title: RANKL/OPG/TRAIL plasma levels and bone mass loss evaluation in antiretroviral naive HIV-1-positive men.
abstract: Osteopenia and osteoporosis are common in HIV-1-infected individuals and represent a challenge in clinical and therapeutic management. This report investigated osteopenia/osteoporosis in a group of 31 antiretroviral naive HIV-1-positive men and the role of specific molecules belonging to TNF and the TNF-receptor family in HIV-1-related bone mass loss. Osteoprotegerin (OPG), the receptor activator of NF-kappab-ligand (RANKL), and the TNF-related apoptosis-inducing ligand (TRAIL) were significantly increased in the plasma of antiretroviral naive HIV-1-positive patients compared to a control group of healthy blood donors. In addition, TRAIL and RANKL plasma concentrations were positively correlated to HIV-1-RNA viral load. Measurement of bone mineral density in 20 out of 31 HIV-1-positive subjects disclosed osteopenia/osteoporosis in 40% of these patients. The antiretroviral naive HIV-1-positive subjects with low bone mineral density had a decreased plasma OPG/RANKL ratio and a plasma RANKL concentration >500 pg/ml. Together, these data indicate that plasma concentrations of specific factors involved in bone homeostasis were increased during HIV-1 infection and that RANKL and OPG/RANKL ratio deregulation may be involved in osteopenia/osteoporosis occurring in antiretroviral naive HIV-1 individuals.
authors: Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Microbiology Section, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy. davide.gibellini@unibo.it
authors: Davide
authors: D
authors: Gibellini
authors: Marco
authors: M
authors: Borderi
authors: Elisa
authors: E
authors: De Crignis
authors: Ronny
authors: R
authors: Cicola
authors: Fabio
authors: F
authors: Vescini
authors: Renata
authors: R
authors: Caudarella
authors: Francesco
authors: F
authors: Chiodo
authors: Maria Carla
authors: MC
authors: Re
mesh_terms: D015502:Absorptiometry, Photon; D000328:Adult; D015519:Bone Density; D001851:Bone Diseases, Metabolic / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology; D001842:Bone and Bones / Q000378:metabolism; D006679:HIV Seropositivity / Q000097:blood* / Q000150:complications; D015497:HIV-1 / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010024:Osteoporosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology; D053244:Osteoprotegerin / Q000097:blood*; D053245:RANK Ligand / Q000097:blood*; D053221:TNF-Related Apoptosis-Inducing Ligand / Q000097:blood*; D019562:Viral Load
chemical_list: D053244:Osteoprotegerin; D053245:RANK Ligand; D053221:TNF-Related Apoptosis-Inducing Ligand; C505653:TNFSF10 protein, human