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The Journal of Experimental Medicine, Volume 191, Number 11, June 5, 2000 1921-1932


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Effects of In Vivo CD8+ T Cell Depletion on Virus Replication in Rhesus Macaques Immunized with a Live, Attenuated Simian Immunodeficiency Virus Vaccine

Karin J. Metznera, Xia Jina, Fred V. Leea, Agegnehu Gettiea, Daniel E. Bauera, Michele Di Masciob, Alan S. Perelsonb, Preston A. Marxa,c, David D. Hoa, Leondios G. Kostrikisa, and Ruth I. Connora
a Aaron Diamond AIDS Research Center, The Rockefeller University, New York, NewYork 10016
b Theoretical Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545
c Tulane Regional Primate Research Center, Covington, Louisiana 70433

Correspondence to: Ruth I. Connor, Aaron Diamond AIDS Research Center, 455 First Ave., 7th Fl., New York, NY 10016. Tel:212-448-5040 Fax:212-725-1126 E-mail:rconnor{at}adarc.org.

The role of CD8+ T lymphocytes in controlling replication of live, attenuated simian immunodeficiency virus (SIV) was investigated as part of a vaccine study to examine the correlates of protection in the SIV/rhesus macaque model. Rhesus macaques immunized for >2 yr with nef-deleted SIV (SIVmac239{Delta}nef) and protected from challenge with pathogenic SIVmac251 were treated with anti-CD8 antibody (OKT8F) to deplete CD8+ T cells in vivo. The effects of CD8 depletion on viral load were measured using a novel quantitative assay based on real-time polymerase chain reaction using molecular beacons. This assay allows simultaneous detection of both the vaccine strain and the challenge virus in the same sample, enabling direct quantification of changes in each viral population. Our results show that CD8+ T cells were depleted within 1 h after administration of OKT8F, and were reduced by as much as 99% in the peripheral blood. CD8+ T cell depletion was associated with a 1–2 log increase in SIVmac239{Delta}nef plasma viremia. Control of SIVmac239{Delta}nef replication was temporally associated with the recovery of CD8+ T cells between days 8 and 10. The challenge virus, SIVmac251, was not detectable in either the plasma or lymph nodes after depletion of CD8+ T cells. Overall, our results indicate that CD8+ T cells play an important role in controlling replication of live, attenuated SIV in vivo.

Key Words: simian immunodeficiency virus, live attenuated vaccine, OKT8F, CD8+ T lymphocytes, differential PCR


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