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Caffall ZF, Wilkes BJ, Hernández-Martinez R, Rittiner JE, Fox JT, Wan KK, Shipman MK, Titus SA, Zhang YQ, Patnaik S, Hall MD, Boxer MB, Shen M, Li Z, Vaillancourt DE, Calakos N. The HIV protease inhibitor, ritonavir, corrects diverse brain phenotypes across development in mouse model of DYT-TOR1A dystonia. Sci Transl Med 2021; 13:13/607/eabd3904. [PMID: 34408078 DOI: 10.1126/scitranslmed.abd3904] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/25/2020] [Revised: 12/14/2020] [Accepted: 06/03/2021] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
Abstract
Dystonias are a group of chronic movement-disabling disorders for which highly effective oral medications or disease-modifying therapies are lacking. The most effective treatments require invasive procedures such as deep brain stimulation. In this study, we used a high-throughput assay based on a monogenic form of dystonia, DYT1 (DYT-TOR1A), to screen a library of compounds approved for use in humans, the NCATS Pharmaceutical Collection (NPC; 2816 compounds), and identify drugs able to correct mislocalization of the disease-causing protein variant, ∆E302/3 hTorsinA. The HIV protease inhibitor, ritonavir, was among 18 compounds found to normalize hTorsinA mislocalization. Using a DYT1 knock-in mouse model to test efficacy on brain pathologies, we found that ritonavir restored multiple brain abnormalities across development. Ritonavir acutely corrected striatal cholinergic interneuron physiology in the mature brain and yielded sustained correction of diffusion tensor magnetic resonance imaging signals when delivered during a discrete early developmental window. Mechanistically, we found that, across the family of HIV protease inhibitors, efficacy correlated with integrated stress response activation. These preclinical results identify ritonavir as a drug candidate for dystonia with disease-modifying potential.
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- Zachary F Caffall
- Department of Neurology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27715, USA
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- Department of Applied Physiology and Kinesiology, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27715, USA
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- National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, MD 20850, USA
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- National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, MD 20850, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27715, USA
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- National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, MD 20850, USA
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- National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, MD 20850, USA
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- National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, MD 20850, USA
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- National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, MD 20850, USA
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- National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, MD 20850, USA
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- National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, MD 20850, USA
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- National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, MD 20850, USA
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- Department of Applied Physiology and Kinesiology, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611, USA.,Department of Neurology, Fixel Institute for Neurological Diseases, McKnight Brain Institute, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27715, USA. .,Department of Neurobiology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27715, USA.,Department of Cell Biology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27715, USA.,Duke Institute for Brain Sciences, Duke University, Durham, NC 27715, USA
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De La Garza R, Rodrigo H, Fernandez F, Roy U. The Increase of HIV-1 Infection, Neurocognitive Impairment, and Type 2 Diabetes in The Rio Grande Valley. Curr HIV Res 2021; 17:377-387. [PMID: 31663481 DOI: 10.2174/1570162x17666191029162235] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/19/2019] [Revised: 10/17/2019] [Accepted: 10/26/2019] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
Abstract
The Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV-1) infection remains a persistent predicament for the State of Texas, ranking seventh among the most documented HIV cases in the United States. In this regard, the Rio Grande Valley (RGV) in South Texas is considered as one of the least investigated areas of the state with respect to HIV infection and HIV associated comorbidities. Considering the 115% increase in average HIV incidence rates per 100,000 within the RGV from 2007-2015, it is worth characterizing this population with respect to their HIV-1 infection, HIV-1 Associated Neurocognitive Disorders (HAND), and the association of treatment with combined antiretroviral therapy (cART). Moreover, the increased rate of Type-2 Diabetes (T2D) in the RGV population is intertwined with that of HIV-1 infection facing challenges due to the lack of knowledge about prevention to inadequate access to healthcare. Hence, the role of T2D in the development of HAND among the people living with HIV (PLWH) in the RGV will be reviewed to establish a closer link between T2D and HAND in cART-treated patients of the RGV.
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- Roberto De La Garza
- Department of Health and Biomedical Sciences, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, Brownsville, Texas, United States
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- School of Mathematical and Statistical Sciences, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, Edinburg, Texas, United States
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- Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, Harlingen, Texas, United States
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- Department of Health and Biomedical Sciences, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, Brownsville, Texas, United States
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Kakad SP, Kshirsagar SJ. Neuro-AIDS: Current Status and Challenges to Antiretroviral Drug Therapy (ART) for Its Treatment. CURRENT DRUG THERAPY 2020. [DOI: 10.2174/1574885515666200604123046] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
Abstract
Introduction:
The infiltration of HIV into the brain alters the functions of the nervous
system known as Neuro-AIDS. It leads to neuronal defects clinically manifested by motor and cognitive
dysfunctions.
Materials and Methods:
Current antiretroviral therapy can prevent viral replication but cannot cure
the disease completely. HAART-Highly active antiretroviral therapy is used for the treatment of
HIV infection. Challenges in neuro-AIDS therapy are as shown in the graphical abstract. One of the
challenges is latent viral reservoirs like the brain; which act as a sanctuary site for viruses. Nearly
~50% of HIV patients show neuropathological signs. Nervous system related disorders, including
AIDS dementia, sensory neuropathy, and myelopathy have a 25% of prevalence in patients having
access to a highly active combination of antiretroviral therapy.
Results and Conclusion:
Brain is one of the viral sanctuary sites for HIV. The current need of
neuro-AIDS therapy is to target the brain as a viral reservoir. Drugs should cross or bypass the
blood-brain barrier to reach the brain with effective concentrations. Current research on novel drug
delivery approaches may prove helpful in treating neuro-AIDS and related disorders effectively.
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- Smita P. Kakad
- Department of Pharmaceutics, MET’s Institute of Pharmacy, Adgaon, Nashik, Savitribai Phule Pune University, Maharashtra, Pune 422003, India
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- Department of Pharmaceutics, MET’s Institute of Pharmacy, Adgaon, Nashik, Savitribai Phule Pune University, Maharashtra, Pune 422003, India
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Sarma A, Das MK. Nose to brain delivery of antiretroviral drugs in the treatment of neuroAIDS. MOLECULAR BIOMEDICINE 2020; 1:15. [PMID: 34765998 PMCID: PMC7725542 DOI: 10.1186/s43556-020-00019-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/19/2020] [Accepted: 11/17/2020] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
Abstract
NeuroAIDS (Neuro Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome) or HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus) associated neuronal abnormality is continuing to be a significant health issue among AIDS patients even under the treatment of combined antiretroviral therapy (cART). Injury and damage to neurons of the brain are the prime causes of neuroAIDS, which happens due to the ingress of HIV by direct permeation across the blood-brain barrier (BBB) or else via peripherally infected macrophage into the central nervous system (CNS). The BBB performs as a stringent barricade for the delivery of therapeutics drugs. The intranasal route of drug administration exhibits as a non-invasive technique to bypass the BBB for the delivery of antiretroviral drugs and other active pharmaceutical ingredients inside the brain and CNS. This method is fruitful for the drugs that are unable to invade the BBB to show its action in the CNS and thus erase the demand of systemic delivery and thereby shrink systemic side effects. Drug delivery from the nose to the brain/CNS takes very less time through both olfactory and trigeminal nerves. Intranasal delivery does not require the involvement of any receptor as it occurs by an extracellular route. Nose to brain delivery also involves nasal associated lymphatic tissues (NALT) and deep cervical lymph nodes. However, very little research has been done to explore the utility of nose to brain delivery of antiretroviral drugs in the treatment of neuroAIDS. This review focuses on the potential of nasal route for the effective delivery of antiretroviral nanoformulations directly from nose to the brain.
