Plasma microRNA profiling predicts HIV-associated neurocognitive disorder

OBJECTIVE: HIV-associated neurocognitive disorder (HAND) is a common neurological disorder among HIV-infected patients despite the availability of combination antiretroviral therapy. Host-encoded microRNAs (miRNA) regulate both host and viral gene expression contributing to HAND pathogenesis and can also serve as disease biomarkers. Herein, plasma miRNA profiles were investigated in HIV/AIDS patients with HAND.

METHODS: Discovery and Validation Cohorts comprising HIV/AIDS patients were studied that included patients with and without HAND (non-HAND). Plasma miRNA levels were measured by array hybridization and verified by quantitative real-time reverse transcriptase PCR (qRT-PCR). Multiple bioinformatic and biostatistical analyses were applied to the data from each cohort.

RESULTS: Expression analyses identified nine miRNAs in the Discovery Cohort (HAND, n = 22; non-HAND, n = 25) with increased levels (≥two-fold) in the HAND group compared with the non-HAND group (P < 0.05). In the Validation Cohort (HAND, n = 12; non-HAND, n = 12) upregulation (≥two-fold) of three miRNAs (miR-3665, miR-4516 and miR-4707-5p) was observed in the HAND group that were also increased in the Discovery Cohort's HAND patients, which were verified subsequently by qRT-PCR. Receiver-operating characteristic curve analyses for the three miRNAs also pointed to the diagnosis of HAND (area under curve, 0.87, P < 0.005). Bioinformatics tools predicted that all three miRNAs targeted sequences of genes implicated in neural development, cell death, inflammation, cell signalling and cytokine functions.

CONCLUSION: Differentially expressed plasma-derived miRNAs were detected in HIV/AIDS patients with HAND that were conserved across different patient cohorts and laboratory methods. Plasma-derived miRNAs might represent biomarkers for HAND and also provide insights into disease mechanisms.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2016

Erschienen:

2016

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:30

Enthalten in:

AIDS (London, England) - 30(2016), 13 vom: 24. Aug., Seite 2021-31

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Asahchop, Eugene L [VerfasserIn]
Akinwumi, Segun M [VerfasserIn]
Branton, William G [VerfasserIn]
Fujiwara, Esther [VerfasserIn]
Gill, M John [VerfasserIn]
Power, Christopher [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Biomarkers
Journal Article
MicroRNAs
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

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Date Completed 18.12.2017

Date Revised 22.05.2018

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1097/QAD.0000000000001160

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM260465895