Ondondo, B. O., Rowland-Jones, S. L., Dorrell, L., Peterson, K., Cotten, M. , Whittle, H. and Jaye, A. (2008) Comprehensive analysis of HIV Gag-specific IFN-gamma response in HIV-1- and HIV-2-infected asymptomatic patients from a clinical cohort in The Gambia. European Journal of Immunology, 38(12), pp. 3549-3560. (doi: 10.1002/eji.200838759) (PMID:19016530)
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Abstract
Majority of HIV‐2‐infected individuals meet the criteria of long‐term non‐progressors. This has been linked to superior qualitative HIV‐2‐specific cellular immune responses that correlate with viral control. However, it is unknown whether this is due to frequent targeting of immunodominant Gag epitopes in HIV‐2 than HIV‐1 infection. We describe a comprehensive comparison of the magnitude, breadth and frequency of Gag responses and the degree of cross‐recognition of frequently targeted, immunodominant Gag peptides in a cross‐sectional study of asymptomatic HIV‐1‐ and HIV‐2‐infected individuals. Fresh PBMC from 20 HIV‐1‐ and 20 HIV‐2‐infected patients with similar CD4+ T‐cell counts (p=0.36) were stimulated with pools of HIV‐1 and/or HIV‐2 Gag peptides in an IFN‐γ ELISPOT assay. We found no difference in the cumulative magnitude of IFN‐γ responses (p=0.75) despite significantly lower plasma viral loads in HIV‐2‐infected people (p<0.0001). However, Gag211–290 was targeted with significantly higher magnitude in HIV‐2‐infected subjects (p=0.03) although this did not correlate with viral control. There was no difference in frequently targeted Gag peptides, the breadth, immunodominance or cross‐recognition of Gag peptide pools between the two infections. This suggests that other factors may control viral replication in HIV‐2 infection.
| Item Type: | Articles |
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| Status: | Published |
| Refereed: | Yes |
| Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: | Cotten, Professor Matthew |
| Authors: | Ondondo, B. O., Rowland-Jones, S. L., Dorrell, L., Peterson, K., Cotten, M., Whittle, H., and Jaye, A. |
| College/School: | College of Medical Veterinary and Life Sciences > School of Infection & Immunity College of Medical Veterinary and Life Sciences > School of Infection & Immunity > Centre for Virus Research |
| Journal Name: | European Journal of Immunology |
| Publisher: | Wiley |
| ISSN: | 0014-2980 |
| ISSN (Online): | 1521-4141 |
| Published Online: | 14 November 2008 |
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