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- Anupam Sarma
- Drug Delivery Research Laboratory, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Dibrugarh University, Dibrugarh, Assam 786004 India.,Pratiksha Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Guwahati, Assam 781026 India
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- Drug Delivery Research Laboratory, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Dibrugarh University, Dibrugarh, Assam 786004 India
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Brenza TM, Schlichtmann BW, Bhargavan B, Ramirez JEV, Nelson RD, Panthani MG, McMillan JM, Kalyanaraman B, Gendelman HE, Anantharam V, Kanthasamy AG, Mallapragada SK, Narasimhan B, Kanmogne GD. Biodegradable polyanhydride-based nanomedicines for blood to brain drug delivery. J Biomed Mater Res A 2018; 106:2881-2890. [PMID: 30369055 PMCID: PMC6366942 DOI: 10.1002/jbm.a.36477] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/13/2018] [Revised: 05/25/2018] [Accepted: 06/01/2018] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
Abstract
An urgent need to deliver therapeutics across the blood-brain barrier (BBB) underlies a paucity of effective therapies currently available for treatment of degenerative, infectious, traumatic, chemical, and metabolic disorders of the nervous system. With an eye toward achieving this goal, an in vitro BBB model was employed to simulate biodegradable polyanhydride nanoparticle-based drug delivery to the brain. Using a combination of confocal microscopy, flow cytometry, and high performance liquid chromatography, we examined the potential of polyanhydride nanoparticles containing the anti-oxidant, mito-apocynin, to be internalized and then transferred from monocytes to human brain microvascular endothelial cells. The efficacy of this nanoparticle-based delivery platform was demonstrated by neuronal protection against oxidative stress. Taken together, this polyanhydride nanoparticle-based delivery system holds promise for enhancing neuroprotection by facilitating drug transport across the BBB. © 2018 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Biomed Mater Res Part A: 106A: 2881-2890, 2018.
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- Timothy M. Brenza
- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology and Experimental Neuroscience, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, USA
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- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, USA
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- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, USA
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- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology and Experimental Neuroscience, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology and Experimental Neuroscience, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, USA
- Nanovaccine Institute, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, USA
- Nanovaccine Institute, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, USA
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- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, USA
- Nanovaccine Institute, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, USA
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- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, USA
- Nanovaccine Institute, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology and Experimental Neuroscience, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, USA
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Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-associated neurocognitive disorders (HAND) remain a common end-organ manifestation of viral infection. Subclinical and mild symptoms lead to neurocognitive and behavioral abnormalities. These are associated, in part, with viral penetrance and persistence in the central nervous system. Infections of peripheral blood monocytes, macrophages, and microglia are the primary drivers of neuroinflammation and neuronal impairments. While current antiretroviral therapy (ART) has reduced the incidence of HIV-associated dementia, milder forms of HAND continue. Depression, comorbid conditions such as infectious liver disease, drugs of abuse, antiretroviral drugs themselves, age-related neurodegenerative diseases, gastrointestinal maladies, and concurrent social and economic issues can make accurate diagnosis of HAND challenging. Increased life expectancy as a result of ART clearly creates this variety of comorbid conditions that often blur the link between the virus and disease. With the discovery of novel biomarkers, neuropsychologic testing, and imaging techniques to better diagnose HAND, the emergence of brain-penetrant ART, adjunctive therapies, longer life expectancy, and better understanding of disease pathogenesis, disease elimination is perhaps a realistic possibility. This review focuses on HIV-associated disease pathobiology with an eye towards changing trends in the face of widespread availability of ART.
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Cao S, Woodrow KA. Nanotechnology approaches to eradicating HIV reservoirs. Eur J Pharm Biopharm 2018; 138:48-63. [PMID: 29879528 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejpb.2018.06.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/09/2018] [Revised: 05/29/2018] [Accepted: 06/02/2018] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
Abstract
The advent of combination antiretroviral therapy (cART) has transformed HIV-1 infection into a controllable chronic disease, but these therapies are incapable of eradicating the virus to bring about an HIV cure. Multiple strategies have been proposed and investigated to eradicate latent viral reservoirs from various biological sanctuaries. However, due to the complexity of HIV infection and latency maintenance, a single drug is unlikely to eliminate all HIV reservoirs and novel strategies may be needed to achieve better efficacy while limiting systemic toxicity. In this review, we describe HIV latency in cellular and anatomical reservoirs, and present an overview of current strategies for HIV cure with a focus on their challenges for clinical translation. Then we provide a summary of nanotechnology solutions that have been used to address challenges in HIV cure by delivering physicochemically diverse agents for combination therapy or targeting HIV reservoir sites. We also review nanocarrier-based gene delivery and immunotherapy used in cancer treatment but may have potential applications in HIV cure.
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- Shijie Cao
- Department of Bioengineering, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98105, USA
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- Department of Bioengineering, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98105, USA.
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HIV and the Macrophage: From Cell Reservoirs to Drug Delivery to Viral Eradication. J Neuroimmune Pharmacol 2018; 14:52-67. [PMID: 29572681 DOI: 10.1007/s11481-018-9785-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/30/2018] [Accepted: 03/16/2018] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
Abstract
Macrophages serve as host cells, inflammatory disease drivers and drug runners for human immunodeficiency virus infection and treatments. Low-level viral persistence continues in these cells in the absence of macrophage death. However, the cellular microenvironment changes as a consequence of viral infection with aberrant production of pro-inflammatory factors and promotion of oxidative stress. These herald viral spread from macrophages to neighboring CD4+ T cells and end organ damage. Virus replicates in tissue reservoir sites that include the nervous, pulmonary, cardiovascular, gut, and renal organs. However, each of these events are held in check by antiretroviral therapy. A hidden and often overlooked resource of the macrophage rests in its high cytoplasmic nuclear ratios that allow the cell to sense its environment and rid it of the cellular waste products and microbial pathogens it encounters. These phagocytic and intracellular killing sensing mechanisms can also be used in service as macrophages serve as cellular carriage depots for antiretroviral nanoparticles and are able to deliver medicines to infectious disease sites with improved therapeutic outcomes. These undiscovered cellular functions can lead to reductions in persistent infection and may potentially facilitate the eradication of residual virus to eliminate disease.
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Kaushik A, Jayant RD, Nair M. Nanomedicine for neuroHIV/AIDS management. Nanomedicine (Lond) 2018; 13:669-673. [PMID: 29485351 DOI: 10.2217/nnm-2018-0005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2023] Open
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- Ajeet Kaushik
- Center for Personalized Nanomedicine, Institute of NeuroImmune Pharmacology, Department of Immunology, Herbert, Wertheim College of Medicine, Florida International University, Miami, FL 33199, USA
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- Center for Personalized Nanomedicine, Institute of NeuroImmune Pharmacology, Department of Immunology, Herbert, Wertheim College of Medicine, Florida International University, Miami, FL 33199, USA
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- Center for Personalized Nanomedicine, Institute of NeuroImmune Pharmacology, Department of Immunology, Herbert, Wertheim College of Medicine, Florida International University, Miami, FL 33199, USA
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Mullis AS, Schlichtmann BW, Narasimhan B, Cademartiri R, Mallapragada SK. Ligand-cascading nano-delivery devices to enable multiscale targeting of anti-neurodegenerative therapeutics. Biomed Mater 2018; 13:034102. [DOI: 10.1088/1748-605x/aaa778] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Abstract
Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is a neurotropic virus that enters the central nervous system (CNS) early in the course of infection. Although highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) has resulted in remarkable decline in the morbidity and mortality in AIDS patients, controlling HIV infections still remains a global health priority. HIV access to the CNS serves as the natural viral preserve because most antiretroviral (ARV) drugs possess inadequate or zero delivery across the brain barriers. The structure of the blood-brain barrier (BBB), the presence of efflux pumps, and the expression of metabolic enzymes pose hurdles for ARV drug-brain entry. Thus, development of target-specific, effective, safe, and controllable drug delivery approach is an important health priority for global elimination of AIDS progression. Nanoformulations can circumvent the BBB to improve CNS-directed drug delivery by affecting such pumps and enzymes. Alternatively, they can be optimized to affect their size, shape, and protein and lipid coatings to facilitate drug uptake, release, and ingress across the barrier. Improved drug delivery to the CNS would affect pharmacokinetic and drug biodistribution properties. This review focuses on how nanotechnology can serve to improve the delivery of antiretroviral medicines, termed NanoART, across the BBB and affect the biodistribution and clinical benefit for NeuroAIDS.
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Dental C, Proust A, Ouellet M, Barat C, Tremblay MJ. HIV-1 Latency-Reversing Agents Prostratin and Bryostatin-1 Induce Blood-Brain Barrier Disruption/Inflammation and Modulate Leukocyte Adhesion/Transmigration. THE JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 2016; 198:1229-1241. [PMID: 27994072 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.1600742] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/25/2016] [Accepted: 11/17/2016] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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A shock-and-kill approach involving the simultaneous treatment of HIV-1-infected patients with latency-reversing agents (LRAs) and combination antiretroviral therapy was proposed as a means to eradicate viral reservoirs. Currently available LRAs cannot discriminate between HIV-1-infected and uninfected cells. Therefore, the risks and benefits of using broad-spectrum LRAs need to be carefully evaluated, particularly in the CNS, where inflammation and leukocyte transmigration must be tightly regulated. We used a real-time impedance-sensing system to dynamically record the impact of different classes of LRAs on the integrity of tight monolayers of the immortalized human cerebral microvascular endothelial cell line hCMEC/D3. Results show that prostratin and bryostatin-1 can significantly damage the integrity of an endothelial monolayer. Moreover, prostratin and bryostatin-1 induce secretion of some proinflammatory cytokines and an increase of ICAM-1 expression. Additional studies demonstrated that prostratin and bryostatin-1 also affect adhesion and transmigration of CD4+ and CD8+ T cells as well as monocytes in an in vitro human blood-brain barrier (BBB) model. Prostratin and bryostatin-1 could thus be considered as potent regulators of BBB permeability and inflammation that influence leukocyte transport across the BBB. Altogether, these findings contribute to a better understanding of the potential risks and benefits of using a shock-and-kill approach with LRAs on the normal physiological functions of the BBB.
