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Cocaine potentiates cathepsin B secretion and neuronal apoptosis from HIV-infected macrophages.


ABSTRACT: Substance abuse is a risk factor for HIV infection and progression to AIDS. Recent evidence establishes that cocaine use promotes brain perivascular macrophage infiltration and microglia activation. The lysosomal protease cathepsin B is increased in monocytes from patients with HIV dementia and its secretion induces 10-15% of neurotoxicity. Here we asked if cocaine potentiates cathepsin B secretion from HIV-infected monocyte-derived macrophages (MDM) and its effect in neuronal apoptosis. Samples of plasma, CSF, and post-mortem brain tissue from HIV positive patients that used cocaine were tested for cathepsin B and its inhibitors to determine the in vivo relevance of these findings. MDM were inoculated with HIV-1ADA, exposed to cocaine, and the levels of secreted and bioactive cathepsin B and its inhibitors were measured at different time-points. Cathepsin B expression (p?

SUBMITTER: Zenon F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4209444 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Cocaine potentiates cathepsin B secretion and neuronal apoptosis from HIV-infected macrophages.

Zenón Frances F   Segarra Annabell C AC   Gonzalez Mariangeline M   Meléndez Loyda M LM  

Journal of neuroimmune pharmacology : the official journal of the Society on NeuroImmune Pharmacology 20140911 5


Substance abuse is a risk factor for HIV infection and progression to AIDS. Recent evidence establishes that cocaine use promotes brain perivascular macrophage infiltration and microglia activation. The lysosomal protease cathepsin B is increased in monocytes from patients with HIV dementia and its secretion induces 10-15% of neurotoxicity. Here we asked if cocaine potentiates cathepsin B secretion from HIV-infected monocyte-derived macrophages (MDM) and its effect in neuronal apoptosis. Samples  ...[more]

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