Human uterine natural killer cells but not blood natural killer cells inhibit human immunodeficiency virus type 1 infection by secretion of CXCL12.
Natural killer (NK) cells derived from the human female reproductive tract (FRT) are phenotypically and functionally distinct from those obtained from peripheral blood. Because the FRT is a primary site of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) infection in women, we determined whether soluble factors secreted by uterine-derived NK (uNK) cells inhibit HIV-1 infection. Clonal populations of uNK cells were activated with interleukin-12 (IL-12) and IL-15, and conditioned media (CM) from these cultures evaluated for their ability to inhibit infection of cells by HIV-1(IIIB), HIV-1(NL4.3), and HIV-1(HC4) (X4-tropic) or HIV-1(BaL) (R5-tropic) viruses. We found that soluble factors secreted by activated uNK cells significantly inhibited X4-tropic virus infection of TZM-bl cells, peripheral blood mononuclear cells, and primary human endometrial cells, but not infection by HIV-1(BaL). In contrast, CM from peripheral blood NK (bNK) cells did not inhibit HIV-1 infection of cells. Analysis of factors secreted from uNK clones with anti-HIV-1 activity demonstrated significantly higher levels of CXCL12 compared to uNK clones without this activity, and the HIV inhibitory activity was neutralized by antibodies to CXCL12. Collectively, these data demonstrate that human uNK cells release chemokines with anti-HIV-1 activity for X4-tropic strains and this suggest that these chemokines may contribute to the inhibition of X4-tropic strain transmission across mucosal tissues.
Mselle
Teddy F
TF
Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Dartmouth Medical School, Lebanon, New Hampshire 03756, USA.
Howell
Alexandra L
AL
Ghosh
Mimi
M
Wira
Charles R
CR
Sentman
Charles L
CL
D000328:Adult; D019380:Anti-HIV Agents / Q000276:immunology*; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D054377:Chemokine CXCL12 / Q000276:immunology / Q000378:metabolism; D016207:Cytokines / Q000276:immunology; D005260:Female; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000276:immunology*; D015497:HIV-1 / Q000276:immunology*; D006801:Humans; D007694:Killer Cells, Natural / Q000166:cytology / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000821:virology; D008875:Middle Aged; D014599:Uterus / Q000166:cytology / Q000276:immunology
D019380:Anti-HIV Agents; D054377:Chemokine CXCL12; D016207:Cytokines
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