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- Clélia Dental
- Axe des Maladies Infectieuses et Immunitaires, Centre de Recherche du Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Québec-Université Laval, Quebec City, Quebec G1V 4G2, Canada; and
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- Axe des Maladies Infectieuses et Immunitaires, Centre de Recherche du Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Québec-Université Laval, Quebec City, Quebec G1V 4G2, Canada; and
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- Axe des Maladies Infectieuses et Immunitaires, Centre de Recherche du Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Québec-Université Laval, Quebec City, Quebec G1V 4G2, Canada; and
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- Axe des Maladies Infectieuses et Immunitaires, Centre de Recherche du Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Québec-Université Laval, Quebec City, Quebec G1V 4G2, Canada; and
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- Axe des Maladies Infectieuses et Immunitaires, Centre de Recherche du Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Québec-Université Laval, Quebec City, Quebec G1V 4G2, Canada; and .,Département de Microbiologie-Infectiologie et Immunologie, Faculté de Médecine, Université Laval, Quebec City, Quebec G1V 0A6, Canada
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Nanoformulated Antiretrovirals for Penetration of the Central Nervous System: State of the Art. J Neuroimmune Pharmacol 2016; 12:17-30. [PMID: 27832401 DOI: 10.1007/s11481-016-9716-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/12/2016] [Accepted: 10/28/2016] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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The central nervous system is a very challenging HIV-1 sanctuary. But, despite complete suppression of plasmatic viral replication with current antiretroviral therapy, signs of HIV-1 replication can still be found in the cerebrospinal fluid in some patients. The main limitation to achieving HIV-1 eradication from the brain is related to the suboptimal concentrations of antiretrovirals within this site, due to their low permeation across the blood-brain barrier. In recent years, a number of reliable nanotechnological strategies have been developed with the aim of enhancing antiretroviral drug penetration across the blood-brain barrier. The aim of this review is to provide an overview of the different nanoformulated antiretrovirals, used in both clinical and preclinical studies, that are designed to improve their delivery into the brain by active or passive permeation mechanisms through the barrier. Different nanotechnological approaches have proven successful for optimizing antiretrovirals delivery to the central nervous system, with a likely benefit for HIV-associated neurocognitive disorders and a more debated contribution to the complete eradication of the HIV-1 infection.
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Brenza TM, Ghaisas S, Ramirez JEV, Harischandra D, Anantharam V, Kalyanaraman B, Kanthasamy AG, Narasimhan B. Neuronal protection against oxidative insult by polyanhydride nanoparticle-based mitochondria-targeted antioxidant therapy. NANOMEDICINE-NANOTECHNOLOGY BIOLOGY AND MEDICINE 2016; 13:809-820. [PMID: 27771430 DOI: 10.1016/j.nano.2016.10.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/25/2016] [Revised: 08/30/2016] [Accepted: 10/10/2016] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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A progressive loss of neuronal structure and function is a signature of many neurodegenerative conditions including chronic traumatic encephalopathy, Parkinson's, Huntington's and Alzheimer's diseases. Mitochondrial dysfunction and oxidative and nitrative stress have been implicated as key pathological mechanisms underlying the neurodegenerative processes. However, current therapeutic approaches targeting oxidative damage are ineffective in preventing the progression of neurodegeneration. Mitochondria-targeted antioxidants were recently shown to alleviate oxidative damage. In this work, we investigated the delivery of biodegradable polyanhydride nanoparticles containing the mitochondria-targeted antioxidant apocynin to neuronal cells and the ability of the nano-formulation to protect cells against oxidative stress. The nano-formulated mitochondria-targeted apocynin provided excellent protection against oxidative stress-induced mitochondrial dysfunction and neuronal damage in a dopaminergic neuronal cell line, mouse primary cortical neurons, and a human mesencephalic cell line. Collectively, our results demonstrate that nano-formulated mitochondria-targeted apocynin may offer improved efficacy of mitochondria-targeted antioxidants to treat neurodegenerative disease.
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- Timothy M Brenza
- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, USA
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- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, USA
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- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, USA.
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Leporati A, Novikov MS, Valuev-Elliston VT, Korolev SP, Khandazhinskaya AL, Kochetkov SN, Gupta S, Goding J, Bolotin E, Gottikh MB, Bogdanov AA. Hydrophobic-core PEGylated graft copolymer-stabilized nanoparticles composed of insoluble non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors exhibit strong anti-HIV activity. NANOMEDICINE-NANOTECHNOLOGY BIOLOGY AND MEDICINE 2016; 12:2405-2413. [PMID: 27456163 DOI: 10.1016/j.nano.2016.07.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/01/2016] [Revised: 06/29/2016] [Accepted: 07/11/2016] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Benzophenone-uracil (BPU) scaffold-derived candidate compounds are efficient non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors (NNRTI) with extremely low solubility in water. We proposed to use hydrophobic core (methoxypolyethylene glycol-polylysine) graft copolymer (HC-PGC) technology for stabilizing nanoparticle-based formulations of BPU NNRTI in water. Co-lyophilization of NNRTI/HC-PGC mixtures resulted in dry powders that could be easily reconstituted with the formation of 150-250 nm stable nanoparticles (NP). The NP and HC-PGC were non-toxic in experiments with TZM-bl reporter cells. Nanoparticles containing selected efficient candidate Z107 NNRTI preserved the ability to inhibit HIV-1 reverse transcriptase polymerase activities with no appreciable change of EC50. The formulation with HC-PGC bearing residues of oleic acid resulted in nanoparticles that were nearly identical in anti-HIV-1 potency when compared to Z107 solutions in DMSO (EC50=7.5±3.8 vs. 8.2±5.1 nM). Therefore, hydrophobic core macromolecular stabilizers form nanoparticles with insoluble NNRTI while preserving the antiviral activity of the drug cargo.
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- Anita Leporati
- Laboratory of Molecular Imaging Probes, Department of Radiology, University of Massachusetts Medical School,Worcester,MA
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- Lomonosov Moscow State University, Belozersky Institute of Physico-Chemical Biology and Chemistry Department, Moscow, Russia
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- Engelhardt Institute of Molecular Biology, Russian Academy of Sciences,Moscow, Russia
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- Laboratory of Molecular Imaging Probes, Department of Radiology, University of Massachusetts Medical School,Worcester,MA
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- Laboratory of Molecular Imaging Probes, Department of Radiology, University of Massachusetts Medical School,Worcester,MA
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- Lomonosov Moscow State University, Belozersky Institute of Physico-Chemical Biology and Chemistry Department, Moscow, Russia
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- Laboratory of Molecular Imaging Probes, Department of Radiology, University of Massachusetts Medical School,Worcester,MA.
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Narasimhan B, Goodman JT, Vela Ramirez JE. Rational Design of Targeted Next-Generation Carriers for Drug and Vaccine Delivery. Annu Rev Biomed Eng 2016; 18:25-49. [PMID: 26789697 DOI: 10.1146/annurev-bioeng-082615-030519] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Pattern recognition receptors on innate immune cells play an important role in guiding how cells interact with the rest of the organism and in determining the direction of the downstream immune response. Recent advances have elucidated the structure and function of these receptors, providing new opportunities for developing targeted drugs and vaccines to treat infections, cancers, and neurological disorders. C-type lectin receptors, Toll-like receptors, and folate receptors have attracted interest for their ability to endocytose their ligands or initiate signaling pathways that influence the immune response. Several novel technologies are being developed to engage these receptors, including recombinant antibodies, adoptive immunotherapy, and chemically modified antigens and drug delivery vehicles. These active targeting technologies will help address current challenges facing drug and vaccine delivery and lead to new tools to treat human diseases.
