TLR agonists enhance responsiveness of inflammatory innate immune cells in HLA-B*57-positive HIV patients

Autor: Leona Dold, K. Ommer, Benjamin Krämer, Christoph Boesecke, J. K. Rockstroh, L. Zimmer, Jacob Nattermann, C. Schwarze-Zander, Bettina Langhans, Christian P. Strassburg, J. C. Wasmuth, B. Gathof, Ulrich Spengler, Raphael Mohr
Rok vydání: 2020
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Zdroj: Journal of Molecular Medicine (Berlin, Germany)
ISSN: 1432-1440
0946-2716
Popis: Abstract HLA-B*57 affects the course of HIV infection. Under antiretroviral therapy, its effects cannot be explained by outstandingly efficient T cell responses alone but may also involve cells of innate immunity. Studying in vitro stimulation with Pam3CSK4, E. coli LPS-B5 and CpG-ODN-2216, we observed greater induction of IL-6/IL-1beta double-positive CD14+CD16++ monocytes as well as IFN-gamma-positive cytotoxic CD56highCD16neg NK cells in HLA-B*57- versus HLA-B*44-positive HIV patients, while TNF-alpha induction remained unchanged. Differences were not seen in the other monocyte and NK cell subsets or in HLA-matched healthy controls. Our findings show that, in virally suppressed HIV infection, HLA-B*57 is associated with enhanced responsiveness of inflammatory innate immune cells to TLR ligands, possibly contributing to increased vulnerability in sepsis. Key messages • HLA-B*57 is a host factor affecting clinical outcomes of HIV infection. • HLA-B*57 modifies inflammatory subsets of NK cells and monocytes in HIV infection. • In HLA-B*57-positive HIV patients TLR agonists induce enhanced IL-6/IL-1beta in monocytes. • NK cells from HLA-B*57 HIV patients release more IFN-gamma upon TLR costimulation. • HLA-B*57 is linked to enhanced inflammatory responsiveness to TLR ligands.
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