutations (A83T, K18R, Y79H) in P17 and T190A in P24 were unique to the ETP sequences at a prevalence of 2.4%, 4.9%, 7.3%, and 5%, respectively. Mutations unique to the LTP sequences were all in the P24 protein, including T190V (3%), E177D (6%), R264K (3%), G248D (1%), and M228L (11%). Mutation K331R was statistically higher in the ETP (10%) compared to the LTP (1%) sequences (p < 0.01), while H219Q was higher in the LTP (21%) compared to the ETP (5%) (p < 0.01). Phylogenetically, the gag sequences clustered dependently on the time points. We observed a slower adaptation of HIV-1C to CTL immune pressure at a population level in Botswana. These insights into the genetic diversity and sequence clustering of HIV-1C can aid in the design of future vaccine strategies.
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- Baitshepi Mokaleng
- Botswana Harvard AIDS Institute Partnership for HIV Research and Education, Gaborone 999106, Botswana; (B.M.); (W.T.C.); (O.T.B.); (D.M.); (D.D.); (N.K.); (P.M.); (N.O.M.); (C.K.K.); (S.M.)
- School of Allied Health Professions, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Botswana, Gaborone 999106, Botswana; (M.S.M.); (L.T.); (M.Z.)
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- Botswana Harvard AIDS Institute Partnership for HIV Research and Education, Gaborone 999106, Botswana; (B.M.); (W.T.C.); (O.T.B.); (D.M.); (D.D.); (N.K.); (P.M.); (N.O.M.); (C.K.K.); (S.M.)
- School of Allied Health Professions, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Botswana, Gaborone 999106, Botswana; (M.S.M.); (L.T.); (M.Z.)
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- Botswana Harvard AIDS Institute Partnership for HIV Research and Education, Gaborone 999106, Botswana; (B.M.); (W.T.C.); (O.T.B.); (D.M.); (D.D.); (N.K.); (P.M.); (N.O.M.); (C.K.K.); (S.M.)
- School of Allied Health Professions, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Botswana, Gaborone 999106, Botswana; (M.S.M.); (L.T.); (M.Z.)
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- Botswana Harvard AIDS Institute Partnership for HIV Research and Education, Gaborone 999106, Botswana; (B.M.); (W.T.C.); (O.T.B.); (D.M.); (D.D.); (N.K.); (P.M.); (N.O.M.); (C.K.K.); (S.M.)
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- Botswana Harvard AIDS Institute Partnership for HIV Research and Education, Gaborone 999106, Botswana; (B.M.); (W.T.C.); (O.T.B.); (D.M.); (D.D.); (N.K.); (P.M.); (N.O.M.); (C.K.K.); (S.M.)
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- Botswana Harvard AIDS Institute Partnership for HIV Research and Education, Gaborone 999106, Botswana; (B.M.); (W.T.C.); (O.T.B.); (D.M.); (D.D.); (N.K.); (P.M.); (N.O.M.); (C.K.K.); (S.M.)
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- Botswana Harvard AIDS Institute Partnership for HIV Research and Education, Gaborone 999106, Botswana; (B.M.); (W.T.C.); (O.T.B.); (D.M.); (D.D.); (N.K.); (P.M.); (N.O.M.); (C.K.K.); (S.M.)
- Department of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science, University of Botswana, Gaborone 999106, Botswana
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- Botswana Harvard AIDS Institute Partnership for HIV Research and Education, Gaborone 999106, Botswana; (B.M.); (W.T.C.); (O.T.B.); (D.M.); (D.D.); (N.K.); (P.M.); (N.O.M.); (C.K.K.); (S.M.)
- School of Allied Health Professions, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Botswana, Gaborone 999106, Botswana; (M.S.M.); (L.T.); (M.Z.)
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- School of Allied Health Professions, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Botswana, Gaborone 999106, Botswana; (M.S.M.); (L.T.); (M.Z.)
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- School of Allied Health Professions, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Botswana, Gaborone 999106, Botswana; (M.S.M.); (L.T.); (M.Z.)
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- Botswana Harvard AIDS Institute Partnership for HIV Research and Education, Gaborone 999106, Botswana; (B.M.); (W.T.C.); (O.T.B.); (D.M.); (D.D.); (N.K.); (P.M.); (N.O.M.); (C.K.K.); (S.M.)
- Department of Immunology and Infectious Diseases, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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- Botswana Harvard AIDS Institute Partnership for HIV Research and Education, Gaborone 999106, Botswana; (B.M.); (W.T.C.); (O.T.B.); (D.M.); (D.D.); (N.K.); (P.M.); (N.O.M.); (C.K.K.); (S.M.)
- Department of Immunology and Infectious Diseases, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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- School of Allied Health Professions, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Botswana, Gaborone 999106, Botswana; (M.S.M.); (L.T.); (M.Z.)
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- Botswana Harvard AIDS Institute Partnership for HIV Research and Education, Gaborone 999106, Botswana; (B.M.); (W.T.C.); (O.T.B.); (D.M.); (D.D.); (N.K.); (P.M.); (N.O.M.); (C.K.K.); (S.M.)
- Department of Immunology and Infectious Diseases, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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Statzu M, Jin W, Fray EJ, Wong AKH, Kumar MR, Ferrer E, Docken SS, Pinkevych M, McBrien JB, Fennessey CM, Keele BF, Liang S, Harper JL, Mutascio S, Franchitti L, Wang H, Cicetti D, Bosinger SE, Carnathan DG, Vanderford TH, Margolis DM, Garcia-Martinez JV, Chahroudi A, Paiardini M, Siliciano J, Davenport MP, Kulpa DA, Siliciano RS, Silvestri G. CD8 + lymphocytes do not impact SIV reservoir establishment under ART. Nat Microbiol 2023; 8:299-308. [PMID: 36690860 PMCID: PMC9894752 DOI: 10.1038/s41564-022-01311-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/28/2022] [Accepted: 12/15/2022] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
Abstract
Persistence of the human immunodeficiency virus type-1 (HIV-1) latent reservoir in infected individuals remains a problem despite fully suppressive antiretroviral therapy (ART). While reservoir formation begins during acute infection, the mechanisms responsible for its establishment remain unclear. CD8+ T cells are important during the initial control of viral replication. Here we examined the effect of CD8+ T cells on formation of the latent reservoir in simian immunodeficiency virus (SIV)-infected macaques by performing experimental CD8+ depletion either before infection or before early (that is, day 14 post-infection) ART initiation. We found that CD8+ depletion resulted in slower decline of viremia, indicating that CD8+ lymphocytes reduce the average lifespan of productively infected cells during acute infection and early ART, presumably through SIV-specific cytotoxic T lymphocyte (CTL) activity. However, CD8+ depletion did not change the frequency of infected CD4+ T cells in the blood or lymph node as measured by the total cell-associated viral DNA or intact provirus DNA assay. In addition, the size of the persistent reservoir remained the same when measuring the kinetics of virus rebound after ART interruption. These data indicate that during early SIV infection, the viral reservoir that persists under ART is established largely independent of CTL control.
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Grants
- P30 AI050409 NIAID NIH HHS
- 75N91019D00024 NCI NIH HHS
- P51 OD011132 NIH HHS
- R01 AI143414 NIAID NIH HHS
- UM1 AI164562 NIAID NIH HHS
- UM1 AI164567 NIAID NIH HHS
- R01 AI125064 NIAID NIH HHS
- CU | National Cancer Institute, Cairo University (NCI)
- National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, under Contract No. 75N91019D00024/HHSN261201500003I.
- This work was supported by UM1AI164562, co-funded by National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National Institute on Drug Abuse and the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (to G.S., D.A.K., M.P.1), and NIH NIAID R01-AI143414 (to G.S. and D.A.K), and R01-AI125064 (to G.S., A.C., D.A.K.).
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- Maura Statzu
- Emory National Primate Research Center, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, and Emory Vaccine Center, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA
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- Kirby Institute, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
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- Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Emory National Primate Research Center, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, and Emory Vaccine Center, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Kirby Institute, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
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- Kirby Institute, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
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- Emory National Primate Research Center, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, and Emory Vaccine Center, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA
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- AIDS and Cancer Virus Program, Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research, Frederick, MD, USA
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- AIDS and Cancer Virus Program, Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research, Frederick, MD, USA
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- Emory National Primate Research Center, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, and Emory Vaccine Center, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA
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- Emory National Primate Research Center, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, and Emory Vaccine Center, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA
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- Emory National Primate Research Center, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, and Emory Vaccine Center, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA
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- Emory National Primate Research Center, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, and Emory Vaccine Center, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA
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- Emory National Primate Research Center, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, and Emory Vaccine Center, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA
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- Emory National Primate Research Center, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, and Emory Vaccine Center, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA
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- Emory National Primate Research Center, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, and Emory Vaccine Center, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA
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- Emory National Primate Research Center, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, and Emory Vaccine Center, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA
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- Emory National Primate Research Center, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, and Emory Vaccine Center, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA
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- Division of Infectious Diseases, Center for AIDS Research, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
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- Division of Infectious Diseases, Center for AIDS Research, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
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- Emory National Primate Research Center, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, and Emory Vaccine Center, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA
- Department of Pediatrics, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA
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- Emory National Primate Research Center, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, and Emory Vaccine Center, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Emory National Primate Research Center, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, and Emory Vaccine Center, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Emory National Primate Research Center, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, and Emory Vaccine Center, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA.
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Kumata R, Sasaki A. Antigenic escape is accelerated by the presence of immunocompromised hosts. Proc Biol Sci 2022; 289:20221437. [PMID: 36350217 PMCID: PMC9653221 DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2022.1437] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/25/2022] [Accepted: 10/17/2022] [Indexed: 04/01/2024] Open
Abstract
The repeated emergence of SARS-CoV-2 escape mutants from host immunity has obstructed the containment of the current pandemic and poses a serious threat to humanity. Prolonged infection in immunocompromised patients has received increasing attention as a driver of immune escape, and accumulating evidence suggests that viral genomic diversity and emergence of immune-escape mutants are promoted in immunocompromised patients. However, because immunocompromised patients comprise a small proportion of the host population, whether they have a significant impact on antigenic evolution at the population level is unknown. We consider an evolutionary epidemiological model that combines antigenic evolution and epidemiological dynamics. Applying this model to a heterogeneous host population, we study the impact of immunocompromised hosts on the evolutionary dynamics of pathogen antigenic escape from host immunity. We derived analytical formulae of the speed of antigenic evolution in heterogeneous host populations and found that even a small number of immunocompromised hosts in the population significantly accelerates antigenic evolution. Our results demonstrate that immunocompromised hosts play a key role in viral adaptation at the population level and emphasize the importance of critical care and surveillance of immunocompromised hosts.
