期刊
VIRUSES-BASEL
卷 14, 期 12, 页码 -出版社
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/v14122793
关键词
HIV-1; gp120; HAND; cell death; apoptosis
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资金
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [NSFC8187108]
- Key Research and Development Program of Hunan Province [2018SK2090]
- Natural Science Foundation of Hunan-Youth Foundation [2020JJ5701]
- Central South University
This study investigates the pathogenic mechanism of HIV-associated neurodegenerative disorder (HAND) in HIV-infected individuals. The results suggest that the gp120 viral protein may play a role in the development of HAND. The upregulation of Cdk1 gene expression is associated with HIV-associated dementia, and the protein expression of Cdk1 is significantly higher in gp120-transfected cells compared to normal control.
Human immunodeficiency virus-1 (HIV-1)-associated neurodegenerative disorder (HAND) is frequently reported in HIV-infected individuals. The gp120 envelope viral protein has been implicated in the pathogenesis of HAND in HIV-1-infected patients; however, its pathogenic mechanism remains unclear. In this study, we first overexpressed gp120 proteins in pc12 cells and used PI staining, a CCK8 assay, a TUNEL assay, and caspase-9/caspase-3-induced apoptosis to ascertain the mediated cell death. Subsequently, the gp120-overexpressed cells were subjected to RNA transcriptomics and mass spectrometry. The obtained results were integrated and validated using a quantitative polymerase chain reaction (qPCR) and the postmortem brain samples with HIV-associated dementia were analyzed against the normal control (using the GSE35864 data set on gene ontology omnibus repository). Upon the integration of the RNA transcriptomic and proteomic results, 78 upregulated genes were revealed. Fut8, Unc13c, Cdk1, Loc100359539, and Hspa2 were the top five upregulated genes. Upon the analysis of the GSE35864 data set, the results indicate that Cdk1 was upregulated in HIV-associated dementia in comparison to the normal control. Moreover, the protein expression of Cdk1 was significantly higher in the gp120 transfected group compared to the normal control and decreased significantly upon inhibition using Roscovitine (a known Cdk1 inhibitor). Taken together, our results provide a possible molecular signature of the neurological impairment secondary to HIV glycoprotein 120.
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