CD70-induced differentiation of proinflammatory Th1/17/22/GM lymphocytes associated with disease progression and immune reconstitution during HIV infection

Immune overactivation is a hallmark of chronic HIV infection, which is critical to HIV pathogenesis and disease progression. The imbalance of helper T cell (Th) differentiation and subsequent cytokine dysregulation are generally considered to be the major drivers of excessive activation and inflamma...

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Main Authors: Xinyue Wang, Yuqing Wei, Zhijiao He, Di Wang, Leidan Zhang, Juan Du, Mengyuan Zhang, Meiqing Jiang, Na Chen, Meiju Deng, Bei Li, Chuan Song, Danying Chen, Huan Liu, Jiang Xiao, Hongyuan Liang, Hongxin Zhao, Yaxian Kong
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Yuqing Wei
Zhijiao He
Di Wang
Leidan Zhang
Juan Du
Mengyuan Zhang
Meiqing Jiang
Na Chen
Meiju Deng
Bei Li
Chuan Song
Danying Chen
Huan Liu
Jiang Xiao
Hongyuan Liang
Hongxin Zhao
Yaxian Kong
author_facet Xinyue Wang
Yuqing Wei
Zhijiao He
Di Wang
Leidan Zhang
Juan Du
Mengyuan Zhang
Meiqing Jiang
Na Chen
Meiju Deng
Bei Li
Chuan Song
Danying Chen
Huan Liu
Jiang Xiao
Hongyuan Liang
Hongxin Zhao
Yaxian Kong
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description Immune overactivation is a hallmark of chronic HIV infection, which is critical to HIV pathogenesis and disease progression. The imbalance of helper T cell (Th) differentiation and subsequent cytokine dysregulation are generally considered to be the major drivers of excessive activation and inflammatory disorders in HIV infection. However, the accurate factors driving HIV-associated Th changes remained to be established. CD70, which was a costimulatory molecule, was found to increase on CD4+ T cells during HIV infection. Overexpression of CD70 on CD4+ T cells was recently reported to associate with highly pathogenic proinflammatory Th1/Th17 polarization in multiple sclerosis. Thus, the role of CD70 in the imbalance of Th polarization and immune overactivation during HIV infection needs to be investigated. Here, we found that the elevated frequency of CD70 + CD4+ T cells was negatively correlated with CD4 count and positively associated with immune activation in treatment-naïve people living with HIV (PLWH). More importantly, CD70 expression defined a population of proinflammatory Th1/17/22/GM subsets in PLWH. Blocking CD70 decreased the mRNA expression of subset-specific markers during Th1/17/22/GM polarization. Furthermore, we demonstrated that CD70 influenced the differentiation of these Th cells through STAT pathway. Finally, it was revealed that patients with a high baseline level of CD70 on CD4+ T cells exhibited a greater risk of poor immune reconstitution after antiretroviral therapy (ART) than those with low CD70. In general, our data highlighted the role of CD70 in Th1/17/22/GM differentiation during HIV infection and provided evidence for CD70 as a potential biomarker for predicting immune recovery.
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spelling doaj-art-493010d104484fc88e043758e9ea031a2025-08-20T03:28:48ZengTaylor & Francis GroupEmerging Microbes and Infections2222-17512023-12-0112210.1080/22221751.2023.2271068CD70-induced differentiation of proinflammatory Th1/17/22/GM lymphocytes associated with disease progression and immune reconstitution during HIV infectionXinyue Wang0Yuqing Wei1Zhijiao He2Di Wang3Leidan Zhang4Juan Du5Mengyuan Zhang6Meiqing Jiang7Na Chen8Meiju Deng9Bei Li10Chuan Song11Danying Chen12Huan Liu13Jiang Xiao14Hongyuan Liang15Hongxin Zhao16Yaxian Kong17Beijing Key Laboratory of Emerging Infectious Diseases, Institute of Infectious Diseases, Beijing Ditan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, People’s Republic of ChinaBeijing Key Laboratory of Emerging Infectious Diseases, Institute of Infectious Diseases, Beijing Ditan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, People’s Republic of ChinaBeijing Key Laboratory of Emerging Infectious Diseases, Institute of Infectious Diseases, Beijing Ditan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, People’s Republic of ChinaNational Center for Infectious Diseases, Beijing Ditan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, People’s Republic of ChinaNational Center for Infectious Diseases, Beijing Ditan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, People’s Republic of ChinaBeijing Key Laboratory of Emerging Infectious Diseases, Institute of Infectious Diseases, Beijing Ditan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, People’s Republic of ChinaBeijing Key Laboratory of Emerging Infectious Diseases, Institute of Infectious Diseases, Beijing Ditan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, People’s Republic of ChinaBeijing Key Laboratory of Emerging Infectious Diseases, Institute of Infectious Diseases, Beijing Ditan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, People’s Republic of ChinaNational Center for Infectious Diseases, Beijing