Accelerated Aging, HIV Infection, Antiretroviral Therapies

Completed

• Conditions: HIV Infection; Aging Accelerated; Antiretroviral Therapies
• Interventions: Biological: Peripheral blood biological tests

• Registration Number: NCT01038999
• Lead Sponsor: French National Agency for Research on AIDS and Viral Hepatitis

Brief Summary

The main goal is to confirm, among HIV1-infected patients, data from in vitro studies showing that antiretroviral therapies induce an accelerated aging through the same mechanisms than genetic laminopathies or than "physiological " aging, that is through the synthesis and persistence of farnesylated prelamin A. The secondary goal is to measure the impact of HIV infection and of antiretroviral therapies on markers of cell ageing (proteasome, mitochondria, telomere). The perspective is to fix antiretroviral therapy side effects using the same drug combination that will be used in few weeks in Marseille to treat children suffering from progeria

Detailed Description

Protease inhibitors block viral protease, as well as various other cell enzymes : ZMPSTE24 cliping off prelamin A into mature lamin A ; at least one of the Golgi proteases involved in the release of SREBP, controlling the transcription of lipid metabolism regulating genes ; mitochondrial proteases involved in the importation and further maturation of nuclear genome encoded proteins ; proteasome regulating the transcription of several genes through NF-B ; P450 cytochromes. Nucleosides inhibitors of the viral reverse transcriptase exhibit nuclear and mitochondrial DNA toxicity, disrupt lipid and protein glycosylation and inhibit telomerase. Therefore antiretroviral therapies target several pathways involved in accelerated or normal aging. Their combined effects are added to viral infection direct symptoms or to cell abnormalities induced by viral proteins.

Our multicentric (the 3 CISIH from Marseille, Nice and Montpellier) 3 year- long study will analyse 50 HIV1-infected naive patients (A group), apparied to 50 age- and sex-matched seronegative control subjects (recruited by CIC-UPCET of Marseille) and 100 HIV1-infected patients in first line of antiretroviral therapy for at least 12 months (B group). Patients of group A and B will be recruited in the 3 clinical unit. The HIV1- infected patients will be evaluated four times, at baseline, then every 12 months during 3 years. In case of initiation or changing of antiretroviral therapy, patients will be evaluated once more. Control subjects will be only evaluated at baseline.

Peripheral blood biological tests will be the following \[Laboratory designation\] : i/ viral load measurement, PBMC isolation, DNA extraction, proviral DNA measurement, cell and DNA storage \[Virology, Timone CHU, Marseille\]; ii/ assays of CD4, CD8, glycemia, insulinemia, HOMA, total-, LDL- and HDL-cholesterol, triglycerides \[Biochemistry labs from the 3 CHU\] ; iii/ antiretroviral drug assay (mass spectrometry) \[Pharmacokinetics, Timone CHU, Marseille\]; iv/ detection (western blotting, immunocytochemistry combined to image analysis of nuclear abnormalities) of PBMC nuclear, cytosolic and mitochondrial targets of antiretroviral drugs : A and B lamins, NF-B + I-B and proteasome activity assay, CD36 (glycosylation), mitochondrial Hsp70, ROS mitochondrial production, mitochondrial inner membrane potential, cytochrome C oxidase subunits 2 and 4 \[Cell Biology, Timone CHU, Marseille\] ; v/ genotyping the antiretroviral targets : lamin A (ZMPSTE24) and B (Rce1) processing proteases, Golgi SREBP-releasing proteases (MBTPS1 and S2), mitochondrial deoxynucleoside transporters (SLC25A4 to A6), mitochondrial proteases (MPPA, paraplegin) involved in processing of nuclear encoded proteins during their mitochondrial import ; quantitative PCR measurement of telomere length \[Molecular Genetics, Timone CHU, Marseille\]. Marseille's CIC-UPCET collaborated to the protocol design, will recruit control subjects and will be responsible for statistical treatment of data.

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2009-04
• Study First Submitted: 2009-12-23
• Study First Submitted QC: 2009-12-23
• Study First Posted: 2009-12-24
• Primary Completion: 2010-04
• Study Completion: 2012-03
• Status Verified: 2012-12
• Last Update Submitted: 2012-12-26
• Last Update Posted: 2012-12-27

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 200

Inclusion Criteria

Age ≥ 18 years and <65 years Able to give written consent Covered by French Social Security Non infected by HIV-2

• • A group HIV1-infected naive patients
• -B group infected patients in first line of antiretroviral therapy for at least 12 months
• -C group HIV seronegative Confirmed by a fast test of screening of the HIV at day one of study

Exclusion Criteria

• Age < 18 years and > 65 years
• Not Able to give written consent
• Not Covered by French Social Security
• Infected by HIV-2
• treated by statin or biphosphonat amino
• concomitant treatment: diabetic or testosteron

Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
A HIV1-infected naive patients	Peripheral blood biological tests	-
B HIV1-infected patients	Peripheral blood biological tests	in 1st line of ARV therapy for at least 12 months
C= control Non infected HIV volunters	Peripheral blood biological tests	-

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
lamin A measurement by western blotting

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Peripheral blood biological tests (cellular, molecular genetic)

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

ANRS center from Marseille, Timone and Montpellier and Nice; 🇫🇷 country of French, France