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- Ryuichi Kumata
- Department of Evolutionary Studies of Biosystems, The Graduate University of Advanced Studies, SOKENDAI, Hayama, Kanagawa 2400139, Japan
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- Department of Evolutionary Studies of Biosystems, The Graduate University of Advanced Studies, SOKENDAI, Hayama, Kanagawa 2400139, Japan
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CD8 lymphocyte depletion enhances the latency reversal activity of the SMAC mimetic AZD5582 in ART-suppressed SIV-infected rhesus macaques. J Virol 2021; 95:JVI.01429-20. [PMID: 33568515 PMCID: PMC8103677 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.01429-20] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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Inducing latency reversal to reveal infected cells to the host immune system represents a potential strategy to cure HIV infection. In separate studies, we have previously shown that CD8+ T cells may contribute to the maintenance of viral latency and identified a novel SMAC mimetic/IAP inhibitor (AZD5582) capable of reversing HIV/SIV latency in vivo by activating the non-canonical (nc) NF-κB pathway. Here, we use AZD5582 in combination with antibody-mediated depletion of CD8α+ cells to further evaluate the role of CD8+ T cells in viral latency maintenance. Six rhesus macaques (RM) were infected with SIVmac239 and treated with ART starting at week 8 post-infection. After 84-85 weeks of ART, all animals received a single dose of the anti-CD8α depleting antibody (Ab), MT807R1 (50mg/kg, s.c.), followed by 5 weekly doses of AZD5582 (0.1 mg/kg, i.v.). Following CD8α depletion + AZD5582 combined treatment, 100% of RMs experienced on-ART viremia above 60 copies per ml of plasma. In comparator groups of ART-suppressed SIV-infected RMs treated with AZD5582 only or CD8α depletion only, on-ART viremia was experienced by 56% and 57% of the animals respectively. Furthermore, the frequency of increased viremic episodes during the treatment period was greater in the CD8α depletion + AZD5582 group as compared to other groups. Mathematical modeling of virus reactivation suggested that, in addition to viral dynamics during acute infection, CD8α depletion influenced the response to AZD5582. This work suggests that the latency reversal induced by activation of the ncNF-κB signaling pathway with AZD5582 can be enhanced by CD8α+ cell depletion.
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Viral population numbers are extremely large compared with those of their host species. Population bottlenecks are frequent during the life cycle of viruses and can reduce viral populations transiently to very few individuals. Viruses have to confront several types of constraints that can be divided into basal, cell-dependent, and organism-dependent constraints. Viruses overcome them exploiting a number of molecular mechanisms, with an important contribution of population numbers and genome variation. The adaptive potential of viruses is reflected in modifications of cell tropism and host range, escape to components of the host immune response, and capacity to alternate among different host species, among other phenotypic changes. Despite a fitness cost of most mutations required to overcome a selective constraint, viruses can find evolutionary pathways that ensure their survival in equilibrium with their hosts.
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Holding T, Valletta JJ, Recker M. Multiscale Immune Selection and the Transmission-Diversity Feedback in Antigenically Diverse Pathogen Systems. Am Nat 2018; 192:E189-E201. [PMID: 30444661 PMCID: PMC6561780 DOI: 10.1086/699535] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
Abstract
Antigenic diversity is commonly used by pathogens to enhance their
transmission success. Within-host clonal antigenic variation helps to maintain
long infectious periods, whereas high levels of allelic diversity at the
population level significantly expand the pool of susceptible individuals.
Diversity, however, is not necessarily a static property of a pathogen
population but in many cases is generated by the very act of infection and
transmission, and it is therefore expected to respond dynamically to changes in
transmission and immune selection. We hypothesized that this coupling creates a
positive feedback whereby infection and disease transmission promote the
generation of diversity, which itself facilitates immune evasion and further
infections. To investigate this link in more detail, we considered the human
malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum, one of the most
important antigenically diverse pathogens. We developed an individual-based
model in which antigenic diversity emerges as a dynamic property from the
underlying transmission processes. Our results show that the balance between
stochastic extinction and the generation of new antigenic variants is
intrinsically linked to within-host and between-host immune selection. This in
turn determines the level of diversity that can be maintained in a given
population. Furthermore, the transmission-diversity feedback can lead to
temporal lags in the response to natural or intervention-induced perturbations
in transmission rates. Our results therefore have important implications for
monitoring and assessing the effectiveness of disease control efforts.
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Kim J, De La Cruz J, Lam K, Ng H, Daar ES, Balamurugan A, Yang OO. CD8 + Cytotoxic T Lymphocyte Responses and Viral Epitope Escape in Acute HIV-1 Infection. Viral Immunol 2018; 31:525-536. [PMID: 30059271 DOI: 10.1089/vim.2018.0040] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
Abstract
Epitope escape from HIV-1-targeted CD8+ cytotoxic T lymphocyte (CTL) responses occurs rapidly after acute infection and contributes to the eventual failure of effective immune control of HIV-1 infection. Because the early CTL response is key in determining HIV-1 disease outcome, studying the process of epitope escape is crucial for understanding what leads to failure of immune control in acute HIV-1 infection and will provide important implications for HIV-1 vaccine design. HIV-1-specific CD8+ T lymphocyte responses against viral epitopes were mapped in six acutely infected individuals, and the magnitudes of these responses were measured longitudinally during acute infection. The evolution of autologous circulating viral epitopes was determined in four of these subjects. In-depth testing of CD8+ T lymphocyte responses against index and all autologous-detected variant epitopes was performed in one subject. Among the four individuals examined, 10 of a total of 35 CD8+ T cell responses within Gag, Pol, and Nef showed evidence of epitope escape. CTL responses with viral epitope variant evolution were shown in one subject, and this evolution occurred with and without measurable CTL responses against epitope variants. These results demonstrate a dynamic period of viral epitope evolution in early HIV-1 infection due to CD8+ CTL response pressure.
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- Joseph Kim
- 1 Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California , Los Angeles, California
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- 1 Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California , Los Angeles, California
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- 2 Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Molecular Genetics, University of California , Los Angeles, California
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- 1 Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California , Los Angeles, California
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- 3 Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute , Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Torrance, California
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- 1 Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California , Los Angeles, California
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- 1 Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California , Los Angeles, California.,2 Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Molecular Genetics, University of California , Los Angeles, California.,4 AIDS Healthcare Foundation , Los Angeles, California
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Dynamics of Simian Immunodeficiency Virus Two-Long-Terminal-Repeat Circles in the Presence and Absence of CD8 + Cells. J Virol 2018; 92:JVI.02100-17. [PMID: 29643246 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.02100-17] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/02/2017] [Accepted: 04/08/2018] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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CD8+ cells play a key role in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)/simian immunodeficiency virus (SIV) infection, but their specific mechanism(s) of action in controlling the virus is unclear. Two-long-terminal-repeat (2-LTR) circles are extrachromosomal products generated upon failed integration of HIV/SIV. To understand the specific effects of CD8+ cells on infected cells, we analyzed the dynamics of 2-LTR circles in SIVmac251-infected rhesus macaques (RMs) treated with an integrase inhibitor (INT). Twenty RMs underwent CD8+ cell depletion and received raltegravir (RAL) monotherapy or a combination of both. Blood, lymph nodes (LNs), and gut biopsy specimens were routinely sampled. Plasma viral loads (pVLs) and 2-LTR circles from peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) and LN lymphocytes were measured with quantitative reverse transcription-PCR (qRT-PCR). In the CD8 depletion group, an ∼1-log increase in pVLs and a slow increase in PBMC 2-LTRs occurred following depletion. In the INT group, a strong decline in pVLs upon treatment initiation and no change in 2-LTR levels were observed. In the INT and CD8+ cell depletion group, an increase in pVLs following CD8 depletion similar to that in the CD8 depletion group was observed, with a modest decline following INT initiation, and 2-LTR circles significantly increased in PBMCs and LNs. Analyzing the 2-LTR data across all treatment groups with a mathematical model indicates that the data best support an effect of CD8+ cells in killing cells prior to viral integration. Sensitivity analyses of these results confirm that effect but also allow for additional effects, which the data do not discriminate well. Overall, we show that INT does not significantly increase the levels of 2-LTR circles. However, CD8+ cell depletion increases the 2-LTR levels, which are enhanced in the presence of an INT.IMPORTANCE CD8+ T cells play an essential role in controlling HIV and SIV infection, but the specific mechanisms involved remain poorly understood. Due to failed viral infection, HIV and SIV can form 2-LTR extrachromosomal circles that can be quantified. We present novel data on the dynamics of these 2-LTR forms in a SIV-infected macaque model under three different treatment conditions: depletion of CD8+ cells, administration of the integrase inhibitor in a monotherapy, which favors the formation of 2-LTR circles, and a combination of the two treatments. We used a new mathematical model to help interpret the data, and the results suggest that CD8+ cells exert a killing effect on infected cells prior to virus integration. These results provide new insights into the mechanisms of action of CD8+ cells in SIV infection. Confirmation of our results would be an important step in understanding immune control of HIV.
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McBrien JB, Kumar NA, Silvestri G. Mechanisms of CD8 + T cell-mediated suppression of HIV/SIV replication. Eur J Immunol 2018; 48:898-914. [PMID: 29427516 DOI: 10.1002/eji.201747172] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/13/2017] [Revised: 01/29/2018] [Accepted: 02/02/2018] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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In this article, we summarize the role of CD8+ T cells during natural and antiretroviral therapy (ART)-treated HIV and SIV infections, discuss the mechanisms responsible for their suppressive activity, and review the rationale for CD8+ T cell-based HIV cure strategies. Evidence suggests that CD8+ T cells are involved in the control of virus replication during HIV and SIV infections. During early HIV infection, the cytolytic activity of CD8+ T cells is responsible for control of viremia. However, it has been proposed that CD8+ T cells also use non-cytolytic mechanisms to control SIV infection. More recently, CD8+ T cells were shown to be required to fully suppress virus production in ART-treated SIV-infected macaques, suggesting that CD8+ T cells are involved in the control of virus transcription in latently infected cells that persist under ART. A better understanding of the complex antiviral activities of CD8+ T cells during HIV/SIV infection will pave the way for immune interventions aimed at harnessing these functions to target the HIV reservoir.
