HIV Infection Deregulates Tim-3 Expression on Innate Cells
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Abstract
BACKGROUND: The Tim-3 receptor has been implicated as a negative regulator of adaptive immune responses and has been linked to T-cell dysfunction in chronic viral infections, such as HIV. Blocking Tim-3 has been proposed as a potential therapeutic intervention in HIV infection. However, a more detailed characterization of Tim-3 expression in the presence of HIV is required before such strategies can be considered. METHODS: In this study, we investigate Tim-3 expression on innate immune cell subsets in chronic HIV-infected individuals pretherapy and posttherapy. RESULTS: We report that, pretherapy, HIV infection is associated with elevated levels of Tim-3 on resting innate lymphocytes (NK, NKT, and γδ T cells), but not resting monocytes. In the absence of HIV infection, stimulation with an inflammatory stimulus resulted in decreased Tim-3 on monocytes and increased Tim-3 on NK, NKT, and γδ T cells. However, innate cells from HIV-infected donors were significantly less responsive to stimulation. Six months of combination antiretroviral therapy (cART) restored Tim-3 levels on resting NK cells but not NKT or γδ T cells. The responses of all subsets to inflammatory stimuli were restored to some extent with cART but only reached HIV-negative control levels in monocytes and NK cells. DISCUSSION: These results demonstrate that, during HIV infection, Tim-3 expression on innate cells is dysregulated and that this dysregulation is only partially restored after 6 months of cART. Our findings suggest that Tim-3 is differentially regulated on innate immune effector cells, and have direct implications for strategies designed to block Tim-3-ligand interactions.
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| Metaresearch | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Meta-epidemiology (narrow) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Meta-epidemiology (broad) | 0.001 | 0.000 |
| Bibliometrics | 0.001 | 0.000 |
| Science and technology studies | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Scholarly communication | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Open science | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Research integrity | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Insufficient payload (model declined to judge) | 0.001 | 0.002 |
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