Ditan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, People’s Republic of ChinaNational Center for Infectious Diseases, Beijing Ditan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, People’s Republic of ChinaNational Center for Infectious Diseases, Beijing Ditan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, People’s Republic of ChinaBeijing Key Laboratory of Emerging Infectious Diseases, Institute of Infectious Diseases, Beijing Ditan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, People’s Republic of ChinaBeijing Key Laboratory of Emerging Infectious Diseases, Institute of Infectious Diseases, Beijing Ditan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, People’s Republic of ChinaBeijing Key Laboratory of Emerging Infectious Diseases, Institute of Infectious Diseases, Beijing Ditan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, People’s Republic of ChinaNational Center for Infectious Diseases, Beijing Ditan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, People’s Republic of ChinaNational Center for Infectious Diseases, Beijing Ditan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, People’s Republic of ChinaNational Center for Infectious Diseases, Beijing Ditan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, People’s Republic of ChinaBeijing Key Laboratory of Emerging Infectious Diseases, Institute of Infectious Diseases, Beijing Ditan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, People’s Republic of ChinaImmune overactivation is a hallmark of chronic HIV infection, which is critical to HIV pathogenesis and disease progression. The imbalance of helper T cell (Th) differentiation and subsequent cytokine dysregulation are generally considered to be the major drivers of excessive activation and inflammatory disorders in HIV infection. However, the accurate factors driving HIV-associated Th changes remained to be established. CD70, which was a costimulatory molecule, was found to increase on CD4+ T cells during HIV infection. Overexpression of CD70 on CD4+ T cells was recently reported to associate with highly pathogenic proinflammatory Th1/Th17 polarization in multiple sclerosis. Thus, the role of CD70 in the imbalance of Th polarization and immune overactivation during HIV infection needs to be investigated. Here, we found that the elevated frequency of CD70 + CD4+ T cells was negatively correlated with CD4 count and positively associated with immune activation in treatment-naïve people living with HIV (PLWH). More importantly, CD70 expression defined a population of proinflammatory Th1/17/22/GM subsets in PLWH. Blocking CD70 decreased the mRNA expression of subset-specific markers during Th1/17/22/GM polarization. Furthermore, we demonstrated that CD70 influenced the differentiation of these Th cells through STAT pathway. Finally, it was revealed that patients with a high baseline level of CD70 on CD4+ T cells exhibited a greater risk of poor immune reconstitution after antiretroviral therapy (ART) than those with low CD70. In general, our data highlighted the role of CD70 in Th1/17/22/GM differentiation during HIV infection and provided evidence for CD70 as a potential biomarker for predicting immune recovery.https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/22221751.2023.2271068HIVCD4+ T cellsCD70Th differentiationpoor immune reconstitution
spellingShingle Xinyue Wang
Yuqing Wei
Zhijiao He
Di Wang
Leidan Zhang
Juan Du
Mengyuan Zhang
Meiqing Jiang
Na Chen
Meiju Deng
Bei Li
Chuan Song
Danying Chen
Huan Liu
Jiang Xiao
Hongyuan Liang
Hongxin Zhao
Yaxian Kong
CD70-induced differentiation of proinflammatory Th1/17/22/GM lymphocytes associated with disease progression and immune reconstitution during HIV infection
Emerging Microbes and Infections
HIV
CD4+ T cells
CD70
Th differentiation
poor immune reconstitution
title CD70-induced differentiation of proinflammatory Th1/17/22/GM lymphocytes associated with disease progression and immune reconstitution during HIV infection
title_full CD70-induced differentiation of proinflammatory Th1/17/22/GM lymphocytes associated with disease progression and immune reconstitution during HIV infection
title_fullStr CD70-induced differentiation of proinflammatory Th1/17/22/GM lymphocytes associated with disease progression and immune reconstitution during HIV infection
title_full_unstemmed CD70-induced differentiation of proinflammatory Th1/17/22/GM lymphocytes associated with disease progression and immune reconstitution during HIV infection
title_short CD70-induced differentiation of proinflammatory Th1/17/22/GM lymphocytes associated with disease progression and immune reconstitution during HIV infection
title_sort cd70 induced differentiation of proinflammatory th1 17 22 gm lymphocytes associated with disease progression and immune reconstitution during hiv infection
topic HIV
CD4+ T cells
CD70
Th differentiation
poor immune reconstitution
url https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/22221751.2023.2271068
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