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- Julia Bergild McBrien
- Emory Vaccine Center and Yerkes National Primate Research Center, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, 30329, USA
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- Emory Vaccine Center and Yerkes National Primate Research Center, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, 30329, USA
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- Emory Vaccine Center and Yerkes National Primate Research Center, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, 30329, USA
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Ai X, Hu M, Wang Z, Zhang W, Li J, Yang H, Lin J, Xing B. Recent Advances of Membrane-Cloaked Nanoplatforms for Biomedical Applications. Bioconjug Chem 2018; 29:838-851. [PMID: 29509403 DOI: 10.1021/acs.bioconjchem.8b00103] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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In terms of the extremely small size and large specific surface area, nanomaterials often exhibit unusual physical and chemical properties, which have recently attracted considerable attention in bionanotechnology and nanomedicine. Currently, the extensive usage of nanotechnology in medicine holds great potential for precise diagnosis and effective therapeutics of various human diseases in clinical practice. However, a detailed understanding regarding how nanomedicine interacts with the intricate environment in complex living systems remains a pressing and challenging goal. Inspired by the diversified membrane structures and functions of natural prototypes, research activities on biomimetic and bioinspired membranes, especially for those cloaking nanosized platforms, have increased exponentially. By taking advantage of the flexible synthesis and multiple functionality of nanomaterials, a variety of unique nanostructures including inorganic nanocrystals and organic polymers have been widely devised to substantially integrate with intrinsic biomoieties such as lipids, glycans, and even cell and bacteria membrane components, which endow these abiotic nanomaterials with specific biological functionalities for the purpose of detailed investigation of the complicated interactions and activities of nanomedicine in living bodies, including their immune response activation, phagocytosis escape, and subsequent clearance from vascular system. In this review, we summarize the strategies established recently for the development of biomimetic membrane-cloaked nanoplatforms derived from inherent host cells (e.g., erythrocytes, leukocytes, platelets, and exosomes) and invasive pathogens (e.g., bacteria and viruses), mainly attributed to their versatile membrane properties in biological fluids. Meanwhile, the promising biomedical applications based on nanoplatforms inspired by diverse moieties, such as selective drug delivery in targeted sites and effective vaccine development for disease prevention, have also been outlined. Finally, the potential challenges and future prospects of the biomimetic membrane-cloaked nanoplatforms are also discussed.
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- Xiangzhao Ai
- Division of Chemistry and Biological Chemistry, School of Physical & Mathematical Sciences , Nanyang Technological University , Singapore , 637371
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- Division of Chemistry and Biological Chemistry, School of Physical & Mathematical Sciences , Nanyang Technological University , Singapore , 637371
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- Division of Chemistry and Biological Chemistry, School of Physical & Mathematical Sciences , Nanyang Technological University , Singapore , 637371
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- Division of Chemistry and Biological Chemistry, School of Physical & Mathematical Sciences , Nanyang Technological University , Singapore , 637371.,College of Chemistry , Fuzhou University , Fuzhou , Fujian 350116 , China
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- College of Chemistry , Fuzhou University , Fuzhou , Fujian 350116 , China
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- College of Chemistry , Fuzhou University , Fuzhou , Fujian 350116 , China
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- State Key Laboratory of Rare Earth Resource Utilization, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry , Chinese Academy of Sciences , Changchun , 130022 , China
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- Division of Chemistry and Biological Chemistry, School of Physical & Mathematical Sciences , Nanyang Technological University , Singapore , 637371.,College of Chemistry , Fuzhou University , Fuzhou , Fujian 350116 , China
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Yang Y, Ganusov VV. Kinetics of HIV-Specific CTL Responses Plays a Minimal Role in Determining HIV Escape Dynamics. Front Immunol 2018; 9:140. [PMID: 29472921 PMCID: PMC5810297 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2018.00140] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [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: 09/27/2017] [Accepted: 01/16/2018] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Cytotoxic T lymphocytes (CTLs) have been suggested to play an important role in controlling human immunodeficiency virus (HIV-1 or simply HIV) infection. HIV, due to its high mutation rate, can evade recognition of T cell responses by generating escape variants that cannot be recognized by HIV-specific CTLs. Although HIV escape from CTL responses has been well documented, factors contributing to the timing and the rate of viral escape from T cells have not been fully elucidated. Fitness costs associated with escape and magnitude of the epitope-specific T cell response are generally considered to be the key in determining timing of HIV escape. Several previous analyses generally ignored the kinetics of T cell responses in predicting viral escape by either considering constant or maximal T cell response; several studies also considered escape from different T cell responses to be independent. Here, we focus our analysis on data from two patients from a recent study with relatively frequent measurements of both virus sequences and HIV-specific T cell response to determine impact of CTL kinetics on viral escape. In contrast with our expectation, we found that including temporal dynamics of epitope-specific T cell response did not improve the quality of fit of different models to escape data. We also found that for well-sampled escape data, the estimates of the model parameters including T cell killing efficacy did not strongly depend on the underlying model for escapes: models assuming independent, sequential, or concurrent escapes from multiple CTL responses gave similar estimates for CTL killing efficacy. Interestingly, the model assuming sequential escapes (i.e., escapes occurring along a defined pathway) was unable to accurately describe data on escapes occurring rapidly within a short-time window, suggesting that some of model assumptions must be violated for such escapes. Our results thus suggest that the current sparse measurements of temporal CTL dynamics in blood bear little quantitative information to improve predictions of HIV escape kinetics. More frequent measurements using more sensitive techniques and sampling in secondary lymphoid tissues may allow to better understand whether and how CTL kinetics impacts viral escape.
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- Yiding Yang
- Department of Microbiology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, United States
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- Department of Microbiology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, United States
- National Institute for Mathematical and Biological Synthesis, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, United States
- Department of Mathematics, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, United States
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Sources of Variation in Ancestral Sequence Reconstruction for HIV-1 Envelope Genes. Evol Bioinform Online 2017. [DOI: 10.1177/117693430600200027] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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We characterized the variation in the reconstructed ancestor of 118 HIV-1 envelope gene sequences arising from the methods used for (a) estimating and (b) rooting the phylogenetic tree, and (c) reconstructing the ancestor on that tree, from (d) the sequence format, and from (e) the number of input sequences. The method of rooting the tree was responsible for most of the sequence variation both among the reconstructed ancestral sequences and between the ancestral and observed sequences. Variation in predicted 3-D structural properties of the ancestors mirrored their sequence variation. The observed sequence consensus and ancestral sequences from center-rooted trees were most similar in all predicted attributes. Only for the predicted number of N-glycosylation sites was there a difference between MP and ML methods of reconstruction. Taxon sampling effects were observed only for outgroup-rooted trees, not center-rooted, reflecting the occurrence of several divergent basal sequences. Thus, for sequences exhibiting a radial phylogenetic tree, as does HIV-1, most of the variation in the estimated ancestor arises from the method of rooting the phylogenetic tree. Those investigating the ancestors of genes exhibiting such a radial tree should pay particular attention to alternate rooting methods in order to obtain a representative sample of ancestors.
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John M, Gaudieri S, Mallal S. Immunogenetics and Vaccination. HUMAN VACCINES 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-12-802302-0.00005-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Cartwright EK, Spicer L, Smith SA, Lee D, Fast R, Paganini S, Lawson BO, Nega M, Easley K, Schmitz JE, Bosinger SE, Paiardini M, Chahroudi A, Vanderford TH, Estes JD, Lifson JD, Derdeyn CA, Silvestri G. CD8(+) Lymphocytes Are Required for Maintaining Viral Suppression in SIV-Infected Macaques Treated with Short-Term Antiretroviral Therapy. Immunity 2016; 45:656-668. [PMID: 27653601 PMCID: PMC5087330 DOI: 10.1016/j.immuni.2016.08.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 150] [Impact Index Per Article: 18.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/24/2016] [Revised: 07/01/2016] [Accepted: 07/07/2016] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Infection with HIV persists despite suppressive antiretroviral therapy (ART), and treatment interruption results in rapid viral rebound. Antibody-mediated CD8(+) lymphocyte depletion in simian immunodeficiency virus (SIV)-infected rhesus macaques (RMs) shows that these cells contribute to viral control in untreated animals. However, the contribution of CD8(+) lymphocytes to maintaining viral suppression under ART remains unknown. Here, we have shown that in SIV-infected RMs treated with short-term (i.e., 8-32 week) ART, depletion of CD8(+) lymphocytes resulted in increased plasma viremia in all animals and that repopulation of CD8(+) T cells was associated with prompt reestablishment of virus control. Although the number of SIV-DNA-positive cells remained unchanged after CD8 depletion and reconstitution, the frequency of SIV-infected CD4(+) T cells before depletion positively correlated with both the peak and area under the curve of viremia after depletion. These results suggest a role for CD8(+) T cells in controlling viral production during ART, thus providing a rationale for exploring immunotherapeutic approaches in ART-treated HIV-infected individuals.
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- Emily K Cartwright
- Emory Vaccine Center and Yerkes National Primate Research Center, Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30329, USA
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- Emory Vaccine Center and Yerkes National Primate Research Center, Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30329, USA
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- Emory Vaccine Center and Yerkes National Primate Research Center, Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30329, USA
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- Emory Vaccine Center and Yerkes National Primate Research Center, Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30329, USA
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- AIDS and Cancer Virus Program, Leidos Biomedical Research Inc., Frederick National Laboratory, Frederick, MD 21702, USA
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- Emory Vaccine Center and Yerkes National Primate Research Center, Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30329, USA
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- Emory Vaccine Center and Yerkes National Primate Research Center, Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30329, USA
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- Emory Vaccine Center and Yerkes National Primate Research Center, Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30329, USA
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- Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, Rollins School of Public Health, Atlanta, GA 30329, USA
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- Division of Viral Pathogenesis, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02215, USA
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- Emory Vaccine Center and Yerkes National Primate Research Center, Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30329, USA
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- Emory Vaccine Center and Yerkes National Primate Research Center, Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30329, USA
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- Emory Vaccine Center and Yerkes National Primate Research Center, Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30329, USA; Department of Pediatrics, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA
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- Emory Vaccine Center and Yerkes National Primate Research Center, Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30329, USA
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- AIDS and Cancer Virus Program, Leidos Biomedical Research Inc., Frederick National Laboratory, Frederick, MD 21702, USA
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- AIDS and Cancer Virus Program, Leidos Biomedical Research Inc., Frederick National Laboratory, Frederick, MD 21702, USA
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- Emory Vaccine Center and Yerkes National Primate Research Center, Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30329, USA
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- Emory Vaccine Center and Yerkes National Primate Research Center, Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30329, USA.
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Korpusik A, Kolev M. Single injection of CD8+ T lymphocytes derived from hematopoietic stem cells - Mathematical and numerical insights. Biosystems 2016; 144:46-54. [PMID: 27095371 DOI: 10.1016/j.biosystems.2016.04.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/28/2014] [Revised: 04/01/2016] [Accepted: 04/14/2016] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Recently, hematopoietic stem cell (HSC) based therapy is being discussed as a possible treatment for HIV infection. The main advantage of this approach is that it limits the immune impairing effect of infection by introducing an independent influx of antigen-specific cytotoxic T lymphocytes (CTL). In this paper, we present a mathematical approach to predict the dynamics of HSC based therapy. We use a modification of a basic mathematical model for virus induced impairment of help to study how virus - immune system dynamics can be influenced by a single injection of CD8+ T lymphocytes derived from hematopoietic stem cells. Our mathematical and numerical results indicate that a single, large enough dose of genetically derived CTL may lead to restoration of the cellular immune response and result in long-term control of infection.
