[Characteristics of γδ T cell subsets induced from peripheral blood mononuclear cells of HIV/AIDS patients in vitro].

AIM

To investigate the characteristics of γδ T cell subsets in peripheral blood and Vδ1 and Vδ2 T cell subsets proliferation after induction in vitro, and to provide experimental basis for γδ T cells expansion methods in vitro.

METHODS

Percentages of γδ T cells, Vδ1 and Vδ2 T cells in CD3 T cells from 25 cases of HIV/AIDS patients (HIV group) and 31 cases of healthy adults as control (HC group) were investigated with flow cytometry (FCM); and 10 cases peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) from each group were induced and cultured for 14 d by using anti-γδ TCR mAb and IL-2, then the cell amounts were counted, γδ T cells and Vδ1, Vδ2 T cells were detected and analyzed with flow cytometry (FCM) at 0 d, 7 d and 14 d.

RESULTS

The percentages and absolute counts of γδ T cells and V δ2 T cells in HIV group were significantly lower than those in HC group, but those of Vδ1 subsets were significantly higher than those of HC group. After culture for 14 day, the total cell amount of HC group expanded almost 3 times, but those of HIV group expanded a little; The percentages of γδ T cells in HC group were above 80%, but those in HIV group were only about 35%; the percentages of Vδ2 T cells in HC group were about 65%, but those in HIV group were only about 17%.

CONCLUSION

The proportion of γδ T cells in peripheral blood of HIV/AIDS patients decreased significantly, and Vδ1/Vδ2 ratio was inversed; the expansion effect was not so good to use anti-γδ TCR mAb and IL-2 to induce γδ T cells and Vδ2 subsets of HIV/AIDS, and the Vδ1/Vδ2 ratio inversion could not reverse. More efficient culture methods should be explored.