PMID- 26548707 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20161213 LR - 20220129 IS - 1931-8405 (Electronic) IS - 0889-2229 (Linking) VI - 32 IP - 3 DP - 2016 Mar TI - Macrophage Inflammatory Protein-1 Beta and Interferon Gamma Responses in Ugandans with HIV-1 Acute/Early Infections. PG - 237-46 LID - 10.1089/AID.2015.0157 [doi] AB - Control of HIV replication through CD4(+) and CD8(+) T cells might be possible, but the functional and phenotypic characteristics of such cells are not defined. Among cytokines produced by T cells, CCR5 ligands, including macrophage inflammatory protein-1 beta (MIP-1beta), compete for the CCR5 coreceptor with HIV, promoting CCR5 internalization and decreasing its availability for virus binding. Interferon (IFN)-gamma also has some antiviral activity and has been used as a read-out for T cell immunogenicity. We used cultured ELISpot assays to compare the relative contribution of MIP-1beta and IFN-gamma to HIV-specific responses. The magnitude of responses was 1.36 times higher for MIP-1beta compared to IFN-gamma. The breadth of the MIP-1beta response (45.41%) was significantly higher than IFN-gamma (36.88%), with considerable overlap between the peptide pools that stimulated both MIP-1beta and IFN-gamma production. Subtype A and D cross-reactive responses were observed both at stimulation and test level, but MIP-1beta and IFN-gamma responses displayed different effect patterns. We conclude that the MIP-1beta ELISpot would be a useful complement to the evaluation of the immunogenicity of HIV vaccines and the activity of adjuvants. FAU - Obuku, Andrew Ekii AU - Obuku AE AD - Medical Research Council/Uganda Virus Research Institute , Uganda Research Unit on AIDS, Entebbe, Uganda . FAU - Bugembe, Daniel L AU - Bugembe DL AD - Medical Research Council/Uganda Virus Research Institute , Uganda Research Unit on AIDS, Entebbe, Uganda . FAU - Musinguzi, Kenneth AU - Musinguzi K AD - Medical Research Council/Uganda Virus Research Institute , Uganda Research Unit on AIDS, Entebbe, Uganda . FAU - Watera, Christine AU - Watera C AD - Medical Research Council/Uganda Virus Research Institute , Uganda Research Unit on AIDS, Entebbe, Uganda . FAU - Serwanga, Jennifer AU - Serwanga J AD - Medical Research Council/Uganda Virus Research Institute , Uganda Research Unit on AIDS, Entebbe, Uganda . FAU - Ndembi, Nicaise AU - Ndembi N AD - Medical Research Council/Uganda Virus Research Institute , Uganda Research Unit on AIDS, Entebbe, Uganda . FAU - Levin, Jonathan AU - Levin J AD - Medical Research Council/Uganda Virus Research Institute , Uganda Research Unit on AIDS, Entebbe, Uganda . FAU - Kaleebu, Pontiano AU - Kaleebu P AD - Medical Research Council/Uganda Virus Research Institute , Uganda Research Unit on AIDS, Entebbe, Uganda . FAU - Pala, Pietro AU - Pala P AD - Medical Research Council/Uganda Virus Research Institute , Uganda Research Unit on AIDS, Entebbe, Uganda . LA - eng GR - MC_UP_A910_1025/MRC_/Medical Research Council/United Kingdom GR - WT078927MA/WT_/Wellcome Trust/United Kingdom PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20151209 PL - United States TA - AIDS Res Hum Retroviruses JT - AIDS research and human retroviruses JID - 8709376 RN - 0 (Chemokine CCL4) RN - 82115-62-6 (Interferon-gamma) SB - IM MH - Adolescent MH - Adult MH - Cells, Cultured MH - Chemokine CCL4/*metabolism MH - Enzyme-Linked Immunospot Assay MH - Female MH - HIV Infections/*immunology/virology MH - HIV-1/*immunology/isolation & purification MH - Humans MH - Interferon-gamma/*metabolism MH - Leukocytes, Mononuclear/*immunology MH - Male MH - Middle Aged MH - Prospective Studies MH - Uganda EDAT- 2015/11/10 06:00 MHDA- 2016/12/15 06:00 CRDT- 2015/11/10 06:00 PHST- 2015/11/10 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2015/11/10 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2016/12/15 06:00 [medline] AID - 10.1089/AID.2015.0157 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - AIDS Res Hum Retroviruses. 2016 Mar;32(3):237-46. doi: 10.1089/AID.2015.0157. Epub 2015 Dec 9.