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- Title
Increased Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) Type 1 DNA Content and Quinolinic Acid Concentration in Brain Tissues from Patients with HIV Encephalopathy.
- Authors
Sei, Shizuko; Saito, Kuniaki; Stewart, Sean K.; Crowley, Jeffrey S.; Brouwers, Pim; Kleiner, David E.; Katz, David A.; Pizzo, Philip A.; Heyes, Melvyn P.
- Abstract
Levels of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-l) DNA and quinolinic acid were examined in areas of the central nervous system (CNS) and lymphoid organs (LN) from 5 AIDS patients with no clinically apparent CNS compromise (group I), 7 with CNS opportunistic diseases (group II), and 8 with HIV encephalopathy (group III). The brains from patients with HIV encephalopathy not only contained higher levels of HIV-I DNA (cerebrum, P < .01; cerebellum, P < .05) as assessed by quantitative polymerase chain reaction but also showed a higher rate of viral pol region mutations suggestive of zidovudine or didanosine resistance than brains from patients in group I or II (P < .01). CNS quinolinic acid concentrations were significantly higher in group II and III patients than in group I (P = .03), even though quinolinic acid levelsin LN were comparable among the 3 groups. These data suggest that CNS inflammatory changes associated with HIV encephalopathy may be triggered by a local productive HIV-1 infection within the CNS.
- Publication
Journal of Infectious Diseases, 1995, Vol 172, Issue 3, p638
- ISSN
0022-1899
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1093/infdis/172.3.638