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Journal of Virology, November 1999, p. 9337-9347, Vol. 73, No. 11
Cell Genesys, Inc., Foster City, California
94404
Received 16 December 1998/Accepted 6 August 1999
We have investigated the ability of anti-CD28 antibody
costimulation to induce resistance to macrophage (M)-tropic strains of
human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) in vitro. Our results confirm the observations of Levine et al. (15) that
stimulation of CD4 T cells with anti-CD3/anti-CD28 antibodies
coimmobilized on magnetic beads renders the cells resistant to
infection by M-tropic strains of HIV-1. The resistance was strongest
when the beads were left in the cultures throughout the experiment. In contrast, stimulation of CD4 T cells with the same antibodies immobilized on the surface of plastic culture dishes failed to induce
resistance and resulted in high levels of p24 production. This was true
even if the cells were passaged continuously on freshly coated plates.
If the beads were removed after initial stimulation, p24 production
increased over time and produced a result intermediate to the other
forms of stimulation. For beads-in, beads-out, and one-time plate
stimulated cultures, resistance to infection correlated with
down-regulation of CCR5 expression at the cell surface and with
increased production of
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The Mode and Duration of Anti-CD28 Costimulation Determine
Resistance to Infection by Macrophage-Tropic Strains of Human
Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 In Vitro
and
-chemokines. However, cultures of CD4 T
cells continuously passaged on anti-CD3/anti-CD28-coated plates
produced large amounts of p24 despite decreased levels of CCR5
expression and increasing production of
-chemokines. Expression of
the T-cell activation markers CD25 and CD69 and production of gamma
interferon further supported the differences in plate versus bead
stimulation. Our results explain the apparent contradiction between the
ability of anti-CD28 antibody costimulation to induce resistance to HIV
infection when presented on magnetic beads and the increased ability to
recover virus from the cells of HIV-positive donors who are on highly
active antiretroviral therapy when cells are stimulated by
anti-CD3/anti-CD28 immobilized on plastic dishes.
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Corresponding author. Present address: Becton Dickinson
Biosciences, 2350 Qume Dr., San Jose, CA 95131-1807. Phone: (408) 954-2354. Fax: (408) 954-2156. E-mail:
steve_anderson{at}bdis.com.
Present address: Departments of Microbiology and Internal Medicine,
Myles H. Thaler Center for AIDS and Human Retrovirus Research, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 22908.
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