title: Deficient polymorphonuclear cell and mononuclear cell antibody-dependent cellular cytotoxicity in pediatric and adult human immunodeficiency virus infection.
abstract: Children with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection have impaired polymorphonuclear leukocyte (PMNL) function leading to secondary bacterial infections and possible acceleration of underlying viral disease. The chief antiviral defense mechanism of PMNL is antibody-dependent cellular cytotoxicity (ADCC). Accordingly, the ADCC of PMNL and mononuclear cells from HIV-positive children was compared with that of HIV-positive adults, healthy adults, and age-matched healthy children. PMNL and mononuclear cells from HIV-positive children incubated with hyperimmune HIV immune globulin (HIVIG) gave significantly lower ADCC compared with PMNL or mononuclear cells of healthy age-matched children incubated with HIVIG (P less than .05). The ADCC of mononuclear cells of healthy adults in the presence of plasma from HIV-infected children was significantly less than that of the same cells in the presence of plasma from HIV-positive symptomatic or asymptomatic adults. Augmentation of ADCC of the PMNL from HIV-positive children with interferon-gamma or granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor did not occur. Thus, the defect in ADCC of HIV-positive children is due to defects of both effector cells and antibody function.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, University of California, Los Angeles School of Medicine.
authors.forename: C M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Szelc
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Mitcheltree
authors.forename: R L
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: Roberts
authors.forename: E R
authors.initials: ER
authors.lastname: Stiehm
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000375:Aging / Q000276:immunology*; D000920:Antibody-Dependent Cell Cytotoxicity / Q000187:drug effects / Q000276:immunology*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D016178:Granulocyte-Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor / Q000494:pharmacology; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000097:blood / Q000276:immunology*; D006801:Humans; D016756:Immunoglobulins, Intravenous / Q000276:immunology; D007371:Interferon-gamma / Q000494:pharmacology; D009000:Monocytes / Q000276:immunology*; D009504:Neutrophils / Q000276:immunology*; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured
chemical_list: C084715:HIV hyperimmune globulin; D016756:Immunoglobulins, Intravenous; D007371:Interferon-gamma; D016178:Granulocyte-Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor