PMID- 9512422 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 19980526 LR - 20190728 IS - 0960-9822 (Print) IS - 0960-9822 (Linking) VI - 8 IP - 6 DP - 1998 Mar 12 TI - Antigen-specific release of beta-chemokines by anti-HIV-1 cytotoxic T lymphocytes. PG - 355-8 AB - A major advance in understanding human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) biology was the discovery that the beta-chemokines MIP-1 alpha (macrophage inflammatory protein-1 alpha), MIP-1 beta (macrophage inflammatory protein-1 beta) and RANTES (regulated on activation, normal T-cell expressed and secreted) inhibit entry of HIV-1 into CD4+ cells by blocking the critical interaction between the CCR5 coreceptor and the V3 domain of the viral envelope glycoprotein gp120 [1,2]. CD8+ lymphocytes are a major source of beta-chemokines [3], but the stimulus for chemokine release has not been well defined. Here, we have shown that engagement of CD8+ cytotoxic T lymphocytes (CTLs) with HIV-1-encoded human leukocyte antigen (HLA) class I-restricted peptide antigens caused rapid and specific release of these beta-chemokines. This release paralleled cytolytic activity and could be attenuated by naturally occurring amino acid variation within the HLA class I-restricted peptide sequence. Epitope variants that bound to appropriate HLA class I molecules but failed to stimulate cytolytic activity in CTLs also failed to stimulate chemokine release. We conclude that signalling through the T-cell receptor (TCR) following binding of antigen results in beta-chemokine release from CTLs in addition to cytolytic activity, and that both responses can be abolished by epitope mutation. These results suggest that antigenic variation within HIV-1 might not only allow the host cell to escape lysis, but might also contribute to the propagation of infection by failing to activate beta-chemokine-mediated inhibition of HIV-1 entry. FAU - Price, D A AU - Price DA AD - Institute of Molecular Medicine, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, UK. FAU - Sewell, A K AU - Sewell AK FAU - Dong, T AU - Dong T FAU - Tan, R AU - Tan R FAU - Goulder, P J AU - Goulder PJ FAU - Rowland-Jones, S L AU - Rowland-Jones SL FAU - Phillips, R E AU - Phillips RE LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PL - England TA - Curr Biol JT - Current biology : CB JID - 9107782 RN - 0 (Chemokine CCL4) RN - 0 (Chemokine CCL5) RN - 0 (Chemokines, CC) RN - 0 (Epitopes, T-Lymphocyte) RN - 0 (HLA Antigens) RN - 0 (Macrophage Inflammatory Proteins) RN - 0 (Peptides) SB - IM MH - Chemokine CCL4 MH - Chemokine CCL5/isolation & purification MH - Chemokines, CC/*biosynthesis/immunology MH - Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid MH - Epitopes, T-Lymphocyte/immunology MH - HIV-1/*immunology MH - HLA Antigens/immunology MH - Humans MH - Macrophage Inflammatory Proteins/isolation & purification MH - Peptides/immunology MH - Polymerase Chain Reaction MH - T-Lymphocytes, Cytotoxic/*immunology/virology EDAT- 1998/03/25 00:00 MHDA- 1998/03/25 00:01 CRDT- 1998/03/25 00:00 PHST- 1998/03/25 00:00 [pubmed] PHST- 1998/03/25 00:01 [medline] PHST- 1998/03/25 00:00 [entrez] AID - S0960-9822(98)70138-1 [pii] AID - 10.1016/s0960-9822(98)70138-1 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Curr Biol. 1998 Mar 12;8(6):355-8. doi: 10.1016/s0960-9822(98)70138-1.