Zhang Chen, Su Hang, Waight Emiko, Poluektova Larisa Y, Gorantla Santhi, Gendelman Howard E, Dash Prasanta K
Department of Pharmacology and Experimental Neuroscience, College of Medicine, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE 68198, USA.
Pharmaceuticals (Basel). 2024 Jan 23;17(2):149. doi: 10.3390/ph17020149.
Disordered immunity, aging, human immunodeficiency virus type one (HIV-1) infection, and responses to antiretroviral therapy are linked. However, how each factor is linked with the other(s) remains incompletely understood. It has been reported that accelerated aging, advanced HIV-1 infection, inflammation, and host genetic factors are associated with host cellular, mitochondrial, and metabolic alterations. However, the underlying mechanism remains elusive. With these questions in mind, we used chronically HIV-1-infected CD34-NSG humanized mice (hu-mice) to model older people living with HIV and uncover associations between HIV-1 infection and aging. Adult humanized mice were infected with HIV-1 at the age of 20 weeks and maintained for another 40 weeks before sacrifice. Animal brains were collected and subjected to transcriptomics, qPCR, and immunofluorescence assays to uncover immune disease-based biomarkers. CD4+ T cell decline was associated with viral level and age. Upregulated C1QA, CD163, and CXCL16 and downregulated LMNA and CLU were identified as age-associated genes tied to HIV-1 infection. Ingenuity pathway analysis affirmed links to innate immune activation, pyroptosis signaling, neuroinflammation, mitochondrial dysfunction, cellular senescence, and neuronal dysfunction. In summary, CD34-NSG humanized mice are identified as a valuable model for studying HIV-1-associated aging. Biomarkers of immune senescence and neuronal signaling are both age- and virus-associated. By exploring the underlying biological mechanisms that are linked to these biomarkers, interventions for next generation HIV-1-infected patients can be realized.
免疫紊乱、衰老、人类免疫缺陷病毒1型(HIV-1)感染以及对抗逆转录病毒疗法的反应之间存在关联。然而,各个因素之间是如何相互关联的仍未完全明了。据报道,加速衰老、晚期HIV-1感染、炎症和宿主遗传因素与宿主细胞、线粒体及代谢改变有关。然而,其潜在机制仍不清楚。考虑到这些问题,我们使用慢性HIV-1感染的CD34-NSG人源化小鼠(人源化小鼠)来模拟感染HIV的老年人,并揭示HIV-1感染与衰老之间的关联。成年的人源化小鼠在20周龄时感染HIV-1,并在处死前再饲养40周。收集动物大脑并进行转录组学、qPCR和免疫荧光分析,以发现基于免疫疾病的生物标志物。CD4+T细胞减少与病毒水平和年龄有关。C1QA、CD163和CXCL16上调以及LMNA和CLU下调被确定为与HIV-1感染相关的年龄相关基因。 Ingenuity通路分析证实了与先天性免疫激活、细胞焦亡信号传导、神经炎症、线粒体功能障碍、细胞衰老和神经元功能障碍的联系。总之,CD34-NSG人源化小鼠被确定为研究HIV-1相关衰老的有价值模型。免疫衰老和神经元信号传导的生物标志物与年龄和病毒都有关。通过探索与这些生物标志物相关的潜在生物学机制,可以实现对下一代HIV-1感染患者的干预。