Increased Mycobacterium tuberculosis growth in HIV-1-infected human macrophages: role of tumour necrosis factor-alpha |
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| Authors: | Imperiali F G Zaninoni A La Maestra L Tarsia P Blasi F Barcellini W |
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| Affiliation: | Division of Hematology, University of Milan, IRCCS Ospedale Maggiore, Milan, Italy. |
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| Abstract: | Synergism between Mycobacterium tuberculosis (M. tuberculosis) and HIV-1 infections was demonstrated in several in vitro models and clinical studies. Here, we investigated their reciprocal effects on growth in chronically HIV-1-infected promonocytic U1 cells and in acutely infected monocyte-derived macrophages (MDM). Phagocytosis of M. tuberculosis induced HIV-1 expression in U1 cells, together with increased TNF-alpha production. M. tuberculosis growth, evaluated by competitive PCR, was greater in HIV-1-infected MDM compared to uninfected cells. M. tuberculosis phagocytosis induced greater TNF-alpha and IL-10 production in HIV-1-infected MDM than in uninfected cells. In uninfected MDM, addition of TNF-alpha and IFN-gamma decreased, whereas IL-10 increased M. tuberculosis growth. On the contrary, in HIV-1-infected MDM, addition of TNF-alpha and IFN-gamma increased, whereas IL-10 has no effect on M. tuberculosis growth. TNF-alpha seems to play a pivotal role in the enhanced M. tuberculosis growth observed in HIV-1-infected MDM, being unable to exert its physiological antimycobacterial activity. Here, for the first time we demonstrated an enhanced M. tuberculosis growth in HIV-1-infected MDM, in line with the observed clinical synergism between the two infections. |
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| Keywords: | Mycobacterium tuberculosis HIV-1 TNF-α IL-10 |
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