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JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY
卷 186, 期 9, 页码 5151-5161出版社
AMER ASSOC IMMUNOLOGISTS
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.1004110
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- Public Health Service [RR00168, RR00165, AI49809, AI46006]
- Emory Center for AIDS [P30 AI50409]
- National Institutes of Health Nonhuman Primate Reagent Resource [R24 RR016001, N01 AI040101]
- National Center for Research Resources and National Institutes of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health
Although the cellular immune response is essential for controlling SIV replication in Asian macaques, its role in maintaining nonpathogenic SIV infection in natural hosts such as sooty mangabeys (SM) remains to be defined. We have previously shown that similar to rhesus macaques (RM), SM are able to mount a T lymphocyte response against SIV infection. To investigate early control of SIV replication in natural hosts, we performed a detailed characterization of SIV-specific cellular immunity and viral control in the first 6 mo following SIV infection in SM. Detection of the initial SIV-specific IFN-gamma ELISPOT response in SIVsmE041-infected SM coincided temporally with a decline in peak plasma viremia and was similar in magnitude, specificity, and breadth to SIVsmE041-infected and SIVmac239-infected RM. Despite these similarities, SM showed a greater reduction in postpeak plasma viremia and a more rapid disappearance of productively SIV-infected cells from the lymph node compared with SIVmac239-infected RM. The early Gag-specific CD8(+) T lymphocyte response was significantly more polyfunctional in SM compared with RM, and granzyme B-positive CD8(+) T lymphocytes were present at significantly higher frequencies in SM even prior to SIV infection. These findings suggest that the early SIV-specific T cell response may be an important determinant of lymphoid tissue viral clearance and absence of lymph node immunopathology in natural hosts of SIV infection. The Journal of Immunology, 2011, 186: 5151-5161.
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