title: Gamma delta T lymphocyte responses to HIV.
abstract: Natural immunity may be involved in controlling viral spread in hosts infected with HIV. A panel of gamma delta T cell receptor-positive lymphocyte clones was isolated from the peripheral blood of healthy HIV- donors and tested for anti-HIV cytotoxic responses. Twelve of 30 (40%) V gamma 9+/V delta 2+ T cell clones, but none of seven V delta 1+ T cell clones, displayed lytic activity against HIV-infected cells. The V gamma 9+/V delta 2+ clones cytotoxic for HIV-infected cells also lysed Daudi cells. However, not all V gamma 9+/V delta 2+ clones which lysed Daudi targets had the capacity to lyse HIV-infected cells. Some of the gamma delta T cell clones were also investigated for potential proliferative responses to HIV-infected cells. One V gamma 9+/V delta 2+ T cell clone (ME8-7) and one V delta 1+ T cell clone (ME18-2) demonstrated proliferative responses towards HIV-infected cells. Another V gamma 9+/V delta 2+ clone (VM39) proliferated in response to cell-free HIV. Taken together, these results provide direct evidence of anti-HIV gamma delta T cell responses in healthy, HIV- persons.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, University of Wisconsin Medical School, Madison, USA.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Wallace
authors.forename: S R
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: Bartz
authors.forename: W L
authors.initials: WL
authors.lastname: Chang
authors.forename: D A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Mackenzie
authors.forename: C D
authors.initials: CD
authors.lastname: Pauza
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Malkovsky
mesh_terms: D002999:Clone Cells; D003602:Cytotoxicity, Immunologic; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000276:immunology*; D015497:HIV-1 / Q000276:immunology*; D006801:Humans; D016692:Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, gamma-delta / Q000276:immunology*; D016176:T-Lymphocyte Subsets; D013601:T-Lymphocytes / Q000276:immunology* / Q000821:virology
chemical_list: D016692:Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, gamma-delta