A pneumococcal capsular polysaccharide vaccine induces a repertoire shift with increased VH3 expression in peripheral B cells from human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-uninfected but not HIV-infected persons.
The molecular mechanism of pneumococcal vaccine failure in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected persons is not fully understood. A polymerase chain reaction ELISA was used to determine the proportion of peripheral IgG, IgA, and IgM CD19-positive B cells expressing 6 immunoglobulin heavy-chain variable region (VH) subgroups before and 7 days after pneumococcal vaccination of 12 HIV-infected and 12 HIV-uninfected subjects. Significant postvaccination increases in the expression of the VH3 subgroup by IgG and IgA and a greater serologic response to vaccination were observed in the HIV-uninfected group. In contrast, the HIV-infected group had reduced prevaccination IgG VH3 and a postvaccination increase in IgG VH5. These results demonstrate that pneumococcal vaccination changes the pattern of B cell VH gene expression and support the concept that aberrant VH3 expression may translate into a poor antipneumococcal response in the setting of HIV infection.
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Departments of Microbiology and Immunology, Division of Infectious Diseases, and Montefiore Hospital and Medical Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY 10461, USA.
Abadi
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Alpert
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Pirofski
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D017088:AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections / Q000517:prevention & control; D000328:Adult; D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial / Q000096:biosynthesis; D001402:B-Lymphocytes / Q000276:immunology*; D001428:Bacterial Vaccines / Q000276:immunology*; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; D005260:Female; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000276:immunology*; D006801:Humans; D007070:Immunoglobulin A / Q000096:biosynthesis; D007074:Immunoglobulin G / Q000096:biosynthesis; D007143:Immunoglobulin Heavy Chains / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000235:genetics; D007075:Immunoglobulin M / Q000096:biosynthesis; D007135:Immunoglobulin Variable Region / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000235:genetics; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D022242:Pneumococcal Vaccines; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D013296:Streptococcus pneumoniae / Q000276:immunology*
D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial; D001428:Bacterial Vaccines; D007070:Immunoglobulin A; D007074:Immunoglobulin G; D007143:Immunoglobulin Heavy Chains; D007075:Immunoglobulin M; D007135:Immunoglobulin Variable Region; D022242:Pneumococcal Vaccines