2',5'-Oligoadenylate synthetase, neopterin and β2-microglobulin in asymptomatic HIV‐infected individuals
作者:
Patricia Witt,
Gregory Spear,
Mary Lindstrom,
Harold Kessler,
Ernest Borden,
John Phair,
Alan Landay,
期刊:
AIDS
(OVID Available online 1991)
卷期:
Volume 5,
issue 3
页码: 289-294
ISSN:0269-9370
年代: 1991
出版商: OVID
关键词: 2',5'-Oligoadenylate synthetase;β2-microglobulin;neopterin;asymptomatic;AIDS;CD4+;lymphocytes
数据来源: OVID
摘要:
This study examined 2',5'-oligoadenylate (2,5A) synthetase activity in 26 individuals during the asymptomatic phase of HIV infection and its correlation with neopterin or β2-microglobulin. In HIV-antibody-positive (HIV-Ab+) asymptomatic people, both neopterin and β2-microglobulin levels in sera were significantly elevated; in contrast, 2,5A-synthetase activity in peripheral blood mononuclear cells was not significantly higher than in HIV-antibody-negative controls. The 2,5A-synthetase levels in symptomatic people (AIDS-related complex and AIDS) were significantly higher than in either asymptomatic or control individuals. However, within the group of HIV-infected asymptomatic individuals, all three markers were positively correlated. In this group, neopterin values were negatively correlated with the number of CD4+ lymphocytes while a positive correlation was found between 2,5A-synthetase and the number of CD8+ lymphocytes. Asymptomatic people with detectable serum HIV p24 antigen had significantly higher 2,5A-synthetase, neopterin, β2-microglobulin and number of CD8+ lymphocytes. This study suggests that elevated 2,5A-synthetase activity may reflect a different aspect of host response to HIV infection than do elevated neopterin or β2-microglobulin.
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