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JOURNAL OF LEUKOCYTE BIOLOGY
Volume 94, Issue 4, Pages 551-561Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1189/jlb.0113018
Keywords
regulatory T cell; 5'-ectonucleotidase; CD39; elite controller; adenosine
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Recent studies indicate that murine Tregs highly express the ENTDP1, as well as the 5'-NT and thereby, suppress Teff function by extracellular adenosine production. Furthermore, CD73 seems to play a role as costimulatory molecule for T cell differentiation. In this study, we analyzed the expression of CD73 on peripheral and lymph nodal Teffs and Tregs in a cohort of 95 HIV patients at different stages of disease, including LTNP and ECs. In contrast to murine Tregs, CD73 was only expressed on a small minority (similar to 10%) of peripheral Tregs. In contrast, we see high expression of CD73 on peripheral CD8(+) T cells. In HIV infection, CD73 is markedly reduced on all Teffs and Tregs, regardless of the memory subtype. On CD8(+) T cells, a positive correlation between CD73 expression and CD4 counts (P = 0.0003) was detected. CD73 expression on CD8(+) T cells negatively correlated with HLA-DR (< 0.0001) and PD1 (P = 0.0457) expression. The lower CD73 expression on CD8(+) T cells was partially reversible after initiation of ART (P = 0.0016). Functionally, we observed that CD8(+) CD73(+) T cells produce more IL-2 upon HIV-specific and unspecific stimulation than their CD73(-) counterparts and show a higher proliferative capacity. These data indicate that down-regulation of CD73 on CD8(+) T cells correlates with immune activation and leads to functional deficits in HIV infection.
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