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Leite CAC, Fagundes-Neto U, Haapalainen EF. Evaluation of the ultrastructure of the small intestine of hiv infected children by transmission and scanning electronic microscopy. ARQUIVOS DE GASTROENTEROLOGIA 2013; 50:70-7. [PMID: 23657310 DOI: 10.1590/s0004-28032013000100013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/08/2012] [Accepted: 10/30/2012] [Indexed: 02/14/2023]
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OBJECTIVES To describe HIV children's small intestinal ultrastructural findings. METHODS Descriptive, observational study of small intestine biopsies performed between August 1994 and May 1995 at São Paulo, SP, Brazil. This material pertained to 11 HIV infected children and was stored in a laboratory in paraffin blocks. Scanning and transmission electronic microscopy were used to view those intestine samples and ultrastructural findings were described by analyzing digitalized photos of this material. Ethical Committee approval was obtained. RESULTS In most samples scanning microscopy showed various degrees of shortening and decreasing number of microvilli and also completes effacements in some areas. Derangement of the enterocytes was seen frequently and sometimes cells well defined borders limits seemed to be loosened. In some areas a mucous-fibrin like membrane with variable thickness and extension appeared to partially or totally coat the epithelial surface. Fat drops were present in the intestinal lumen in various samples and a bacterium morphologically resembling bacilli was seen in two occasions. Scanning microscopy confirmed transmission microscopy microvilli findings and also showed little "tufts" of those structures. In addition, it showed an increased number of vacuoles and multivesicular bodies inside various enterocytes, an increased presence of intraepithelial lymphocytes, mitochondrial vacuolization and basement membrane enlargement in the majority of samples analyzed. However, some samples exhibited normal aspect. CONCLUSIONS Our study showed the common occurrence of various important intestinal ultrastructural alterations with variable degrees among HIV infected children, some of them in our knowledge not described before.
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Randomized pilot trial of a synbiotic dietary supplement in chronic HIV-1 infection. BMC COMPLEMENTARY AND ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE 2012; 12:84. [PMID: 22747752 PMCID: PMC3414771 DOI: 10.1186/1472-6882-12-84] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/07/2012] [Accepted: 06/29/2012] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Background Infection with HIV-1 results in marked immunologic insults and structural damage to the intestinal mucosa, including compromised barrier function. While the development of highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) has been a major advancement in the treatment of HIV-1 infection, the need for novel complementary interventions to help restore intestinal structural and functional integrity remains unmet. Known properties of pre-, pro-, and synbiotics suggest that they may be useful tools in achieving this goal. Methods This was a 4-week parallel, placebo-controlled, randomized pilot trial in HIV-infected women on antiretroviral therapy. A synbiotic formulation (Synbiotic 2000®) containing 4 strains of probiotic bacteria (1010 each) plus 4 nondigestible, fermentable dietary fibers (2.5 g each) was provided each day, versus a fiber-only placebo formulation. The primary outcome was bacterial translocation. Secondary outcomes included the levels of supplemented bacteria in stool, the activation phenotype of peripheral T-cells and monocytes, and plasma levels of C-reactive protein and soluble CD14. Results Microbial translocation, as measured by plasma bacterial 16S ribosomal DNA concentration, was not altered by synbiotic treatment. In contrast, the synbiotic formulation resulted in significantly elevated levels of supplemented probiotic bacterial strains in stool, including L. plantarum and P. pentosaceus, with the colonization of these two species being positively correlated with each other. T-cell activation phenotype of peripheral blood lymphocytes showed modest changes in response to synbiotic exposure, with HLA-DR expression slightly elevated on a minor population of CD4+ T-cells which lack expression of