Oxidative stress, microparticles, and E-selectin do not depend on HIV suppression

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Authors	HAVLÍČKOVÁ Kateřina SNOPKOVÁ Svatava POHANKA Miroslav SVAČINKA Radek VYDRÁŘ David HUSA Petr ZAVŘELOVÁ Jiřina ZLÁMAL Filip FABIANOVÁ Lenka PENKA Miroslav HUSA Petr
Year of publication	2024
Type	Article in Periodical
Magazine / Source	Biomedical Papers, Olomouc: Palacky University
MU Faculty or unit	Faculty of Medicine
Citation
Web	https://biomed.papers.upol.cz/corproof.php?tartkey=bio-000000-3607
Doi	http://dx.doi.org/10.5507/bp.2024.002
Keywords	oxidative stress; microparticles;E-selectin; HIV suppression
Description	Background. Oxidative stress and inflammation are considered predictors of diseases associated with aging. Markers of oxidative stress, inflammation, and endothelial activation were investigated in people with HIV on antiretroviral treatment to determine whether they had an immunosenescent phenotype that might predispose to the development of premature age-related diseases. Patients and Methods. This study was conducted on 213 subjects with HIV. The control groups consisted of healthy HIV-negative adults. The level of oxidative stress was measured by assessing the production of malondialdehyde levels, which were detected by thiobarbituric acid reactive substance (TBARS) assay. The level of microparticles indicated the presence of inflammation and endothelial activation was measured by E-selectin levels. Significant differences were determined by appropriate statistical tests, depending on the distribution of variables. Relationships between continuous variables were quantified using Spearman’s rank correlation coefficient. Results. TBARS, and microparticle and E-selectin levels were significantly higher in untreated and treated subjects with HIV compared with HIV-negative controls (P<0.001). The levels of the investigated markers were not significantly different between untreated and treated patients and no significant correlation of these markers was found with CD4+ count, CD4+/CD8+ ratio, and the number of HIV-1 RNA copies. Conclusions. Elevated markers of oxidative stress, inflammatory and endothelial activation were independent of the virologic and immunologic status of people with HIV. These results support the hypothesis that residual viremia in cellular reservoirs of various tissues is a key factor related to the premature aging of the immune system and predisposition to the premature development of diseases associated with aging.