Cryptococcus neoformans-reactive and total immunoglobulin profiles of human immunodeficiency virus-infected and uninfected Ugandans

Subramaniam, K., French, Neil and Pirofski, L. A. (2005) 'Cryptococcus neoformans-reactive and total immunoglobulin profiles of human immunodeficiency virus-infected and uninfected Ugandans'. Clinical and Diagnostic Laboratory Immunology, Vol 12, Issue 10, pp. 1168-1176.

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Abstract

We determined total and Cryptococcus neoformans glucuronoxylomannan (GXM)-reactive antibody repertoires of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected and HIV-uninfected Ugandans in a retrospective, case-control study of participants in a randomized controlled trial of pneumococcal vaccination. The study included 192 adults: 48 who subsequently developed cryptococcal meningitis (CM); (HIV+ CM+); 2 individuals who matched them in CD4(+) T-cell level, stage of HIV disease, and age but did not develop CM (HIV+ CM-); and 48 HIV-uninfected individuals. Total serum immunoglobulin concentrations and titers of immunoglobulin M (IgM), IgG, and IgA to GXM, pneumococcal polysaccharides, and antibodies expressing certain V-H(3) idiotypes were determined with banked sera obtained before the development of cryptococcosis for HIV+ CM+ subjects. The results showed that HIV-infected subjects had significantly lower levels of IgM to GXM but higher levels of total immunoglobulin and IgG and IgA to GXM than those of HIV-uninfected subjects. HIV-infected subjects with a history of pneumonia had higher levels, and those with a history of herpes zoster had lower levels of GXM-binding antibodies than subjects with no history of either disease. Minimal to no cross-reactivity was demonstrated between antibodies to GXM and polysaccharides in a pneumococcal vaccine. No significant differences between the antibody repertoires of HIV+ CM+ and HIV+ CM- subjects were identified, but among subjects without a history of pneumonia, there was a trend towards lower V-H(3)-positive antibody levels among HIV+ CM+ than among HIV+ CM- subjects. Our findings demonstrate an association between previous infectious diseases and differences in the total and GXM-reactive antibody repertoires of HIV-infected subjects and suggest the question of whether certain microbes modulate subsequent antibody responses to GXM deserves further study.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	hyper-igm syndrome memory b-cells capsular polysaccharide glucuronoxylomannan common variable immunodeficiency hiv-1 infection streptococcus-pneumoniae monoclonal-antibodies 1-infected patients peptide mimotope transgenic mice
Subjects:	QW Microbiology and Immunology > Immune Responses > QW 700 Infection. Mechanisms of infection and resistance. WC Communicable Diseases > Virus Diseases > Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome. HIV Infections > WC 503.5 Complications
Digital Object Identifer (DOI):	https://doi.org/10.1128/CDLI.12.10.1168-1176.2005
Depositing User:	Ms Julia Martin
Date Deposited:	17 Aug 2011 10:28
Last Modified:	21 Nov 2019 15:13
URI:	https://archive.lstmed.ac.uk/id/eprint/1867

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