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- Adam Korpusik
- Faculty of Technical Sciences, University of Warmia and Mazury, ul. Oczapowskiego 11, 10-719 Olsztyn, Poland.
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- Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science, University of Warmia and Mazury, ul. Słoneczna 54, 10-710 Olsztyn, Poland.
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Cryptosporidium within-host genetic diversity: systematic bibliographical search and narrative overview. Int J Parasitol 2016; 46:465-71. [PMID: 27021167 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2016.03.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/19/2016] [Revised: 02/29/2016] [Accepted: 03/06/2016] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Knowledge of the within-host genetic diversity of a pathogen often has broad implications for disease management. Cryptosporidium protozoan parasites are among the most common causative agents of infectious diarrhoea. Current limitations of in vitro culture impose the use of uncultured isolates obtained directly from the hosts as operational units of Cryptosporidium genotyping. The validity of this practice is centred on the assumption of genetic homogeneity of the parasite within the host, and genetic studies often take little account of the within-host genetic diversity of Cryptosporidium. Yet, theory and experimental evidence contemplate genetic diversity of Cryptosporidium at the within-host scale, but this diversity is not easily identified by genotyping methods ill-suited for the resolution of DNA mixtures. We performed a systematic bibliographical search of the occurrence of within-host genetic diversity of Cryptosporidium parasites in epidemiological samples, between 2005 and 2015. Our results indicate that genetic diversity at the within-host scale, in the form of mixed species or intra-species diversity, has been identified in a large number (n=55) of epidemiological surveys of cryptosporidiosis in variable proportions, but has often been treated as a secondary finding and not analysed. As in malaria, there are indications that the scale of this diversity varies between geographical regions, perhaps depending on the prevailing transmission pathways. These results provide a significant knowledge base from which to draw alternative population genetic structure models, some of which are discussed in this paper.
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Spear TT, Riley TP, Lyons GE, Callender GG, Roszkowski JJ, Wang Y, Simms PE, Scurti GM, Foley KC, Murray DC, Hellman LM, McMahan RH, Iwashima M, Garrett-Mayer E, Rosen HR, Baker BM, Nishimura MI. Hepatitis C virus-cross-reactive TCR gene-modified T cells: a model for immunotherapy against diseases with genomic instability. J Leukoc Biol 2016; 100:545-57. [PMID: 26921345 DOI: 10.1189/jlb.2a1215-561r] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/17/2015] [Accepted: 02/08/2016] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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A major obstacle hindering the development of effective immunity against viral infections, their associated disease, and certain cancers is their inherent genomic instability. Accumulation of mutations can alter processing and presentation of antigens recognized by antibodies and T cells that can lead to immune escape variants. Use of an agent that can intrinsically combat rapidly mutating viral or cancer-associated antigens would be quite advantageous in developing effective immunity against such disease. We propose that T cells harboring cross-reactive TCRs could serve as a therapeutic agent in these instances. With the use of hepatitis C virus, known for its genomic instability as a model for mutated antigen recognition, we demonstrate cross-reactivity against immunogenic and mutagenic nonstructural protein 3:1406-1415 and nonstructural protein 3:1073-1081 epitopes in PBL-derived, TCR-gene-modified T cells. These single TCR-engineered T cells can CD8-independently recognize naturally occurring and epidemiologically relevant mutant variants. TCR-peptide MHC modeling data allow us to rationalize how TCR structural properties accommodate recognition of certain mutated epitopes and how these substitutions impact the requirement of CD8 affinity enhancement for recognition. A better understanding of such TCRs' promiscuous behavior may allow for exploitation of these properties to develop novel, adoptive T cell-based therapies for viral infections and cancers exhibiting similar genomic instability.
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- Timothy T Spear
- Department of Surgery, Cardinal Bernardin Cancer Center, Loyola University Chicago, Maywood, Illinois, USA;
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry and the Harper Cancer Research Institute, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana, USA
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- Department of Surgery, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA; Department of Biology, Northeastern Illinois University, Chicago, Illinois, USA
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- Department of Surgery, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA; Department of Surgery, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry and the Harper Cancer Research Institute, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana, USA
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- Flow Cytometry Core Facility, Cardinal Bernardin Cancer Center, Loyola University Chicago, Maywood, Illinois, USA
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- Department of Surgery, Cardinal Bernardin Cancer Center, Loyola University Chicago, Maywood, Illinois, USA
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- Department of Surgery, Cardinal Bernardin Cancer Center, Loyola University Chicago, Maywood, Illinois, USA
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- Department of Surgery, Cardinal Bernardin Cancer Center, Loyola University Chicago, Maywood, Illinois, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry and the Harper Cancer Research Institute, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana, USA
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- Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Hepatitis C Center, and Department of Medicine, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Aurora, Colorado, USA; and
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Loyola University Chicago, Maywood, Illinois, USA
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- Department of Public Health Sciences, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, USA Hollings Cancer Center, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, USA
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- Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Hepatitis C Center, and Department of Medicine, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Aurora, Colorado, USA; and
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry and the Harper Cancer Research Institute, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana, USA
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- Department of Surgery, Cardinal Bernardin Cancer Center, Loyola University Chicago, Maywood, Illinois, USA; Department of Surgery, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA
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Domingo E. Interaction of Virus Populations with Their Hosts. VIRUS AS POPULATIONS 2016. [PMCID: PMC7150142 DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-12-800837-9.00004-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/03/2022]
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Viral population numbers are extremely large compared with those of their host species. Population bottlenecks are frequent during the life cycle of viruses and can reduce viral populations transiently to very few individuals. Viruses have to confront several types of constraints that can be divided in basal, cell-dependent, and organism-dependent constraints. Viruses overcome them exploiting a number of molecular mechanisms, with an important contribution of population numbers and genome variation. The adaptive potential of viruses is reflected in modifications of cell tropism and host range, escape to components of the host immune response, and capacity to alternate among different host species, among other phenotypic changes. Despite a fitness cost of most mutations required to overcome a selective constraint, viruses can find evolutionary pathways that ensure their survival in equilibrium with their hosts.
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Leviyang S, Ganusov VV. Broad CTL Response in Early HIV Infection Drives Multiple Concurrent CTL Escapes. PLoS Comput Biol 2015; 11:e1004492. [PMID: 26506433 PMCID: PMC4624722 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1004492] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/23/2014] [Accepted: 08/06/2015] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Recent studies have highlighted the ability of HIV to escape from cytotoxic T lymphocyte (CTL) responses that concurrently target multiple viral epitopes. Yet, the viral dynamics involved in such escape are incompletely understood. Previous analyses have made several strong assumptions regarding HIV escape from CTL responses such as independent or non-concurrent escape from individual CTL responses. Using experimental data from evolution of HIV half genomes in four patients we observe concurrent viral escape from multiple CTL responses during early infection (first 100 days of infection), providing confirmation of a recent result found in a study of one HIV-infected patient. We show that current methods of estimating CTL escape rates, based on the assumption of independent escapes, are biased and perform poorly when CTL escape proceeds concurrently at multiple epitopes. We propose a new method for analyzing longitudinal sequence data to estimate the rate of CTL escape across multiple epitopes; this method involves few parameters and performs well in simulation studies. By applying our novel method to experimental data, we find that concurrent multiple escapes occur at rates between 0.03 and 0.4 day−1, a relatively broad range that reflects uncertainty due to sparse sampling and wide ranges of parameter values. However, we show that concurrent escape at rates 0.1–0.2 day−1 across multiple epitopes is consistent with our patient datasets. Since the early 1990s, cytotoxic T lymphocytes (CTLs) have been known to play an important role in HIV infection with CTLs targeting HIV epitopes and, in turn, HIV escapes arising through mutations in the targeted epitopes. Over the past decade, studies have shown that CTL responses concurrently target multiple HIV epitopes, yet the effect of concurrent responses on HIV dynamics and evolution is not well understood. Through an analysis of patient datasets and a novel statistical method, we show that during early HIV infection concurrent CTL responses drive concurrent HIV escapes at multiple epitopes with significant pressure, suggesting a complex picture in which HIV simultaneously explores multiple mutational pathways to escape from broad and potent CTL response.
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- Sivan Leviyang
- Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Georgetown University, Washington, DC, United States of America
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- Department of Microbiology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee, United States of America
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A robust and scalable TCR-based reporter cell assay to measure HIV-1 Nef-mediated T cell immune evasion. J Immunol Methods 2015; 426:104-13. [PMID: 26319395 DOI: 10.1016/j.jim.2015.08.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/25/2015] [Revised: 08/20/2015] [Accepted: 08/20/2015] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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HIV-1 evades cytotoxic T cell responses through Nef-mediated downregulation of HLA class I molecules from the infected cell surface. Methods to quantify the impact of Nef on T cell recognition typically employ patient-derived T cell clones; however, these assays are limited by the cost and effort required to isolate and maintain primary cell lines. The variable activity of different T cell clones and the limited number of cells generated by re-stimulation can also hinder assay reproducibility and scalability. Here, we describe a heterologous T cell receptor reporter assay and use it to study immune evasion by Nef. Induction of NFAT-driven luciferase following co-culture with peptide-pulsed or virus-infected target cells serves as a rapid, quantitative and antigen-specific measure of T cell recognition of its cognate peptide/HLA complex. We demonstrate that Nef-mediated downregulation of HLA on target cells correlates inversely with T cell receptor-dependent luminescent signal generated by effector cells. This method provides a robust, flexible and scalable platform that is suitable for studies to measure Nef function in the context of different viral peptide/HLA antigens, to assess the function of patient-derived Nef alleles, or to screen small molecule libraries to identify novel Nef inhibitors.
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Merkenschlager J, Kassiotis G. Narrowing the Gap: Preserving Repertoire Diversity Despite Clonal Selection during the CD4 T Cell Response. Front Immunol 2015; 6:413. [PMID: 26322045 PMCID: PMC4531291 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2015.00413] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/15/2015] [Accepted: 07/28/2015] [Indexed: 01/14/2023] Open
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T cell immunity relies on the generation and maintenance of a diverse repertoire of T cell antigen receptors (TCRs). The strength of signaling emanating from the TCR dictates the fate of T cells during development, as well as during the immune response. Whereas development of new T cells in the thymus increases the available TCR repertoire, clonal selection during the immune response narrows TCR diversity through the outgrowth of clonotypes with the fittest TCR. To ensure maintenance of TCR diversity in the antigen-selected repertoire, specific mechanisms can be envisaged that facilitate the participation of T cell clonotypes with less than best fit TCRs. Here, we summarize the evidence for the existence of such mechanisms that can prevent the loss of diversity. A number of T cell-autonomous or extrinsic factors can reverse clonotypic hierarchies set by TCR affinity for given antigen. Although not yet complete, understanding of these factors and their mechanism of action will be critical in interventional attempts to mold the antigen-selected TCR repertoire.
