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JOURNAL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES
Volume 194, Issue 3, Pages 391-400Publisher
OXFORD UNIV PRESS INC
DOI: 10.1086/505582
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- NIAID NIH HHS [AI36219, R01AI47839] Funding Source: Medline
- NIDDK NIH HHS [R01 DK068361] Funding Source: Medline
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Background. During human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection, reduced proportions of CD8 cells express CD28, the key costimulatory molecule for lymphocyte activation. However, it is unclear whether reduced CD28 expression affects immune responses to non-HIV antigens, potentially contributing to susceptibility to opportunistic infection. Methods. We measured CD4- and CD8-specific interferon-gamma responses to hepatitis C virus (HCV) peptide pools in subjects with chronic HCV monoinfection (n = 14), in subjects with chronic HCV/HIV coinfection (n =15), and in healthy control subjects (n = 10) by enzyme-linked immunospot assay in the presence and absence of CD28 costimulation. Results. Anti-CD28 agonist increased the cumulative frequency of HCV-specific CD4 cell responses in the subjects with HCV monoinfection and in those with HCV/HIV coinfection. In contrast, anti-CD28 agonist increased the breadth and cumulative frequency of HCV-specific CD8 cell responses only in the subjects with HCV monoinfection. Additionally, in the presence of anti-CD28 agonist, the proportion of subjects responding, the cumulative frequency, and the breadth of reactive CD8 cells were greater among the subjects with HCV monoinfection than among those with HCV/HIV coinfection. Finally, the HCV/HIV-coinfected subjects had lower proportions of CD8 cells that expressed CD28. Conclusions. These results indicate that, during HCV/HIV coinfection, memory-effector CD8 cells have reduced responsiveness to CD28 costimulation. This appears to reflect a global effect that HIV has on the activation or differentiation state of CD8 cells that are responsive to other microbial pathogens. This functional defect has implications for the pathogenesis of HCV/HIV coinfection.
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