HAND HIV-associated neurocognitive disorders (HAND) including asymptomatic neurocognitive impairment (ANI), mild neurocognitive disorders (MND) and HIV-associated dementia (HAD) persist despite effective antiretroviral therapy (ART). HAD is markedly decreased but ANI and MND persist and affecting 25-50% of ART-treated individuals. With durable ART, there is emergent evidence of chronic immune system activation that contributes to AIDS-related co-morbidities including HAND and cardiovascular disease (CVD). Chronic immune activation that includes activated monocyte/macrophages and markers on these cells are consistently associated with these comorbidities. While the mechanisms for chronic immune activation with HIV and ART aren?t well understood, microbial translocation, secondary infections and residual viral replication in cell and tissue reservoirs likely play a role. Central to all these mechanisms is activated monocyte/macrophages. In addition to memory CD4+ T cells, macrophages are cellular reservoirs for latent HIV, and the central nervous system (CNS) is a tissue reservoir for HIV- DNA. Thus, there is a great need for adjunctive therapies to be used with cART that target monocyte/macrophage activation, accumulation in parenchymal tissues and latent-replication competent virus. In this proposal we use a rapid AIDS with ART that does not results in encephalitis with 1) methylglyoxal bis(guanylhydrazone) (MGBG) and 2) a rhesus monkey (Rh) anti-?4?1 integrin mAb, as adjunctive therapies targeting activated and infected monocyte/macrophages. Extending findings from our previous funding period, we propose these two approaches; targeting monocyte/macrophage activation and maturation, accumulation in the CNS and blocking SIVE. We propose to define mechanisms by which these adjunctive therapies function. Moreover, we propose to test the ability of MGBG and anti-?4?1 integrin mAb with ART to clear latent, replication competent virus within macrophages within and leaving the CNS, following therapy interruption.

Public Health Relevance

There is emerging evidence that activated monocyte/macrophages and their activation markers correlate with and contribute to HIV infection comorbidities including CNS and cardiovascular disease. And, there is increasing evidence in the CNS that monocyte/macrophages in encephalitic and non encephalitis lesions, accumulate and are reservoirs for replication competent HIV. Studies in this application use non SIV encephalitis model of AIDS, using CD8 lymphocyte depletion and SIVmac251 infection, with combination anti-retroviral therapy, to test the use, and define the mechanism(s) of function of two potential macrophage targeted adjunctive therapies, MGBG and alphas-4, beta-1 mAb targeting CNS macrophage accumulation, infection and traffic from the CNS. Successful completion will lead to potential therapeutics in humans with early HIV infection.

Agency
National Institute of Health (NIH)
Institute
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)
Type
Research Project (R01)
Project #
5R01NS040237-20
Application #
10073553
Study Section
NeuroAIDS and other End-Organ Diseases Study Section (NAED)
Program Officer
Wong, May
Project Start
1999-09-30
Project End
2022-12-31
Budget Start
2021-01-01
Budget End
2021-12-31
Support Year
20
Fiscal Year
2021
Total Cost
Indirect Cost
Name
Boston College
Department
Biology
Type
Schools of Arts and Sciences
DUNS #
045896339
City
Chestnut Hill
State
MA
Country
United States
Zip Code
02467
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