Plasmacytoid and CD141+ Myeloid Dendritic Cells Cooperation with CD8+ T Cells in Lymph Nodes is Associated with HIV Control

Dendritic cells (DC) are known to modulate antiviral immune responses; however, the knowledge about the role of different DC subsets in antiviral T cell priming in human tissues remains uncompleted. In the context of HIV infection, we determined the phenotype and location of plasmacytoid and CD141+...

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Autores: Vitallé, Joana, Bachiller, Sara, Domínguez-Molina, Beatriz, Moysi, Eirini, Ferrando-Martínez, Sara, Camacho-Sojo, María Inés, Gallego, Isabel, Pérez-Gómez, Alberto, Jiménez-León, María Reyes, Gasca-Capote, María del Carmen, Ostos, Francisco José, Rafii-El-Idrissi Benhnia, Mohamed, Via, Laura E., Mochón, Antonio, López-Cortés, Luis F., Petrovas, Constantinos, Koup, Richard A., Ruiz-Mateos, Ezequiel
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2025
País:España
Institución:Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)
Repositorio:DIGITAL.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSIC
OAI Identifier:oai:digital.csic.es:10261/406067
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10261/406067
https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/105015427291
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Palabra clave:CD141 myeloid DC
CD8 T cell
HIV
Dendritic cell (DC)
Lymph node
Plasmacytoid DC
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Sumario:Dendritic cells (DC) are known to modulate antiviral immune responses; however, the knowledge about the role of different DC subsets in antiviral T cell priming in human tissues remains uncompleted. In the context of HIV infection, we determined the phenotype and location of plasmacytoid and CD141+ myeloid DCs (pDCs and mDCs) in lymph nodes of people living with HIV (PLWH). We found an interaction between pDCs and CD141+ mDCs with CD8+ T cells, being associated with participants’ viral levels in blood and tissue. Moreover, we demonstrated a higher and more polyfunctional superantigen- and HIV-specific CD8+ T cell response after the coculture with Toll-like receptor (TLR)-primed pDCs and CD141+ mDCs. Last, we showed the potential of programmed cell death-1 (PD-1) blocking using pembrolizumab to further increase antigen-specific CD8+ T cell response along with TLR agonists. Therefore, these results showed a cooperation between pDCs, CD141+ mDCs and CD8+ T cells in lymph nodes of PLWH, which is associated with higher HIV control, highlighting the importance of DC subsets crosstalk to achieve a more potent anti-HIV response and support the use of DC-based immunotherapies for HIV control.