Journal
AIDS RESEARCH AND HUMAN RETROVIRUSES
Volume 38, Issue 9, Pages 709-725Publisher
MARY ANN LIEBERT, INC
DOI: 10.1089/aid.2022.0007
Keywords
HIV; SIV pathogenesis; immune response; inflammation; innate immunity; mucosal immunology; innate lymphoid cells; acute infection; gastrointestinal tract
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- National Institutes of Health [R01AI118983, P51OD011106, R25GM109421]
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This study found that during SIV infection, ILCs in the colon produce more IL-22, IFN gamma, and TNF alpha, rather than IL-17. ILCs can play an important role when CD4(+) T lymphocytes lose their ability to secrete these cytokines, rather than due to an increase in ILCs.
HIV/SIV (simian immunodeficiency virus) infection leads to a loss of CD4(+) T helper (Th) cells in number and function that begins during the acute phase and persists through the chronic phase of infection. In particular, there is a drastic decrease of Th17 and Th22 cells in the HIV/SIV-infected gastrointestinal (GI) tract as a source of interleukin (IL)-17 and IL-22. These cytokines are vital in the immune response to extracellular pathogens and maintenance of the GI tract. However, innate lymphoid cells (ILCs) are a source of IL-17 and IL-22 during the early stages of an immune response in mucosal tissue and remain vital cytokine producers when the immune response is persistent. Here, we wanted to determine whether ILCs are a source of IL-17 and IL-22 in the SIV-infected colon and could compensate for the loss of Th17 and Th22 cells. As a control, we evaluated the frequency and number of ILCs expressing interferon-gamma (IFN gamma) and tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF alpha). We determined the frequency and number of cytokine expressing ILC subsets and T cell subsets within leukocytes from the colons of uninfected as well as acute and chronic SIV-infected colons without in vitro mitogenic stimulation. In the present study, we find that: (1) the frequency of IL-22, IFN gamma, and TNF alpha but not IL-17 producing ILCs is increased in the acutely infected colon and remains high during the chronically infected colon relative to cytokine expressing ILCs in the uninfected colon, (2) ILCs are a significant source of IL-22, IFN gamma, and TNF alpha but not IL-17 when CD4(+) T lymphocytes in the gut lose their capacity to secrete these cytokines during SIV infection, and (3) the changes in the cytokines expressed by ILCs relative to CD4(+) T cells in the infected colon were not due to increases in the frequency or number of ILCs in relation to T lymphocytes found in the tissue.
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