Anti-Feline Immunodeficiency Virus (FIV) Soluble Factor(s) Produced from Antigen-Stimulated Feline CD8+ T Lymphocytes Suppresses FIV Replication

AUTOR(ES)

Choi, In-Soo

FONTE

American Society for Microbiology

RESUMO

Feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV) causes AIDS-like symptoms in infected cats. Concanavalin A (ConA)-stimulated peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) from chronically FIV strain PPR-infected cats readily expressed FIV. In contrast, when PBMC from these animals were stimulated with irradiated, autologous antigen-presenting cells (APC), at least a 10-fold drop in viral production was observed. In addition to FIV-specific cytotoxic T lymphocytes, anti-FIV activity was demonstrated in the cell-free supernatants of effector T lymphocytes stimulated with APC. The FIV-suppressive activity was induced from APC-stimulated PBMC of either FIV-infected or uninfected cats but not from ConA-stimulated PBMC. Suppression of FIV strain PPR replication was observed for both autologous and heterologous feline PBMC, was dose dependent, and demonstrated cross-reactivity and cell specificity. It was also demonstrated that the anti-FIV activity originated from CD8+ T lymphocytes and was mediated by a noncytolytic mechanism.

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