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In order to investigate the correlation among cytokine production and antiretroviral therapy (ART), viral load, CD4(+) and CD8(+) T lymphocytes, 55 human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-1-infected children on ART or not, and 16 uninfected controls were studied. Peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) of HIV-1-infected children and controls were cultured and spontaneous and mitogen-stimulated cytokines production was quantified in the supernatants. Viral load was quantified using standard molecular assay. CD4 and CD8 T-lymphocyte counts were determined by flow cytometry. Cytokine production by mitogen-stimulated PBMCs showed different profiles in HIV-1 children whether treated or not. The tumour necrosis factor (TNF)-alpha production was higher and the interleukin (IL)-10 production was lower in the HIV-1-untreated group than in the HIV-1-treated children and controls. The IL-2 production was reduced and the RANTES production was higher in both HIV-1 groups compared with the controls. The interferon (IFN)-gamma and the IL-5 production was significantly reduced in the HIV-1-treated children compared to the controls. Interestingly, the analysis of the correlation of HIV-1 phenotype with cytokine production indicated an increased RANTES production in relation to nonsyncytium-inducing viral phenotype with slow/low replication profile, whereas decreased IL-10 levels was associated to syncytium-inducing (SI) strains and rapid/high replication. Our findings suggest that AVT changes on the cytokine and chemokine production play an important role in the HIV pathogenesis.
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PMID:Clinical relevance of cytokine production in HIV-1 infection in children on antiretroviral therapy. 1111 71

The purpose of this study was to quantitate levels of cytokines in parotid saliva of subjects infected with human immunodeficiency virus-1 (HIV-1) and to determine if the cytokine profiles differ in subjects with an oral opportunistic infection, i.e., candidiasis or oral hairy leukoplakia. Parotid saliva samples were obtained from HIV-infected individuals with or without candidiasis or oral hairy leukoplakia and from healthy controls and were assessed by ELISA for levels of interleukin (IL)-1, IL-2, IL-4, IL-5, IL-10, transforming growth factor-beta, tumor necrosis factor-alpha and interferon (IFN)-gamma. Saliva from HIV-infected subjects with oral candidiasis had significantly higher levels of IFN-gamma than that seen in HIV-infected individuals with no oral disease and significantly higher levels of IL-2, IL-5 and IFN-gamma than saliva of healthy controls. No significant difference was seen in cytokine levels in saliva from HIV-infected subjects with no oral infections and healthy controls. The HIV-infected subjects with oral hairy leukoplakia displayed significantly higher levels of both IL-1 alpha and IFN-gamma compared with the HIV and no oral disease group and a higher level of IFN-gamma than seen in saliva from the healthy control group. In comparing cytokine levels from both HIV and oral disease groups, significant differences were detected in levels of IL-5 and IL-10. These results indicate that the profile of salivary cytokines is altered as a result of the oral opportunistic infection candidiasis or oral hairy leukoplakia and also by concurrent HIV infection.
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PMID:Cytokine profiles in parotid saliva from HIV-1-infected individuals: changes associated with opportunistic infections in the oral cavity. 1115 69

We studied cytokine production by stimulated peripheral blood mononuclear cells from 55 HIV-infected children born to HIV-infected mothers, and compared it to that of exposed, but uninfected, age-matched children. Cytokine production was quantified using a commercially available specific ELISA kit. Cell proliferation was evaluated by incorporation of ((3)H) thymidine. A significant defect in type 1 cytokine production of IFN-gamma and IL-2 in HIV-infected children compared to controls was observed, but without a concomitant increase in type 2 cytokines. Indeed, IL-5 production was even lower in HIV-infected children than in controls, the IL-5 decrease being the best predictive marker of immunodeficiency. Furthermore, IL-5 levels were decreased from the early phases of HIV infection, being significantly lower in the clinical category B with respect to controls, and in AIDS with respect to both controls and children in category A. Such a strong correlation with the stage of infection has not been previously described in HIV-infected children. In addition, we found a correlation between SI/X4 viral phenotype and lower IL-5 levels. Our data suggest a dysfunctional cytokine production by PBMC from HIV-infected children as regards both Th1 and Th2 cytokines resulting from quantitative as well as qualitative defects induced by HIV-1.
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PMID:Impaired interleukin-5 (IL-5) production by T cells as a prognostic marker of disease progression in human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1)-infected children. 1139 13

