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Journal of Virology, April 2003, p. 4389-4395, Vol. 77, No. 7
0022-538X/03/$08.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/JVI.77.7.4389-4395.2003
Copyright © 2003, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Interleukin-7-Dependent Production of RANTES That Correlates with Human Immunodeficiency Virus Disease Progression

Anuska Llano, Jordi Barretina, Arantxa Gutiérrez, Bonaventura Clotet, and José A. Esté*

Retrovirology Laboratory irsiCaixa, Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 08916 Badalona, Spain

Received 26 August 2002/ Accepted 30 December 2002

There is a relationship between CD4-T-cell number and circulating interleukin 7 (IL-7) levels in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-positive individuals. Here, we show that IL-7 induced a dose-dependent production of CCL3 (MIP-1{alpha}), CCL4 (MIP-1ß), and CCL5 (RANTES) in peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC), ex vivo tonsil lymphoid tissue of HIV- individuals, and PBMC from HIV+ individuals, suggesting that IL-7 may regulate ß-chemokine production in vivo. In a cross-sectional study of HIV+ individuals (n = 130), a weak but significant correlation between IL-7 and RANTES was noted (r = 0.379; P < 0.001). Remarkably, the correlation between IL-7 and RANTES increased to an r value of 0.798 (P < 0.001) if individuals with low CD4 cell counts (<200 cells/µl) were excluded from the analysis. Our results suggest that there is a relationship between IL-7 and the production of RANTES both in vitro and in vivo that is lost in immune-compromised patients (CD4 count of <200 cells/µl) but that could be restored by antiretroviral therapy. Unlike the case for IL-7, high levels of RANTES suggest an intermediate stage of HIV disease progression.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Fundació irsiCaixa, Retrovirology Laboratory, Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol, 08916 Badalona, Spain. Phone: 34-934656374. Fax: 34-934653968. E-mail: jaeste{at}ns.hugtip.scs.es.

Journal of Virology, April 2003, p. 4389-4395, Vol. 77, No. 7
0022-538X/03/$08.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/JVI.77.7.4389-4395.2003
Copyright © 2003, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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