Association of lymph-node antigens with lower Gag-specific central-memory and higher Env-specific effector-memory CD8(+) T-cell frequencies in a macaque AIDS model.
Association of lymph-node antigens with lower Gag-specific central-memory and higher Env-specific effector-memory CD8(+) T-cell frequencies in a macaque AIDS model.
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DOI:
10.1038/srep30153
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发表时间:
2016-07-25
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4.6
通讯作者:
Matano T
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作者:
Ishii H;Matsuoka S;Nomura T;Nakamura M;Shiino T;Sato Y;Iwata-Yoshikawa N;Hasegawa H;Mizuta K;Sakawaki H;Miura T;Koyanagi Y;Naruse TK;Kimura A;Matano T
Virus-specific CD8+ T cells exert strong suppressive pressure on human/simian immunodeficiency virus (HIV/SIV) replication. These responses have been intensively examined in peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) but not fully analyzed in lymph nodes (LNs), where interaction between CD8+ T cells and HIV/SIV-infected cells occurs. Here, we investigated target antigen specificity of CD8+ T cells in LNs in a macaque AIDS model. Analysis of virus antigen-specific CD8+ T-cell responses in the inguinal LNs obtained from twenty rhesus macaques in the chronic phase of SIV infection showed an inverse correlation between viral loads and frequencies of CD8+ T cells with CD28+ CD95+ central memory phenotype targeting the N-terminal half of SIV core antigen (Gag-N). In contrast, analysis of LNs but not PBMCs revealed a positive correlation between viral loads and frequencies of CD8+ T cells with CD28−CD95+ effector memory phenotype targeting the N-terminal half of SIV envelope (Env-N), soluble antigen. Indeed, LNs with detectable SIV capsid p27 antigen in the germinal center exhibited significantly lower Gag-N-specific CD28+ CD95+ CD8+ T-cell and higher Env-N-specific CD28−CD95+ CD8+ T-cell responses than those without detectable p27. These results imply that core and envelope antigen-specific CD8+ T cells show different patterns of interactions with HIV/SIV-infected cells.