Haemophilus ducreyi is the etiologic agent of chancroid, a sexually transmitted genital ulcer disease that facilitates the transmission of human immunodeficiency virus. In the human model of infection, the histopathology of infected sites in part resembles a delayed-type hypersensitivity (DTH) response. In this study, T cells were isolated from skin biopsy specimens obtained from 24 subjects who were infected for 7 to 14 days. One clone and 12 lines that responded to H. ducreyi antigens were obtained from 12 of the subjects. Fluorescence-activated cell sorter analysis showed that the antigen-responsive lines and clone were predominantly CD3(+) and CD4(+). The lines and clone responded to H. ducreyi antigen in a dose-dependent manner and produced gamma interferon (IFN-gamma) alone or IFN-gamma and interleukin-10 (IL-10) but no IL-4 or IL-5 in response to H. ducreyi. Proliferation of T cells was dependent on the presence of autologous antigen-presenting cells. The lines showed little response to antigens prepared from other members of the Pasteurellaceae and responded to different fractions of H. ducreyi separated by preparative sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. We conclude that T cells that recognize H. ducreyi antigens are recruited to sites experimentally infected with the organism. The lack of cross-reactivity to the Pasteurellaceae and the response of the lines to different antigen fractions suggest that subjects are sensitized to H. ducreyi during the course of infection.
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PMID:Characterization of Haemophilus ducreyi-specific T-cell lines from lesions of experimentally infected human subjects. 1140 58

During the progression of AIDS, there is a shift in abundance of immune cells from Th1-producing cells to Th2-producing cells. To determine whether this change might have an effect on HIV-1 replication in vivo, we constructed simian/human immunodeficiency chimeric viruses having the human IL-5 gene (a Th2-type cytokine) and examined the effect of the inserted gene on viral replication, IL-5 production and viral stability in vitro. The DNA of human IL-5 was inserted into vpr-deleted and nef-deleted infectious SHIVs. The obtained replication-competent viruses were used to infect human T-cell lines and monkey peripheral blood mononuclear cells. As a result, at the time of peak NI-IL5 virus production, IL-5 was produced with a significantly higher titer than 3sj-IL5. The functionality of the produced IL-5 was confirmed by IL-5-dependent cells. The replication of both SHIVs having IL-5 appeared to be faster than that of the parental viruses without the IL-5 gene. These results show that co-expression of IL-5 stimulates SHIV replication in vitro. Thus, it is expected that expression of IL-5 will also have an effect on viral replication and pathogenicity in vivo.
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PMID:Construction of SIV/HIV-1 chimeric viruses having the IL-5 gene and determination of their ability to replicate and produce IL-5. 1150 15

Inhibition of eosinophil apoptosis by exposure to interleukin-5 (IL-5) is associated with the development of tissue eosinophilia and may contribute to the inflammation characteristic of asthma. Analysis of the signaling events associated with this process has been hampered by the inability to efficiently manipulate eosinophils by the introduction of active or inhibitory effector molecules. Evidence is provided, using a dominant-negative N17 H-Ras protein (dn-H-Ras) and MEK inhibitor U0126, that activation of the Ras-Raf-MEK-ERK pathway plays a determining role in the prolongation of eosinophil survival by IL-5. For these studies, a small region of the human immunodeficiency virus Tat protein, a protein transduction domain known to enter mammalian cells efficiently, was fused to the N-terminus of dn-H-Ras. The Tat-dn-H-Ras protein generated from this construct transduced isolated human blood eosinophils at more than 95% efficiency. When Tat-dn-H-Ras-transduced eosinophils were treated with IL-5, they exhibited a time- and dosage-dependent reduction in extracellular regulated kinase 1 and 2 activation and an inhibition of p90 Rsk1 phosphorylation and IL-5-mediated eosinophil survival in vitro. In contrast, Tat-dn-H-Ras did not inhibit CD11b up-regulation or STAT5 tyrosine phosphorylation. These data demonstrate that Tat dominant-negative protein transduction can serve as an important and novel tool in studying primary myeloid cell signal transduction in primary leukocytes and can implicate the Ras-Raf-MEK-ERK pathway in IL-5-initiated eosinophil survival.
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PMID:Transduction of a dominant-negative H-Ras into human eosinophils attenuates extracellular signal-regulated kinase activation and interleukin-5-mediated cell viability. 1156 84

