Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, School of Basic Medical Science, Central South University, Changsha 410013, China.
Xuzhou Key Laboratory of Neurobiology, Department of Neurobiology and Anatomy, Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou 221004, China.
Viruses. 2022 Dec 15;14(12):2793. doi: 10.3390/v14122793.
Human immunodeficiency virus-1 (HIV-1)-associated neurodegenerative disorder (HAND) is frequently reported in HIV-infected individuals. The gp120 envelope viral protein has been implicated in the pathogenesis of HAND in HIV-1-infected patients; however, its pathogenic mechanism remains unclear. In this study, we first overexpressed gp120 proteins in pc12 cells and used PI staining, a CCK8 assay, a TUNEL assay, and caspase-9/caspase-3-induced apoptosis to ascertain the mediated cell death. Subsequently, the gp120-overexpressed cells were subjected to RNA transcriptomics and mass spectrometry. The obtained results were integrated and validated using a quantitative polymerase chain reaction (qPCR) and the postmortem brain samples with HIV-associated dementia were analyzed against the normal control (using the GSE35864 data set on gene ontology omnibus repository). Upon the integration of the RNA transcriptomic and proteomic results, 78 upregulated genes were revealed. , , , , and were the top five upregulated genes. Upon the analysis of the GSE35864 data set, the results indicate that was upregulated in HIV-associated dementia in comparison to the normal control. Moreover, the protein expression of was significantly higher in the gp120 transfected group compared to the normal control and decreased significantly upon inhibition using Roscovitine (a known inhibitor). Taken together, our results provide a possible molecular signature of the neurological impairment secondary to HIV glycoprotein 120.
人类免疫缺陷病毒 1(HIV-1)相关的神经退行性疾病(HAND)在 HIV 感染者中经常被报道。包膜病毒蛋白 gp120 已被认为与 HIV-1 感染患者 HAND 的发病机制有关;然而,其发病机制尚不清楚。在这项研究中,我们首先在 pc12 细胞中过表达 gp120 蛋白,并使用 PI 染色、CCK8 测定、TUNEL 测定和 caspase-9/caspase-3 诱导的细胞凋亡来确定介导的细胞死亡。随后,对过表达 gp120 的细胞进行 RNA 转录组学和质谱分析。使用定量聚合酶链反应(qPCR)和 HIV 相关痴呆的尸检脑组织样本对获得的结果进行整合和验证(使用基因本体论存储库中的 GSE35864 数据集)。整合 RNA 转录组学和蛋白质组学结果后,发现 78 个上调基因。 , , , , 和 是前五个上调基因。对 GSE35864 数据集的分析表明,与正常对照组相比,HIV 相关痴呆中 上调。此外,与正常对照组相比,gp120 转染组 的蛋白表达显著升高,而在用已知的 抑制剂(Roscovitine)抑制后,其表达显著降低。综上所述,我们的结果为 HIV 糖蛋白 120 引起的神经损伤提供了一个可能的分子特征。
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