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Molecular Immunology and
Immunobiology, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Research Foundation, Cincinnati, OH 45229,
Infectious Disease Center, University of Cincinnati Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH 45267; and
AIDS Vaccine Program, Science Applications International Corporation-Frederick, National Cancer Institute, Frederick, MD 21702
IL-12 production and up-regulation of CD40 ligand (CD40L) expression are impaired in the PBMC of HIV-infected donors, and exogenous CD40L rescues IL-12 production by such cells. In this study, we implicate dysregulation of CD40L expression in the IL-12 defect associated with HIV by demonstrating that induction of CD40L expression by anti-CD3/CD28 stimulation was directly correlated with the IL-12 productive capacity of PBMC. Further, we demonstrate marked decreases in the induction of CD40L protein and mRNA following anti-CD3/CD28 stimulation in HIV-infected donors compared with uninfected donors, with a tight association between these two levels. Inhibition of CD40L up-regulation was selective, as induction of CD69 or OX40 was not as severely affected. Increased instability of CD40L mRNA did not constitute a major mechanism in CD40L dysregulation, thus suggesting a potential defect in the signaling cascades upstream of transcription. The mechanisms by which HIV infection affects the induction of CD40L expression appear to involve HIV gp120-mediated engagement of CD4. Indeed, anti-CD4 mAb or inactivated HIV virions that harbor a conformationally intact gp120 significantly inhibited CD40L up-regulation at both the protein and mRNA levels. This inhibition was due to the native, virion-associated gp120, as coculture with soluble CD4 or heat treatment of inactivated HIV abolished their effect. These in vitro models mirror the CD40L defect seen in cells from HIV-infected donors and thus provide a suitable model to investigate HIV-induced CD40L dysregulation. Clear elucidation of mechanism(s) may well lead to the development of novel immunotherapeutic approaches to HIV infection.
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