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Chronic progressive HIV 1 infection is associated with elevated levels of myeloid derived suppressor cells

  • Vollbrecht, Thomas Medizinische Klinik und Poliklinik IV, Klinikum der LMU, Munich, Germany
  • Stirner, Renate Medizinische Klinik und Poliklinik IV, Klinikum der LMU, Munich, Germany
  • Tufman, Amanda Medizinische Klinik und Poliklinik V, Klinikum der LMU, Munich, Germany
  • Roider, Julia Medizinische Klinik und Poliklinik IV, Klinikum der LMU, Munich, Germany
  • Huber, Rudolf M. Medizinische Klinik und Poliklinik V, Klinikum der LMU, Munich, Germany
  • Bogner, Johannes R. Medizinische Klinik und Poliklinik IV, Klinikum der LMU, Munich, Germany
  • Lechner, Andreas Medizinische Klinik und Poliklinik IV, Klinikum der LMU, Munich, Germany
  • Bourquin, Carole Medizinische Klinik und Poliklinik IV, Klinikum der LMU, Munich, Germany - Department of Medicine, University of Fribourg, Fribourg, Switzerland.
  • Draenert, Rika Medizinische Klinik und Poliklinik IV, Klinikum der LMU, Munich, Germany
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    31.07.2012
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  • AIDS. - 2012, vol. 26, no. 12, p. F31–F37
English Objectives: Myeloid-derived suppressor cells (MDSCs) have been described as suppressors of T-cell functions in many tumor models. However, MDSC in HIV-1 infection have not been studied to date. As impaired T-cell function is a hallmark of chronic progressive HIV-1 infection, we hypothesized that MDSC also play a role here.Methods: Surface staining and flow cytometry analysis were performed on freshly isolated peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) of HIV-infected individuals and compared to healthy controls and individuals with lung carcinoma. MDSC of late-stage HIV-infected individuals were isolated using magnetic beads and cocultured with the respective CD8 T cells for evaluation of proliferative capacity.Results: We found that chronically HIV-infected HAART-naive individuals had significantly higher CD11b⁺CD14⁻CD33⁺CD15⁺ MDSC levels than healthy controls (P = 0.01). MDSC frequencies showed a positive correlation with viral load (r² = 0.24, P = 0.0002) and a negative correlation with CD4 cell count (r² = 0.29, P < 0.0001). Initiation of HAART led to a rapid drop in MDSC levels. MDSC from HIV-infected progressors restricted the proliferative capacity of CD8 T cells from healthy donors and of Gag/Nef-specific CD8 T cells from HIV-controllers in vitro. Furthermore, CD11b⁺CD14⁻CD33⁺CD15⁺ MDSC induced the expansion of CD4⁺CD25⁺FoxP3⁺ regulatory T cells when coincubated with PBMC from controllers in vitro.Conclusion: We conclude that chronic uncontrolled HIV-infection is associated with elevated levels of MDSC, which potentially contribute to the impaired T-cell responses characteristic for the progressive disease stage.
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Faculté des sciences et de médecine
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Département de Médecine
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  • English
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Biological sciences
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