Serwanga, Jennifer; Shafer, Leigh Anne; Pimego, Edward; Auma, Betty; Watera, Christine; Rowland, Samantha; Yirrell, David; Pala, Pietro; Grosskurth, Heiner; Whitworth, Jimmy; +2 more... Gotch, Frances; Kaleebu, Pontiano; (2009) Host HLA B*allele-associated multi-clade Gag T-cell recognition correlates with slow HIV-1 disease progression in antiretroviral therapy-naïve Ugandans. PloS one, 4 (1). e4188-. ISSN 1932-6203 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0004188
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Abstract
BACKGROUND: Some HIV infected individuals remain asymptomatic for protracted periods of time in the absence of antiretroviral therapy (ART). Virological control, CD4 T cell loss and HIV-specific responses are some of the key interrelated determinants of HIV-1 disease progression. In this study, possible interactions between viral load, CD4 T cell slopes, host genetics and HIV-specific IFN-gamma responses were evaluated in chronically HIV-1-infected adults. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS: Multilevel regression modeling was used to stratify clade A or D HIV-infected individuals into disease progression groups based on CD4 T cell slopes. ELISpot assays were used to quantify the frequency and magnitude of HIV-induced IFN-gamma responses in 7 defined rapid progressors (RPs) and 14 defined slow progressors (SPs) at a single time point. HLA typing was performed using reference strand conformational analysis (RSCA). Although neither the breadth nor the magnitude of the proteome-wide HIV-specific IFN-gamma response correlated with viral load, slow disease progression was associated with over-representation of host immunogenetic protective HLA B* alleles (10 of 14 SPs compared to 0 of 7; p = 0.004, Fisher's Exact) especially B*57 and B*5801, multiclade Gag T-cell targeting (71%, 10 of 14 SPs compared to 14%, 1 of 7 RPs); p = 0.029, Fisher's Exact test and evident virological control (3.65 compared to 5.46 log10 copies/mL in SPs and RPs respectively); p<0.001, unpaired student's t-test CONCLUSIONS: These data are consistent with others that associated protection from HIV disease with inherent host HLA B allele-mediated ability to induce broader Gag T-cell targeting coupled with apparent virological control. These immunogenetic features of Gag-specific immune response which could influence disease progression may provide useful insight in future HIV vaccine design.
Item Type | Article |
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Faculty and Department |
MRC Uganda > UG-Basic Science Faculty of Epidemiology and Population Health > Dept of Infectious Disease Epidemiology & International Health (2023-) Faculty of Epidemiology and Population Health > Dept of Infectious Disease Epidemiology (-2023) MRC Uganda > UG-HIV Care |
Research Centre | Tropical Epidemiology Group |
PubMed ID | 19142234 |
ISI | 265479700009 |
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