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Nonhuman Primate Testing of the Impact of Different Regulatory T Cell Depletion Strategies on Reactivation and Clearance of Latent Simian Immunodeficiency Virus

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JOURNAL OF VIROLOGY
卷 94, 期 19, 页码 -

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AMER SOC MICROBIOLOGY
DOI: 10.1128/JVI.00533-20

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simian immunodeficiency virus; SIV; human immunodeficiency virus; HIV; latency reversal agent; LRA; HIV cure; shock and kill; regulatory T cell; Treg; denileukin diftitox; Ontak; immunotoxin; CCR4; IL-2; CD25

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  1. NIH/National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) [R01 AI119346]
  2. National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases [R01DK113919, R01DK119936, RO1 HL117715, R01 HL123096]
  3. National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute
  4. School of Medicine of the University of Pittsburgh
  5. NIAID Pitt AIDS Research Training grant [T32 AI065380]
  6. Immunology of Infectious Diseases Training grant [T32 AI060525]

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Regulatory T cells (Tregs) may be key contributors to the HIV/SIV latent reservoir, since they harbor high levels of HIV/SIV; reverse CD4(+) T cell immune activation status, increasing the pool of resting CD4(+) T cells; and impair CD8(+) T cell function, favoring HIV persistence. We tested the hypothesis that Treg depletion is a valid intervention toward an HIV cure by depleted Tregs in 14 rhesus macaque (RM) controllers infected with SIVsab, the virus that naturally infects sabaeus monkeys, through different strategies: administration of an anti-CCR4 immunotoxin, two doses of an anti-CD25 immunotoxin (interleukin-2 with diphtheria toxin [IL-2-DT]), or two combinations of both. All of these treatments resulted in significant depletion of the circulating Tregs (>70%) and their partial depletion in the gut (25%) and lymph nodes (>50%). The fractions of CD4(+) T cells expressing Ki-67 increased up to 80% in experiments containing IL-2-DT and only 30% in anti-CCR4-treated RMs, paralleled by increases in the inflammatory cytokines. In the absence of ART, plasma virus rebounded to 103 vRNA copies/ml by day 10 after IL-2-DT administration. A large but transient boost of the SIV-specific CD8(+) T cell responses occurred in IL-2-DT-treated RMs. Such increases were minimal in the RMs receiving anti-CCR4-based regimens. Five RMs received IL-2-DT on ART, but treatment was discontinued because of high toxicity and lymphopenia. As such, while all treatments depleted a significant proportion of Tregs, the side effects in the presence of ART prevent their clinical use and call for different Treg depletion approaches. Thus, based on our data, Treg targeting as a strategy for HIV cure cannot be discarded. IMPORTANCE Regulatory T cells (Tregs) can decisively contribute to the establishment and persistence of the HIV reservoir, since they harbor high levels of HIV/SIV, increase the pool of resting CD4(+) T cells by reversing their immune activation status, and impair CD8(+) T cell function, favoring HIV persistence. We tested multiple Treg depletion strategies and showed that all of them are at least partially successful in depleting Tregs. As such, Treg depletion appears to be a valid intervention toward an HIV cure, reducing the size of the reservoir, reactivating the virus, and boosting cell-mediated immune responses. Yet, when Treg depletion was attempted in ART-suppressed animals, the treatment had to be discontinued due to high toxicity and lymphopenia. Therefore, while Treg targeting as a strategy for HIV cure cannot be discarded, the methodology for Treg depletion has to be revisited.

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