The Journal of Immunology, Vol 137, Issue 8 2514-2521, Copyright © 1986 by American Association of Immunologists

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A model for the selective loss of major histocompatibility complex self- restricted T cell immune responses during the development of acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS)

GM Shearer, DC Bernstein, KS Tung, CS Via, R Redfield, SZ Salahuddin and RC Gallo

Functional analyses of peripheral blood leukocytes (PBL) from high risk HTLV-III antibody-negative and antibody-positive donors, as well as from patients with acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS), lymphadenopathy syndrome (LAS), and AIDS-related complex (ARC) were performed by the in vitro generation of cytotoxic T lymphocyte (CTL) and proliferative responses to the HLA self-restricted antigens of influenza virus (S + X) and to nonself restricted HLA alloantigens (ALLO). All 40 antibody-negative donors tested responded to both S + X and ALLO in the CTL response, whereas six of 14 antibody-positive, two of three LAS, four of five ARC, and seven of 17 AIDS patients exhibited a selective absence of CTL to S + X, but generated normal or elevated CTL responses to ALLO. Of the remaining 10 AIDS patients, nine did not respond to either S + X or ALLO, and one responded to both S + X and ALLO. A similar selective loss of the proliferative response to S + X was found. We also observed antibody-positive donors who initially generated CTL responses to S + X and ALLO, but lost the S + X response as a function of time. We were able to restore the selective loss of S + X CTL activity in vitro by the addition of IL 2 and, to some extent, by co-stimulation with S + X plus ALLO. Depletion of CD4+ T helper cells and removal of autologous antigen-presenting cells from the PBL of healthy antibody-negative donors indicated that distinct T helper cell subsets exist in human PBL, and that S + X responses must use a CD4+ T helper population, whereas ALLO responses can utilize an alternate CD4- T helper pathway. A model is presented indicating the selective depletion of CD4+ T helper function in the developmental stages of AIDS. The functional test for T helper activity to self restricted antigens may be the earliest indicator of immune functional loss in the development of AIDS, and may precede a reduction in the absolute number of CD4+ cells.

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