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Dysregulation of Membrane-Bound Tumor Necrosis Factor- and Tumor Necrosis Factor Receptors on Mononuclear Cells in Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 Infection: Low Percentage of p75-Tumor Necrosis Factor Receptor Positive Cells in Patients With Advanced Disease and High Viral Load
Kjetil Hestdal,
Pål Aukrust,
Fredrik Müller,
Egil Lien,
Vigdis Bjerkeli,
Terje Espevik, and
Stig S. Frøland
From the Department of Pediatric Research, Section of Clinical Immunology and Infectious Diseases and Research Institute for Internal Medicine, Medical Department A, University of Oslo, The National Hospital, Oslo; and the Institute of Cancer Research and Molecular Biology, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway.
The correlation of persistent tumor necrosis factor- (TNF-) activation with disease progression in patients infected with human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1), suggests a role for TNF- in the pathogenesis of HIV-1 infection. In the present study, we examined by flow cytometry the expression of membrane-bound (m) components of the TNF system in 33 HIV-1-infected patients and 12 healthy controls. While peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) from asymptomatic and symptomatic non-acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) patients showed a significantly increased percentage of mTNF-+ and mTNF receptor (TNFR)+ cells compared with controls, this was not found in the AIDS group. Compared with healthy controls, AIDS patients had a significantly decreased percentage of both monocytes and lymphocytes expressing p75-TNFR. PBMC from AIDS patients showed a higher p75-TNFR mRNA level and a higher spontaneous release of soluble p75-TNFR than healthy individuals, suggesting enhanced cell surface turnover of this TNFR. The low expression of TNFRs on both lymphocytes and monocytes in the AIDS group was associated with high numbers of HIV-1 RNA copies in plasma, low numbers of CD4+ lymphocytes, and high serum levels of soluble TNFRs. AIDS patients had a decreased percentage of CD8+ lymphocytes expressing TNFRs compared with healthy controls. In contrast, these patients, as well as symptomatic non-AIDS patients, had an increased percentage of TNF-+ and TNFRs+ cells among remaining CD4+ lymphocytes. The pattern of abnormalities seen in AIDS patients suggests a role for persistent activation of the TNF system in the accelerated CD4+ lymphocyte destruction, the enhanced HIV-1 replication, and the markedly impaired antimicrobial defense in advanced HIV-1-related disease.
Blood, Vol. 90 No. 7 (October 1), 1997:
pp. 2670-2679
© 1997 by The American Society of Hematology.
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