HLA-DR or PD-1. In addition, CD38 expression on CD8+ T-cells was slightly lower in the fiber-only group. Plasma levels of soluble CD14 and C-reactive protein were unaffected by synbiotic treatment in this study. Conclusions Synbiotic treatment for 4 weeks can successfully augment the levels of probiotic species in the gut during chronic HIV-1 infection. Associated changes in microbial translocation appear to be absent, and markers of systemic immune activation appear largely unchanged. These findings may help inform future studies aimed at testing pre- and probiotic approaches to improve gut function and mucosal immunity in chronic HIV-1 infection. Trial registration Clinical Trials.gov: NCT00688311
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Orandle MS, Veazey RS, Lackner AA. Enteric ganglionitis in rhesus macaques infected with simian immunodeficiency virus. J Virol 2007; 81:6265-75. [PMID: 17392357 PMCID: PMC1900106 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.02671-06] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Gastrointestinal (GI) disease is a debilitating feature of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection that can occur in the absence of histopathological abnormalities or identifiable enteropathogens. However, the mechanisms of GI dysfunction are poorly understood. The present study was undertaken to characterize changes in resident and inflammatory cells in the enteric nervous system (ENS) of macaques during the acute stage of simian immunodeficiency virus (SIV) infection to gain insight into potential pathogenic mechanisms of GI disease. Ganglia from duodenum, ileum, and colon were examined in healthy and acutely infected macaques by using a combination of routine histology, double-label immunofluorescence and in situ hybridization. Evaluation of tissues from infected macaques showed progressive infiltration of myenteric ganglia by CD3+ T cells and IBA1+ macrophages beginning as early as 8 days postinfection. Quantitative image analysis revealed that the severity of myenteric ganglionitis increased with time after SIV infection and, in general, was more severe in ganglia from the small intestine than in ganglia from the colon. Despite an abundance of inflammatory cells in myenteric ganglia during acute infection, the ENS was not a target for virus infection. This study provides evidence that the ENS may be playing a role in the pathogenesis of GI disease and enteropathy in HIV-infected people.
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- Marlene S Orandle
- Department of Pathobiological Sciences, Louisiana State University, School of Veterinary Medicine, Baton Rouge, LA 70803, USA.
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Kaup FJ, Bruno SF, Mätz-Rensing K, Schneider T. Tubuloreticular structures in rectal biopsies of SIV-infected rhesus monkeys (Macaca mulatta). Ultrastruct Pathol 2005; 29:357-66. [PMID: 16257862 DOI: 10.1080/019131290968740] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Tubuloreticular structures (TRS) are considered to be a specific ultrastructural marker for AIDS in various organs. Experimental SIV infection in rhesus macaques is the most appropriate animal model of HIV infection. In 8 rhesus monkeys, experimentally infected with SIVmac251/MPBC, rectum biopsies were taken prior to and post infection (day 3; 1, 2, 4, 12 weeks p.i.) and were investigated by transmissionelectron microscopy to determine incidence and extent of tubuloreticular structures as well as affected cells. From the first week p.i. on TRS were found in all experimental animals as tubuli with a diameter of 20-30 nm. The tubuli were arranged in regular paracristalline formations and formed intracytoplasmatic heterogenous, polymorph accumulations, which were localized close to the endoplasmatic reticulum. In the rectal lamina propria macrophages, endothelial cells, plasma cells, lymphocytes, fibroblasts, and neutrophilic granulocytes were the affected cell types. In 5 control biopsies TRS were detected, too, but, in contrast to SIV-infected animals, they appeared only singular and very small. The results indicate that TRS are a characteristic morphologic criteria of intestinal SIV infection. They appear in very early stages of the infection. In the rectum, they can be detected as bigger, conspicuous, and abundant formations in several cells and have a restricted diagnostic and prognostic validity.
