Antiretroviral therapy (ART) has made HIV infection a chronic disease with a life expectancy overlapping that of the general population. As a consequence, the proportion of patients who become old is progressively increasing. Moreover, age-related diseases occur more frequently and earlier among HIV-infected individuals, probably due to the persistence of inflammation and chronic immune-activation. Aim of the present study was to investigate the expression of β-galactosidase (SA-βgal), a lysosomal enzyme whose activity increases in conditions of cellular senescence, by lymphocytes and monocytes of HIV-infected subjects undergoing ART. Twenty-six patients and three controls were enrolled; peripheral blood mononuclear cells were labeled with SA-βgal and monoclonal antibodies suitable to identify the main lymphocyte subpopulations. The analysis was carried out by flow cytometry. The expression of SA-βgal by circulating lymphocytes was significantly higher (p <0.05) in controls (older by age) than in subjects with HIV disease; among this latter group, a trend toward a more considerable expression of SA-βgal was observed in four subjects suffering from cardiovascular and metabolic diseases. Flow cytometric analysis of the expression of SA-βgal in patients with HIV infection was easy to perform. The future application of this method to larger case series may allow: 1) to understand whether SA-βgal constitutes a reliable marker of senescence in these patients; 2) to address possible correlations with the extent of the immune reconstitution following ART and with the early development of age-related diseases.
La terapia antiretrovirale (ART) ha reso l’infezione da HIV una patologia cronica in cui l’aspettativa di vita si sta sovrapponendo a quella della popolazione generale. A ciò consegue il progressivo aumento del numero di pazienti che raggiungono la senescenza, nei quali peraltro le patologie correlate all’età si verificano più frequentemente e precocemente, probabilmente a causa della persistenza di infiammazione ed immunoattivazione cronica. Il presente studio è stato svolto con lo scopo di indagare l’espressione della β-galattosidasi (SA-βgal), un enzima lisosomiale la cui attività aumenta in condizioni di senescenza cellulare, da parte di linfociti e monociti di soggetti con malattia da HIV sottoposti ad ART. Sono stati arruolati ventisei pazienti e tre controlli; cellule mononucleate di sangue periferico sono state marcate con SA-βgal e con anticorpi monoclonali atti ad identificare le principali sottopopolazioni linfocitarie. L’analisi è stata condotta in citofluorimetria di flusso. L’espressione di SA-βgal da parte dei linfociti circolanti è risultata significativamente più elevata (p<0.05) nei controlli (anagraficamente più anziani) che nei soggetti con malattia da HIV; fra questi ultimi, tale espressione è apparsa tendenzialmente più consistente in quattro soggetti affetti da malattie cardiovascolari e metaboliche. L’analisi citofluorimetrica dell’espressione della SA-βgal in corso di malattia da HIV è risultata di facile esecuzione ed interpretazione. Applicandola a casistiche più numerose si potrà in futuro: 1) comprendere se la SA-βgal costituisca un marcatore di senescenza affidabile in questi pazienti ; 2) stabilire eventuali correlazioni con l’immunoricostituzione in seguito ad ART e con lo sviluppo precoce di patologie legate all’età.
ANALISI CITOFLUORIMETRICA DEL MARCATORE DI SENESCENZA β-GALATTOSIDASI (SA-βgal) SU LINFOCITI E MONOCITI DI PAZIENTI AFFETTI DA MALATTIA DA HIV.
LOLLI, ARIANNA
2019/2020
Abstract
Antiretroviral therapy (ART) has made HIV infection a chronic disease with a life expectancy overlapping that of the general population. As a consequence, the proportion of patients who become old is progressively increasing. Moreover, age-related diseases occur more frequently and earlier among HIV-infected individuals, probably due to the persistence of inflammation and chronic immune-activation. Aim of the present study was to investigate the expression of β-galactosidase (SA-βgal), a lysosomal enzyme whose activity increases in conditions of cellular senescence, by lymphocytes and monocytes of HIV-infected subjects undergoing ART. Twenty-six patients and three controls were enrolled; peripheral blood mononuclear cells were labeled with SA-βgal and monoclonal antibodies suitable to identify the main lymphocyte subpopulations. The analysis was carried out by flow cytometry. The expression of SA-βgal by circulating lymphocytes was significantly higher (p <0.05) in controls (older by age) than in subjects with HIV disease; among this latter group, a trend toward a more considerable expression of SA-βgal was observed in four subjects suffering from cardiovascular and metabolic diseases. Flow cytometric analysis of the expression of SA-βgal in patients with HIV infection was easy to perform. The future application of this method to larger case series may allow: 1) to understand whether SA-βgal constitutes a reliable marker of senescence in these patients; 2) to address possible correlations with the extent of the immune reconstitution following ART and with the early development of age-related diseases.File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12075/3963