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- Balaji Narasimhan
- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 50011;
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- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 50011;
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- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 50011;
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Martinez-Skinner AL, Araínga MA, Puligujja P, Palandri DL, Baldridge HM, Edagwa BJ, McMillan JM, Mosley RL, Gendelman HE. Cellular Responses and Tissue Depots for Nanoformulated Antiretroviral Therapy. PLoS One 2015; 10:e0145966. [PMID: 26716700 PMCID: PMC4696780 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0145966] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/27/2015] [Accepted: 12/10/2015] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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Long-acting nanoformulated antiretroviral therapy (nanoART) induces a range of innate immune migratory, phagocytic and secretory cell functions that perpetuate drug depots. While recycling endosomes serve as the macrophage subcellular depots, little is known of the dynamics of nanoART-cell interactions. To this end, we assessed temporal leukocyte responses, drug uptake and distribution following both intraperitoneal and intramuscular injection of nanoformulated atazanavir (nanoATV). Local inflammatory responses heralded drug distribution to peritoneal cell populations, regional lymph nodes, spleen and liver. This proceeded for three days in male Balb/c mice. NanoATV-induced changes in myeloid populations were assessed by fluorescence-activated cell sorting (FACS) with CD45, CD3, CD11b, F4/80, and GR-1 antibodies. The localization of nanoATV within leukocyte cell subsets was determined by confocal microscopy. Combined FACS and ultra-performance liquid chromatography tandem mass-spectrometry assays determined nanoATV carriages by cell-based vehicles. A robust granulocyte, but not peritoneal macrophage nanoATV response paralleled zymosan A treatment. ATV levels were highest at sites of injection in peritoneal or muscle macrophages, dependent on the injection site. The spleen and liver served as nanoATV tissue depots while drug levels in lymph nodes were higher than those recorded in plasma. Dual polymer and cell labeling demonstrated a nearly exclusive drug reservoir in macrophages within the liver and spleen. Overall, nanoART induces innate immune responses coincident with rapid tissue macrophage distribution. Taken together, these works provide avenues for therapeutic development designed towards chemical eradication of human immunodeficiency viral infection.
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- Andrea L. Martinez-Skinner
- Department of Pharmacology and Experimental Neuroscience, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, 68198–5880, United States of America
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- Department of Pharmacology and Experimental Neuroscience, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, 68198–5880, United States of America
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- Department of Pharmacology and Experimental Neuroscience, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, 68198–5880, United States of America
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- Department of Pharmacology and Experimental Neuroscience, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, 68198–5880, United States of America
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- Department of Pharmacology and Experimental Neuroscience, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, 68198–5880, United States of America
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- Department of Pharmacology and Experimental Neuroscience, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, 68198–5880, United States of America
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- Department of Pharmacology and Experimental Neuroscience, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, 68198–5880, United States of America
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- Department of Pharmacology and Experimental Neuroscience, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, 68198–5880, United States of America
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- Department of Pharmacology and Experimental Neuroscience, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, 68198–5880, United States of America
- Department of Internal Medicine, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, 68198–5880, United States of America
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Roy U, Ding H, Pilakka-Kanthikeel S, Raymond AD, Atluri V, Yndart A, Kaftanovskaya EM, Batrakova E, Agudelo M, Nair M. Preparation and characterization of anti-HIV nanodrug targeted to microfold cell of gut-associated lymphoid tissue. Int J Nanomedicine 2015; 10:5819-35. [PMID: 26425084 PMCID: PMC4583111 DOI: 10.2147/ijn.s68348] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023] Open
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The human immunodeficiency virus 1 (HIV-1) still remains one of the leading life-threatening diseases in the world. The introduction of highly active antiretroviral therapy has significantly reduced disease morbidity and mortality. However, most of the drugs have variable penetrance into viral reservoir sites, including gut-associated lymphoid tissue (GALT). Being the largest lymphoid organ, GALT plays a key role in early HIV infection and host–pathogen interaction. Many different treatment options have been proposed to eradicate the virus from GALT. However, it becomes difficult to deliver traditional drugs to the GALT because of its complex physiology. In this regard, we developed a polymer-based Pluronic nanocarrier containing anti-HIV drug called efavirenz (EFV) targeting Microfold cells (M-cells) in the GALT. M-cells are specialized epithelial cells that are predominantly present in the GALT. In this work, we have exploited this paracellular transport property of M-cells for targeted delivery of Pluronic nanocarrier tagged EFV, bioconjugated with anti-M-cell-specific antibodies to the GALT (nanodrug). Preliminary characterization showed that the nanodrug (EFV-F12-COOH) is of 140 nm size with 0.3 polydispersion index, and the zeta potential of the particles was −19.38±2.2 mV. Further, drug dissolution study has shown a significantly improved sustained release over free drugs. Binding potential of nanodrug with M-cell was also confirmed with fluorescence microscopy and in vitro uptake and release studies. The anti-HIV activity of the nanodrug was also significantly higher compared to that of free drug. This novel formulation was able to show sustained release of EFV and inhibit the HIV-1 infection in the GALT compared to the free drug. The present study has potential for our in vivo targeted nanodrug delivery system by combining traditional enteric-coated capsule technique via oral administration.
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- Upal Roy
- Center for Personalized NanoMedicine, Institute of NeuroImmune Pharmacology, Department of Immunology, Florida International University, Miami, FL, USA
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- Center for Personalized NanoMedicine, Institute of NeuroImmune Pharmacology, Department of Immunology, Florida International University, Miami, FL, USA
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- Center for Personalized NanoMedicine, Institute of NeuroImmune Pharmacology, Department of Immunology, Florida International University, Miami, FL, USA
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- Center for Personalized NanoMedicine, Institute of NeuroImmune Pharmacology, Department of Immunology, Florida International University, Miami, FL, USA
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- Center for Personalized NanoMedicine, Institute of NeuroImmune Pharmacology, Department of Immunology, Florida International University, Miami, FL, USA
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- Center for Personalized NanoMedicine, Institute of NeuroImmune Pharmacology, Department of Immunology, Florida International University, Miami, FL, USA
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- Department of Human and Molecular Genetics, Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine, Florida International University, Miami, FL, USA
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- UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
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- Center for Personalized NanoMedicine, Institute of NeuroImmune Pharmacology, Department of Immunology, Florida International University, Miami, FL, USA
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- Center for Personalized NanoMedicine, Institute of NeuroImmune Pharmacology, Department of Immunology, Florida International University, Miami, FL, USA
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Roy U, Atluri VSR, Agudelo M, Yndart A, Huang Z, Nair M. DJ1 expression downregulates in neuroblastoma cells (SK-N-MC) chronically exposed to HIV-1 and cocaine. Front Microbiol 2015; 6:749. [PMID: 26284039 PMCID: PMC4517050 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2015.00749] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/31/2015] [Accepted: 07/08/2015] [Indexed: 01/24/2023] Open
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Background: HIV-associated neurological disorder (HAND) has long been recognized as a consequence of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection in the brain. The pathology of HAND gets more complicated with the recreational drug use such as cocaine. Recent studies have suggested multiple genetic influences involved in the pathology of addiction and HAND but only a fraction of the entire genetic risk has been investigated so far. In this regard, role of DJ1 protein (a gene linked to autosomal recessive early-onset Parkinson’s disease) in regulating dopamine (DA) transmission and reactive oxygen species (ROS) production in neuronal cells will be worth investigating in HIV-1 and cocaine exposed microenvironment. Being a very abundant protein in the brain, DJ1 could serve as a potential marker for early detection of HIV-1 and/or cocaine related neurological disorder. Methods:In vitro analysis was done to observe the effect of HIV-1 and/or cocaine on DJ1 protein expression in neuroblastoma cells (SK-N-MC). Gene and protein expression analysis of DJ1 was done on the HIV infected and/or cocaine treated SK-N-MC and compared to untreated cells using real time PCR, Western Blot and flow cytometry. Effect of DJ1 dysregulation on oxidative stress was analyzed by measuring ROS production in these cells. Results: Gene expression and protein analysis indicated that there was a significant decrease in DJ1 expression in SK-N-MC chronically exposed to HIV-1 and/or cocaine which is inversely proportional to ROS production. Conclusion: This is the first study to establish that DJ1 expression level in the neuronal cells significantly decreased in presence of HIV-1 and/or cocaine indicating oxidative stress level of DA neurons.
