PMID- 24906112 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20150601 LR - 20211021 IS - 1473-5571 (Electronic) IS - 0269-9370 (Print) IS - 0269-9370 (Linking) VI - 28 IP - 14 DP - 2014 Sep 10 TI - Programmed death-1 expression on HIV-1-specific CD8+ T cells is shaped by epitope specificity, T-cell receptor clonotype usage and antigen load. PG - 2007-21 AB - OBJECTIVES: Although CD8+ T cells play a critical role in the control of HIV-1 infection,their antiviral efficacy can be limited by antigenic variation and immune exhaustion.The latter phenomenon is characterized by the upregulation of multiple inhibitory receptors, such as programmed death-1 (PD-1), CD244 and lymphocyte activation gene-3 (LAG-3), which modulate the functional capabilities of CD8+ T cells. DESIGN AND METHODS: Here, we used an array of different human leukocyte antigen(HLA)-B*15:03 and HLA-B*42:01 tetramers to characterize inhibitory receptor expression as a function of differentiation on HIV-1-specific CD8+ T-cell populations(n = 128) spanning 11 different epitope targets. RESULTS: Expression levels of PD-1, but not CD244 or LAG-3, varied substantially across epitope specificities both within and between individuals. Differential expression of PD-1 on T-cell receptor (TCR) clonotypes within individual HIV-1-specific CD8+ T-cell populations was also apparent, independent of clonal dominance hierarchies. Positive correlations were detected between PD-1 expression and plasma viral load, which were reinforced by stratification for epitope sequence stability and dictated by effector memory CD8+ T cells. CONCLUSION: Collectively, these data suggest that PD-1 expression on HIV-1-specific CD8+ T cells tracks antigen load at the level of epitope specificity and TCR clonotype usage. These findings are important because they provide evidence that PD-1 expression levels are influenced by peptide/HLA class I antigen exposure. FAU - Kloverpris, Henrik N AU - Kloverpris HN FAU - McGregor, Reuben AU - McGregor R FAU - McLaren, James E AU - McLaren JE FAU - Ladell, Kristin AU - Ladell K FAU - Stryhn, Anette AU - Stryhn A FAU - Koofhethile, Catherine AU - Koofhethile C FAU - Brener, Jacqui AU - Brener J FAU - Chen, Fabian AU - Chen F FAU - Riddell, Lynn AU - Riddell L FAU - Graziano, Luzzi AU - Graziano L FAU - Klenerman, Paul AU - Klenerman P FAU - Leslie, Alasdair AU - Leslie A FAU - Buus, Soren AU - Buus S FAU - Price, David A AU - Price DA FAU - Goulder, Philip AU - Goulder P LA - eng GR - 091663/Wellcome Trust/United Kingdom GR - 100326/Wellcome Trust/United Kingdom GR - R01 AI046995/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/United States GR - R01 AI46995/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PL - England TA - AIDS JT - AIDS (London, England) JID - 8710219 RN - 0 (Anti-HIV Agents) RN - 0 (Epitopes, T-Lymphocyte) RN - 0 (Immunodominant Epitopes) RN - 0 (PDCD1 protein, human) RN - 0 (Programmed Cell Death 1 Receptor) RN - 0 (Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell) SB - IM MH - Anti-HIV Agents/pharmacology MH - CD8-Positive T-Lymphocytes/drug effects/*immunology MH - Epitopes, T-Lymphocyte/immunology MH - HIV/*immunology MH - HIV Infections/drug therapy/genetics/*immunology MH - Humans MH - Immunodominant Epitopes/*immunology MH - Lymphocyte Activation MH - Programmed Cell Death 1 Receptor/*immunology MH - Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell/immunology PMC - PMC4166042 EDAT- 2014/06/07 06:00 MHDA- 2015/06/02 06:00 PMCR- 2014/09/17 CRDT- 2014/06/07 06:00 PHST- 2014/06/07 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2014/06/07 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2015/06/02 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2014/09/17 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 10.1097/QAD.0000000000000362 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - AIDS. 2014 Sep 10;28(14):2007-21. doi: 10.1097/QAD.0000000000000362.