title: Presence of HIV-1 R5 viruses in cerebrospinal fluid even in patients harboring R5X4/X4 viruses in plasma.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  HIV-1 viruses have the ability to use CCR5 or CXCR4 coreceptors either solely (R5 or X4) or in combination (R5X4). The CCR5 antagonists block HIV entry into the cell and are specifically active against HIV-1 R5 strains. The objectives of this study were to investigate the predicted tropism of viruses present in paired cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) and plasma in a group of 22 HIV-1-infected patients with neurological disorders and to search for eventual discordance of predicted virus tropism between both compartments.
  
  
  METHODS
  Paired CSF and plasma samples were selected from subjects harboring neurological disorders. V3 env was amplified and bulk sequenced, and HIV-1 coreceptor usage was determined from the V3 env region sequence by Geno2Pheno and position-specific scoring matrices (PSSM) algorithms.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The majority of subjects (19 of 22) had concordant virus predicted tropism in both compartments. All patients having R5-tropic viruses in plasma had R5-tropic viruses in CSF (17 of 22). Patients having R5X4/X4-tropic viruses in plasma could have R5X4/X4-using (2 of 22) or R5-tropic viruses (3 of 22) in CSF. The case of R5-tropic viruses in plasma and R5X4/X4-tropic viruses in CSF was never observed.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The majority of these patients have R5-using viruses in CSF that is mainly concordant with the predicted tropism in plasma. However, R5X4/X4 tropism in plasma does not necessarily mean the same predicted tropism in CSF compartment. Then, clinical therapeutic trials testing the clinical response to the CCR5 antagonists in patients with neurological disorders could be envisaged to analyze the effects of this therapeutic class in this setting.
authors.affiliation: Université Pierre et Marie Curie-Paris 6, UMR S-943 Paris, F-75013 France. cathia.soulie@psl.aphp.fr
authors.forename: Cathia
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Soulié
authors.forename: Roland
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Tubiana
authors.forename: Anne
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Simon
authors.forename: Sidonie
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Lambert-Niclot
authors.forename: Isabelle
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Malet
authors.forename: Ana
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Canestri
authors.forename: Christel
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Brunet
authors.forename: Robert
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Murphy
authors.forename: Christine
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Katlama
authors.forename: Vincent
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Calvez
authors.forename: Anne-Geneviève
authors.initials: AG
authors.lastname: Marcelin
mesh_terms: D015526:AIDS Dementia Complex / Q000097:blood / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid / Q000821:virology*; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D024882:Drug Resistance, Viral / Q000235:genetics; D005260:Female; D015752:Genes, env; D015699:HIV Envelope Protein gp120 / Q000235:genetics; D015497:HIV-1 / Q000187:drug effects / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009154:Mutation; D010446:Peptide Fragments / Q000235:genetics; D012367:RNA, Viral / Q000097:blood / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid; D019713:Receptors, CCR5 / Q000502:physiology*; D019718:Receptors, CXCR4 / Q000502:physiology*; D055815:Young Adult
chemical_list: C527276:CXCR4 protein, human; D015699:HIV Envelope Protein gp120; C059762:HIV envelope protein gp120 (305-321); D010446:Peptide Fragments; D012367:RNA, Viral; D019713:Receptors, CCR5; D019718:Receptors, CXCR4