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- F-J Kaup
- German Primate Center, Department of Infectious Pathology, Göttingen, Germany
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Mouly S, Aymard G, Tillement JP, Caulin C, Bergmann JF, Urien S. Increased oral ganciclovir bioavailability in HIV-infected patients with chronic diarrhoea and wasting syndrome--a population pharmacokinetic study. Br J Clin Pharmacol 2001; 51:557-65. [PMID: 11422015 PMCID: PMC2014490 DOI: 10.1046/j.0306-5251.2001.01389.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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AIMS Despite a lack of data, the antiviral agent ganciclovir is not indicated in AIDS patients with diarrhoea because of its presumed poor oral bioavailability. To assess the effect of diarrhoea on ganciclovir intestinal absorption, we conducted a pharmacokinetic study in 42 HIV-infected patients categorized into three groups: A, HIV stage A and B (n = 15); B, AIDS stage C (n = 13); C, AIDS with chronic diarrhoea and wasting syndrome (n = 14). METHODS Each patient was evaluated for nutritional (body mass index, albumin, transferrin serum levels), inflammatory (haptoglobin, orosomucoid), immunological (CD4 count, plasma viral load) and intestinal (D-xylose test, faecal fat and nitrogen output, intestinal permeability) status. Ganciclovir (1 g) was administered orally to fasted patients. Six blood samples were collected over 24 h. Serum was analysed for ganciclovir by h.p.l.c. Population pharmacokinetic analysis was performed using a nonlinear mixed effects modelling program, MP2. RESULTS Mean intestinal permeability (lactulose/mannitol urinary ratio) was increased in group C (0.2) compared with group A (0.05) and B (0.1) patients. Drug concentration-time profiles were best described by a two-compartment model. Apparent oral clearance (CL/F) and central volume of distribution (V1/F) were influenced by clinical status (group). For groups A and B combined, final parameter estimates of CL/F and V1/F were 256 +/- 98 l h(-1) and 1320 +/- 470 l, respectively. Final parameter estimates for group C were 118 +/- 108 l h(-1) and 652 +/- 573 l for CL/F and V1/F, respectively. The 95% confidence intervals on differences between A and B combined and C were statistically significant ([ + 70, + 206] for CL/F, and [+ 314, + 1022] for V1/F). Compared with groups A and B, ganciclovir CL/F was significantly decreased in group C patients. CONCLUSIONS AIDS patients with diarrhoea and severe disease may benefit from ganciclovir therapy, but a dose adjustment may be required according to their digestive and immunological status.
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- S Mouly
- Department of Internal Medicine, Lariboisiere Hospital, 75475 Paris Cedex 10, France.
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Mouly S, Aymard G, Diquet B, Caulin C, Bergmann JF. Oral ganciclovir systemic exposure is enhanced in HIV-infected patients with diarrhea and weight loss. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr 2000; 24:344-51. [PMID: 11015151 DOI: 10.1097/00126334-200008010-00008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To determine whether diarrhea and intestinal malabsorption during HIV infection alter oral ganciclovir systemic exposure. METHODS We studied the oral disposition of ganciclovir in 42 HIV-infected patients stratified into three groups: A (n = 15), HIV (stage A and B); B (n = 13), AIDS (stage C); and C (n = 14), AIDS with chronic diarrhea and wasting syndrome (10% or more weight loss). Each patient was evaluated for nutritional (body mass index, serum albumin and transferrin), immunologic (CD4 count, plasma viral load) and intestinal status (D-xylose test, fecal fat and nitrogen excretion, and intestinal permeability). Following an overnight fast, 1 g oral ganciclovir was given to patients. Six blood samples were collected over 24 hours. Serum was analyzed for ganciclovir by high performance liquid chromatography. Drug disposition was characterized using a population pharmacokinetic approach. RESULTS Mean intestinal permeability increased as HIV disease progressed (0. 05, 0.1, and 0.2 for groups A, B, and C, respectively). Average weight-adjusted maximum concentration (Cmax) in group C was twofold more than that in group A and B patients (12.5 versus 6 and 6.4 ng/ml/kg), and average area under the curve (AUC0-infinity) was threefold greater in group C patients (193 versus 59 and 65 ng. hour/ml/kg in groups A and B, respectively). Mean oral clearance was threefold lower in group C (96 versus 258 and 212 L/hour in groups A and B, respectively). CONCLUSION Because systemic exposure of oral ganciclovir is enhanced in AIDS patients with diarrhea and wasting syndrome, oral ganciclovir therapy may benefit these patients.
