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BLOOD
Volume 115, Issue 22, Pages 4439-4446Publisher
AMER SOC HEMATOLOGY
DOI: 10.1182/blood-2010-01-265595
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- National Institutes of Health [AI062412, AI071306, RR00168]
- Center for HIV/AIDS Vaccine Immunology/HIV Vaccine Trials Network Early Career Investigator [U19AI 067854-04]
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Natural killer (NK) cells contribute to control of HIV/SIV infection. We defined macaque NK-cell subsets based on expression of CD56 and CD16 and found their distribution to be highly disparate. CD16(+) NK cells predominated in peripheral blood, whereas most mucosal NK cells were CD56(+), and lymph nodes contained both CD56(+) and CD16(-)CD56(-) (double-negative [DN]) subsets. Functional profiles were also distinct among subsets CD16(+) NK cells expressed high levels of cytolytic molecules, and CD56(+) NK cells were predominantly cytokine-secreting cells, whereas DN NK possessed both functions. In macaques chronically infected with SIV, circulating CD16(+) and DN NK cells were expanded in number and, although markers of cytoxicity increased, cytokine secretion decreased. Notably, CD56(+) NK cells in SIV-infected animals up-regulated perforin, granzyme B, and CD107a. In contrast, the lymph node homing molecules CD62 ligand (CD62L) and C-C chemokine receptor type 7 (CCR7), which are expressed primarily on CD56(+) and DN NK cells, were significantly down-regulated on NK cells from infected animals. These data demonstrate that SIV infection drives a shift in NK-cell function characterized by decreased cytokine production, expanded cytotoxicity, and trafficking away from secondary lymphoid organs, suggesting that the NK-cell repertoire is not only heterogeneous but also plastic. (Blood. 2010; 115(22): 4439-4446)
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