Volume 130, Issue 2 pp. 286-292

Impact of NNRTI compared to PI-based highly active antiretroviral therapy on CCR5 receptor expression, β  -chemokines and IL-16 secretion in HIV-1 infection

C. T. BURTON

C. T. BURTON

*Department of Immunology, Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine and

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G. A. D. HARDY

G. A. D. HARDY

*Department of Immunology, Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine and

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A. K. SULLIVAN

A. K. SULLIVAN

Department of HIV/GU Medicine, Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, London, UK

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M. R. NELSON

M. R. NELSON

Department of HIV/GU Medicine, Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, London, UK

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B. GAZZARD

B. GAZZARD

Department of HIV/GU Medicine, Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, London, UK

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F. M. GOTCH

F. M. GOTCH

*Department of Immunology, Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine and

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N. IMAMI

N. IMAMI

*Department of Immunology, Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine and

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First published: 17 October 2002
Citations: 8
 N. Imami, Department of Immunology, Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, 369 Fulham Road, London SW10 9NH, UK.
E-mail: [email protected]

Abstract

Summary Interleukin-16 (IL-16) and the β-chemokines (RANTES, monocyte chemotactic protein-1 (MCP-1), macrophage inhibitory protein (MIP)-1α and (MIP)-1β) are soluble in vitro suppressors of macrophage tropic HIV-1 strains. The reduction of HIV-1 RNA plasma levels in late-stage patients receiving protease inhibitors has been associated with increased concentrations of MIP-1α, MIP-1β, RANTES and IL-16 and a decrease in levels of MCP-1. We determined plasma levels of MCP-1, MIP-1α, MIP-1β, RANTES and IL-16 during the first 16 weeks of highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) in chronic HIV-1-infected patients. Patients were administered one of two therapeutic regimens based on either   a   protease   inhibitor (PI) or   a   non-nucleoside   reverse   transcriptase    inhibitor (NNRTI).   No differences were seen in the levels of RANTES and IL-16 over the first 16 weeks of HAART in either treatment group. MCP-1 decreased significantly in the PI-treated group over the first 16 weeks of HAART (P = 0·0003). A significant increase was observed in the levels of MIP-1α and MIP-1β in the NNRTI cohort (P = 0·0010 and P = 0·0012, respectively). A significant decrease in levels of MIP-1α and MIP-1β (P = 0·0015 and P = 0·0299, respectively) was observed over the 16 weeks in the PI cohort. A significant difference was seen when the levels of MIP-1α and MIP-1β were compared between the NNRTI and the PI cohorts at week 16 (P = 0·04 and P = 0·05, respectively). Evaluation of CCR5 expression ex vivo revealed no difference between the two treatment groups. Patients were genotyped for CCR5 Δ32 and the incidence of heterozygosity was lower than in the HIV-1 seronegative controls (3% compared to 19%).

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