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- Mill Hill Laboratory, The Francis Crick Institute , London , UK ; Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London , London , UK
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Louzoun Y, Mitchell R, Behar H, Schukken Y. Two state model for a constant disease hazard in paratuberculosis (and other bovine diseases). Vet Res 2015; 46:67. [PMID: 26092587 PMCID: PMC4474326 DOI: 10.1186/s13567-015-0189-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/15/2014] [Accepted: 01/20/2015] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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Many diseases are characterized by a long and varying sub-clinical period. Two main mechanisms can explain such periods: a slow progress toward disease or a sudden transition from a healthy state to a disease state induced by internal or external events. We here survey epidemiological features of the amount of bacteria shed during Mycobacterium Avium Paratuberculosis (MAP) infection to test which of these two models, slow progression or sudden transition (or a combination of the two), better explains the transition from intermittent and low shedding to high shedding. Often, but not always, high shedding is associated with the occurrence of clinical signs. In the case of MAP, the clinical signs include diarrhea, low milk production, poor fertility and eventually emaciation and death. We propose a generic model containing bacterial growth, immune control and fluctuations. This proposed generic model can represent the two hypothesized types of transitions in different parameter regimes. The results show that the sudden transition model provides a simpler explanation of the data, but also suffers from some limitations. We discuss the different immunological mechanism that can explain and support the sudden transition model and the interpretation of each term in the studied model. These conclusions are applicable to a wide variety of diseases, and MAP serves as a good test case based on the large scale measurements of single cow longitudinal profiles in this disease.
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- Yoram Louzoun
- Gonda Brain Research Center and Department of Mathematics, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat Gan, Israel.
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- ASM Post Doctoral Fellow at Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia.
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- Gonda Brain Research Center and Department of Mathematics, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat Gan, Israel.
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- GD Animal Health, Deventer, the Netherlands. .,Department of Population Medicine and Diagnostic Sciences, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA.
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Contrasting within- and between-host immune selection shapes Neisseria Opa repertoires. Sci Rep 2014; 4:6554. [PMID: 25296566 PMCID: PMC4894414 DOI: 10.1038/srep06554] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/15/2014] [Accepted: 09/08/2014] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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Pathogen evolution is influenced strongly by the host immune response. Previous studies of the effects of herd immunity on the population structure of directly transmitted, short-lived pathogens have primarily focused on the impact of competition for hosts. In contrast, for long-lived infections like HIV, theoretical work has focused on the mechanisms promoting antigenic variation within the host. In reality, successful transmission requires that pathogens balance both within- and between-host immune selection. The Opa adhesins in the bacterial Neisseria genus provide a unique system to study the evolution of the same antigens across two major pathogens: while N. meningitidis is an airborne, respiratory pathogen colonising the nasopharynx relatively transiently, N. gonorrhoeae can cause sexually transmitted, long-lived infections. We use a simple mathematical model and genomic data to show that trade-offs between immune selection pressures within- and between-hosts can explain the contrasting Opa repertoires observed in meningococci and gonococci.
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Morales JF, Morin TJ, Yu B, Tatsuno GP, O'Rourke SM, Theolis R, Mesa KA, Berman PW. HIV-1 envelope proteins and V1/V2 domain scaffolds with mannose-5 to improve the magnitude and quality of protective antibody responses to HIV-1. J Biol Chem 2014; 289:20526-42. [PMID: 24872420 PMCID: PMC4110267 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m114.554089] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/29/2014] [Revised: 05/07/2014] [Indexed: 01/15/2023] Open
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Two lines of investigation have highlighted the importance of antibodies to the V1/V2 domain of gp120 in providing protection from HIV-1 infection. First, the recent RV144 HIV-1 vaccine trial documented a correlation between non-neutralizing antibodies to the V2 domain and protection. Second, multiple broadly neutralizing monoclonal antibodies to the V1/V2 domain (e.g. PG9) have been isolated from rare infected individuals, termed elite neutralizers. Interestingly, the binding of both types of antibodies appears to depend on the same cluster of amino acids (positions 167–171) adjacent to the junction of the B and C strands of the four-stranded V1/V2 domain β-sheet structure. However, the broadly neutralizing mAb, PG9, additionally depends on mannose-5 glycans at positions 156 and 160 for binding. Because the gp120 vaccine immunogens used in previous HIV-1 vaccine trials were enriched for complex sialic acid-containing glycans, and lacked the high mannose structures required for the binding of PG9-like mAbs, we wondered if these immunogens could be improved by limiting glycosylation to mannose-5 glycans. Here, we describe the PG9 binding activity of monomeric gp120s from multiple strains of HIV-1 produced with mannose-5 glycans. We also describe the properties of glycopeptide scaffolds from the V1/V2 domain also expressed with mannose-5 glycans. The V1/V2 scaffold from the A244 isolate was able to bind the PG9, CH01, and CH03 mAbs with high affinity provided that the proper glycans were present. We further show that immunization with A244 V1/V2 fragments alone, or in a prime/boost regimen with gp120, enhanced the antibody response to sequences in the V1/V2 domain associated with protection in the RV144 trial.
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- Javier F. Morales
- From the Department of Biomolecular Engineering, Baskin School of Engineering, University of California at Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, California 95064
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- From the Department of Biomolecular Engineering, Baskin School of Engineering, University of California at Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, California 95064
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- From the Department of Biomolecular Engineering, Baskin School of Engineering, University of California at Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, California 95064
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- From the Department of Biomolecular Engineering, Baskin School of Engineering, University of California at Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, California 95064
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- From the Department of Biomolecular Engineering, Baskin School of Engineering, University of California at Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, California 95064
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- From the Department of Biomolecular Engineering, Baskin School of Engineering, University of California at Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, California 95064
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- From the Department of Biomolecular Engineering, Baskin School of Engineering, University of California at Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, California 95064
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- From the Department of Biomolecular Engineering, Baskin School of Engineering, University of California at Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, California 95064
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Thorborn G, Young GR, Kassiotis G. Effective T helper cell responses against retroviruses: are all clonotypes equal? J Leukoc Biol 2014; 96:27-37. [PMID: 24737804 DOI: 10.1189/jlb.2ri0613-347r] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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The critical importance of CD4(+) T cells in coordinating innate and adaptive immune responses is evidenced by the susceptibility to various pathogenic and opportunistic infections that arises from primary or acquired CD4(+) T cell immunodeficiency, such as following HIV-1 infection. However, despite the clearly defined roles of cytotoxic CD8(+) T cells and antibodies in host protection from retroviruses, the ability of CD4(+) T cells to exert a similar function remains unclear. Recent studies in various settings have drawn attention to the complexity of the T cell response within and between individuals. Distinct TCR clonotypes within an individual differ substantially in their response to the same epitope. Functionally similar, "public" TCR clonotypes can also dominate the response of different individuals. TCR affinity for antigen directly influences expansion and differentiation of responding T cells, also likely affecting their ultimate protective capacity. With this increasing understanding of the parameters that determine the magnitude and effector type of the T cell response, we are now better equipped to address the protective capacity against retroviruses of CD4(+) T cell clonotypes induced by natural infection or vaccination.
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- Divisions of Immunoregulation and Virology, Medical Research Council National Institute for Medical Research, The Ridgeway, London, United Kingdom; and
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- Divisions of Immunoregulation and Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London, United Kingdom
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Betts MR, Gray CM, Cox JH, Ferrari G. Antigen-specific T-cell-mediated immunity after HIV-1 infection: implications for vaccine control of HIV development. Expert Rev Vaccines 2014; 5:505-16. [PMID: 16989631 DOI: 10.1586/14760584.5.4.505] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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The definition of immune correlates of protection in HIV-1 infection is pivotal to the design of successful vaccine candidates and strategies. Although significant methodological and conceptual strides have been made in our understanding of HIV-specific cellular immunity, we have not yet defined those parameters that have a role in controlling the spread of HIV infection. This review discusses the basis of our understanding of HIV-specific cellular immunity and identifies its shortcomings. Furthermore, potential protective characteristics will be proposed that may ultimately be required for an effective vaccine designed to stimulate cellular immunity against HIV-1.
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- Michael R Betts
- University of Pennsylvania, Department of Microbiology, 522E Johnson Pavilion, 3610 Hamilton Walk, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA.
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Warner BG, Abbott WGH, Rodrigo AG. Frequency-dependent selection drives HBeAg seroconversion in chronic hepatitis B virus infection. EVOLUTION MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH 2013; 2014:1-9. [PMID: 24481244 PMCID: PMC4204619 DOI: 10.1093/emph/eot023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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HBeAg seroconversion is an important stage in the evolution of a chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection that usually leads to control of viral replication and a reduced risk for liver cirrhosis and cancer. Since current therapies for the HBV-associated liver inflammation that is known as chronic hepatitis B (CHB). Rarely induce permanent HBeAg seroconversion, there is a need to understand the mechanisms responsible for the purpose of identifying new therapeutic targets. Currently, the most widely accepted hypothesis is that the patient’s humoral and cellular immune responses to the HBV initiate HBeAg seroconversion. Although we accept that this hypothesis cannot be excluded, we propose an alternative that is consistent with published data on HBeAg seroconversion. We postulate, as others have, that the HBeAg suppresses the immune response to the HBV. However, production of the HBeAg incurs a metabolic cost to the hepatocyte which reduces the replicative capacity of the virus. Consequently, HBeAg-negative viruses replicate faster than HBeAg-positive viruses. HBeAg-negative variants arise de novo; and when their frequency in the population is low they have a replicative advantage. However, they also benefit from the immunosuppressive effects of the HBeAg-positive viruses in the population. As HBeAg-negative variants increase in frequency and HBeAg levels fall, the immune system recognizes the HBV, and HBeAg seroconversion occurs as a consequence of frequency-dependent selection acting on HBeAg-negative variants. This hypothesis explains the wide inter-individual variation in age of seroconversion, the increased rate of seroconversion during anti-viral treatment and the phenomena of both spontaneous and post-treatment HBeAg reversions (in which patients cycle between the HBeAg-positive and negative phases of their infection).