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- S Mouly
- Department of Internal Medicine, Lariboisiere Hospital; and Laboratory of Pharmacology, La Salpétrière Hospital, Paris, France.
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Oral Ganciclovir Systemic Exposure Is Enhanced in HIV-Infected Patients With Diarrhea and Weight Loss. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr 2000. [DOI: 10.1097/00042560-200008010-00008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Oktedalen O, Skar V, Dahl E, Serck-Hanssen A. Changes in small intestinal structure and function in HIV-infected patients with chronic diarrhoea. SCANDINAVIAN JOURNAL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES 1999; 30:459-63. [PMID: 10066044 DOI: 10.1080/00365549850161430] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is often combined with unexplainable diarrhoea and weight loss. This study was designed to see if changes in the intestinal mucosal structure could explain the malabsorption found in HIV-infected patients with diarrhoea. Twenty acquired immunodeficiency system (AIDS) patients, 19 men and 1 woman, CD4 < 0.01, with severe weight loss and with non-infectious chronic diarrhoea, were evaluated using a new intestinal function test (D-xylose breath test). Fifteen of the subjects were examined with an upper intestinal endoscopy with biopsy specimens taken from the duodenal mucosa. The function test showed that the D-xylose uptake was markedly decreased to the same extent as for patients with coeliac disease (breath index AIDS patients 9.4 (4.3-14.4), coeliac patients 15.6 (7.6-23.6), reference level 2.5 (2.4-2.9), urine excretion AIDS patients 20% (13-26), coeliac patients 22% (14-24), reference level 37% (32-42)). The severe malabsorption could not be explained by the slight mucosal changes occasionally seen by light microscopy with small mucosal inflammation and almost normal villi. However, electron microscopy showed enterocytes with signs of hypofunction and degeneration correlating better to the intestinal malabsorption found in patients with advanced HIV infection and chronic diarrhoea.
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- O Oktedalen
- Department of Medicine and Pathology, Ullevaal University Hospital, Oslo, Norway
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- R S Campbell
- Australian Institute of Tropical Veterinary and Animal Sciences, James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland, Australia
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Delézay O, Yahi N, Tamalet C, Baghdiguian S, Boudier JA, Fantini J. Direct effect of type 1 human immunodeficiency virus (HIV-1) on intestinal epithelial cell differentiation: relationship to HIV-1 enteropathy. Virology 1997; 238:231-42. [PMID: 9400596 DOI: 10.1006/viro.1997.8829] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected patients display severe impairments of gastrointestinal functions, including diarrhea and malabsorption, even in the absence of opportunistic infections. Since HIV-1 proteins and nucleic acids have been detected in several cell types of the intestinal mucosa, it has been postulated that HIV-1 itself could alter enterocytic functions. In the present study, we analyzed the effect of HIV-1 on the differentiation process of the epithelial intestinal cell clone HT-29-D4, which mimics the maturation of enterocytes along the crypt-villus axis of the small intestine. We found that HIV-1 infection impairs cellular differentiation (i) by affecting the barrier function of the epithelium, as evidenced by a decrease in the transepithelial electrical resistance, and (ii) by inhibiting the activity of one major glucose absorption function, i.e., sodium/glucose cotransport. At the morphological level, HIV-1 infection of HT-29-D4 cells was associated with the formation of lumina, which are representative of a defect in cellular organization. These morphofunctional perturbations induced by HIV-1 could be mimicked by nocodazole, a microtubule-disrupting agent. Correspondingly, HIV-1 exposure of HT-29-D4 cells evoked a massive disruption of microtubules, as revealed by alpha-tubulin indirect immunofluorescence staining. A similar effect was observed after incubation of the cells with either recombinant gp120 or a monoclonal antibody against galactosylceramide (GalCer), the intestinal receptor for HIV-1 gp120, suggesting that the effect of HIV-1 was mediated by the binding of gp120 to GalCer. Based on these data, we propose that HIV-1 may selectively alter enterocytic functions through a direct effect on the intracellular architecture of the cells. In contrast with previous theories for HIV-1 enteropathy, our data support the concept that HIV-1 may perturb intestinal functions without necessarily infecting intestinal epithelial cells.
