Mucosal-homing natural killer cells are associated with aging in persons living with HIV.

TitleMucosal-homing natural killer cells are associated with aging in persons living with HIV.
Publication TypeJournal Article
Year of Publication2022
AuthorsKroll KW, Shah SV, Lucar OA, Premeaux TA, Shikuma CM, Corley MJ, Mosher M, Woolley G, Bowler S, Ndhlovu LC, R Reeves K
JournalCell Rep Med
Volume3
Issue10
Pagination100773
Date Published2022 Oct 18
ISSN2666-3791
KeywordsAnti-Retroviral Agents, HIV Infections, HIV-1, Humans, Killer Cells, Natural, Receptors, CCR7
Abstract

Natural killer (NK) cells are critical modulators of HIV transmission and disease. Recent evidence suggests a loss of NK cell cytotoxicity during aging, yet analysis of NK cell biology and aging in people with HIV (PWH) is lacking. Herein, we perform comprehensive analyses of people aging with and without HIV to determine age-related NK phenotypic changes. Utilizing high-dimensional flow cytometry, we analyze 30 immune-related proteins on peripheral NK cells from healthy donors, PWH with viral suppression, and viremic PWH. NK cell phenotypes are dynamic across aging but change significantly in HIV and on antiretroviral drug therapy (ART). NK cells in healthy aging show increasing ⍺4β7 and decreasing CCR7 expression and a reverse phenomenon in PWH. These HIV-associated trafficking patterns could be due to NK cell recruitment to HIV reservoir formation in lymphoid tissue or failed mucosal signaling in the HIV-infected gut but appear to be tight delineators of age-related NK cell changes.

DOI10.1016/j.xcrm.2022.100773
Alternate JournalCell Rep Med
PubMed ID36208628
PubMed Central IDPMC9589002
Grant ListU54 MD007601 / MD / NIMHD NIH HHS / United States
R01 AI143457 / AI / NIAID NIH HHS / United States
R01 AI120828 / AI / NIAID NIH HHS / United States
P30 AI060354 / AI / NIAID NIH HHS / United States
U54 GM138062 / GM / NIGMS NIH HHS / United States