PMID- 15709025 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20050331 LR - 20220424 IS - 0022-538X (Print) IS - 1098-5514 (Electronic) IS - 0022-538X (Linking) VI - 79 IP - 5 DP - 2005 Mar TI - Processing and presentation of exogenous HLA class I peptides by dendritic cells from human immunodeficiency virus type 1-infected persons. PG - 3052-62 AB - Dendritic cells (DCs) loaded with viral peptides are a potential form of immunotherapy of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) infection. We show that DCs derived from blood monocytes of subjects with chronic HIV-1 infection on combination antiretroviral drug therapy have increases in expression of HLA, T-cell coreceptor, and T-cell activation molecules in response to the DC maturation factor CD40L comparable to those from uninfected persons. Mature DCs (mDCs) loaded with HLA A*0201-restricted viral peptides of the optimal length (9-mer) were more efficient at activating antiviral CD8(+) T cells than were immature DCs or peptide alone. Optimal presentation of these exogenous peptides required uptake and vesicular trafficking and was comparable in DCs derived from HIV-1-infected and uninfected persons. Furthermore, DCs from HIV-1-infected and uninfected persons had similar capacities to process viral peptides with C-terminal and N-terminal extensions through their proteasomal and cytosolic pathways, respectively. We conclude that DCs derived from HIV-1-infected persons have similar abilities to process exogenous peptides for presentation to CD8(+) T cells as those from uninfected persons. This conclusion supports the use of DCs loaded with synthetic peptides in immunotherapy of HIV-1 infection. FAU - Huang, Xiao-Li AU - Huang XL AD - University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health, 130 DeSoto St., Pittsburgh, PA 15261, USA. FAU - Fan, Zheng AU - Fan Z FAU - Colleton, Bonnie A AU - Colleton BA FAU - Buchli, Rico AU - Buchli R FAU - Li, Hongyi AU - Li H FAU - Hildebrand, William H AU - Hildebrand WH FAU - Rinaldo, Charles R Jr AU - Rinaldo CR Jr LA - eng GR - U01 AI037984/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/United States GR - R01 AI041870/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/United States GR - U01 AI37984/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/United States GR - R01 AI41870/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/United States GR - U01 AI035041/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/United States GR - U01 AI35041/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PT - Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S. PL - United States TA - J Virol JT - Journal of virology JID - 0113724 RN - 0 (Antimetabolites) RN - 0 (HLA Antigens) RN - 0 (Histocompatibility Antigens Class I) RN - 0 (Oligopeptides) SB - IM MH - Antigen Presentation/drug effects MH - Antimetabolites/pharmacology MH - CD8-Positive T-Lymphocytes/immunology MH - Case-Control Studies MH - Dendritic Cells/*immunology MH - HIV Infections/*immunology MH - HIV-1 MH - HLA Antigens/*metabolism MH - Histocompatibility Antigens Class I/*metabolism MH - Humans MH - In Vitro Techniques MH - Oligopeptides/immunology PMC - PMC548465 EDAT- 2005/02/15 09:00 MHDA- 2005/04/01 09:00 PMCR- 2005/03/01 CRDT- 2005/02/15 09:00 PHST- 2005/02/15 09:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2005/04/01 09:00 [medline] PHST- 2005/02/15 09:00 [entrez] PHST- 2005/03/01 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 79/5/3052 [pii] AID - 1908-04 [pii] AID - 10.1128/JVI.79.5.3052-3062.2005 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - J Virol. 2005 Mar;79(5):3052-62. doi: 10.1128/JVI.79.5.3052-3062.2005.