Increased frequencies of CD8+CD57+ T cells are associated with antibody neutralization breadth against HIV in viraemic controllers

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Title: Increased frequencies of CD8+CD57+ T cells are associated with antibody neutralization breadth against HIV in viraemic controllers
Authors: Christine D Palmer, Marisol Romero‐Tejeda, Eileen P Scully, Ainsley Lockhart, Michael S Seaman, Ariel Goldenthal, Alicja Piechocka‐Trocha, Bruce D Walker, Lori B Chibnik, Stephanie Jost, Filippos Porichis
Source: Journal of the International AIDS Society, Vol 19, Iss 1, Pp n/a-n/a (2016)
Publisher Information: Wiley, 2016.
Publication Year: 2016
Collection: LCC:Immunologic diseases. Allergy
Subject Terms: HIV, broadly neutralizing antibody, T cells, immune monitoring, biomarker, immune signature, Immunologic diseases. Allergy, RC581-607
More Details: Introduction An effective prophylactic vaccine against HIV will need to elicit antibody responses capable of recognizing and neutralizing rapidly evolving antigenic regions. The immunologic milieu associated with development of neutralizing antibody breadth remains to be fully defined. In this study, we sought to identify immunological signatures associated with neutralization breadth in HIV controllers. We applied an immune monitoring approach to analyze markers of T cell and myeloid cell activation by flow cytometry, comparing broad neutralizers with low‐ and non‐neutralizers using multivariate and univariate analyses. Methods Antibody neutralization breadth was determined, and cryopreserved peripheral blood mononuclear cells were stained for T cell and myeloid cell activation markers. Subjects were grouped according to neutralization breadth, and T cell and myeloid cell activation was analyzed by partial least squares discriminant analysis to determine immune signatures associated with high neutralization breadth. Results We show that neutralization breadth in HIV viraemic controllers (VC) was strongly associated with increased frequencies of CD8+CD57+ T cells and that this association was independent of viral load, CD4 count and time since HIV diagnosis. Conclusions Our data show elevated frequencies of CD8+CD57+ T cells in VC who develop neutralization breadth against HIV. This immune signature could serve as a potential biomarker of neutralization breadth and should be further investigated in other HIV‐positive cohorts and in HIV vaccine trials.
Document Type: article
File Description: electronic resource
Language: English
ISSN: 1758-2652
Relation: https://doaj.org/toc/1758-2652
DOI: 10.7448/IAS.19.1.21136
Access URL: https://doaj.org/article/d25e8f87343f4fc2a2332b20cbbdf296
Accession Number: edsdoj.25e8f87343f4fc2a2332b20cbbdf296
Database: Directory of Open Access Journals
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ISSN:17582652
DOI:10.7448/IAS.19.1.21136
Published in:Journal of the International AIDS Society
Language:English