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- Brook G Warner
- Bioinformatics Institute, University of Auckland, Private Bag 92-019, Auckland, New Zealand; The New Zealand Liver Transplant Unit, Auckland City Hospital, Private Bag 92-024, Auckland, New Zealand; Biology Department, Duke University, 125 Science Drive, Durham, NC 27708, USA
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Agranovich A, Maman Y, Louzoun Y. Viral proteome size and CD8+ T cell epitope density are correlated: the effect of complexity on selection. INFECTION GENETICS AND EVOLUTION 2013; 20:71-7. [PMID: 23954420 PMCID: PMC7106205 DOI: 10.1016/j.meegid.2013.07.030] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/02/2013] [Revised: 07/29/2013] [Accepted: 07/31/2013] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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We analyze the relation between viral complexity and their adaptation to the host immune system. Viruses with few proteins and low number of nucleotides remove more CD8+ T cell epitopes. Within a virus, short proteins (with fewer amino acids) adapt better than long ones. The relation between total size and adaptation is host specific. Complexity limits genetic adaptation in the high-mutation rate strong selection regime.
The relation between the complexity of organisms and proteins and their evolution rates has been discussed in the context of multiple generic models. The main robust claim from most such models is the negative relation between complexity and the accumulation rate of mutations. Viruses accumulate escape mutations in their epitopes to avoid detection and destruction of their host cell by CD8+ T cells. The extreme regime of immune escape, namely, strong selection and high mutation rate, provide an opportunity to extend and validate the existing models of relation between complexity and evolution rate as proposed by Fisher and Kimura. Using epitope prediction algorithms to compute the epitopes presented on the most frequent human HLA alleles in over 100 fully sequenced human viruses, and over 900 non-human viruses, we here study the correlation between viruses/proteins complexity (as measured by the number of proteins in the virus and the length of each protein, respectively) and the rate of accumulation of escape mutation. The latter is evaluated by measuring the normalized epitope density of viral proteins. If the virus/protein complexity prevents the accumulation of escape mutations, the epitope density is expected to be positively correlated with both the number of proteins in the virus and the length of proteins. We show that such correlations are indeed observed for most human viruses. For non-human viruses the correlations were much less significant, indicating that the correlation is indeed induced by human HLA molecules.
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- Alexandra Agranovich
- Department of Mathematics and Gonda Brain Research Center, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat Gan 52900, Israel
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- The Mina and Everard Goodman Faculty of Life Sciences, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat Gan, Israel
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- Department of Mathematics and Gonda Brain Research Center, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat Gan 52900, Israel
- Corresponding author. Tel.: +972 3 5317610; fax: +972 3 7384057.
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Baszczyňski O, Janeba Z. Medicinal Chemistry of Fluorinated Cyclic and Acyclic Nucleoside Phosphonates. Med Res Rev 2013; 33:1304-44. [DOI: 10.1002/med.21296] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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- Ondřej Baszczyňski
- Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry; Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic; v.v.i. Flemingovo nám. 2 16610 Prague 6 Czech Republic
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry; Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic; v.v.i. Flemingovo nám. 2 16610 Prague 6 Czech Republic
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Schiffner T, Sattentau QJ, Dorrell L. Development of prophylactic vaccines against HIV-1. Retrovirology 2013; 10:72. [PMID: 23866844 PMCID: PMC3722125 DOI: 10.1186/1742-4690-10-72] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/17/2013] [Accepted: 07/11/2013] [Indexed: 01/12/2023] Open
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The focus of most current HIV-1 vaccine development is on antibody-based approaches. This is because certain antibody responses correlated with protection from HIV-1 acquisition in the RV144 phase III trial, and because a series of potent and broad spectrum neutralizing antibodies have been isolated from infected individuals. Taken together, these two findings suggest ways forward to develop a neutralizing antibody-based vaccine. However, understanding of the correlates of protection from disease in HIV-1 and other infections strongly suggests that we should not ignore CTL-based research. Here we review recent progress in the field and highlight the challenges implicit in HIV-1 vaccine design and some potential solutions.
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- Torben Schiffner
- The Sir William Dunn School of Pathology, The University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3RE, UK
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Smith SA, Wood C, West JT. HIV-1 Env C2-V4 diversification in a slow-progressor infant reveals a flat but rugged fitness landscape. PLoS One 2013; 8:e63094. [PMID: 23638182 PMCID: PMC3639246 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0063094] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/14/2013] [Accepted: 03/28/2013] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Human immunodeficiency virus type-1 (HIV-1) fitness has been associated with virus entry, a process mediated by the envelope glycoprotein (Env). We previously described Env genetic diversification in a Zambian, subtype C infected, slow-progressor child (1157i) in parallel with an evolving neutralizing antibody response. Because of the role the Variable-3 loop (V3) plays in transmission, cell tropism, neutralization sensitivity, and fitness, longitudinally isolated 1157i C2-V4 alleles were cloned into HIV-1NL4-3-eGFP and -DsRed2 infectious molecular clones. The fluorescent reporters allowed for dual-infection competitions between all patient-derived C2-V4 chimeras to quantify the effect of V3 diversification and selection on fitness. 'Winners' and 'losers' were readily discriminated among the C2-V4 alleles. Exceptional sensitivity for detection of subtle fitness differences was revealed through analysis of two alleles differing in a single synonymous amino acid. However, when the outcomes of N = 33 competitions were averaged for each chimera, the aggregate analysis showed that despite increasing diversification and divergence with time, natural selection of C2-V4 sequences in this individual did not appear to be producing a 'survival of the fittest' evolutionary pattern. Rather, we detected a relatively flat fitness landscape consistent with mutational robustness. Fitness outcomes were then correlated with individual components of the entry process. Env incorporation into particles correlated best with fitness, suggesting a role for Env avidity, as opposed to receptor/coreceptor affinity, in defining fitness. Nevertheless, biochemical analyses did not identify any step in HIV-1 entry as a dominant determinant of fitness. Our results lead us to conclude that multiple aspects of entry contribute to maintaining adequate HIV-1 fitness, and there is no surrogate analysis for determining fitness. The capacity for subtle polymorphisms in Env to nevertheless significantly impact viral fitness suggests fitness is best defined by head-to-head competition.
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- S. Abigail Smith
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States of America
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- Nebraska Center for Virology, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska, United States of America
- School of Biological Sciences, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska, United States of America
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States of America
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Grinberg A, Biggs P, Dukkipati V, George T. Extensive intra-host genetic diversity uncovered in Cryptosporidium parvum using Next Generation Sequencing. INFECTION GENETICS AND EVOLUTION 2013; 15:18-24. [DOI: 10.1016/j.meegid.2012.08.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/23/2012] [Revised: 08/28/2012] [Accepted: 08/28/2012] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Komarova NL, Urwin E, Wodarz D. Accelerated crossing of fitness valleys through division of labor and cheating in asexual populations. Sci Rep 2012; 2:917. [PMID: 23209877 PMCID: PMC3512085 DOI: 10.1038/srep00917] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/05/2012] [Accepted: 10/31/2012] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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Complex traits can require the accumulation of multiple mutations that are individually deleterious. Their evolution requires a fitness valley to be crossed, which can take relatively long time spans. A new evolutionary mechanism is described that accelerates the emergence of complex phenotypes, based on a “division of labor” game and the occurrence of cheaters. If each intermediate mutation leads to a product that can be shared with others, the complex type can arise relatively quickly as an emergent property among cooperating individuals, without any given individual having to accumulate all mutations. Moreover, the emergence of cheaters that destroy cooperative interactions can lead to the emergence of individuals that have accumulated all necessary mutations on a time scale that is significantly faster than observed in the absence of cooperation and cheating. Application of this mechanism to somatic and microbial evolution is discussed, including evolutionary processes in tumors, biofilms, and viral infections.
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- Natalia L Komarova
- Department of Mathematics, Rowland Hall, University of California , Irvine, CA 92697, USA.
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Wu Y, Zhao X, Zhang M. Dynamics of stochastic mutation to immunodominance. MATHEMATICAL BIOSCIENCES AND ENGINEERING : MBE 2012; 9:937-952. [PMID: 23311429 DOI: 10.3934/mbe.2012.9.937] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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Although a virus contains several epitopes that can be recognized by cytotoxic T lymphocytes (CTL), the immune responses against different epitopes are not uniform. Only a few CTLs (sometimes just one) will be immunodominant. Mutation of epitopes has been recognized as an important mechanism of immunodominance. Previous research has studied the influences of sporadic, discrete mutation events. In this work, we introduce a bounded noise term to account for the intrinsic stochastic nature of mutation. Monte Carlo simulations of the stochastic model show abounding complex phenomena, and patterns observed from the numerical simulations shed lights on long term trends of immunodomnance.
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- Yu Wu
- Department of Mechanical, Aerospace and Biomedical Engineering, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996, United States.
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Ravimohan S, Gama L, Engle EL, Zink MC, Clements JE. Early emergence and selection of a SIV-LTR C/EBP site variant in SIV-infected macaques that increases virus infectivity. PLoS One 2012; 7:e42801. [PMID: 22952612 PMCID: PMC3428313 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0042801] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/16/2012] [Accepted: 07/11/2012] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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CCAAT/enhancer binding protein (C/EBP)β, and C/EBP binding sites in the HIV/SIV-long terminal repeat (LTR) are crucial for regulating transcription and for IFNβ-mediated suppression of virus replication in macrophages, the predominant source of productive virus replication in the brain. We investigated sequence variation within the SIV-LTR C/EBP sites that may be under selective pressure in vivo and therefore associated with disease progression. Using the SIV-macaque model, we examined viral LTR sequences derived from the spleen, a site of macrophage and lymphocyte infection, and the brain from macaques euthanized at 10, 21, 42, 48 and 84 days postinoculation (p.i.). A dominant variant, DS1C/A, containing an adenine-to-guanine substitution and a linked cytosine-to-adenine substitution in the downstream (DS1) C/EBP site, was detected in the spleen at 10 days p.i. The DS1C/A genotype was not detected in the brain until 42 days p.i., after which it was the predominant replicating genotype in both brain and spleen. Functional characterization of the DS1C/A containing SIV showed increased infectivity with or without IFNβ treatment over the wild-type virus, SIV/17E-Fr. The DS1C/A C/EBP site had higher affinity for both protein isoforms of C/EBPβ compared to the wild-type DS1 C/EBP site. Cytokine expression in spleen compared to brain implicated IFNβ and IL-6 responses as part of the selective pressures contributing to emergence of the DS1C/A genotype in vivo. These studies demonstrate selective replication of virus containing the DS1C/A genotype that either emerges very early in spleen and spreads to the brain, or evolves independently in the brain when IFNβ and IL-6 levels are similar to that found in spleen earlier in infection.
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- Shruthi Ravimohan
- Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America.
