Phenotypic and functional profile of HIV-inhibitory CD8 T cells elicited by natural infection and heterologous prime/boost vaccination

SA Freel, L Lamoreaux, PK Chattopadhyay… - Journal of …, 2010 - Am Soc Microbiol
SA Freel, L Lamoreaux, PK Chattopadhyay, K Saunders, D Zarkowsky, RG Overman…
Journal of virology, 2010Am Soc Microbiol
Control of HIV-1 replication following nonsterilizing HIV-1 vaccination could be achieved by
vaccine-elicited CD8+ T-cell-mediated antiviral activity. To date, neither the functional nor
the phenotypic profiles of CD8+ T cells capable of this activity are clearly understood;
consequently, little is known regarding the ability of vaccine strategies to elicit them. We
used multiparameter flow cytometry and viable cell sorts from phenotypically defined CD8+
T-cell subsets in combination with a highly standardized virus inhibition assay to evaluate …
Abstract
Control of HIV-1 replication following nonsterilizing HIV-1 vaccination could be achieved by vaccine-elicited CD8+ T-cell-mediated antiviral activity. To date, neither the functional nor the phenotypic profiles of CD8+ T cells capable of this activity are clearly understood; consequently, little is known regarding the ability of vaccine strategies to elicit them. We used multiparameter flow cytometry and viable cell sorts from phenotypically defined CD8+ T-cell subsets in combination with a highly standardized virus inhibition assay to evaluate CD8+ T-cell-mediated inhibition of viral replication. Here we show that vaccination against HIV-1 Env and Gag-Pol by DNA priming followed by recombinant adenovirus type 5 (rAd5) boosting elicited CD8+ T-cell-mediated antiviral activity against several viruses with either lab-adapted or transmitted virus envelopes. As it did for chronically infected virus controllers, this activity correlated with HIV-1-specific CD107a or macrophage inflammatory protein 1β (MIP-1β) expression from HIV-1-specific T cells. Moreover, for vaccinees or virus controllers, purified memory CD8+ T cells from a wide range of differentiation stages were capable of significantly inhibiting virus replication. Our data define attributes of an antiviral CD8+ T-cell response that may be optimized in the search for an efficacious HIV-1 vaccine.
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