Flamand L, Crowley R W, Lusso P, Colombini-Hatch S, Margolis D M, Gallo R C
Institute of Human Virology, University of Maryland Biotechnology Institute at Baltimore, 725 West Lombard Street, Baltimore, MD 21201-1192, USA.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1998 Mar 17;95(6):3111-6. doi: 10.1073/pnas.95.6.3111.
T cell activation through the T cell receptor is necessary to achieve a specific and effective immune response. We report here that stimulation of CD8+ T cells through the T cell receptor complex leads to de novo expression of the CD4 antigen on the cell surface that results in susceptibility of CD8+ T cells to HIV infection. In addition, activation of peripheral blood mononuclear cells from HIV-infected individuals results in the appearance of double-positive CD4+/CD8+ T cells, which become infected by endogenous HIV. HIV DNA sequences could be detected in uncultured and sorted mature CD3+CD8+ T cells from HIV+ individuals. These results suggest a new mechanism by which HIV could attack the immune system and may help to explain the CD8+ T cell defects in AIDS patients.
通过T细胞受体激活T细胞对于实现特异性和有效的免疫反应是必要的。我们在此报告,通过T细胞受体复合物刺激CD8 + T细胞会导致细胞表面CD4抗原的从头表达,从而导致CD8 + T细胞易受HIV感染。此外,来自HIV感染个体的外周血单核细胞的激活导致双阳性CD4 + / CD8 + T细胞的出现,这些细胞会被内源性HIV感染。在来自HIV阳性个体的未培养和分选的成熟CD3 + CD8 + T细胞中可以检测到HIV DNA序列。这些结果提示了一种HIV攻击免疫系统的新机制,并可能有助于解释艾滋病患者中CD8 + T细胞缺陷的原因。