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Yang H, Wu H, Hancock G, Clutton G, Sande N, Xu X, Yan H, Huang X, Angus B, Kuldanek K, Fidler S, Denny TN, Birks J, McMichael A, Dorrell L. Antiviral inhibitory capacity of CD8+ T cells predicts the rate of CD4+ T-cell decline in HIV-1 infection. J Infect Dis 2012; 206:552-61. [PMID: 22711904 DOI: 10.1093/infdis/jis379] [Citation(s) in RCA: 69] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Rare human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1)-infected individuals who maintain control of viremia without therapy show potent CD8+ T-cell-mediated suppression of viral replication in vitro. Whether this is a determinant of the rate of disease progression in viremic individuals is unknown. METHODS We measured CD8+ T-cell-mediated inhibition of a heterologous HIV-1 isolate in 50 HIV-1-seropositive adults with diverse progression rates. Linear mixed models were used to determine whether CD8+ T-cell function could explain variation in the rate of CD4+ T-cell decline. RESULTS There was a significant interaction between CD8+ T-cell antiviral activity in vitro and the rate of CD4+ T-cell decline in chronically infected individuals (P < .0001). In a second prospective analysis of recently infected subjects followed for up to 3 years, CD8+ T-cell antiviral activity strongly predicted subsequent CD4+ T-cell decline (P < .0001) and explained up to 73% of the interindividual variation in the CD4+ T-cell slope. In addition, it was inversely associated with viral load set point (r = -0.68 and P = .002). CONCLUSIONS The antiviral inhibitory capacity of CD8+ T cells is highly predictive of CD4+ T-cell loss in early HIV-1 infection. It has potential as a benchmark of effective immunity in vaccine evaluation.
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- Hongbing Yang
- Oxford NIHR Biomedical Research Centre, United Kingdom
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Huang G, Takeuchi Y, Korobeinikov A. HIV evolution and progression of the infection to AIDS. J Theor Biol 2012; 307:149-59. [PMID: 22634206 DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2012.05.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/16/2011] [Revised: 05/11/2012] [Accepted: 05/14/2012] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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In this paper, we propose and discuss a possible mechanism, which, via continuous mutations and evolution, eventually enables HIV to break from immune control. In order to investigate this mechanism, we employ a simple mathematical model, which describes the relationship between evolving HIV and the specific CTL response and explicitly takes into consideration the role of CD4(+)T cells (helper T cells) in the activation of the CTL response. Based on the assumption that HIV evolves towards higher replication rates, we quantitatively analyze the dynamical properties of this model. The model exhibits the existence of two thresholds, defined as the immune activation threshold and the immunodeficiency threshold, which are critical for the activation and persistence of the specific cell-mediated immune response: the specific CTL response can be established and is able to effectively control an infection when the virus replication rate is between these two thresholds. If the replication rate is below the immune activation threshold, then the specific immune response cannot be reliably established due to the shortage of antigen-presenting cells. Besides, the specific immune response cannot be established when the virus replication rate is above the immunodeficiency threshold due to low levels of CD4(+)T cells. The latter case implies the collapse of the immune system and beginning of AIDS. The interval between these two thresholds roughly corresponds to the asymptomatic stage of HIV infection. The model shows that the duration of the asymptomatic stage and progression of the disease are very sensitive to variations in the model parameters. In particularly, the rate of production of the naive lymphocytes appears to be crucial.
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- Gang Huang
- School of Mathematics and Physics, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan 430074, PR China
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Van den Bergh R, Morin S, Sass HJ, Grzesiek S, Vekemans M, Florence E, Tran HTT, Imiru RG, Heyndrickx L, Vanham G, De Baetselier P, Raes G. Monocytes contribute to differential immune pressure on R5 versus X4 HIV through the adipocytokine visfatin/NAMPT. PLoS One 2012; 7:e35074. [PMID: 22493731 PMCID: PMC3320877 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0035074] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/06/2011] [Accepted: 03/13/2012] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Background The immune system exerts a diversifying selection pressure on HIV through cellular, humoral and innate mechanisms. This pressure drives viral evolution throughout infection. A better understanding of the natural immune pressure on the virus during infection is warranted, given the clinical interest in eliciting and sustaining an immune response to HIV which can help to control the infection. We undertook to evaluate the potential of the novel HIV-induced, monocyte-derived factor visfatin to modulate viral infection, as part of the innate immune pressure on viral populations. Results We show that visfatin is capable of selectively inhibiting infection by R5 HIV strains in macrophages and resting PBMC in vitro, while at the same time remaining indifferent to or even favouring infection by X4 strains. Furthermore, visfatin exerts a direct effect on the relative fitness of R5 versus X4 infections in a viral competition setup. Direct interaction of visfatin with the CCR5 receptor is proposed as a putative mechanism for this differential effect. Possible in vivo relevance of visfatin induction is illustrated by its association with the dominance of CXCR4-using HIV in the plasma. Conclusions As an innate factor produced by monocytes, visfatin is capable of inhibiting infections by R5 but not X4 strains, reflecting a potential selective pressure against R5 viruses.
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Roy SM, Wodarz D. Infection of HIV-specific CD4 T helper cells and the clonal composition of the response. J Theor Biol 2012; 304:143-51. [PMID: 22480435 DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2012.03.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/12/2011] [Revised: 03/13/2012] [Accepted: 03/14/2012] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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A hallmark of human immunodeficiency virus is its ability to infect CD4+ T helper cells, thus impairing helper cell responses and consequently effector responses whose maintenance depends on help (such as killer T cells and B cells). In particular, the virus has been shown to infect HIV-specific helper cells preferentially. Using mathematical models, we investigate the consequence of this assumption for the basic dynamics between HIV and its target cells, assuming the existence of two independently regulated helper cell clones, directed against different epitopes of the virus. In contrast to previous studies, we examine a relatively simple scenario, only concentrating on the interactions between the virus and its target cells, not taking into account any helper-dependent effector responses. Further, there is no direct competition for space or antigenic stimulation in the model. Yet, a set of interesting outcomes is observed that provide further insights into factors that shape helper cell responses. Despite the absence of competition, a stronger helper cell clone can still exclude a weaker one because the two clones are infected by the same pathogen, an ecological concept called "apparent competition". Moreover, we also observe "facilitation": if one of the helper cell clones is too weak to become established in isolation, the presence of a stronger clone can provide enhanced antigenic stimulation, thus allowing the weaker clone to persist. The dependencies of these outcomes on parameters is explored. Factors that reduce viral infectivity and increase the death rate of infected cells promote coexistence, which is in agreement with the observation that stronger immunity correlates with broader helper cell responses. The basic model is extended to explicitly take into account helper-dependent CTL responses and direct competition. This study sheds further light onto the factors that can influence the clonal composition of HIV-specific helper cell responses, which has implications for the overall pattern of disease progression.
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- Sarah M Roy
- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, 321 Steinhaus Hall, University of California, Irvine, CA 92697, USA
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Ruff JS, Nelson AC, Kubinak JL, Potts WK. MHC signaling during social communication. ADVANCES IN EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY 2012; 738:290-313. [PMID: 22399386 PMCID: PMC4835215 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4614-1680-7_17] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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The major histocompatibility complex (MHC) has been known to play a critical role in immune recognition since the 1950s. It was a surprise, then, in the 1970s when the first report appeared indicating MHC might also function in social signaling. Since this seminal discovery, MHC signaling has been found throughout vertebrates and its known functions have expanded beyond mate choice to include a suite of behaviors from kin-biased cooperation, parent-progeny recognition to pregnancy block. The widespread occurrence of MHC in social signaling has revealed conserved behavioral-genetic mechanisms that span vertebrates and includes humans. The identity of the signal's chemical constituents and the receptors responsible for the perception of the signal have remained elusive, but recent advances have enabled the identification of the key components of the behavioral circuit. In this chapter we organize recent findings from the literature and discuss them in relation to four nonmutually exclusive models wherein MHC functions as a signal of (i) individuality, (ii) relatedness, (iii) genetic compatibility and (iv) quality. We also synthesize current mechanistic studies, showing how knowledge about the molecular basis of MHC signaling can lead to elegant and informative experimental manipulations. Finally, we discuss current evidence relating to the primordial functions of the MHC, including the possibility that its role in social signaling may be ancestral to its central role in adaptive immunity.
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- James S Ruff
- Department of Biology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA.
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Potent autologous and heterologous neutralizing antibody responses occur in HIV-2 infection across a broad range of infection outcomes. J Virol 2011; 86:930-46. [PMID: 22072758 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.06126-11] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Few studies have explored the role of neutralizing antibody (NAb) responses in controlling HIV-2 viremia and disease progression. Using a TZM-bl neutralization assay, we assessed heterologous and autologous NAb responses from a community cohort of HIV-2-infected individuals with a broad range of disease outcomes in rural Guinea-Bissau. All subjects (n = 40) displayed exceptionally high heterologous NAb titers (50% inhibitory plasma dilution or 50% inhibitory concentration [IC(50)], 1:7,000 to 1:1,000,000) against 5 novel primary HIV-2 envelopes and HIV-2 7312A, whereas ROD A and 3 primary envelopes were relatively resistant to neutralization. Most individuals also showed high autologous NAb against contemporaneous envelopes (78% of plasma-envelope combinations in 69 envelopes from 21 subjects), with IC(50)s above 1:10,000. No association between heterologous or autologous NAb titer and greater control of HIV-2 was found. A subset of envelopes was found to be more resistant to neutralization (by plasma and HIV-2 monoclonal antibodies). These envelopes were isolated from individuals with greater intrapatient sequence diversity and were associated with changes in potential N-linked glycosylation sites but not CD4 independence or CXCR4 use. Plasma collected from up to 15 years previously was able to potently neutralize recent autologous envelopes, suggesting a lack of escape from NAb and the persistence of neutralization-sensitive variants over time, despite significant NAb pressure. We conclude that despite the presence of broad and potent NAb responses in HIV-2-infected individuals, these are not the primary forces behind the dichotomous outcomes observed but reveal a limited capacity for adaptive selection and escape from host immunity in HIV-2 infection.
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Arce F, Breckpot K, Collins M, Escors D. Targeting lentiviral vectors for cancer immunotherapy. CURRENT CANCER THERAPY REVIEWS 2011; 7:248-260. [PMID: 22983382 DOI: 10.2174/157339411797642605] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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Delivery of tumour-associated antigens (TAA) in a way that induces effective, specific immunity is a challenge in anti-cancer vaccine design. Circumventing tumour-induced tolerogenic mechanisms in vivo is also critical for effective immunotherapy. Effective immune responses are induced by professional antigen presenting cells, in particular dendritic cells (DC). This requires presentation of the antigen to both CD4(+) and CD8(+) T cells in the context of strong co-stimulatory signals. Lentiviral vectors have been tested as vehicles, for both ex vivo and in vivo delivery of TAA and/or activation signals to DC, and have been demonstrated to induce potent T cell mediated immune responses that can control tumour growth. This review will focus on the use of lentiviral vectors for in vivo gene delivery to DC, introducing strategies to target DC, either targeting cell entry or gene expression to improve safety of the lentiviral vaccine or targeting dendritic cell activation pathways to enhance performance of the lentiviral vaccine. In conclusion, this review highlights the potential of lentiviral vectors as a generally applicable 'off-the-shelf' anti-cancer immunotherapeutic.