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- O Delézay
- Laboratoire de Biochimie et Biologie de la Nutrition, UPRESA-CNRS 6033, Faculté des Sciences de St Jérôme, Marseille
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Macreadie IG, Thorburn DR, Kirby DM, Castelli LA, de Rozario NL, Azad AA. HIV-1 protein Vpr causes gross mitochondrial dysfunction in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae. FEBS Lett 1997; 410:145-9. [PMID: 9237618 DOI: 10.1016/s0014-5793(97)00542-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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The biological effects of the HIV-1 accessory protein, Vpr, have been studied in yeast expression systems. In our previous study [1], employing the pCUP1-vpr copper-inducible expression cassette, Vpr was shown to cause growth arrest and structural defects. In this study yeast constitutively expressing vpr, through elevated copy number and/or elevated transcription levels, displayed no growth arrest in fermentative growth conditions while Vpr was produced at much lower levels than in the inducible expression system. However, such cells were respiratory deficient and unable to utilise ethanol or glycerol as the sole carbon source. They exhibited gross mitochondrial dysfunction displayed in the loss of respiratory chain complex I, II, III, IV and citrate synthase activities. The effects on mitochondria required a C-terminal domain of Vpr that contains a conserved amino acid sequence motif HFRIGCRHSRIG. These results suggest that the widely observed phenomenon of 'Vpr-induced growth arrest' in human cells could be due to mitochondrial dysfunction.
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- I G Macreadie
- Biomolecular Research Institute, Parkville, Victoria, Australia.
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Considerable advances have been made in the evaluation and treatment of diarrhea in HIV-infected individuals, although gaps in knowledge still exist. The availability of newer and more powerful antiretroviral agents should allow a better definition of the effect of local HIV infection on intestinal function. Further attention to the pathophysiology of diarrhea should lead to improvements in diagnosis and treatment.
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- S S Lu
- Department of Medicine, St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, New York, USA
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Schumacher HR, Howe HS. Synovial fluid cells in systemic lupus erythematosus: light and electron microscopic studies. Lupus 1995; 4:353-64. [PMID: 8563729 DOI: 10.1177/096120339500400505] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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Joint fluid findings in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) have been described in only a few series and systematic electron microscopic study of the synovial fluid (SF) cells has not been reported. We describe the evaluation of 17 SF in patients with SLE with routine analysis and electron microscopy. Joint effusions had a wider range of leukocyte counts than often appreciated, with counts varying from 875 to 39,250 cells per mm3. LE inclusions were seen in eight fluids and have been shown to contain chromatin-like filaments by electron microscopy. There was little associated electron dense immunoglobulin-like material. Tubuloreticular structures (TRS) found in seven SF were mostly in mononuclear cells including some LE cells. The known association of TRS with alpha interferon and viral infections may have important implications for pathogenesis.
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- H R Schumacher
- Arthritis Unit, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
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The small intestine is a common site of involvement in patients infected with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). Although there are numerous mechanisms by which small intestinal disease may occur in HIV infected patients, the resulting clinical manifestations of these disorders are remarkably similar and include the development of diarrhoea, weight loss and nutrient deficiencies. In fact, the original designation of AIDS in African countries as the 'slim disease' underlines the importance of small intestinal involvement (most likely secondary to parasitic infections) which commonly occurs in Third World Countries. The current review will provide a clinically oriented overview of small intestinal disease in patients infected with HIV. Because specific data on treatment of small intestinal diseases in AIDS is often lacking, some presented information is based on the author's experience and opinions.
