AIDS-Acquired ImmunoDeficiency Syndrome Lecturer: Adelheid Cerwenka, PhD, D080, Innate Immunity Sources: Janeway: Immunobiology, 5th edition
AIDS Definition: AIDS is the end-stage disease caused by infection with the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) First recognized in 1981
General mechanisms for recognition of viruses by the immune system Groupwork History of AIDS, Epidemiology Structure of HIV The Immune system and HIV AIDS and other diseases (Karposi Sarcoma) Treatment of AIDS Perspectives AIDS-Acquired ImmunoDeficiency Syndrome
The course of a typical acute infection
The time-course of infection of normal and immuno- deficient mice and humans
Innate immune response Natural Killers Macrophages Dendritic Cells T cells A.) Direct recognition and elimination of virus infected cells Virus infected cell Cytokines Cell-cell contact B.) Cross-talk with adaptive immunity
Immune response to invading viruses
Since 1981 the syndrome known Los Angeles: 5 people in hospital with Pneumocystis Pneumonia Virus identified HIV-1 (NIH: Robert Gallo, Luc Montagnier, Pasteur), HIV-2 History
1.) How many people in the world are infected with HIV? 2.) In which part of the world is the highest incidence? 3.) How does transmission of HIV take place? 4.) What goes wrong with the immune system? 5.) Ideas for prevention and cure? Group work
HIV Infection is spreading over all continents 16 mio died 3.4 mio people alive with AIDS Sahara Africa: 7% inf Botswana: 30% inf 6 mio newly infected newly each day Course of inf: 10% 2-3 years AIDS 80% progress in 10 years
Routes of transmission/risk groups Hemophiliac Intravenous drug abusers Homosexuals Heterosexuals Babies of infected mothers
Routes of transmission/risk groups
Most HIV Infected people progress over a period of time
Typical course of untreated infection with HIV
The virion of HIV
2 strains of HIV-1
CCR5: (ligands RANTES, MIP1a, MIP1b): DC, Macrophages CXCR4 (SDF-1): activ. T cells DC-Sign (possibly traps virus before encounter of susceptible cells) Coreceptors for HIV
The infection of CD4 T cells with AIDS
Genes and proteins of HIV
Only activated cells become infected
The immuneresponse to HIV
Problems: virus mutates, virus is hiding in storage sited (in mucosa, brain). CD4 T cells: help is missing CD8 T cells: Good in the beginning, later they can’t see the mutated virus, B cells: good, but Ab is directed against the initial virus Immune response against HIV
Lymphoid tissue Nervous system Gastrointestinal tract Cancer: Karposi Sarcoma Organs affected with AIDS-lymphoid tissue