Downregulation of CD94/NKG2A inhibitory receptors on CD8+ T cells in HIV infection is more pronounced in subjects with detected viral load than in their aviraemic counterparts.
[en] The CD94/NKG2A heterodimer is a natural killer receptor (NKR), which inhibits cell-mediated cytotoxicity upon interaction with MHC class I gene products. It is expressed by NK cells and by a small fraction of activated CD8+ T lymphocytes. Abnormal upregulation of the CD94/NKG2A inhibitory NKR on cytotoxic T cells (CTLs) could be responsible for a failure of immunosurveillance in cancer or HIV infection. In this study, CD94/NKG2A receptor expression on CD8+ T lymphocytes and NK cells was assessed in 46 HIV-1-infected patients (24 viraemic, 22 aviraemic) and 10 healthy volunteers. The percentage of CD8+ T lymphocytes expressing the CD94/NKG2A inhibitory heterodimer was very significantly decreased in HIV-1-infected patients in comparison with non-infected controls. Within the HIV infected patients, the proportion of CD8+ T lymphocytes and NK cells expressing CD94/NKG2A was higher in subjects with undetectable viral loads in comparison with their viraemic counterparts. No significant difference was detected in the proportion of CD8+ T lymphocytes expressing the activatory CD94/NKG2C heterodimer between the HIV-1 infected patients and the healthy donors, nor between the vireamic and avireamic HIV-1 infected patients. In conclusion, chronic stimulation with HIV antigens in viraemic patients leads to a decreased rather than increased CD94/NKG2A expression on CD8+ T lymphocytes and NK cells.
Disciplines :
Immunology & infectious disease Hematology
Author, co-author :
Zeddou, Mustapha ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département des sciences cliniques > GIGA-R : Hématologie
Rahmouni, Souad ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département des sciences cliniques > GIGA-R:Immunopath. - Maladies infect. et médec. inter. gén.
Vandamme, Arnaud ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département des sciences cliniques > Immunopathologie - Transplantation
Jacobs, Nathalie ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département des sciences biomédicales et précliniques > Anatomie et cytologie pathologiques
Frippiat, Frédéric ; Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Liège - CHU > Maladies infectieuses et médecine interne générale - Direction médicale
Leonard, Philippe ; Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Liège - CHU > Maladies infectieuses et médecine interne générale
SCHAAF-LAFONTAINE, Nicole ; Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Liège - CHU > Hématologie biologique et immuno hématologie
Vaira, Dolorès ; Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Liège - CHU > Hématologie biologique et immuno hématologie
Boniver, Jacques ; Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Liège - CHU > Anatomie pathologique
Moutschen, Michel ; Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Liège - CHU > Maladies infectieuses et médecine interne générale
Language :
English
Title :
Downregulation of CD94/NKG2A inhibitory receptors on CD8+ T cells in HIV infection is more pronounced in subjects with detected viral load than in their aviraemic counterparts.
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