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- Upal Roy
- Department of Immunology, Institute of NeuroImmune Pharmacology, Centre for Personalized Nanomedicine, Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine, Florida International University , Miami, FL, USA
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- Department of Immunology, Institute of NeuroImmune Pharmacology, Centre for Personalized Nanomedicine, Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine, Florida International University , Miami, FL, USA
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- Department of Immunology, Institute of NeuroImmune Pharmacology, Centre for Personalized Nanomedicine, Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine, Florida International University , Miami, FL, USA
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- Department of Immunology, Institute of NeuroImmune Pharmacology, Centre for Personalized Nanomedicine, Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine, Florida International University , Miami, FL, USA
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- Department of Immunology, Institute of NeuroImmune Pharmacology, Centre for Personalized Nanomedicine, Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine, Florida International University , Miami, FL, USA
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- Department of Immunology, Institute of NeuroImmune Pharmacology, Centre for Personalized Nanomedicine, Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine, Florida International University , Miami, FL, USA
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Edagwa BJ, Zhou T, McMillan JM, Liu XM, Gendelman HE. Development of HIV reservoir targeted long acting nanoformulated antiretroviral therapies. Curr Med Chem 2015; 21:4186-98. [PMID: 25174930 DOI: 10.2174/0929867321666140826114135] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/26/2014] [Revised: 08/19/2014] [Accepted: 08/22/2014] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection commonly results in a myriad of comorbid conditions secondary to immune deficiency. Infection also affects broad organ system function. Although current antiretroviral therapy (ART) reduces disease morbidity and mortality through effective control of peripheral viral load, restricted infection in HIV reservoirs including gut, lymphoid and central nervous system tissues, is not eliminated. What underlies these events is, in part, poor ART penetrance into each organ across tissue barriers, viral mutation and the longevity of infected cells. We posit that one means to improve these disease outcomes is through nanotechnology. To this end, this review discusses a broad range of cutting-edge nanomedicines and nanomedicine platforms that are or can be used to improve ART delivery. Discussion points include how polymer-drug conjugates, dendrimers, micelles, liposomes, solid lipid nanoparticles and polymeric nanoparticles can be harnessed to best yield cell-based delivery systems. When completely developed, such nanomedicine platforms have the potential to clear reservoirs of viral infection.
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- Department of Pharmacology and Experimental Neuroscience, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE 68198, USA.
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Cory TJ, Midde NM, Rao P, Kumar S. Investigational reverse transcriptase inhibitors for the treatment of HIV. Expert Opin Investig Drugs 2015; 24:1219-28. [PMID: 26088266 DOI: 10.1517/13543784.2015.1058357] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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INTRODUCTION While considerable advances have been made in the development of antiretroviral agents, there is still work to be done. Reverse transcriptase inhibitors are important drugs for the treatment of HIV, and considerable research is currently ongoing to develop new agents and to modify currently existing agents. AREAS COVERED Herein, the authors discuss both investigational nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors (NRTIs) and non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors (NNRTIs), including agents that are in various stages of development. They also discuss novel formulations that are being investigated for currently available drugs, and discuss the advantages that these new formulations may provide. EXPERT OPINION New formulations and co-formulations of currently existing antiretrovirals will represent an important area of development, as a means to improve adherence for HIV-positive individuals. New formulations will continue to be developed, with a focus on allowing for less-frequent administration, as well increasing drug concentrations at local sites such as vaginal tissue, rectal tissue and sites in the immune system.
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- Theodore J Cory
- University of Tennessee Health Science Center College of Pharmacy, Department of Clinical Pharmacy , 881 Madison Avenue, Memphis, TN 38163 , USA +1 901 448 7216 ; +1 901 448 1741 ;
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Verloes R, Deleu S, Niemeijer N, Crauwels H, Meyvisch P, Williams P. Safety, tolerability and pharmacokinetics of rilpivirine following administration of a long-acting formulation in healthy volunteers. HIV Med 2015; 16:477-84. [PMID: 25988676 DOI: 10.1111/hiv.12247] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 12/02/2014] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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OBJECTIVES This phase I healthy volunteer study (NCT01031589) was carried out to investigate the safety/tolerability and pharmacokinetics of a rilpivirine (RPV; TMC278) long-acting (LA) formulation after single and multiple intramuscular (i.m.) injections. METHODS In the first part of the study, which had an open-label design, a single RPV LA i.m. injection (300 mg/mL) of 300 (n = 6) or 600 (n = 5) mg was given to the volunteers. In the second part of the study, which had a double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled design, three RPV LA i.m. injections (one every 4 weeks) at 1200/600/600 mg (n = 6) or placebo (n = 2) were given. Safety and local tolerability were monitored. RPV plasma concentrations were analysed up to 28 days after injection or until they were < 20 ng/mL. RESULTS Grade 1/2 RPV-related adverse events in the 300, 600 and 1200/600/600 mg groups were: rash (zero, one and one subject, respectively, the last of whom discontinued participation in the study); musculoskeletal stiffness (three, zero and zero subjects, respectively); injection site reactions (one, two and two subjects, respectively). After one injection of 300, 600 or 1200 mg RPV LA, the mean (standard deviation) maximum plasma concentration was 39 (25), 48 (13) and 140 (16) ng/mL, and the mean (standard deviation) area under the concentration-time curve (28 days) was 17,090 (8907), 25,240 (8184) and 55,350 (13,550) ng h/mL, respectively. RPV pharmacokinetics were largely comparable after the 1200 mg loading dose and both 600 mg injections of RPV LA. The mean (standard deviation) RPV plasma concentration across the 28-day dosing interval after the last injection in the 1200/600/600 mg group was 79 (19) ng/mL. CONCLUSIONS Single and multiple i.m. injections of RPV LA demonstrated favourable local/systemic tolerability in healthy volunteers. RPV pharmacokinetics suggested that clinically relevant plasma concentrations can be achieved with this LA formulation.
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- Janssen Infectious Diseases BVBA, Beerse, Belgium
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- Janssen Clinical Pharmacology Unit, Merksem, Belgium
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- Janssen Infectious Diseases BVBA, Beerse, Belgium
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- Janssen Infectious Diseases BVBA, Beerse, Belgium
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- Janssen Infectious Diseases BVBA, Beerse, Belgium
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- Janssen Infectious Diseases BVBA, Beerse, Belgium
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Giacalone G, Hillaireau H, Fattal E. Improving bioavailability and biodistribution of anti-HIV chemotherapy. Eur J Pharm Sci 2015; 75:40-53. [PMID: 25937367 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejps.2015.04.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/16/2014] [Revised: 04/07/2015] [Accepted: 04/13/2015] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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In the context of the treatment of HIV/AIDS, many improvements have been achieved since the introduction of the combination therapy (HAART). Nevertheless, no cure for this disease has been so far possible, because of some particular features of the therapies. Among them, two important ones have been selected and will be the subject of this review. The first main concern in the treatments is the poor drug bioavailability, resulting in repeated administrations and therefore a demanding compliance (drug regimens consist of multiple drugs daily intake, and non-adherence to therapy is among the important reasons for treatment failure). A second important challenge is the need to target the drugs into the so-called reservoirs and sanctuaries, i.e. cells or body compartments where drugs cannot penetrate or are distributed in sub-active concentrations. The lack of antiviral action in these regions allows the virus to lie latent and start to replicate at any moment after therapy suspension. Recent drug delivery strategies addressing these two limitations will be presented in this review. In the first part, strategies to improve the bioavailability are proposed in order to overcome the absorption or the target cell barrier, or to extend the efficacy time of drugs. In the second section, the biodistribution issues are considered in order to target the drugs into the reservoirs and the sanctuaries, in particular the mononuclear phagocyte system and the brain.
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- Giovanna Giacalone
- Institut Galien Paris-Sud, Université Paris-Sud, Faculté de Pharmacie, 5 rue J.-B. Clément, F-92290 Châtenay-Malabry, France; CNRS, UMR 8612, F-92290 Châtenay-Malabry, France.
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- Institut Galien Paris-Sud, Université Paris-Sud, Faculté de Pharmacie, 5 rue J.-B. Clément, F-92290 Châtenay-Malabry, France; CNRS, UMR 8612, F-92290 Châtenay-Malabry, France.
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- Institut Galien Paris-Sud, Université Paris-Sud, Faculté de Pharmacie, 5 rue J.-B. Clément, F-92290 Châtenay-Malabry, France; CNRS, UMR 8612, F-92290 Châtenay-Malabry, France.
