Low Prolactin and High 20-α-Hydroxysteroid Dehydrogenase Levels Contribute to Lower Progesterone Levels in HIV-Infected Pregnant Women Exposed to Protease Inhibitor-Based Combination Antiretroviral Therapy

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BACKGROUND: It has been reported that pregnant women receiving protease inhibitor (PI)-based combination antiretroviral therapy (cART) have lower levels of progesterone, which put them at risk of adverse birth outcomes, such as low birth weight. We sought to understand the mechanisms involved in this decline in progesterone level.

METHODS: We assessed plasma levels of progesterone, prolactin, and lipids and placental expression of genes involved in progesterone metabolism in 42 human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected and 31 HIV-uninfected pregnant women. In vitro studies and a mouse pregnancy model were used to delineate the effect of HIV from that of PI-based cART on progesterone metabolism.

RESULTS: HIV-infected pregnant women receiving PI-based cART showed a reduction in plasma progesterone levels (P= .026) and an elevation in placental expression of the progesterone inactivating enzyme 20-α-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase (20α-HSD; median, 2.5 arbitrary units [AU]; interquartile range [IQR], 1.00-4.10 AU), compared with controls (median, 0.89 AU; IQR, 0.66-1.26 AU;P= .002). Prolactin, a key regulator of 20α-HSD, was lower (P= .012) in HIV-infected pregnant women. We observed similar data in pregnant mice exposed to PI-based cART. In vitro inhibition of 20α-HSD activity in trophoblast cells reversed PI-based cART-induced decreases in progesterone levels.

CONCLUSIONS: Our data suggest that the decrease in progesterone levels observed in HIV-infected pregnant women exposed to PI-based cART is caused, at least in part, by an increase in placental expression of 20α-HSD, which may be due to lower prolactin levels observed in these women.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2016

Erschienen:

2016

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:213

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The Journal of infectious diseases - 213(2016), 10 vom: 15. Mai, Seite 1532-40

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Papp, Eszter [VerfasserIn]
Balogun, Kayode [VerfasserIn]
Banko, Nicole [VerfasserIn]
Mohammadi, Hakimeh [VerfasserIn]
Loutfy, Mona [VerfasserIn]
Yudin, Mark H [VerfasserIn]
Shah, Rajiv [VerfasserIn]
MacGillivray, Jay [VerfasserIn]
Murphy, Kellie E [VerfasserIn]
Walmsley, Sharon L [VerfasserIn]
Silverman, Michael [VerfasserIn]
Serghides, Lena [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

20-α-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase
20-alpha-Hydroxysteroid Dehydrogenase
2494G1JF75
2T8Q726O95
4B9XT59T7S
4G7DS2Q64Y
9002-62-4
Adverse birth outcomes
Anti-HIV Agents
Antiretrovirals
Birth weight
EC 1.1.1.149
HIV
HIV Protease Inhibitors
Journal Article
Lamivudine
Lopinavir
O3J8G9O825
Pregnancy
Progesterone
Prolactin
Protease inhibitors
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Ritonavir
Zidovudine

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Date Completed 27.09.2016

Date Revised 13.11.2018

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1093/infdis/jiw004

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM256222347