Isolation of cytomegalovirus-specific cytotoxic T-lymphocytes from gut-associated lymphoid tissue (GALT) of HIV type 1-infected subjects.

Shacklett, B; Beadle, T; Pacheco, P; Grendell, J; Haslett, P; King, A; Ogg, G; Basuk, P; Nixon, D

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Isolation of cytomegalovirus-specific cytotoxic T-lymphocytes from gut-associated lymphoid tissue (GALT) of HIV type 1-infected subjects.

Abstract:: Cytomegalovirus (CMV) can be an important opportunistic infection in HIV-1-infected patients, particularly when the CD4+ T-cell count drops below 50 lymphocytes/mm3. CMV-associated disease, including retinitis, pneumonitis, gastroenteritis, and encephalitis, is estimated to affect up to 40% of AIDS patients. We have studied the cellular immune response to CMV in gut-associated lymphoid tissue (GALT) of HIV-1-infected patients. Two patients with chronic diarrhea of unknown etiology were examined by flexible sigmoidoscopy and upper endoscopy. Biopsy specimens were obtained from lymphoid-associated tissue sites in rectum and duodenum. Both patients were seropositive for CMV IgG, but had not been treated with ganciclovir, and neither had clinical signs of CMV disease. Mononuclear cell cultures were established from GALT and blood and assayed for the presence of CMV-specific CD8+ T cells. CD8+ T-cell phenotype and function were assessed by MHC Class I tetramer staining, using an HLA-A*0201 tetramer complex specific for peptide 495-503 (NLVPMVATV) of CMV lower matrix protein pp65, and by a standard 51Cr release assay. CMV pp65-specific cytotoxic lymphocytes (CTL) were detected in GALT and blood MNC from both patients. These results demonstrate that HIV-1-infected subjects seropositive for CMV, but without active CMV gastrointestinal disease, harbor CMV-specific CTL in intestinal lymphoid tissue. This is the first report of isolation of CMV-specific CTL in GALT and will lead to greater understanding of the pathogenesis of CMV disease in human mucosal tissue.

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Shacklett, B., Beadle, T., Pacheco, P., Grendell, J., Haslett, P., King, A., Ogg, G., Basuk, P., & Nixon, D. (2000). Isolation of cytomegalovirus-specific cytotoxic T-lymphocytes from gut-associated lymphoid tissue (GALT) of HIV type 1-infected subjects. AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses, 16(12), 1157–1162.

MLA Style

Shacklett, B, et al. “Isolation of Cytomegalovirus-Specific Cytotoxic T-Lymphocytes from Gut-Associated Lymphoid Tissue (GALT) of HIV Type 1-Infected Subjects.” AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses, vol. 16, no. 12, 2000, pp. 1157–62.

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Shacklett, B, T Beadle, P Pacheco, et al. 2000. “Isolation of Cytomegalovirus-Specific Cytotoxic T-Lymphocytes from Gut-Associated Lymphoid Tissue (GALT) of HIV Type 1-Infected Subjects.” AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses 16 (12): 1157–62.
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