Antibody-dependent cell-mediated cytotoxicity (ADCC) in HTLV-I associated myelopathy/tropical spastic paraparesis (HAM/TSP)
Defects in immune surveillance mechanisms may allow increased replication of human T-lymphotropic virus type I (HTLV-I) in peripheral blood mononuclear cells in HTLV-I associated myelopathy/tropical spastic paraparesis (HAM/TSP). To explore this possibility, antibody-dependent cell-mediated cytotoxicity (ADCC) against HTLV-I infected cells in HAM/TSP and in asymptomatic HTLV-I-seropositive carriers (SPC), was studied. ADCC activity was significantly depressed in HAM/TSP compared to SPC subjects (p < 0.025) and was due to specific reduction in ADCC effector activity. On the other hand, there was no difference in antibody component of anti-HTLV-I ADCC (ADCC-Ab) activities between HAM/TSP and SPC, although patients with more severe forms of disease tended to have higher anti-HTLV-I ADCC-Ab activity. In HAM/TSP, depressed ADCC activity against HTLV-I due to reduced ADCC-effector activity may allow increased replication of HTLV-I which may implicate the development of inflammatory neuropathologic lesions of HAM/TSP.
Department of Neurology, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan.
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Fujihara
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Itoyama
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Kubo
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D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000914:Antibodies, Viral / Q000276:immunology*; D000920:Antibody-Dependent Cell Cytotoxicity; D002860:Chromium Radioisotopes; D005260:Female; D015368:Human T-lymphotropic virus 1 / Q000276:immunology*; D006801:Humans; D007157:Immunologic Surveillance / Q000276:immunology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015493:Paraparesis, Tropical Spastic / Q000276:immunology* / Q000821:virology
D000914:Antibodies, Viral; D002860:Chromium Radioisotopes