Quantification of mitochondrial toxicity in HIV-infected individuals by quantitative PCR compared to flow cytometry.
Cytometry B Clin Cytom
; 84(1): 55-8, 2013.
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BACKGROUND: Non-invasive diagnostic assays to evaluate mitochondrial toxicity could have significant clinical utility for HIV-infected individuals on antiretroviral therapy (ART). METHODS: This study compared the ratio of mitochondrial to nuclear DNA determined by quantitative polymerase chain reaction (qPCR) to the ratio of mitochondrial to nuclear-encoded proteins by flow cytometry, in peripheral blood mononuclear cells from 73 HIV-infected individuals with and without risk factors for mitochondrial toxicity. RESULTS: PCR detected similar mitochondrial/nuclear DNA in HIV-infected individuals without a history of ART, and those receiving ART with lipodystrophy, lipoatrophy, or a history of suspected lactic acidosis. However, the ratio was significantly greater in ART-untreated compared to those receiving either stavudine or didanosine. In contrast, flow cytometry did not detect any differences in mitochondrial/nuclear protein (Lin et al., Cytometry B 2009;76B:181-190). There was no correlation between the assays (rho = -0.05, P = 0.65). CONCLUSIONS: Assessment of the mitochondrial/nuclear DNA ratio by qPCR performed better than the mitochondrial/nuclear-encoded protein ratio by flow cytometry to detect adverse effects of nucleoside analogs on mitochondria.
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01-internacional
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MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
ADN Mitocondrial
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Infecciones por VIH
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Proteínas Mitocondriales
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Mitocondrias
Tipo de estudio:
Risk_factors_studies
Límite:
Adult
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Cytometry B Clin Cytom
Año:
2013
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Estados Unidos
Pais de publicación:
Estados Unidos