Culturing of HIV-1-specific cytotoxic T lymphocytes with interleukin-7 and interleukin-15

Virology
Rachel LubongOtto O Yang

Abstract

The ability to study HIV-1-specific cytotoxic T cell (CTL) clones in models in vitro or to expand them for immunotherapeutic use is limited by the technical difficulty of propagating these cells. The factors that determine the survival and proliferation of the cells are incompletely understood and could include cytokines provided from feeder cells or serum. We therefore investigated the effects of adding two cytokines reported to have effects on T cell proliferation and function, interleukin (IL)-7 and IL-15. Four HIV-1-specific clones derived from infected persons were cultured under standard conditions with IL-2 compared to IL-7 or IL-15 alone or in combination with IL-2. Proliferation and survival, as reflected by cell numbers after stimulation, were poorly supported by IL-7 or IL-15 alone, and these cytokines appeared to provide no additional benefit when added to IL-2. Similarly, these cytokines alone did not support the functional status of these cells as measured by chromium release assays with peptide-pulsed target cells. Addition of IL-7 or IL-15 to IL-2 did not augment function of the cells. These data suggest that supplementing CTL cultures with these cytokines does not provide improvement of cell growth or function.

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