Longitudinal Changes in Epigenetic Age Acceleration in Aviremic Human Immunodeficiency Virus-Infected Recipients of Long-term Antiretroviral Treatment

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BACKGROUND: Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection induces epigenetic age acceleration (EAA), but it remains unclear whether epigenetic aging continues to accelerate during successful antiretroviral therapy (ART) and prolonged virological suppression.

METHODS: We longitudinally analyzed 63 long-term aviremic HIV-infected adults. Using blood DNA methylation patterns, we calculated EAA measures based on 3 epigenetic clocks (Horvath's clock, PhenoAge, and GrimAge). We recorded the emergence of serious AIDS-related and non-AIDS-related events throughout the study to assess its association with EAA.

RESULTS: All participants were on stable ART and were virologically suppressed. After 4 years of follow-up, PhenoAge-EAA and GrimAge-EAA showed no differences, whereas Horvath-EAA slightly decreased (median difference, -0.53 years; P = .015). Longitudinal changes in EAA measures were independent of changes in CD4 cell counts, the ART regimen, or other HIV-related factors. Nineteen percent of participants experienced a serious clinical event during the study. Horvath-EAA was significantly higher at baseline in participants with clinical events (P = .027). After adjusting for confounders, we found a trend toward an association of higher levels of all EAA measures at baseline with serious clinical events.

CONCLUSIONS: Epigenetic aging did not accelerate in long-term aviremic HIV-infected adults after 4 years of successful ART. EAA measures deserve further study as potential tools for predicting clinical events.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2022

Erschienen:

2022

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:225

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The Journal of infectious diseases - 225(2022), 2 vom: 18. Jan., Seite 287-294

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Esteban-Cantos, Andrés [VerfasserIn]
Montejano, Rocio [VerfasserIn]
Rodríguez-Centeno, Javier [VerfasserIn]
Saiz-Medrano, Gabriel [VerfasserIn]
De Miguel, Rosa [VerfasserIn]
Barruz, Pilar [VerfasserIn]
Bernardino, Jose I [VerfasserIn]
Mena-Garay, Beatriz [VerfasserIn]
Cadiñanos, Julen [VerfasserIn]
Jiménez-González, María [VerfasserIn]
Nevado, Julián [VerfasserIn]
Valencia, Eulalia [VerfasserIn]
Mayoral-Muñoz, Mario [VerfasserIn]
Arribas, Jose R [VerfasserIn]
Rodés, Berta [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Aging
Anti-Retroviral Agents
Antiretroviral therapy
Epigenetic age acceleration
HIV infection
Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

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Date Completed 15.02.2022

Date Revised 15.02.2022

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1093/infdis/jiab338

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM327137142