Zhang Ming-Xu, Zheng Hong-Yi, Jiang Jin, Song Jia-Hao, Chen Min, Xiao Yu, Lian Xiao-Dong, Song Tian-Zhang, Tian Ren-Rong, Pang Wei, Zheng Yong-Tang
Key Laboratory of Animal Models and Human Disease Mechanisms of the Chinese Academy of Sciences/Key Laboratory of Bioactive Peptides of Yunnan Province, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, Yunnan, China.
University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.
Immunology. 2017 Dec;152(4):574-579. doi: 10.1111/imm.12794. Epub 2017 Aug 14.
Macaca leonina (northern pig-tailed macaques, NPMs) have variable disease progression during SIVmac239 infection. In the present study, we analysed, for the first time, the correlations between T-cell phenotypes and disease progression in NPMs during SIVmac239 infection. In comparison to normal progressors (NPs), slow progressors (SPs) had lower chronic T-cell activation and exhaustion levels. In addition, SPs showed higher peripheral CD4 T-cell count and CD4 : CD8 ratio, and lower plasma viral load than NPs. CD4 T-cell count and CD4 : CD8 ratio decreased more sharply in NPs than in SPs. Furthermore, T cells in NPs were more highly differentiated, at least in acute infection, than in SPs. These results indicated that T-cell phenotypes were correlated with disease progression in SIVmac239-infected NPMs and these correlations may provide valuable guidance for the improvement of therapeutic strategies tested in NPMs.
狮尾猕猴(北方豚尾猕猴,NPMs)在感染SIVmac239期间疾病进展情况各异。在本研究中,我们首次分析了NPMs在感染SIVmac239期间T细胞表型与疾病进展之间的相关性。与正常进展者(NPs)相比,缓慢进展者(SPs)的慢性T细胞活化和耗竭水平较低。此外,与NPs相比,SPs的外周血CD4 T细胞计数和CD4∶CD8比值更高,血浆病毒载量更低。NPs的CD4 T细胞计数和CD4∶CD8比值下降幅度比SPs更大。此外,至少在急性感染期,NPs中的T细胞比SPs中的T细胞分化程度更高。这些结果表明,T细胞表型与感染SIVmac239的NPMs的疾病进展相关,这些相关性可能为改进在NPMs中测试的治疗策略提供有价值的指导。