An anti-CD45RO immunotoxin kills HIV-latently infected cells from individuals on HAART with little effect on CD8 memory

J. Saavedra-Lozano, Y. Cao, J. Callison, R. Sarode, D. Sodora, J. Edgar, J. Hatfield, L. Picker, D. Peterson, O. Ramilo, E. S. Vitetta

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Abstract

CD4+ CD45RO+ T cells are the major latent viral reservoir in HIV-infected individuals and hence a major obstacle in curing the disease. An anti-CD45RO immunotoxin (IT) can decrease the number of both productively and latently infected CD4+ T cells obtained from HIV-infected individuals with detectable viremia. In this study, we determined whether this IT could also kill latently infected replication-competent CD4 + T cells obtained from infected individuals without detectable plasma viremia. Our results demonstrate that ex vivo treatment with the anti-CD45RO IT significantly reduced the frequency of these cells. In contrast, the IT had only a modest effect on the cytomegalalovirus-specific memory responses of CD8+ T cells. These results suggest that purging latent cells from infected individuals on highly active antiretroviral therapy with the anti-CD45RO IT might reduce the HIV latent reservoir without seriously compromising CD8+ T cell memory responses.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)2494-2499
Number of pages6
JournalProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
Volume101
Issue number8
DOIs
StatePublished - Feb 22 2004

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