Cocaine modulates dendritic cell-specific C type intercellular adhesion molecule-3-grabbing nonintegrin expression by dendritic cells in HIV-1 patients Article

Nair, MPN, Mahajan, SD, Schwartz, SA et al. (2005). Cocaine modulates dendritic cell-specific C type intercellular adhesion molecule-3-grabbing nonintegrin expression by dendritic cells in HIV-1 patients . JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY, 174(11), 6617-6626. 10.4049/jimmunol.174.11.6617

cited authors

  • Nair, MPN; Mahajan, SD; Schwartz, SA; Reynolds, J; Whitney, R; Bernstein, Z; Chawda, RP; Sykes, D; Hewitt, R; Hsiao, CB

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abstract

  • We report that cocaine may act as cofactor in HIV pathogenesis by increasing dendritic cell-specific C type ICAM-3-grabbing nonintegrin (DC-SIGN) expression on dendritic cells (DC). Our results show that cocaine-using, long-term nonprogressors and normal progressors of HIV infection manifest significantly higher levels of DC-SIGN compared with cocaine-nonusing long-term nonprogressors and normal progressors, respectively. Furthermore, in vitro HIV infection of MDC from normal subjects cultured with cocaine and/or HIV peptides up-regulated DC-SIGN, confirming our in vivo finding. Cocaine, in synergy with HIV peptides, also up-regulates DC-SIGN gene expression by MDC. Furthermore, the cocaine-induced effects were reversed by a D1 receptor antagonist demonstrating the specificity of the reaction. Our results indicate that cocaine exacerbates HIV infection by upregulating DC-SIGN on DC and these effects are mediated via dysregulation of MAPKs. These data are the first evidence that cocaine up-regulates the expression of DC-SIGN on DC. A better understanding of the role of DC-SIGN in HIV infection may help to design novel therapeutic strategies against the progression of HIV disease in the drug-using population. Copyright © 2005 by The American Association of Immunologists, Inc.

publication date

  • June 1, 2005

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start page

  • 6617

end page

  • 6626

volume

  • 174

issue

  • 11