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Innate immune memory in chronic HIV and HIV-associated neurocognitive disorders (HAND): potential mechanisms and clinical implications
Journal of neurovirology, v 30, pp 451-476
28 Dec 2024
PMID: 39733092
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Abstract
Although antiretroviral therapy (ART) has dramatically improved the outlook of the HIV/AIDS pandemic, people living with HIV (PLWH) on suppressive therapy are still at higher risk for a range of comorbidities including cardiovascular disease (CVD) and HIV-associated neurocognitive disorders (HAND), among others. Chronic inflammation and immune activation are thought to be an underlying cause of these comorbidities. Many of the factors thought to drive chronic inflammation and immune activation in HIV overlap with factors known to induce trained immunity. Trained immunity is a form of innate immune memory that metabolically and epigenetically reprograms innate immune cells to mount enhanced inflammatory responses upon secondary encounter with unrelated inflammatory stimuli. While this phenotype has been characterized in a variety of disease states in animals and humans, very little is known about its potential contribution to chronic HIV pathogenesis. In this review, a broad overview of innate immune memory in the periphery and the central nervous system (CNS) is provided and the evidence for trained immunity in the context of HIV is considered. In PLWH on ART, this phenotype could contribute to the chronic inflammation and immune activation associated with HIV comorbidities and could complicate HIV cure strategies due to the potential persistence of the phenotype after eradication of the virus. Further research into this immune state in the context of HIV may open the door for new therapeutics aimed at treating HIV comorbidities like HAND.Although antiretroviral therapy (ART) has dramatically improved the outlook of the HIV/AIDS pandemic, people living with HIV (PLWH) on suppressive therapy are still at higher risk for a range of comorbidities including cardiovascular disease (CVD) and HIV-associated neurocognitive disorders (HAND), among others. Chronic inflammation and immune activation are thought to be an underlying cause of these comorbidities. Many of the factors thought to drive chronic inflammation and immune activation in HIV overlap with factors known to induce trained immunity. Trained immunity is a form of innate immune memory that metabolically and epigenetically reprograms innate immune cells to mount enhanced inflammatory responses upon secondary encounter with unrelated inflammatory stimuli. While this phenotype has been characterized in a variety of disease states in animals and humans, very little is known about its potential contribution to chronic HIV pathogenesis. In this review, a broad overview of innate immune memory in the periphery and the central nervous system (CNS) is provided and the evidence for trained immunity in the context of HIV is considered. In PLWH on ART, this phenotype could contribute to the chronic inflammation and immune activation associated with HIV comorbidities and could complicate HIV cure strategies due to the potential persistence of the phenotype after eradication of the virus. Further research into this immune state in the context of HIV may open the door for new therapeutics aimed at treating HIV comorbidities like HAND.
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- Title
- Innate immune memory in chronic HIV and HIV-associated neurocognitive disorders (HAND): potential mechanisms and clinical implications
- Creators
- Zachary Capriotti - Drexel UniversityZachary Klase (Corresponding Author) - Drexel University, Pharmacology and Physiology
- Publication Details
- Journal of neurovirology, v 30, pp 451-476
- Publisher
- Springer Nature
- Number of pages
- 26
- Grant note
- National Institutes of Health
We would like to thank members of the Klase lab including Rachel Van Duyne, Angel Lin, Courtney Wallace, Isabella Bendorf, and Aarohee Bhattarai for reading and providing feedback on this manuscript as well as members of the department of Pharmacology and Physiology at Drexel University College of Medicine for their feedback and thoughtful discussion, especially Joshua Jackson for his review and critical feedback.
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Pharmacology and Physiology
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:001385118700001
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-85214134965
- Other Identifier
- 991022007497704721
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- Web of Science research areas
- Neurosciences
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