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Lim SG, Menzies IS, Nukajam WS, Lee CA, Johnson MA, Pounder RE. Intestinal disaccharidase activity in human immunodeficiency virus disease. Scand J Gastroenterol 1995; 30:235-41. [PMID: 7770712 DOI: 10.3109/00365529509093270] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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BACKGROUND The relationship between disaccharidase activity, progression of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) disease, and diarrhoea and weight loss was investigated. METHODS Forty-six HIV-positive patients ingested a solution of lactose, palatinose, sucrose, and lactulose after 24 h of dietary exclusion and overnight fasting, after which urine was collected for 10 h. Urinary disaccharide (activity) ratios-lactose/lactulose (L/LL), palatinose/lactulose (P/LL), and sucrose/lactulose (S/LL)-were measured by thin-layer chromatography. RESULTS There was a significant decrease in disaccharidase activity (L/LL, P/LL, and S/LL) with advancing clinical stage of HIV disease (p < 0.05, Wilcoxon rank sum test) as well as decreasing CD4 count (p < 0.05, Spearman correlation). Patients with weight loss/diarrhoea also had significantly (p < 0.05) decreased disaccharidase activity compared with control but not as compared with AIDS patients. Anti-retroviral therapy did not influence disaccharidase activity. CONCLUSION Impairment of disaccharidase activity occurs with advancing HIV disease, but its role in HIV patients with weight loss and diarrhoea remains to be determined.
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- S G Lim
- University Dept. of Medicine, Haemophilia Centre, London, UK
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Benhamou Y, Hilmarsdottir I, Desportes-Livage I, Hoang C, Datry A, Danis M, Gentilini M, Opolon P. Association of lipid accumulation in small intestinal mucosa with decreased serum triglyceride and cholesterol levels in AIDS. Dig Dis Sci 1994; 39:2163-9. [PMID: 7924737 DOI: 10.1007/bf02090366] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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Lipid accumulation has been described in the duodenal lamina propria of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected patients with diarrhea and malabsorption. Using light and electron microscopy, we studied duodenal biopsies obtained from 54 consecutive HIV-infected patients by means of upper gastrointestinal endoscopy after an overnight fast. The presence of diarrhea and weight loss were recorded, and all the patients had standard stool study for ova, parasites, and bacteria. Serum levels of albumin, triglycerides, and cholesterol were obtained within one week of the endoscopy. Fecal fat and fecal alpha 1-antitrypsin clearance were measured in 11 patients. Lipid accumulation was observed in nine patients (16.6%). Fat droplets were seen in enterocytes, in their basolateral membrane spaces, and in the lamina propria. The mean serum levels of triglycerides (1.85 +/- 0.20 mmol/liter) and cholesterol (2.81 +/- 0.30 mmol/liter) were significantly lower in the patients with enteric steatosis than in patients without this anomaly (respectively, 3.38 +/- 0.39 and 3.97 +/- 0.18 mmol/liter, P < 0.001 P < 0.01). The mean amount of fecal fat in the three patients with lipid accumulation (16 +/- 1.60 g/24 hr) was significantly larger than in the eight patients without lipid accumulation (4.50 +/- 0.62 g/24 hr, P < 0.01). These findings suggest that fat malabsorption in HIV-infected individuals is due to a blockage of transport through the duodenal mucosa. The frequency of diarrhea, weight loss, or identified enteric pathogens did not differ significantly between patients with and without enteric steatosis. Both the etiology and the pathophysiology of these alterations remain to be documented.
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- Y Benhamou
- Département des Maladies Infectieuses, Parasitaires, Tropicales et de Santé Publique, Groupe Hospitalier Pitié-Salpêtrière, Paris, France
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Lane RJ, McLean KA, Moss J, Woodrow DF. Myopathy in HIV infection: the role of zidovudine and the significance of tubuloreticular inclusions. Neuropathol Appl Neurobiol 1993; 19:406-13. [PMID: 8278024 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2990.1993.tb00462.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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Muscle biopsies were obtained from 33 consecutive HIV-infected patients with symptoms suggestive of muscle disorder. Twenty-three patients had clinical evidence of myopathy; 18 of these had been taking zidovudine (AZT) for between 8 and 28 months, and were found to have a multifocal necrotizing myopathy with little or no inflammation. However, the remaining five clinically myopathic patients, who had never received AZT or had stopped treatment at least 5 months earlier, had either a necrotizing myopathy which appeared indistinguishable for that seen in patients taking the drug, or an inflammatory myopathy. The 10 clinically non-myopathic patients showed no significant histological abnormalities. Tubuloreticular inclusions (TRI), in capillary endothelial cells, were found in all clinically myopathic cases but were not seen in five out of ten clinically non-myopathic cases. We suggest that AZT causes a myopathy only when an underlying HIV-related inflammatory myopathy is present. The drug appears to substantially reduce the inflammatory reaction in the muscle, but this may recur when the drug is stopped. The appearance of TRI may be the first manifestation of HIV activity in muscle.
