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Journal of Virology, May 2000, p. 4456-4464, Vol. 74, No. 10
Département des Rétrovirus, URA
CNRS 1930, Institut Pasteur, 75724 Paris Cedex 15, France,1 and CRC Institute for
Cancer Studies, University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TA,
United Kingdom2
Received 19 July 1999/Accepted 3 February 2000
CD8+ lymphocytes from human immunodeficiency virus
(HIV)-infected patients can suppress in vitro HIV replication in
CD4+ T cells by a noncytolytic mechanism involving secreted
CD8+-cell antiviral factor(s) (CAF). Using an HIV
Nef-specific cytotoxic-T-lymphocyte (CTL) line and autologous
CD4+ T cells infected with a nef-deleted HIV-1
virus, we demonstrated that, after a priming antigenic stimulation,
this suppression does not require the presence of the specific antigen
during the effector phase. Furthermore, using an Epstein-Barr virus
(EBV)-specific CTL line from an HIV-seronegative donor, we demonstrated
that the ability to inhibit HIV replication in a noncytolytic manner is
not restricted to HIV-specific effector cells; indeed, EBV-specific CTL
were as efficient as HIV-specific effectors in suppressing R5 or X4
HIV-1 strain replication in vitro. This HIV-suppressive activity
mediated by a soluble factor(s) present in the culture supernatant was
detectable for up to 14 days following stimulation of EBV-specific
CD8+ cells with the cognate epitope peptide. Following
acute infection of CEM cells with an X4 strain of HIV-1, EBV-specific
CTL line supernatant containing HIV-suppressive activity did not block virus entry but was shown to interfere with virus replication after the
first template switching of reverse transcription. Our results suggest
that the noncytolytic control of HIV replication by EBV-specific
CD8+ T lymphocytes corresponded to a CAF-like activity and
thus demonstrate that CAF production may not be restricted to CTL
induced during HIV disease. Moreover, CAF acts after reverse
transcription at least for X4 isolate replication inhibition.
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CD8+-Cell Antiviral Factor Activity Is Not Restricted
to Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)-Specific T Cells and Can Block
HIV Replication after Initiation of Reverse
Transcription

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Corresponding author. Mailing address: Laboratoire
d'Immunopathologie Virale, URA CNRS 1930, Département des
Rétrovirus, Institut Pasteur, 28, rue du Docteur Roux, 75724 Paris Cedex 15, France. Phone: 33-1-45-68-87-78. Fax:
33-1-40-61-32-98. E-mail: riviere{at}pasteur.fr.
Present address: Gladstone Institute of Virology and Immunology,
University of California at San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
94141-9100.
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