Infection with human immunodeficiency virus-1 increases expression of vascular endothelial cell growth factor in T cells: implications for acquired immunodeficiency syndrome-associated vasculopathy.
Blood
; 93(12): 4232-41, 1999 Jun 15.
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in En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-10361120
ABSTRACT
Alterations in the vascular system and the onset of angioproliferative lesions such as Kaposi's sarcoma (KS) are common traits of human immunodeficiency virus-1 (HIV-1)-infected patients. To investigate possible factors involved in acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS)-associated vasculopathy and vascular malfunction, expression of vascular endothelial cell growth factor-A (VEGF-A) was analyzed in HUT 78 T lymphocytes upon infection with HIV-1. VEGF-A was found to be increased in supernatants from infected cells as compared with uninfected cells. In addition, VEGF-A mRNA expression and protein secretion were significantly increased in HUT 78 cells incubated with conditioned medium (CM) derived from HIV-1 chronically infected HUT 78 cells (HIV-TCM) as compared with CM from uninfected cells (TCM). Increase of VEGF-A production in T cells was promoted by inflammatory cytokines (IC) present in HIV-TCM, including tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNFalpha), interferon gamma (IFNgamma), interleukin-1beta (IL-1beta), and IL-6. These IC that have been shown to be increased in sera of HIV-1-infected patients and to be increased by HIV-1 infection or cell activation in these individuals as well as HIV-TCM also increased VEGF-A expression in primary T lymphocytes. Consistent with this, VEGF-A concentrations were found to be higher in sera of HIV-1-infected patients with (mean, 357.1 +/- 197.9 pg/mL) and without KS (mean, 256.7 +/- 137.5 pg/mL) as compared with uninfected individuals (mean, 188.6 +/- 91.7 pg/mL). These data suggest that increased secretion of VEGF-A by T lymphocytes of HIV-1-infected individuals may induce vascular leakage and stimulate proliferation of vascular endothelial cells, which are hallmarks of AIDS-associated vasculopathy and especially of KS development.
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
T-Lymphocytes
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Gene Expression
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Endothelial Growth Factors
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Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome
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Lymphokines
Type of study:
Risk_factors_studies
Limits:
Adult
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Aged
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
Language:
En
Journal:
Blood
Year:
1999
Document type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Germany