Peripheral blood monocytes derived from HIV+ individuals mediate antibody-dependent cellular cytotoxicity (ADCC)

Clinical Immunology and Immunopathology
A Jewett, B Bonavida

Abstract

Monocytes/macrophages serve a number of immunologic functions and play a major role in the host defense against infection. Abnormal functions of monocytes have been reported in AIDS and HIV+ individuals. A recent report from our laboratory demonstrated that peripheral blood monocytes (PBM) derived from AIDS patients were de novo "activated" as assessed by direct cell-mediated cytotoxicity (CMC) and secretion of cytotoxic factors and tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF alpha). Thus, both the direct cytotoxicity as well as the antibody-dependent cellular cytotoxicity (ADCC) exerted by the monocytes may contribute to the destruction of HIV-infected/coated cells and the immunopathogenesis of AIDS. The present study investigated the ability of HIV+ PBM to mediate ADCC against antibody-coated target cells in an 18-hr 51Cr release assay. Initial studies examined ADCC using a macrophage resistant target Raji and rabbit anti-Raji serum. The results show that the majority of PBM from HIV+ individuals mediate ADCC activity while the majority of PBM from normal healthy controls was not cytotoxic. While activation of PBM with recombinant interferon-gamma (rIFN-gamma) enhances the ADCC activity of normal PBM, treatment of HIV+ PBM with IFN-gamm...Continue Reading

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