Immune reconstitution in HIV-1-infected children on antiretroviral therapy: role of thymic output and viral fitness

AIDS
Lucia OmettoAnita De Rossi

Abstract

To investigate the role of thymic output and viral fitness in immune reconstitution in HIV-1-infected children on antiretroviral therapy. Thymic output was studied by measuring levels of T-cell receptor rearrangement excision circles (TREC) in peripheral blood lymphocytes, using a real-time quantitative PCR assay. Recombinant viruses containing pre-therapy or post-therapy HIV-1 protease domains were evaluated for viral infectivity in a quantitative single-cycle assay. Eighteen HIV-1-infected children who showed a significant increase in CD4 T-cell count after therapy were studied; HIV-1 plasma viraemia was substantially suppressed in 12 children (virological responders), but not in the other six (virological non-responders). TREC were quantified at baseline, and sequentially during the first 12 months of therapy. Both virological responders and non-responders showed an increase in TREC levels that was inversely correlated with baseline TREC and CD4 T cell counts. Changes in TREC positively correlated with CD4 T-cell count increases in virological responders, but not in non-responders; moreover, the ratios between TREC and CD4 T-cell count increases were higher in non-responders than in responders, suggesting a persistence of pe...Continue Reading

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