Antigen-specific NK cell memory in rhesus macaques.
Natural killer (NK) cells have traditionally been considered nonspecific components of innate immunity, but recent studies have shown features of antigen-specific memory in mouse NK cells. However, it has remained unclear whether this phenomenon also exists in primates. We found that splenic and hepatic NK cells from SHIV(SF162P3)-infected and SIV(mac251)-infected macaques specifically lysed Gag- and Env-pulsed dendritic cells in an NKG2-dependent fashion, in contrast to NK cells from uninfected macaques. Moreover, splenic and hepatic NK cells from Ad26-vaccinated macaques efficiently lysed antigen-matched but not antigen-mismatched targets 5 years after vaccination. These data demonstrate that robust, durable, antigen-specific NK cell memory can be induced in primates after both infection and vaccination, and this finding could be important for the development of vaccines against HIV-1 and other pathogens.
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- Spleen
- Simian immunodeficiency virus
- Simian Immunodeficiency Virus
- Simian Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome
- Receptors, NK Cell Lectin-Like
- Macaca mulatta
- Liver
- Killer Cells, Natural
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Published In
DOI
EISSN
Publication Date
Volume
Issue
Start / End Page
Location
Related Subject Headings
- Spleen
- Simian immunodeficiency virus
- Simian Immunodeficiency Virus
- Simian Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome
- Receptors, NK Cell Lectin-Like
- Macaca mulatta
- Liver
- Killer Cells, Natural
- Immunology
- Immunologic Memory