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- R J Lane
- Academic Unit of Neuroscience, Charing Cross and Westminster Medical School, London
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Lim SG, Menzies IS, Lee CA, Johnson MA, Pounder RE. Intestinal permeability and function in patients infected with human immunodeficiency virus. A comparison with coeliac disease. Scand J Gastroenterol 1993; 28:573-80. [PMID: 8362208 DOI: 10.3109/00365529309096090] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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The relationships among intestinal permeability, advancing human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection, and the presence of diarrhoea or weight loss were investigated in 51 HIV patients and 20 healthy controls. Ten patients with untreated coeliac disease were also investigated for comparison. Fasting subjects drank an isosmolar test solution containing D-xylose, lactulose (LL), L-rhamnose (R) and 3-O-methyl-D-glucose. Urine was collected for 5 h, test sugar content being subsequently measured by thin-layer chromatography for the dosing sugars. Intestinal permeability (LL/R excretion ratio) and recovery of D-xylose and 3-O-methyl-D-glucose in urine were abnormal in patients with HIV disease, and especially those with diarrhoea, as they were in coeliac disease. Patients with coeliac disease and HIV disease, especially when diarrhoea and/or weight loss were present, had significantly reduced 5-h excretion of L-rhamnose, D-xylose, and 3-O-methyl-D-glucose. These data indicate that abnormal permeability and reduced intestinal absorption capacity are common in HIV patients, occur at all stages of HIV disease, especially in the presence of diarrhoea, and, with the exception of lactulose permeation, are relatively similar to the alterations seen in coeliac disease.
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- S G Lim
- University Dept. of Medicine, Royal Free Hospital and School of Medicine, London, U.K
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Sharkey KA, Sutherland LR, Davison JS, Zwiers H, Gill MJ, Church DL. Peptides in the gastrointestinal tract in human immunodeficiency virus infection. The GI/HIV Study Group of the University of Calgary. Gastroenterology 1992; 103:18-28. [PMID: 1535325 DOI: 10.1016/0016-5085(92)91090-q] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
Abstract
The presence of immunoreactivity to the neuronal phosphoprotein B-50 and the peptides bombesin, calcitonin gene-related peptide, galanin, neurotensin, neuropeptide Y, somatostatin, substance P, and vasoactive intestinal polypeptide was examined in biopsy specimens from the duodenum and rectum of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-seropositive and HIV-seronegative male homosexual patients. The distribution of B-50 and the peptides was correlated with HIV serology, number of CD4+ lymphocytes, and the presence of HIV in biopsy culture. There was a very low incidence of enteric pathogens in both groups of patients. It was found that HIV-seropositive patients had a greater incidence of abnormal patterns of immunoreactivity (reduced intensity and/or density of innervation) in enteric nerves and enteroendocrine cells than HIV-seronegative patients. A reduction of substance P immunoreactivity was significantly correlated with reduced CD4+ lymphocyte count and HIV status; a similar trend was also seen for somatostatin and vasoactive intestinal polypeptide. Using B-50 as a marker, it was found that both groups of patients had altered patterns of immunoreactivity in rectal nerves. The findings of this study suggest that some of the clinical symptoms associated with HIV infection may be caused by a specific HIV enteropathy that influences enteric nerve and/or enteroendocrine cell function by altering the density of peptide immunoreactivity.
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Affiliation(s)
- K A Sharkey
- Department of Community Health Sciences, University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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