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Enabling nanomaterial, nanofabrication and cellular technologies for nanoneuromedicines. NANOMEDICINE-NANOTECHNOLOGY BIOLOGY AND MEDICINE 2015; 11:715-29. [PMID: 25652894 DOI: 10.1016/j.nano.2014.12.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/16/2014] [Revised: 12/15/2014] [Accepted: 12/18/2014] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Nanoparticulate delivery systems represent an area of particular promise for nanoneuromedicines. They possess significant potential for desperately needed therapies designed to combat a range of disorders associated with aging. As such, the field was selected as the focus for the 2014 meeting of the American Society for Nanomedicine. Regenerative, protective, immune modulatory, anti-microbial and anti-inflammatory products, or imaging agents are readily encapsulated in or conjugated to nanoparticles and as such facilitate the delivery of drug payloads to specific action sites across the blood-brain barrier. Diagnostic imaging serves to precisely monitor disease onset and progression while neural stem cell replacement can regenerate damaged tissue through control of stem cell fates. These, taken together, can improve disease burden and limit systemic toxicities. Such enabling technologies serve to protect the nervous system against a broad range of degenerative, traumatic, metabolic, infectious and immune disorders. From the clinical editor: Nanoneuromedicine is a branch of nanomedicine that specifically looks at the nervous system. In the clinical setting, a fundamental hurdle in nervous system disorders is due to an inherent inability of nerve cells to regenerate after damage. Nanotechnology can offer new approaches to overcome these challenges. This review describes recent developments in nanomedicine delivery systems that would affect stem cell repair and regeneration in the nervous system.
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Gendelman HE, Anantharam V, Bronich T, Ghaisas S, Jin H, Kanthasamy AG, Liu X, McMillan J, Mosley RL, Narasimhan B, Mallapragada SK. Nanoneuromedicines for degenerative, inflammatory, and infectious nervous system diseases. NANOMEDICINE-NANOTECHNOLOGY BIOLOGY AND MEDICINE 2015; 11:751-67. [PMID: 25645958 DOI: 10.1016/j.nano.2014.12.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/18/2014] [Revised: 12/15/2014] [Accepted: 12/18/2014] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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Interest in nanoneuromedicine has grown rapidly due to the immediate need for improved biomarkers and therapies for psychiatric, developmental, traumatic, inflammatory, infectious and degenerative nervous system disorders. These, in whole or in part, are a significant societal burden due to growth in numbers of affected people and in disease severity. Lost productivity of the patient and his or her caregiver, and the emotional and financial burden cannot be overstated. The need for improved health care, treatment and diagnostics is immediate. A means to such an end is nanotechnology. Indeed, recent developments of health-care enabling nanotechnologies and nanomedicines range from biomarker discovery including neuroimaging to therapeutic applications for degenerative, inflammatory and infectious disorders of the nervous system. This review focuses on the current and future potential of the field to positively affect clinical outcomes. From the clinical editor: Many nervous system disorders remain unresolved clinical problems. In many cases, drug agents simply cannot cross the blood-brain barrier (BBB) into the nervous system. The advent of nanomedicines can enhance the delivery of biologically active molecules for targeted therapy and imaging. This review focused on the use of nanotechnology for degenerative, inflammatory, and infectious diseases in the nervous system.
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- Howard E Gendelman
- Department of Pharmacology and Experimental Neuroscience, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, USA.
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, Iowa State University, Ames, IA USA
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, Iowa State University, Ames, IA USA
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- Department of Pharmacology and Experimental Neuroscience, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, USA; Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology and Experimental Neuroscience, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology and Experimental Neuroscience, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, USA
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- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Iowa State University, Ames, IA USA
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- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Iowa State University, Ames, IA USA.
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Nel A, Swindells S, Bronich T, Gendelman HE. Interview: Nanomedicine and the fight against HIV/AIDS. Nanomedicine (Lond) 2014; 9:193-206. [PMID: 24552561 DOI: 10.2217/nnm.13.213] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/23/2023] Open
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Ahead of the 4th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Nanomedicine, this collection of interviews brings together experts from the fields of nanomedicine and HIV/AIDS treatment. Professor André Nel gives us a general introduction and update on the nanomedicine field and how he hopes it will progress. Professor Susan Swindells describes the current challenges faced in the clinic for HIV/AIDS treatment. Professor Tatiana Bronich explains the research efforts being undertaken by the nanomedicine community for the treatment of microbial infections and HIV/AIDS specifically. Finally, Professor Howard Gendelman looks to the future and assesses the potential and challenges of nanomedicine approaches for HIV eradication.
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- André Nel
- California NanoSystems Institute, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, 52-175 Center for the Health Sciences, 10833 Le Conte Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1736, USA.
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Dolutegravir, the Second-Generation of Integrase Strand Transfer Inhibitors (INSTIs) for the Treatment of HIV. Infect Dis Ther 2014; 3:83-102. [PMID: 25134686 PMCID: PMC4269626 DOI: 10.1007/s40121-014-0029-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/22/2014] [Indexed: 02/03/2023] Open
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The integrase strand transfer inhibitors (INSTIs) are the newest antiretroviral class in the HIV treatment armamentarium. Dolutegravir (DTG) is the only second-generation INSTI with FDA approval (2013). It has potential advantages in comparison to first-generation INSTI’s, including unboosted daily dosing, limited cross resistance with raltegravir and elvitegravir, and a high barrier to resistance. Clinical trials have evaluated DTG as a 50-mg daily dose in both treatment-naïve and treatment-experienced, INSTI-naïve participants. In those treatment-naïve participants with baseline viral load <100,000 copies/mL, DTG combined with abacavir and lamivudine was non-inferior and superior to fixed-dose combination emtricitabine/tenofovir/efavirenz. DTG was also superior to the protease inhibitor regimen darunavir/ritonavir in treatment-naïve participants regardless of baseline viral load. Among treatment-experienced patients naïve to INSTI, DTG (50 mg daily) demonstrated both non-inferiority and superiority when compared to the first-generation INSTI raltegravir (400 mg twice daily) regardless of the background regimen. No phenotypically significant DTG resistance has been demonstrated in INSTI-naïve participant trials. The VIKING trials evaluated DTG’s ability to treat persons with HIV with prior INSTI exposure. VIKING demonstrated twice-daily DTG was more efficacious than daily dosing when treating participants receiving and failing first-generation INSTI regimens. DTG maintained potency against single mutations from any of the three major INSTI pathways (Y143, H155, Q148); however, the Q148 mutation with two or more additional mutations significantly reduced its potency. The long-acting formulation of DTG, GSK1265744LA, is the next innovation in this second-generation INSTI class, holding promise for the future of HIV prevention and treatment.
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Gomes MJ, Neves JD, Sarmento B. Nanoparticle-based drug delivery to improve the efficacy of antiretroviral therapy in the central nervous system. Int J Nanomedicine 2014; 9:1757-69. [PMID: 24741312 PMCID: PMC3984056 DOI: 10.2147/ijn.s45886] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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Antiretroviral drug therapy plays a cornerstone role in the treatment of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome patients. Despite obvious advances over the past 3 decades, new approaches toward improved management of infected individuals are still required. Drug distribution to the central nervous system (CNS) is required in order to limit and control viral infection, but the presence of natural barrier structures, in particular the blood-brain barrier, strongly limits the perfusion of anti-HIV compounds into this anatomical site. Nanotechnology-based approaches may help providing solutions for antiretroviral drug delivery to the CNS by potentially prolonging systemic drug circulation, increasing the crossing and reducing the efflux of active compounds at the blood-brain barrier, and providing cell/tissue-targeting and intracellular drug delivery. After an initial overview on the basic features of HIV infection of the CNS and barriers to active compound delivery to this anatomical site, this review focuses on recent strategies based on antiretroviral drug-loaded solid nanoparticles and drug nanosuspensions for the potential management of HIV infection of the CNS.
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- Instituto de Engenharia Biomédica (INEB), Porto, Portugal ; Instituto de Investigação e Formação Avançada em Ciências e Tecnologias da Saúde (IINFACTS), Instituto Superior de Ciências da Saúde-Norte, CESPU, Gandra, Portugal
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- Instituto de Engenharia Biomédica (INEB), Porto, Portugal ; Instituto de Investigação e Formação Avançada em Ciências e Tecnologias da Saúde (IINFACTS), Instituto Superior de Ciências da Saúde-Norte, CESPU, Gandra, Portugal
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McDonald TO, Giardiello M, Martin P, Siccardi M, Liptrott NJ, Smith D, Roberts P, Curley P, Schipani A, Khoo SH, Long J, Foster AJ, Rannard SP, Owen A. Antiretroviral solid drug nanoparticles with enhanced oral bioavailability: production, characterization, and in vitro-in vivo correlation. Adv Healthc Mater 2014; 3:400-11. [PMID: 23997027 DOI: 10.1002/adhm.201300280] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/10/2013] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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Nanomedicine strategies have produced many commercial products. However, no orally dosed HIV nanomedicines are available clinically to patients. Although nanosuspensions of drug particles have demonstrated many benefits, experimentally achieving >25 wt% of drug relative to stabilizers is highly challenging. In this study, the emulsion-templated freeze-drying technique for nanoparticles formation is applied for the first time to optimize a nanodispersion of the leading non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor efavirenz, using clinically acceptable polymers and surfactants. Dry monoliths containing solid drug nanoparticles with extremely high drug loading (70 wt% relative to polymer and surfactant stabilizers) are stable for several months and reconstitute in aqueous media to provide nanodispersions with z-average diameters of 300 nm. The solid drug nanoparticles exhibit reduced cytoxicity and increased in vitro transport through model gut epithelium. In vivo studies confirm bioavailability benefits with an approximately four-fold higher pharmacokinetic exposure after oral administration to rodents, and predictive modeling suggests dose reduction with the new formulation may be possible.
