Rates of CTL killing in persistent viral infection in vivo.
Rates of CTL killing in persistent viral infection in vivo.
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体内持续病毒感染中CTL杀死的速率。
DOI:
10.1371/journal.pcbi.1003534
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发表时间:
2014-04
影响因子:
4.3
通讯作者:
Asquith B
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作者:
Elemans M;Florins A;Willems L;Asquith B
The CD8+ cytotoxic T lymphocyte (CTL) response is an important defence against viral invasion. Although CTL-mediated cytotoxicity has been widely studied for many years, the rate at which virus-infected cells are killed in vivo by the CTL response is poorly understood. To date the rate of CTL killing in vivo has been estimated for three virus infections but the estimates differ considerably, and killing of HIV-1-infected cells was unexpectedly low. This raises questions about the typical anti-viral capability of CTL and whether CTL killing is abnormally low in HIV-1. We estimated the rate of killing of infected cells by CD8+ T cells in two distinct persistent virus infections: sheep infected with Bovine Leukemia Virus (BLV) and humans infected with Human T Lymphotropic Virus type 1 (HTLV-1) which together with existing data allows us to study a total of five viruses in parallel. Although both BLV and HTLV-1 infection are characterised by large expansions of chronically activated CTL with immediate effector function ex vivo and no evidence of overt immune suppression, our estimates are at the lower end of the reported range. This enables us to put current estimates into perspective and shows that CTL killing of HIV-infected cells may not be atypically low. The estimates at the higher end of the range are obtained in more manipulated systems and may thus represent the potential rather than the realised CTL efficiency. Virus replication is countered by a range of innate and adaptive host defences. One important and widely studied adaptive defence is the CD8+ cytotoxic T lymphocyte (CTL) response. Quantification of the in vivo lytic capability of CTLs is essential for a detailed understanding of the immune response. This includes understanding the balance between viral replication and viral clearance, understanding the rate limiting steps in CTL killing and thus how killing can be increased and understanding the failure of CTL vaccines. However, the typical rate at which virus-infected cells are killed by the CTL response in vivo is poorly understood. Current estimates differ considerably and are especially low for HIV-1-infection. We estimated the rate of killing of infected cells by CD8+ T cells in two distinct persistent virus infections which enables us to put current estimates into perspective. We show that CTL killing of HIV-infected cells may not be atypically low. The estimates at the higher end of the range are obtained in more manipulated systems and may thus represent the potential rather than the realised CTL efficiency.
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通讯作者:
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影响因子:
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作者:
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DOI:
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发表时间:
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影响因子:
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通讯作者:
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