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HV-1-specific cytotoxic T lymphocytes and breast milk HIV-1 transmission.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  19434932     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
BACKGROUND: Breast-feeding by infants exposed to human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) provides an opportunity to assess the role played by repeated HIV-1 exposure in eliciting HIV-1-specific immunity and in defining whether immune responses correlate with protection from infection.
METHODS: Breast-feeding infants born to HIV-1-seropositive women were assessed for HLA-selected HIV-1 peptide-specific cytotoxic T lymphocyte interferon (IFN)-gamma responses by means of enzyme-linked immunospot (ELISpot) assays at 1, 3, 6, 9, and 12 months of age. Responses were deemed to be positive when they reached > or = 50 HIV-1-specific sfu/1 x 10(6) peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) and were at least twice those of negative controls.
RESULTS: A total of 807 ELISpot assays were performed for 217 infants who remained uninfected with HIV-1 at approximately 12 months of age; 101 infants (47%) had at least 1 positive ELISpot result (median, 78-170 sfu/1 x 10(6) PBMCs). The prevalence and magnitude of responses increased with age (P = .01 and P = .007, respectively); the median log(10) value for HIV-1-specific IFN-gamma responses increased by 1.0 sfu/1 x 10(6) PBMCs/month (P < .001) between 1 and 12 months of age. Of 141 HIV-1-uninfected infants with 1-month ELISpot results, 10 (7%) acquired HIV-1 infection (0/16 with positive vs. 10/125 [8%] with negative ELISpot results; P = .6). Higher values for log(10) HIV-1-specific spot-forming units at 1 month of age were associated with a decreased risk of HIV-1 infection, adjusted for maternal HIV-1 RNA level (adjusted hazard ratio, 0.09 [95% confidence interval, 0.01-0.72]).
CONCLUSION: . Breast-feeding HIV-1-exposed uninfected infants frequently had HIV-1-specific IFN-gamma responses. Greater early HIV-1-specific IFN-gamma responses were associated with decreased HIV-1 acquisition.
Authors:
Grace C John-Stewart; Dorothy Mbori-Ngacha; Barbara Lohman Payne; Carey Farquhar; Barbra A Richardson; Sandra Emery; Phelgona Otieno; Elizabeth Obimbo; Tao Dong; Jennifer Slyker; Ruth Nduati; Julie Overbaugh; Sarah Rowland-Jones
Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article; Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural    
Journal Detail:
Title:  The Journal of infectious diseases     Volume:  199     ISSN:  0022-1899     ISO Abbreviation:  J. Infect. Dis.     Publication Date:  2009 Mar 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2009-05-12     Completed Date:  2009-05-29     Revised Date:  2013-02-08    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  0413675     Medline TA:  J Infect Dis     Country:  United States    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  889-98     Citation Subset:  AIM; IM    
Affiliation:
Department of Paediatrics, University of Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya. gjohn@u.washington.edu
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / microbiology,  transmission*
Female
HIV-1 / isolation & purification*
Humans
Infant
Infant, Newborn
Infectious Disease Transmission, Vertical*
Interferon-gamma / immunology
Milk, Human / virology*
Pregnancy
Pregnancy Complications, Infectious / virology*
T-Lymphocytes, Cytotoxic / virology*
Grant Support
ID/Acronym/Agency:
D43 TW000007/TW/FIC NIH HHS; K01 AI087369/AI/NIAID NIH HHS; K24 HD054314/HD/NICHD NIH HHS; K24 HD054314-04/HD/NICHD NIH HHS; P30 AI027757/AI/NIAID NIH HHS; R01 HD-23412/HD/NICHD NIH HHS; R01 HD023412/HD/NICHD NIH HHS; R01 HD023412-13/HD/NICHD NIH HHS; R01 HD023412-14/HD/NICHD NIH HHS; R01 HD023412-15/HD/NICHD NIH HHS
Chemical
Reg. No./Substance:
82115-62-6/Interferon-gamma

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