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- Tom O. McDonald
- Department of Chemistry; University of Liverpool; Crown Street L69 3BX UK
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- Department of Chemistry; University of Liverpool; Crown Street L69 3BX UK
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- Department of Molecular and Clinical Pharmacology; University of Liverpool; Block H, 70 Pembroke Place Liverpool L69 3GF UK
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- Department of Molecular and Clinical Pharmacology; University of Liverpool; Block H, 70 Pembroke Place Liverpool L69 3GF UK
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- Department of Molecular and Clinical Pharmacology; University of Liverpool; Block H, 70 Pembroke Place Liverpool L69 3GF UK
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- Department of Molecular and Clinical Pharmacology; University of Liverpool; Block H, 70 Pembroke Place Liverpool L69 3GF UK
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- Department of Molecular and Clinical Pharmacology; University of Liverpool; Block H, 70 Pembroke Place Liverpool L69 3GF UK
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- Department of Molecular and Clinical Pharmacology; University of Liverpool; Block H, 70 Pembroke Place Liverpool L69 3GF UK
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- Department of Molecular and Clinical Pharmacology; University of Liverpool; Block H, 70 Pembroke Place Liverpool L69 3GF UK
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- Department of Molecular and Clinical Pharmacology; University of Liverpool; Block H, 70 Pembroke Place Liverpool L69 3GF UK
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- IOTA NanoSolutions Ltd.; Crown Street Liverpool L69 7ZB UK
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- Department of Chemistry; University of Liverpool; Crown Street L69 3BX UK
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- Department of Molecular and Clinical Pharmacology; University of Liverpool; Block H, 70 Pembroke Place Liverpool L69 3GF UK
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Sagar V, Pilakka-Kanthikeel S, Pottathil R, Saxena SK, Nair M. Towards nanomedicines for neuroAIDS. Rev Med Virol 2014; 24:103-24. [PMID: 24395761 DOI: 10.1002/rmv.1778] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/07/2013] [Revised: 11/13/2013] [Accepted: 11/13/2013] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Although highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) has resulted in remarkable decline in the morbidity and mortality in AIDS patients, controlling HIV infections still remain a global health priority. HIV access to the CNS serves as the natural viral preserve because most antiretroviral (ARV) drugs possess inadequate or zero delivery across the brain barriers. Thus, development of target-specific, effective, safe, and controllable drug-delivery approach is an important health priority for global elimination of AIDS progression. Emergence of nanotechnology in medicine has shown exciting prospect for development of novel drug delivery systems to administer the desired therapeutic levels of ARV drugs in the CNS. Neuron-resuscitating and/or antidependence agents may also be delivered in the brain through nanocarriers to countercheck the rate of neuronal degradation during HIV infection. Several nanovehicles such as liposomes, dendrimers, polymeric nanoparticles, micelles, and solid lipid nanoparticles have been intensively explored. Recently, magnetic nanoparticles and monocytes/macrophages have also been used as carrier to improve the delivery of nanoformulated ARV drugs across the blood-brain barrier. Nevertheless, more rigorous research homework has to be elucidated to sort out the shortcomings that affect the target specificity, delivery, release, and/or bioavailability of desired amount of drugs for treatment of neuroAIDS.
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- Vidya Sagar
- Center for Personalized Nanomedicine, Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine, Florida International University, Miami, FL, USA; Department of Immunology, Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine, Florida International University, Miami, FL, USA
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Puligujja P, McMillan J, Kendrick L, Li T, Balkundi S, Smith N, Veerubhotla RS, Edagwa BJ, Kabanov AV, Bronich T, Gendelman HE, Liu XM. Macrophage folate receptor-targeted antiretroviral therapy facilitates drug entry, retention, antiretroviral activities and biodistribution for reduction of human immunodeficiency virus infections. NANOMEDICINE : NANOTECHNOLOGY, BIOLOGY, AND MEDICINE 2013; 9:1263-73. [PMID: 23680933 PMCID: PMC3779529 DOI: 10.1016/j.nano.2013.05.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/11/2013] [Revised: 05/03/2013] [Accepted: 05/08/2013] [Indexed: 01/16/2023]
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Macrophages serve as vehicles for the carriage and delivery of polymer-coated nanoformulated antiretroviral therapy (nanoART). Although superior to native drug, high drug concentrations are required for viral inhibition. Herein, folate-modified ritonavir-boosted atazanavir (ATV/r)-encased polymers facilitated macrophage receptor targeting for optimizing drug dosing. Folate coating of nanoART ATV/r significantly enhanced cell uptake, retention and antiretroviral activities without altering cell viability. Enhanced retentions of folate-coated nanoART within recycling endosomes provided a stable subcellular drug depot. Importantly, up to a five-fold enhanced plasma and tissue drug levels followed folate-coated formulation injection in mice. Folate polymer encased ATV/r improves nanoART pharmacokinetics bringing the technology one step closer to human use. FROM THE CLINICAL EDITOR This team of authors describes a novel method for macrophage folate receptor-targeted antiretroviral therapy. Atazanvir entry, retention, and antiretroviral activities were superior using the presented method, and so was its biodistribution, enabling a more efficient way to address human immunodeficiency virus infections, with a hoped for clinical application in the near future.
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- Pavan Puligujja
- Department of Pharmacology and Experimental Neuroscience, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska, 68198
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- Department of Pharmacology and Experimental Neuroscience, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska, 68198
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- Department of Pharmacology and Experimental Neuroscience, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska, 68198
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- Department of Pharmacology and Experimental Neuroscience, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska, 68198
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- Department of Pharmacology and Experimental Neuroscience, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska, 68198
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- Department of Pharmacology and Experimental Neuroscience, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska, 68198
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- Department of Pharmacology and Experimental Neuroscience, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska, 68198
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- Department of Pharmacology and Experimental Neuroscience, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska, 68198
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- Center for Drug Delivery and Nanomedicine, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska, 68198
- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska, 68198
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- Center for Drug Delivery and Nanomedicine, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska, 68198
- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska, 68198
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- Department of Pharmacology and Experimental Neuroscience, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska, 68198
- Center for Drug Delivery and Nanomedicine, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska, 68198
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- Department of Pharmacology and Experimental Neuroscience, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska, 68198
- Center for Drug Delivery and Nanomedicine, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska, 68198
- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska, 68198
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Guo D, Li T, McMillan J, Sajja BR, Puligujja P, Boska MD, Gendelman HE, Liu XM. Small magnetite antiretroviral therapeutic nanoparticle probes for MRI of drug biodistribution. Nanomedicine (Lond) 2013; 9:1341-52. [PMID: 23905578 DOI: 10.2217/nnm.13.92] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023] Open
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AIM Drug toxicities, compliance and penetrance into viral reservoirs have diminished the efficacy of long-term antiretroviral therapy (ART) for treatment of HIV infection. Cell-targeted nanoformulated ART was developed to improve disease outcomes. However, rapid noninvasive determination of drug biodistribution is unrealized. To this end, small magnetite ART (SMART) nanoparticles can provide assessments of ART biodistribution by MRI. MATERIALS & METHODS Poly(lactic-co-glycolic acid), 1,2-distearoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine- and 1,2-distearoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphoethanolamine-N-(methoxy-PEG 2000)-encased particles were synthesized with atazanavir (ATV) and magnetite. Uptake and retention of ATV and magnetite administered at 3:1 ratios (weight/weight) were determined in human monocyte-derived macrophages and mice. RESULTS SMART particles were taken up and retained in macrophages. In mice, following parenteral SMART injection, magnetite and drug biodistribution paralleled one another with MRI signal intensity greatest in the liver and spleen at 24 h. Significantly, ATV and magnetite levels correlated. CONCLUSION SMART can permit rapid assessment of drug tissue concentrations in viral reservoirs.
