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ABSTRACT: Background
Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected individuals have increased risk for vascular thrombosis, potentially driven by interactions between activated leukocytes and the endothelium.Methods
Monocyte subsets (CD14+CD16-, CD14+CD16+, CD14DimCD16+) from HIV negative (HIV-) and antiretroviral therapy-treated HIV positive (HIV+) participants (N = 19 and 49) were analyzed by flow cytometry for adhesion molecule expression (lymphocyte function-associated antigen 1 [LFA-1], macrophage-1 antigen [Mac-1], CD11c/CD18, very late antigen [VLA]-4) and the fractalkine receptor (CX3CR1); these receptors recognize ligands (intercellular adhesion molecules [ICAMs], vascular cell adhesion molecule [VCAM]-1, fractalkine) on activated endothelial cells (ECs) and promote vascular migration. Plasma markers of monocyte (soluble [s]CD14, sCD163) and EC (VCAM-1, ICAM-1,2, fractalkine) activation and systemic (tumor necrosis factor receptor [TNFR-I], TNFR-II) and vascular (lipoprotein-associated phospholipase A2 [Lp-PLA2]) inflammation were measured by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay.Results
Proportions of CD16+ monocyte subsets were increased in HIV+ participants. Among all monocyte subsets, levels of LFA-1 were increased and CX3CR1 levels were decreased in HIV+ participants (P < .01). Levels of sCD163, sCD14, fractalkine, ICAM-1, VCAM-1, TNFR-II, and Lp-PLA2 were also increased in HIV+ participants (P < .05), and levels of sCD14, TNFR-I, and TNFR-II were directly related to ICAM-1 and VCAM-1 levels in HIV+ participants. Expression of CX3CR1 on monocyte subsets was inversely related to plasma Lp-PLA2 (P < .05 for all).Conclusions
Increased proportions of CD16+ monocytes, cells with altered adhesion molecule expression, combined with elevated levels of their ligands, may promote vascular inflammation in HIV infection.
SUBMITTER: Kulkarni M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5198584 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Kulkarni Manjusha M Bowman Emily E Gabriel Janelle J Amburgy Taylor T Mayne Elizabeth E Zidar David A DA Maierhofer Courtney C Turner Abigail Norris AN Bazan Jose A JA Koletar Susan L SL Lederman Michael M MM Sieg Scott F SF Funderburg Nicholas T NT
Open forum infectious diseases 20161015 4
<h4>Background</h4>Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected individuals have increased risk for vascular thrombosis, potentially driven by interactions between activated leukocytes and the endothelium.<h4>Methods</h4>Monocyte subsets (CD14<sup>+</sup>CD16<sup>-</sup>, CD14<sup>+</sup>CD16<sup>+</sup>, CD14<sup>Dim</sup>CD16<sup>+</sup>) from HIV negative (HIV<sup>-</sup>) and antiretroviral therapy-treated HIV positive (HIV<sup>+</sup>) participants (N = 19 and 49) were analyzed by flow cytom ...[more]