The positive effect of the co-expression of T helper (Th) cell type 2 cytokine interleukin-5 (IL-5) on nef-deleted simian/human immunodeficiency virus (SHIV) replication in vitro has been observed previously. To analyse whether the growth advantage of IL-5-containing SHIV (NI-IL5) in vitro would be relevant in vivo, the virus was inoculated into monkeys. Three rhesus macaques were inoculated intravenously with 10(4) TCID(50) of NI-IL5. Results were compared with those obtained previously from SHIV NM-3rN (intact) and SHIV-dn (nef-deleted)-infected monkeys. Cytokine production, analysed by IL-5 ELISA, showed a twofold increase in IL-5 concentration in the plasma soon after the peak of virus replication. Virus replication and antibody production were greater in monkeys inoculated with IL-5-expressing SHIV than in monkeys inoculated with nef-deleted SHIV without IL-5. These findings show a stimulation of SHIV replication by co-expression of IL-5 and suggest the important role of Th2-type cytokines in human immunodeficiency virus type 1 infection.
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PMID:Co-expression of interleukin-5 influences replication of simian/human immunodeficiency viruses in vivo. 1196 Dec 74

Evaluation of cytokine production in macaques has been hampered by a lack of availability of optimized and standardized immunoassays such as ELISA and enzyme-linked immune spot assay (ELISpot); only a limited number of macaque cytokines have been assessed by ELISpot. Using monoclonal antibodies (mAb) to human cytokines that cross-react with cynomolgus and rhesus macaque interferon-gamma (IFN-gamma), interleukin (IL)-2, IL-4, IL-5, IL-6, IL-12, IL-13 and granulocyte monocyte colony-stimulating factor, we measured macaque cytokine production by ELISA and ELISpot. Quantitation of spontaneous as well as phytohemagglutinin (PHA)-induced cytokine production in peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) from rhesus and cynomolgus macaques and humans were compared. The proportional distribution of the different cytokines, in terms of PBMC synthesizing different cytokines as well as the levels of the different cytokines produced, were similar in all species. Spontaneous- and PHA-induced cytokine productions thus appear to be similarly regulated in macaques and man. ELISpot and ELISA assays for macaque IFN-gamma were further used to measure antigen-specific immune responses of PBMC from cynomolgus macaques exposed to, or vaccinated against, simian immunodeficiency virus (SIV). The establishment of reliable immunoassays for detection of macaque cytokines is of importance for future progress of research utilizing macaques as experimental animals.
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PMID:ELISpot and ELISA analysis of spontaneous, mitogen-induced and antigen-specific cytokine production in cynomolgus and rhesus macaques. 1237 41

Eosinophilic folliculitis (EF) is a rare follicular pruritic papular eruption observed in association with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). The diagnosis of eosinophilic folliculitis is based on the histologic findings consisting of a sterile inflammatory infiltrate rich in eosinophils involving hair follicles. EF in HIV patients is believed to be an immunoinflammatory response directed either at follicular or skin flora antigens in the late-stage of HIV infection. In this stage, immune response is characterized by a shift from a Th1- to a Th2-dominant cytokine profile and an increased secretion of interleukin-4 and interleukin-5, both known to promote eosinophilia. We describe a case of HIV-associated eosinophilic folliculitis in a 30-year-old black woman referred to us for a pruritic follicular eruption without any other clinical symptom related to the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome. HIV infection presenting with EF has been rarely reported and its occurrence in women is also very rare.
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PMID:Pruritic eosinophilic papular eruption revealing HIV infection. 1245 40

Chimeric simian and human immunodeficiency viruses (SHIVs) are useful tool for investigating AIDS pathogenesis and for development of vaccine. We constructed a SHIV-vpr vector (designated as SHIV-3sj) by replacing vpr region with restriction enzyme sites. SHIV-3sj was designed to express inserted gene along with its viral replication. Five cytokine genes were inserted into SHIV-3sj, and ability of viral replication and expression of the inserted genes were examined. The short insert including RANTES and IL-5 resulted in the successful expression from SHIV-3sj, while the construct having longer genes including IL-2, IL-6 and IL-12p35 failed to become replication competent. These results suggest that the length of the insert is an important factor for the replication ability of SHIV-3sj vector.
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PMID:Characterization of vpr vector constructed from chimeric simian and human immunodeficiency virus. 1280 18


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