title: SDF-1 gene polymorphisms and syncytia induction in Brazilian HIV-1 infected individuals.
abstract: Stromal-derived factor (SDF-1) is the principal ligand for CXCR4, a co-receptor with CD4 for T lymphocyte cell line-tropic human immunodeficiency virus-type 1 (HIV-1). A common polymorphism, SDF1-3' A, was identified in an evolutionary conserved segment of the 3' untranslated region of the SDF-1 gene. Sequence analysis revealed a common variant at position 801, a G-->A transition referred to as SDF1-3' A. Because this variant eliminates the Msp I restriction site PCR-restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) analysis was used for rapid detection of genotypes. We genotyped 62 HIV infected patients and 60 non-HIV blood donors by RFLP analysis. We also assessed syncytia formation through co-culture of MT-2 cells with peripheral blood mononuclear cells from HIV patients. Syncytium-inducing HIV-1 variants have been shown to be clinically significant in the pathogenesis of HIV-1 infection. In our study, we detected a low frequency of 3'A/3'A (5%) in the blood donors but this genotype was absent in all HIV patients. We found that 41 (68%) HIV patients including syncytia inducing (SI) and non-syncytia inducing (NSI) groups contained the wild type (wt/wt) genotype for SDF-1. Our data indicate that there is no correlation between SDF-1 alleles and syncytium inducing HIV.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathological Sciences, Londrina State University, Londrina, PR, Brazil. maewat@sercomtel.com.br
authors.forename: Maria Angelica Ehara
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Watanabe
authors.forename: Gabriela Gonçalves
authors.initials: GG
authors.lastname: de Oliveira Cavassin
authors.forename: Maristela Delgado
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Orellana
authors.forename: Cristiane Maria
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Milanezi
authors.forename: Júlio César
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Voltarelli
authors.forename: Simone
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kashima
authors.forename: Dimas Tadeu
authors.initials: DT
authors.lastname: Covas
mesh_terms: D054377:Chemokine CXCL12; D019743:Chemokines, CXC / Q000235:genetics*; D004279:DNA, Viral / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D018450:Disease Progression; D015726:Giant Cells / Q000276:immunology / Q000473:pathology / Q000502:physiology*; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000097:blood / Q000235:genetics* / Q000473:pathology; D015497:HIV-1; D006801:Humans; D007963:Leukocytes, Mononuclear / Q000473:pathology; D017354:Point Mutation; D011110:Polymorphism, Genetic; D012150:Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length
chemical_list: C515255:CXCL12 protein, human; D054377:Chemokine CXCL12; D019743:Chemokines, CXC; D004279:DNA, Viral