TY - JOUR
T1 - Effects of HIV-1 and herpes simplex virus type 2 infection on lymphocyte and dendritic cell density in adult foreskins from Rakai, Uganda
AU - Johnson, Kristine E.
AU - Redd, Andrew D.
AU - Quinn, Thomas C.
AU - Collinson-Streng, Aleisha N.
AU - Cornish, Toby
AU - Kong, Xiangrong
AU - Sharma, Rajni
AU - Tobian, Aaron A.R.
AU - Tsai, Benjamin
AU - Sherman, Mark E.
AU - Kigozi, Godfrey
AU - Serwadda, David
AU - Wawer, Maria J.
AU - Gray, Ronald H.
N1 - Funding Information:
Bristol-Myers Squibb virology fellowship and support from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health (K23AI083100) to KEJ; and Divisions of Intramural Research, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health.
PY - 2011/3/1
Y1 - 2011/3/1
N2 - Background. Male circumcision reduces human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and herpes simplex virus type 2 (HSV-2) acquisition, and HSV-2 infection is associated with an increased risk of HIV acquisition. To assess the cellular basis for these associations, we estimated immunologic cellular densities in foreskin tissue. Methods. Immunostained CD1a+ dendritic cell and CD4+ and CD8+ T cell densities were quantified in foreskin samples obtained from medical circumcision in Rakai, Uganda (35 HIV-infected, HSV-2-infected men; 5 HIV-infected, HSV-2-uninfected men; 22 HIV-uninfected, HSV-2-infected men; and 29 HIV-uninfected, HSV-2-uninfected men. Results. CD1A+ dendritic cell densities did not vary by HIV or HSV-2 status. Compared with densities in HIV-uninfected, HSV-2-uninfected men (mean, 26.8 cells/mm2), CD4+ T cell densities were similar in the HIV-infected, HSV-2-infected group (mean, 28.7 cells/mm2), were significantly decreased in the HIV-infected, HSV-2-uninfected group (mean, 11.2; P < .05), and were increased in the HIV-uninfected, HSV-2-infected group (mean, 68.7; P < .05). Dermal CD8+ T cell densities were higher in the HIV and HSV-2-coinfected group (mean, 102.9) than in the HIV-uninfected, HSV-2-uninfected group (mean, 10.0; P < .001), the HIV-infected, HSV-2-uninfected group (mean, 27.3; P < .001), and the HIV-uninfected, HSV-2-infected group (mean, 25.3; P < .005). Discussion. The increased CD4+ cellular density in the HIV-uninfected, HSV-2-infected men may help to explain why HSV-2-infected men are at increased risk of HIV acquisition. The absence of this increase in men coinfected with both HIV and HSV-2 is likely in part the result of the progressive loss of CD4+ cells in HIV infection. Conversely, HIV and HSV-2 coinfection appears to synergistically increase CD8+ T cell densities.
AB - Background. Male circumcision reduces human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and herpes simplex virus type 2 (HSV-2) acquisition, and HSV-2 infection is associated with an increased risk of HIV acquisition. To assess the cellular basis for these associations, we estimated immunologic cellular densities in foreskin tissue. Methods. Immunostained CD1a+ dendritic cell and CD4+ and CD8+ T cell densities were quantified in foreskin samples obtained from medical circumcision in Rakai, Uganda (35 HIV-infected, HSV-2-infected men; 5 HIV-infected, HSV-2-uninfected men; 22 HIV-uninfected, HSV-2-infected men; and 29 HIV-uninfected, HSV-2-uninfected men. Results. CD1A+ dendritic cell densities did not vary by HIV or HSV-2 status. Compared with densities in HIV-uninfected, HSV-2-uninfected men (mean, 26.8 cells/mm2), CD4+ T cell densities were similar in the HIV-infected, HSV-2-infected group (mean, 28.7 cells/mm2), were significantly decreased in the HIV-infected, HSV-2-uninfected group (mean, 11.2; P < .05), and were increased in the HIV-uninfected, HSV-2-infected group (mean, 68.7; P < .05). Dermal CD8+ T cell densities were higher in the HIV and HSV-2-coinfected group (mean, 102.9) than in the HIV-uninfected, HSV-2-uninfected group (mean, 10.0; P < .001), the HIV-infected, HSV-2-uninfected group (mean, 27.3; P < .001), and the HIV-uninfected, HSV-2-infected group (mean, 25.3; P < .005). Discussion. The increased CD4+ cellular density in the HIV-uninfected, HSV-2-infected men may help to explain why HSV-2-infected men are at increased risk of HIV acquisition. The absence of this increase in men coinfected with both HIV and HSV-2 is likely in part the result of the progressive loss of CD4+ cells in HIV infection. Conversely, HIV and HSV-2 coinfection appears to synergistically increase CD8+ T cell densities.
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U2 - 10.1093/infdis/jiq091
DO - 10.1093/infdis/jiq091
M3 - Article
C2 - 21220779
AN - SCOPUS:79751499866
SN - 0022-1899
VL - 203
SP - 602
EP - 609
JO - Journal of Infectious Diseases
JF - Journal of Infectious Diseases
IS - 5
ER -