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      PLoS+One 2017 ; 12 (10 ): e0187185
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  • HIV protease inhibitor-induced cardiac dysfunction and fibrosis is mediated by platelet-derived TGF-?1 and can be suppressed by exogenous carbon monoxide #MMPMID29088262
  • Laurence J ; Elhadad S ; Robison T ; Terry H ; Varshney R ; Woolington S ; Ghafoory S ; Choi ME ; Ahamed J
  • PLoS One 2017[]; 12 (10 ): e0187185 PMID29088262 show ga
  • Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection is an independent risk factor for cardiovascular disease. This risk is magnified by certain antiretrovirals, particularly the protease inhibitor ritonavir, but the pathophysiology of this connection is unknown. We postulated that a major mechanism for antiretroviral-associated cardiac disease is pathologic fibrosis linked to platelet activation with release and activation of transforming growth factor (TGF)-?1, and that these changes could be modeled in a murine system. We also sought to intervene utilizing inhaled carbon monoxide (CO) as proof-of-concept for therapeutics capable of regulating TGF-?1 signaling and collagen autophagy. We demonstrate decreased cardiac function indices, including cardiac output, ejection fraction and stroke volume, and prominent cardiac fibrosis, in mice exposed to pharmacological doses of ritonavir. Cardiac output and fibrosis correlated with plasma TGF-?1 levels. Mice with targeted deletion of TGF-?1 in megakaryocytes/platelets (PF4CreTgfb1flox/flox) were partially protected from ritonavir-induced cardiac dysfunction and fibrosis. Inhalation of low dose CO (250ppm), used as a surrogate for upregulation of inducible heme oxygenase/endogenous CO pathways, suppressed ritonavir-induced cardiac fibrosis. This occurred in association with modulation of canonical (Smad2) and non-canonical (p38) TGF-?1 signaling pathways. In addition, CO treatment suppressed the M1 pro-inflammatory subset of macrophages and increased M2c regulatory cells in the hearts of RTV-exposed animals. The effects of CO were dependent upon autophagy as CO did not mitigate ritonavir-induced fibrosis in autophagy-deficient LC3-/- mice. These results suggest that platelet-derived TGF-?1 contributes to ritonavir-associated cardiac dysfunction and fibrosis, extending the relevance of our findings to other antiretrovirals that also activate platelets. The anti-fibrotic effects of CO are linked to alterations in TGF-?1 signaling and autophagy, suggesting a proof-of-concept for novel interventions in HIV/antiretroviral therapy-mediated cardiovascular disease.
  • |Animals [MESH]
  • |Blood Platelets/drug effects/*metabolism [MESH]
  • |Carbon Monoxide/*pharmacology [MESH]
  • |Cardiac Output/drug effects [MESH]
  • |Echocardiography [MESH]
  • |Fibrosis [MESH]
  • |HIV Protease Inhibitors/*adverse effects [MESH]
  • |Heart Diseases/*chemically induced/prevention & control [MESH]
  • |Mice [MESH]
  • |Mice, Inbred C57BL [MESH]
  • |Mice, Knockout [MESH]
  • |Myocardium/*pathology [MESH]
  • |Ritonavir/*adverse effects [MESH]
  • |Stroke Volume/drug effects [MESH]


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