title: Apolipoprotein A and biological half-life of prostaglandin I2 in HIV-1 infection.
abstract: Disturbances in lipid and lipoprotein metabolism being reported for HIV-1 infection are a common sign of severe infections. Apolipoprotein A being the main constituent protein of HDL has been described to function as the prostaglandinI2 (PGI2)-stabilising factor. PGI2 is not only one of the most potent biological antiaggregatory substances but seems to exert cell-protective properties in the central nervous system, too. PGI2 half-life as well as lipid [total-cholesterol (total-c), triglycerides] and (apo)lipoprotein [LDL-c, HDL-c and apolipoprotein (apo) AI] levels were investigated in 14 HIV-1 positive patients (13 males, 1 female, aged from 29 to 57 yrs). Patients exhibited decreased levels of total-c, LDL-c, HDL-c and apo AI, respectively, while elevated triglyceride levels were observed. PGI2 half-life was shortened (median 53, range: 15-161 seconds) in the patients' plasma as compared with normal controls ranging from 9-12 minutes. In patients with neurological manifestation (n = 8) the decrease of PGI2 half-life (median: 34 seconds, range: 15-67 seconds) was significantly more pronounced (p < 0.05) than in patients (n = 6) with the absence of any central nervous manifestation (median: 83.5, range: 29-161 seconds). The dramatic changes in both HDL-c and apolipoprotein AI as seen during HIV-1 infection are likely to impair PGI2-stabilisation thus being associated with the presence of peripheral neuropathy, dementia and haemostatic imbalance.
authors.affiliation: Wilhelm Auerswald Atherosclerosis Research Group (ASF), Vienna, Austria.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Pirich
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Efthimiou
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: O'Grady
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Zielinski
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Sinzinger
mesh_terms: D015526:AIDS Dementia Complex / Q000097:blood* / Q000821:virology; D000328:Adult; D016632:Apolipoprotein A-I / Q000097:blood*; D002784:Cholesterol / Q000097:blood*; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D011464:Epoprostenol / Q000097:blood*; D005260:Female; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000097:blood* / Q000150:complications; D015497:HIV-1; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012189:Retrospective Studies
chemical_list: D016632:Apolipoprotein A-I; D002784:Cholesterol; D011464:Epoprostenol