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- Dongwei Guo
- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE 68198-5830, USA
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PURPOSE OF REVIEW Current antiretroviral treatment regimens represent significant improvements in the management of HIV-1 infection; however, these regimens have not achieved a functional or sterilizing cure. One barrier to achieving a cure may be suboptimal antiretroviral concentrations in sanctuary sites throughout the body, including the central nervous system, gut-associated lymphoid tissue, lymph nodes, and tissue macrophages. This review will focus on the problems associated with achieving effective concentrations in these restricted sanctuary sites, and potential strategies to overcome these barriers. RECENT FINDINGS Sufficient data exist to conclude that antiretroviral drug distribution is not uniform throughout the body. Low tissue/reservoir concentrations may be associated with viral replication. Multiple means to increase drug concentrations in sanctuary sites are being investigated, including modification of currently utilized drugs, blockade of transporters and enzymes that affect drug metabolism and pharmacokinetics, and local drug administration. Accumulating data suggest these methods increase antiretroviral concentrations in reservoirs of viral replication. No method has yet resulted in the complete clearance of HIV. SUMMARY New strategies for increasing antiretroviral concentrations in predominant sites of viral replication may provide more effective means for elimination of viral sanctuaries. Additional research is necessary to optimize antiretroviral tissue distribution in order to inhibit virus replication fully, and avoid resistance and replenishment of viral reservoirs that may persist in the face of antiretroviral therapy.
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- Theodore J. Cory
- Antiviral Pharmacology Laboratory, University of Nebraska Medical Center
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Williams J, Sayles HR, Meza JL, Sayre P, Sandkovsky U, Gendelman HE, Flexner C, Swindells S. Long-acting parenteral nanoformulated antiretroviral therapy: interest and attitudes of HIV-infected patients. Nanomedicine (Lond) 2013; 8:1807-13. [PMID: 23611617 DOI: 10.2217/nnm.12.214] [Citation(s) in RCA: 73] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/21/2023] Open
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AIM To gauge patient interest in receiving long-acting injectable nanoformulated antiretroviral therapy. METHODS Four hundred adult HIV-infected patients currently prescribed antiretroviral therapy were surveyed. χ(2) tests were used for comparisons of interest across groups. RESULTS Respondents were 68% male and 53% African-American, with a mean age of 47 years. Overall, 73% of patients indicated that they would definitely or probably try injectable nanoformulated antiretroviral therapy; 61% with weekly dosing; 72% every 2 weekly; and 84% monthly. In total, 48% indicated that they were very concerned about the possible side effects and 35% were very concerned about needle use. CONCLUSION The majority of respondents indicated that they definitely or probably would try parenteral nanoformulated antiretroviral therapy.
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- Jennifer Williams
- Department of Internal Medicine, University of Nebraska Medical Center, 982055 Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE 68198-2055, USA
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Preclinical pharmacokinetics and tissue distribution of long-acting nanoformulated antiretroviral therapy. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 2013; 57:3110-20. [PMID: 23612193 DOI: 10.1128/aac.00267-13] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/20/2023] Open
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Long-acting injectable nanoformulated antiretroviral therapy (nanoART) was developed with the explicit goal of improving medicine compliance and for drug targeting of viral tissue reservoirs. Prior nanoART studies completed in humanized virus-infected mice demonstrated sustained antiretroviral responses. However, the pharmacokinetics (PK) and tissue distribution of nanoART were not characterized. To this end, the PK and tissue distribution of nanoformulated atazanavir (ATV) and ritonavir (RTV) injected subcutaneously or intramuscularly in mice and monkeys were evaluated. Fourteen days after injection, ATV and RTV levels were up to 13-, 41-, and 4,500-fold higher than those resulting from native-drug administration in plasma, tissues, and at the site of injection, respectively. At nanoART doses of 10, 50, 100, and 250 mg/kg of body weight, relationships of more- and less-than-proportional increases in plasma and tissue levels with dose increases were demonstrated with ATV and RTV. Multiple-dose regimens showed serum and tissue concentrations up to 270-fold higher than native-drug concentrations throughout 8 weeks of study. Importantly, nanoART was localized in nonlysosomal compartments in tissue macrophages, creating intracellular depot sites. Reflective data were obtained in representative rhesus macaque studies. We conclude that nanoART demonstrates blood and tissue antiretroviral drug levels that are enhanced compared to those of native drugs. The sustained and enhanced PK profile of nanoART is, at least in part, the result of the sustained release of ATV and RTV from tissue macrophases and at the site of injection.
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Martinez-Skinner AL, Veerubhotla RS, Liu H, Xiong H, Yu F, McMillan JM, Gendelman HE. Functional proteome of macrophage carried nanoformulated antiretroviral therapy demonstrates enhanced particle carrying capacity. J Proteome Res 2013; 12:2282-94. [PMID: 23544708 DOI: 10.1021/pr400185w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Our laboratory developed long-acting nanoformulations of antiretroviral therapy (nanoART) to improve drug compliance, reduce toxicities, and facilitate access of drug to viral reservoirs. These all function to inevitably improve treatment of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection. Formulations are designed to harness the carrying capacities of mononuclear phagocytes (MP; monocytes and macrophages) and to use these cells as Trojan horses for drug delivery. Such a drug distribution system limits ART metabolism and excretion while facilitating access to viral reservoirs. Our prior works demonstrated a high degree of nanoART sequestration in macrophage recycling endosomes with broad and sustained drug tissue biodistribution and depots with limited untoward systemic toxicities. Despite such benefits, the effects of particle carriage on the cells' functional capacities remained poorly understood. Thus, we employed pulsed stable isotope labeling of amino acids in cell culture to elucidate the macrophage proteome and assess any alterations in cellular functions that would affect cell-drug carriage and release kinetics. NanoART-MP interactions resulted in the induction of a broad range of activation-related proteins that can enhance phagocytosis, secretory functions, and cell migration. Notably, we now demonstrate that particle-cell interactions serve to enhance drug loading while facilitating drug tissue depots and transportation.
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- Andrea L Martinez-Skinner
- Department of Pharmacology and Experimental Neuroscience, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska 68198-5880, USA
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Long-acting nanoformulated antiretroviral therapy elicits potent antiretroviral and neuroprotective responses in HIV-1-infected humanized mice. AIDS 2012; 26:2135-44. [PMID: 22824628 DOI: 10.1097/qad.0b013e328357f5ad] [Citation(s) in RCA: 94] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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OBJECTIVES Long-acting nanoformulated antiretroviral therapy (nanoART) with improved pharmacokinetics, biodistribution and limited systemic toxicities will likely improve drug adherence and access to viral reservoirs. DESIGN Atazanavir and ritonavir crystalline nanoART were formulated in a poloxamer-188 excipient by high-pressure homogenization. These formulations were evaluated for antiretroviral and neuroprotective activities in humanized NOD/scid-IL-2Rgc (NSG) mice. METHODS NanoART-treated NSG mice were evaluated for drug biodistribution, pharmacodynamics and toxicity. CD34 human hematopoietic stem cells were transplanted at birth in replicate NSG mice. The mice were infected with HIV-1ADA at 5 months of age. Eight weeks later, the infected animals were treated with weekly subcutaneous injections of nanoformulated ATV and RTV. Peripheral viral load, CD4 T-cell counts and lymphoid and brain histopathology and immunohistochemistry tests were performed. RESULTS NanoART treatments by once-a-week injections reduced viral loads more than 1000-fold and protected CD4 T-cell populations. This paralleled high ART levels in liver, spleen and blood that were in or around the human minimal effective dose concentration without notable toxicities. Importantly, examination of infected brain subregions showed that nanoART elicited neuroprotective responses with detectable increases in microtubule-associated protein-2, synaptophysin and neurofilament expression when compared to untreated virus-infected animals. Therapeutic interruptions produced profound viral rebounds. CONCLUSION Long-acting nanoART has translational potential with sustained and targeted efficacy and with limited systemic toxicities. Such success in drug delivery and distribution could improve drug adherence and reduce viral resistance in infected people.
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Fox HS, Gendelman HE. Commentary: Animal models of neuroAIDS. J Neuroimmune Pharmacol 2012; 7:301-5. [PMID: 22549136 DOI: 10.1007/s11481-012-9368-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/05/2012] [Accepted: 04/12/2012] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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- Howard S Fox
- Department of Pharmacology and Experimental Neuroscience, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE 68198-5800, USA.
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