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BRAIN BEHAVIOR AND IMMUNITY
Volume 107, Issue -, Pages 110-123Publisher
ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbi.2022.09.019
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Peptidoglycan; Glia; HIV-1; SIV; CCR5; Neuroinflammation
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This study investigated the interactions between lentivirus infections, neuroinflammation, and microbial molecules in the brain. The findings showed that levels of microbial genomes and proteins were increased in brain tissues from lentivirus-infected humans and animals, and were associated with neurological disease.
Background: Systemic inflammation accompanies HIV-1 infection, resulting in microbial translocation from different tissues. We investigated interactions between lentivirus infections, neuroinflammation and microbial molecule presence in the brain. Methods: Brain tissues from adult humans with (n = 22) and without HIV-1 (n = 11) infection as well as adult nonhuman primates (NHPs) with (n = 11) and without (n = 4) SIVmac251 infection were investigated by RT-PCR/ ddPCR, immunofluorescence and western blotting. Studies of viral infectivity, host immune gene expression and viability were performed in primary human neural cells. Findings: Among NHPs, SIV DNA quantitation in brain showed increased levels among animals with SIV en-cephalitis (n = 5) that was associated with bacterial genomic copy number as well as CCR5 and CASP1 expression in brain. Microbial DnaK and peptidoglycan were immunodetected in brains from uninfected and SIV-infected animals, chiefly in glial cells. Human microglia infected by HIV-1 showed increased p24 production after exposure to peptidoglycan that was associated CCR5 induction. HIV-1 Vpr application to human neurons fol-lowed by peptidoglycan exposure resulted in reduced mitochondrial function and diminished beta-III tubulin expression. In human brains, bacterial genome copies (250-550 copies/gm of tissue), were correlated with increased bacterial rRNA and GroEL transcript levels in patients with HIV-associated neurocognitive disorders (HAND). Glial cells displayed microbial GroEL and peptidoglycan immunoreactivity accompanied by CCR5 in-duction in brains from patients with HAND.Interpretation: Increased microbial genomes and proteins were evident in brain tissues from lentivirus-infected humans and animals and associated with neurological disease. Microbial molecule translocation into the brain might exacerbate neuroinflammatory disease severity and represent a driver of lentivirus-associated brain disease.
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