Mechanisms of reactivation of latent tuberculosis infection due to SIV coinfection

Autor: Allison N. Bucsan, Deepak Kaushal, Dhiraj Kumar Singh, Mushtaq Ahmed, Breanna Threeton, Jyothi Rengarajan, Taylor W. Foreman, Ayan Chatterjee, Nadia A. Golden, James A. Hoxie, Shabaana A. Khader, Tae-Hyung Lee, Xavier Alvarez, Smriti Mehra, Melanie G. Kirkpatrick
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2019
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Popis: HIV is a major driver of tuberculosis (TB) reactivation. Depletion of CD4(+) T cells is assumed to be the basis behind TB reactivation in individuals with latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) coinfected with HIV. Nonhuman primates (NHPs) coinfected with a mutant simian immunodeficiency virus (SIVΔGY) that does not cause depletion of tissue CD4(+) T cells during infection failed to reactivate TB. To investigate the contribution of CD4(+) T cell depletion relative to other mechanisms of SIV-induced reactivation of LTBI, we used CD4R1 antibody to deplete CD4(+) T cells in animals with LTBI without lentiviral infection. The mere depletion of CD4(+) T cells during LTBI was insufficient in generating reactivation of LTBI. Instead, direct cytopathic effects of SIV resulting in chronic immune activation, along with the altered effector T cell phenotypes and dysregulated T cell homeostasis, were likely mediators of reactivation of LTBI. These results revealed important implications for TB control in HIV-coinfected individuals.
Databáze: OpenAIRE