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- Frederick Arce
- Division of Infection and Immunity, Medical School of the Royal Free and University College London, 46 Cleveland Street, London W1T 4JF, United Kingdom
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Transmission of clonal hepatitis C virus genomes reveals the dominant but transitory role of CD8⁺ T cells in early viral evolution. J Virol 2011; 85:11833-45. [PMID: 21900166 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.02654-10] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/15/2023] Open
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The RNA genome of the hepatitis C virus (HCV) diversifies rapidly during the acute phase of infection, but the selective forces that drive this process remain poorly defined. Here we examined whether Darwinian selection pressure imposed by CD8(+) T cells is a dominant force driving early amino acid replacement in HCV viral populations. This question was addressed in two chimpanzees followed for 8 to 10 years after infection with a well-defined inoculum composed of a clonal genotype 1a (isolate H77C) HCV genome. Detailed characterization of CD8(+) T cell responses combined with sequencing of recovered virus at frequent intervals revealed that most acute-phase nonsynonymous mutations were clustered in class I epitopes and appeared much earlier than those in the remainder of the HCV genome. Moreover, the ratio of nonsynonymous to synonymous mutations, a measure of positive selection pressure, was increased 50-fold in class I epitopes compared with the rest of the HCV genome. Finally, some mutation of the clonal H77C genome toward a genotype 1a consensus sequence considered most fit for replication was observed during the acute phase of infection, but the majority of these amino acid substitutions occurred slowly over several years of chronic infection. Together these observations indicate that during acute hepatitis C, virus evolution was driven primarily by positive selection pressure exerted by CD8(+) T cells. This influence of immune pressure on viral evolution appears to subside as chronic infection is established and genetic drift becomes the dominant evolutionary force.
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Agranovich A, Vider-Shalit T, Louzoun Y. Optimal viral immune surveillance evasion strategies. Theor Popul Biol 2011; 80:233-43. [PMID: 21925527 DOI: 10.1016/j.tpb.2011.08.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/05/2010] [Revised: 08/23/2011] [Accepted: 08/24/2011] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Following cell entry, viruses can be detected by cytotoxic T lymphocytes. These cytotoxic T lymphocytes can induce host cell apoptosis and prevent the propagation of the virus. Viruses with fewer epitopes have a higher survival probability, and are selected through evolution. However, mutations have a fitness cost and on evolutionary periods viruses maintain some epitopes. The number of epitopes in each viral protein is a balance between the selective advantage of having fewer epitopes and the reduced fitness following the epitope removing mutations. We discuss a bioinformatic analysis of the number of epitopes in various viral proteins and propose an optimization framework to explain these numbers. We show, using a genomic analysis and a theoretical optimization framework, that a critical factor affecting the number of presented epitopes is the expression stage in the viral life cycle of the gene coding for the protein. The early expression of epitopes can lead to the destruction of the host cell before budding can take place. We show that a lower number of epitopes is expected in early proteins even if late proteins have a much higher copy number.
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- Alexandra Agranovich
- Department of Mathematics and Gonda Brain Research Center, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat Gan 52900, Israel
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Barsov EV, Trivett MT, Minang JT, Sun H, Ohlen C, Ott DE. Transduction of SIV-specific TCR genes into rhesus macaque CD8+ T cells conveys the ability to suppress SIV replication. PLoS One 2011; 6:e23703. [PMID: 21886812 PMCID: PMC3160320 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0023703] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/20/2011] [Accepted: 07/22/2011] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND The SIV/rhesus macaque model for HIV/AIDS is a powerful system for examining the contribution of T cells in the control of AIDS viruses. To better our understanding of CD8(+) T-cell control of SIV replication in CD4(+) T cells, we asked whether TCRs isolated from rhesus macaque CD8(+) T-cell clones that exhibited varying abilities to suppress SIV replication could convey their suppressive properties to CD8(+) T cells obtained from an uninfected/unvaccinated animal. PRINCIPAL FINDINGS We transferred SIV-specific TCR genes isolated from rhesus macaque CD8(+) T-cell clones with varying abilities to suppress SIV replication in vitro into CD8(+) T cells obtained from an uninfected animal by retroviral transduction. After sorting and expansion, transduced CD8(+) T-cell lines were obtained that specifically bound their cognate SIV tetramer. These cell lines displayed appropriate effector function and specificity, expressing intracellular IFNγ upon peptide stimulation. Importantly, the SIV suppression properties of the transduced cell lines mirrored those of the original TCR donor clones: cell lines expressing TCRs transferred from highly suppressive clones effectively reduced wild-type SIV replication, while expression of a non-suppressing TCR failed to reduce the spread of virus. However, all TCRs were able to suppress the replication of an SIV mutant that did not downregulate MHC-I, recapitulating the properties of their donor clones. CONCLUSIONS Our results show that antigen-specific SIV suppression can be transferred between allogenic T cells simply by TCR gene transfer. This advance provides a platform for examining the contributions of TCRs versus the intrinsic effector characteristics of T-cell clones in virus suppression. Additionally, this approach can be applied to develop non-human primate models to evaluate adoptive T-cell transfer therapy for AIDS and other diseases.
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- Eugene V. Barsov
- AIDS and Cancer Virus Program, SAIC-Frederick Inc., National Cancer Institute at Frederick, Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
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- AIDS and Cancer Virus Program, SAIC-Frederick Inc., National Cancer Institute at Frederick, Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
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- AIDS and Cancer Virus Program, SAIC-Frederick Inc., National Cancer Institute at Frederick, Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
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- AIDS and Cancer Virus Program, SAIC-Frederick Inc., National Cancer Institute at Frederick, Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
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- AIDS and Cancer Virus Program, SAIC-Frederick Inc., National Cancer Institute at Frederick, Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
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- AIDS and Cancer Virus Program, SAIC-Frederick Inc., National Cancer Institute at Frederick, Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
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Cale EM, Bazick HS, Rianprakaisang TA, Alam SM, Letvin NL. Mutations in a dominant Nef epitope of simian immunodeficiency virus diminish TCR:epitope peptide affinity but not epitope peptide:MHC class I binding. THE JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 2011; 187:3300-13. [PMID: 21841125 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.1101080] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Viruses like HIV and SIV escape from containment by CD8(+) T lymphocytes through generating mutations that interfere with epitope peptide:MHC class I binding. However, mutations in some viral epitopes are selected for that have no impact on this binding. We explored the mechanism underlying the evolution of such epitopes by studying CD8(+) T lymphocyte recognition of a dominant Nef epitope of SIVmac251 in infected Mamu-A*02(+) rhesus monkeys. Clonal analysis of the p199RY-specific CD8(+) T lymphocyte repertoire in these monkeys indicated that identical T cell clones were capable of recognizing wild-type (WT) and mutant epitope sequences. However, we found that the functional avidity of these CD8(+) T lymphocytes for the mutant peptide:Mamu-A*02 complex was diminished. Using surface plasmon resonance to measure the binding affinity of the p199RY-specific TCR repertoire for WT and mutant p199RY peptide:Mamu-A*02 monomeric complexes, we found that the mutant p199RY peptide:Mamu-A*02 complexes had a lower affinity for TCRs purified from CD8(+) T lymphocytes than did the WT p199RY peptide:Mamu-A*02 complexes. These studies demonstrated that differences in TCR affinity for peptide:MHC class I ligands can alter functional p199RY-specific CD8(+) T lymphocyte responses to mutated epitopes, decreasing the capacity of these cells to contain SIVmac251 replication.
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- Evan M Cale
- Division of Viral Pathogenesis, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02215, USA
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Wodarz D, Levy DN. Effect of multiple infection of cells on the evolutionary dynamics of HIV in vivo: implications for host adaptation mechanisms. Exp Biol Med (Maywood) 2011; 236:926-37. [DOI: 10.1258/ebm.2011.011062] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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The dynamics between human immunodeficiency virus type 1 and the immune system have been studied both experimentally and mathematically, exploring aspects of host adaptation and viral mechanisms to escape host control. The majority of this work, however, has been performed assuming that any cell can only be infected by one copy of the virus. In recent years, it has become clear that multiple copies of the virus can infect the same cell, a process we refer to as co-infection. Here, we review this topic and discuss how immune control of the infection and the ability of the virus to escape immune control is affected by co-infection.
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- Dominik Wodarz
- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, 321 Steinhaus Hall
- Department of Mathematics, University of California, Irvine, CA 92697
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- Department of Basic Science, New York University College of Dentistry, 921 Schwartz Building, 345 East 24th Street, New York, NY 10010-9403, USA
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Girard MP, Osmanov S, Assossou OM, Kieny MP. Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) immunopathogenesis and vaccine development: a review. Vaccine 2011; 29:6191-218. [PMID: 21718747 DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2011.06.085] [Citation(s) in RCA: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/14/2011] [Revised: 06/20/2011] [Accepted: 06/22/2011] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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The development of a safe, effective and globally affordable HIV vaccine offers the best hope for the future control of the HIV-1 pandemic. Since 1987, scores of candidate HIV-1 vaccines have been developed which elicited varying degrees of protective responses in nonhuman primate models, including DNA vaccines, subunit vaccines, live vectored recombinant vaccines and various prime-boost combinations. Four of these candidate vaccines have been tested for efficacy in human volunteers, but, to the exception of the recent RV144 Phase III trial in Thailand, which elicited a modest but statistically significant level of protection against infection, none has shown efficacy in preventing HIV-1 infection or in controlling virus replication and delaying progression of disease in humans. Protection against infection was observed in the RV144 trial, but intensive research is needed to try to understand the protective immune mechanisms at stake. Building-up on the results of the RV144 trial and deciphering what possibly are the immune correlates of protection are the top research priorities of the moment, which will certainly accelerate the development of an highly effective vaccine that could be used in conjunction with other HIV prevention and treatment strategies. This article reviews the state of the art of HIV vaccine development and discusses the formidable scientific challenges met in this endeavor, in the context of a better understanding of the immunopathogenesis of the disease.
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- Marc P Girard
- University Paris 7, French National Academy of Medicine, 39 rue Seignemartin, FR 69008 Lyon, France.
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