The avidity and lytic efficiency of the CTL response to HTLV-1.
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چکیده
In human T-lymphotropic virus type 1 (HTLV-1) infection, a high frequency of HTLV-1-specific CTLs can co-exist stably with a high proviral load and the proviral load is strongly correlated with the risk of HTLV-1-associated inflammatory diseases. These observations led to the hypothesis that HTLV-1 specific CTLs are ineffective in controlling HTLV-1 replication but contribute to the pathogenesis of the inflammatory diseases. But evidence from host and viral immunogenetics and gene expression microarrays suggests that a strong CTL response is associated with a low proviral load and a low risk of HAM/TSP. Here, we quantified the frequency, lytic activity and functional avidity of HTLV-1-specific CD8(+) cells in fresh, unstimulated PBMCs from individuals with natural HTLV-1 infection. The lytic efficiency of the CD8(+) T cell response-the fraction of autologous HTLV-1-expressing cells eliminated per CD8(+) cell per day-was inversely correlated with both the proviral load and the rate of spontaneous proviral expression. The functional avidity of HTLV-1-specific CD8(+) cells was strongly correlated with their lytic efficiency. We conclude that efficient control of HTLV-1 in vivo depends on the CTL lytic efficiency, which depends in turn on CTL avidity of Ag recognition. CTL quality determines the position of virus-host equilibrium in persistent HTLV-1 infection.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Journal of immunology
دوره 182 9 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2009