Functional impairment of HIV-specific CD8+ T cells precedes aborted spontaneous control of viremia.
Immunity
; 54(10): 2372-2384.e7, 2021 10 12.
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ABSTRACT
Spontaneous control of HIV infection has been repeatedly linked to antiviral CD8+ T cells but is not always permanent. To address mechanisms of durable and aborted control of viremia, we evaluated immunologic and virologic parameters longitudinally among 34 HIV-infected subjects with differential outcomes. Despite sustained recognition of autologous virus, HIV-specific proliferative and cytolytic T cell effector functions became selectively and intrinsically impaired prior to aborted control. Longitudinal transcriptomic profiling of functionally impaired HIV-specific CD8+ T cells revealed altered expression of genes related to activation, cytokine-mediated signaling, and cell cycle regulation, including increased expression of the antiproliferative transcription factor KLF2 but not of genes associated with canonical exhaustion. Lymphoid HIV-specific CD8+ T cells also exhibited poor functionality during aborted control relative to durable control. Our results identify selective functional impairment of HIV-specific CD8+ T cells as prognostic of impending aborted HIV control, with implications for clinical monitoring and immunotherapeutic strategies.
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MEDLINE
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Viremia
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Infecciones por VIH
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Linfocitos T CD8-positivos
Tipo de estudio:
Prognostic_studies
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Adult
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
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En
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2021
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