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CD4 and CD8 T Cell Immune Activation during Chronic HIV Infection: Roles of Homeostasis, HIV, Type I IFN, and IL-7

  1. Author:
    Catalfamo, M.
    Wilhelm, C.
    Tcheung, L.
    Proschan, M.
    Friesen, T.
    Park, J. H.
    Adelsberger, J.
    Baseler, M.
    Maldarelli, F.
    Davey, R.
    Roby, G.
    Rehm, C.
    Lane, C.

  2. Author Address

    [Catalfamo, Marta; Wilhelm, Christopher; Tcheung, Lueng; Friesen, Travis; Davey, Richard; Roby, Gregg; Rehm, Catherine; Lane, Clifford] NIAID, NIH, Clin & Mol Retrovirol Sect, Immunoregulat Lab, Bethesda, MD 20892 USA. [Proschan, Michael] NIAID, NIH, Biostat Res Branch, Bethesda, MD 20892 USA. [Park, Jung-Hyun] NCI, NIH, Expt Immunol Branch, Bethesda, MD 20892 USA. [Adelsberger, Joseph; Baseler, Michael] Sci Applicat Int Corp, AIDS Monitoring Labs, Frederick, MD 21702 USA. [Maldarelli, Frank] NCI, NIH, Host Virus Interact Branch, Bethesda, MD 20892 USA.;Catalfamo, M, NIAID, NIH, Clin & Mol Retrovirol Sect, Immunoregulat Lab, Bldg 10,Room 11B01,9000 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, MD 20892 USA.;catalfam@mail.nih.gov
    1. Year: 2011
    2. Date: Feb
  2. Journal: Journal of Immunology
    1. 186
    2. 4
    3. Pages: 2106-2116
  4. Type of Article: Article
  5. ISSN: 0022-1767
  1. Abstract:

    Immune activation plays an important role in the pathogenesis of HIV disease. Although the causes are not fully understood, the forces that lead to immune dysfunction differ for CD4 and CD8 T cells. In this study, we report that the molecular pathways that drive immune activation during chronic HIV infection are influenced by differences in the homeostatic regulation of the CD4 and CD8 T cell pools. Proliferation of CD4 T cells is controlled more tightly by CD4 T cell numbers than is CD8 T cell proliferation. This difference reflects the importance of maintaining a polyclonal CD4 T cell pool in host surveillance. Both pools of T cells were found to be driven by viral load and its associated state of inflammation. In the setting of HIV-induced lymphopenia, naive CD4 T cells were recruited mainly into the proliferating pool in response to CD4 T cell depletion, whereas naive CD8 T cell proliferation was driven mainly by levels of HIV RNA. RNA analysis revealed increased expression of genes associated with type I IFN and common gamma chain cytokine signaling in CD4 T cell subsets and only type I IFN-associated genes in CD8 T cell subsets. In vitro studies demonstrated enhanced STAT1 phosphorylation in response to IFN-alpha and increased expression of the IFNAR1 transcripts in naive and memory CD4 T cells compared with that observed in CD8 T cells. CD4 T cell subsets also showed enhanced STAT1 phosphorylation in response to exogenous IL-7. The Journal of Immunology, 2011, 186: 2106-2116.

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  2. DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.1002000
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  4. WOS: 000286882700029

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