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- Document 0602
- DOCN M9620602
- TI Th1 cells specific for HIV-1 gag p24 are less efficient than Th0 cells
- in supporting HIV replication, and inhibit virus replication in Th0
- cells.
- DT 9602
- AU Vyakarnam A; Matear PM; Martin SJ; Wagstaff M; Department of Immunology,
- University College London Medical; School, UK.
- SO Immunology. 1995 Sep;86(1):85-96. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE
- MED/96091076
- AB This report provides three lines of evidence to suggest that T-helper
- type 1 (Th1) and type 0 (Th0) cells could play an opposing role in
- acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS). Using a panel of Th1 and Th0
- clones specific for human immunodeficiency virus-1 (HIV-1) gag p24,
- derived from seronegative volunteers immunized with gag p24: Ty
- virus-like particles, a Th1 clone specific for tuberculin (PPD), and a
- Th0 clone derived by random activation from the same volunteer, we have
- demonstrated the following differences in the capacity of these clones
- to regulate the in vitro replication of HIV. (1) Th1 clones were less
- efficient than Th0 clones in supporting HIV replication, both in their
- resting state (by 10-1000-fold) and after antigen activation (by five to
- 100-fold). Furthermore, the infectious titre of HIV recovered from the
- Th0 population was more than 1000-fold higher than virus from the Th1
- population, and the number of HIV-infected Th0 cells was five to 16
- times higher than the number of infected Th1 cells. (2) Antigen- or
- mitogen-activated Th1, but not Th0 clones, inhibited HIV in bystander
- CEM-4 cells. Th1 cells also inhibited HIV in autologous and allogeneic
- Th0 cells. The level of inhibition in these experiments ranged from 50%
- to 100% and was three to 10-fold higher and more sustained in the
- presence of p24-specific clones compared to the PPD-specific Th1 clone.
- The capacity of Th1 cells to inhibit HIV in neighbouring cells was also
- reflected in the reduced replication of HIV in the clones immediately
- after antigen activation compared to unstimulated cells. Kinetic studies
- of virus production, cytokine release and proliferation showed that
- inhibition of HIV was associated with peak cytokine release and
- preceeded proliferation. (3) The Th1 clones had higher cytolytic
- potential than the Th0 clones. Therefore, the HIV inhibitory activity of
- Th1 cells could be partly due to cell to cell killing. These data
- demonstrate the opposing effects of Th1 and Th0 cells on the in vitro
- replication of HIV, and suggest that Th1 cells might be important in
- immunity whereas Th0/Th2 cells might lay a role in promoting disease.
- DE Clone Cells CD4-Positive T-Lymphocytes/*IMMUNOLOGY/VIROLOGY Human HIV
- Core Protein p24/*IMMUNOLOGY HIV-1/IMMUNOLOGY/*PHYSIOLOGY Interferon
- Type II/METABOLISM Interleukin-2/METABOLISM Interleukin-4/METABOLISM
- Lymphocyte Transformation Support, Non-U.S. Gov't Th1
- Cells/*IMMUNOLOGY/VIROLOGY Virus Replication/*IMMUNOLOGY JOURNAL
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