Chest, Vol 105, 1324-1334, Copyright © 1994 by American College of Chest Physicians

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Expression of surface markers on alveolar macrophages from symptomatic patients with HIV infection as detected by flow cytometry

K Wasserman, M Subklewe, G Pothoff, N Banik and E Schell-Frederick
Klinik III fur Innere Medizin, Universitat Koln, Germany.

Alveolar macrophages (AMs) harvested from 32 HIV-infected patients with respiratory problems (opportunistic pulmonary infections, n = 12; other lung disease, n = 20) and 13 healthy controls were stained with a panel of 15 monoclonal antibodies directed against surface antigens implicated in cell function. Antigen expression was quantified by flow cytometry and expressed as relative linear median fluorescence intensity (RLMFI). On AMs of patients, as compared with controls, there was a significant enhancement of HLA DP (12.1 +/- 1.5 vs 6.5 +/- 0.9, p = 0.01, M +/- SEM, RLMFI units), CD11b (3.4 +/- 0.5 vs 1.7 +/- 0.4, p = 0.014), CD11c (8.9 +/- 1.0 vs 4.8 +/- 0.8, p = 0.0046), CD14 (2.1 +/- 0.3 vs 1.0 +/- 0.2, p = 0.0009), and CD33 (1.7 +/- 0.1 vs 1.0 +/- 0.2, p = 0.0093). No significant differences could be established for HLA-DR (36.9 +/- 5.8 vs 30.9 +/- 7.5, NS), HLA-DQ (3.4 +/- 0.3 vs 3.1 +/- 0.6, NS), CD54 (1.9 +/- 0.3 vs 1.2 +/- 0.1, NS), CD13 (2.5 +/- 0.6 vs 1.5 +/- 0.3, NS), CD36 (1.4 +/- 0.2 vs 0.9 +/- 0.3, NS), CD71 (10.3 +/- 1.9 vs 8.9 +/- 1.8, NS), CD25 (0.8 +/- 0.0 vs 0.9 +/- 0.1, NS), 27E10 (1.1 +/- 0.1 vs 0.8 +/- 0.3, NS), RM3/1 (1.9 +/- 0.4 vs 1.5 +/- 0.4, NS), and CD4 (1.5 +/- 0.3 vs 1.0 +/- 0.0, NS). The expression of CD14 and CD11b, but not of HLA class II antigens and CD71, was increased in the smaller cell population compared with the larger, thus suggesting monocyte recruitment. The increased expression of HLA-DP, CD11c, CD14, and CD33 on the patients' AMs was independent of smoking habits. The degree of immunodeficiency as indicated by the absolute peripheral CD4 count, the character of HIV-related pulmonary disease, and the prophylactic use of pentamidine or zidovudine did not significantly modify the antigen expression pattern. It is concluded that HIV infection may lead, most probably indirectly, to enhanced expression of surface antigens by local upregulation and/or recruitment of monocytes from the peripheral circulation. The functional significance of enhanced marker expression requires further clarification.

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