Beta-chemokines inhibit activation-induced death of lymphocytes from HIV-infected individuals |
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Authors: | Pinto L A Williams M S Dolan M J Henkart P A Shearer G M |
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Affiliation: | Experimental Immunology Branch, National Instititutes of Health, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, USA. |
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Abstract: | The present study investigates the role of the HIV-suppressive beta-chemokines macrophage inflammatory protein (MIP)-1alpha, MIP-1 and RANTES in activation-induced cell death (AICD). A pool of these beta-chemokines reduced anti-CD3-induced apoptosis of T cell blasts from healthy blood donors in a dose-dependent manner. Although the pooled beta-chemokines were more effective, the inhibitory effect could also be mediated by each of the individual chemokines and was blocked by neutralizing anti-chemokine antibodies. The beta-chemokines also inhibited pokeweed mitogen/staphylococcal enterotoxin B-induced T lymphocyte apoptosis in 33/49 HIV-infected (HIV+) individuals. This anti-apoptotic effect was not correlated with the patients' CD4 T cell counts. beta-chemokines did not lead to altered secretion of IL-2, IL-4, IFN-gamma or IL-10 in response to activation stimuli in either normal T cell blasts or peripheral blood mononuclear cells from HIV+ individuals. Co-incubation with beta-chemokines did not inhibit anti-CD3-induced expression of cell surface Fas ligand, nor did it alter levels of the death receptor Fas or Bcl-2 in T cell blasts, suggesting that the beta-chemokines are blocking AICD downstream of Fas. These observations indicate that beta-chemokines may play a novel role as modulators of AICD, in addition to their known role as chemoattractants and inhibitors of HIV replication. |
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