PMID- 25271421 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20150610 LR - 20211021 IS - 1932-6203 (Electronic) IS - 1932-6203 (Linking) VI - 9 IP - 10 DP - 2014 TI - Meloxicam blocks neuroinflammation, but not depressive-like behaviors, in HIV-1 transgenic female rats. PG - e108399 LID - 10.1371/journal.pone.0108399 [doi] LID - e108399 AB - Adolescents living with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) comprise approximately 12% of the HIV-positive population worldwide. HIV-positive adolescents experience a higher rate of clinical depression, a greater risk of sexual and drug abuse behaviors, and a decreased adherence to highly active antiretroviral therapies (HAART). Using adolescent HIV-1 transgenic rats (HIV-1 tg) that display related immune response alterations and pathologies, this study tested the hypothesis that developmental expression of HIV-1-related proteins induces a depressive-like phenotype that parallels a decrease in hippocampal cell proliferation and an increase in pro-inflammatory cytokine expression in the hippocampus. Consistent with this hypothesis, adolescent HIV-1 tg rats demonstrated a depressive-like behavioral phenotype, had decreased levels of cell proliferation, and exhibited elevated expression of monocyte chemotactic protein-1 (Mcp-1) in the hippocampus relative to controls. Subsequently, we tested the ability of meloxicam, a selective COX-2 inhibitor, to attenuate behavioral deficits via inflammatory mechanisms. Daily meloxicam treatments did not alter the behavioral profile despite effectively reducing hippocampal inflammatory gene expression. Together, these data support a biological basis for the co-morbid manifestation of depression in HIV-positive patients as early as in adolescence and suggest that modifications in behavior manifest independent of inflammatory activity in the hippocampus. FAU - Nemeth, Christina L AU - Nemeth CL AD - Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America; Department of Physiology, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America. FAU - Glasper, Erica R AU - Glasper ER AD - Department of Psychology, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, United States of America. FAU - Harrell, Constance S AU - Harrell CS AD - Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America; Department of Physiology, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America. FAU - Malviya, Sanjana A AU - Malviya SA AD - Department of Physiology, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America. FAU - Otis, Jeffrey S AU - Otis JS AD - Division of Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care Medicine, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America. FAU - Neigh, Gretchen N AU - Neigh GN AD - Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America; Department of Physiology, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America; Center for Behavioral Neuroscience, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America. LA - eng GR - P30 AI027767/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/United States GR - T32 GM008169/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/United States GR - T32 GM008605/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/United States GR - P30 AI027767-24/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20141001 PL - United States TA - PLoS One JT - PloS one JID - 101285081 RN - 0 (Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal) RN - 0 (Chemokine CCL2) RN - 0 (Thiazines) RN - 0 (Thiazoles) RN - VG2QF83CGL (Meloxicam) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal/administration & dosage/*pharmacology MH - Anxiety MH - Behavior, Animal/*drug effects MH - Chemokine CCL2/genetics/metabolism MH - Depression MH - Female MH - Gene Expression MH - HIV Infections MH - HIV-1/*genetics MH - Hippocampus/*drug effects/metabolism/*pathology MH - Humans MH - *Inflammation/drug therapy MH - Meloxicam MH - Rats MH - Rats, Transgenic MH - Thiazines/administration & dosage/*pharmacology MH - Thiazoles/administration & dosage/*pharmacology PMC - PMC4182732 COIS- Competing Interests: The authors have declared that no competing interests exist. EDAT- 2014/10/02 06:00 MHDA- 2015/06/11 06:00 PMCR- 2014/10/01 CRDT- 2014/10/02 06:00 PHST- 2014/06/09 00:00 [received] PHST- 2014/08/22 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2014/10/02 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2014/10/02 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2015/06/11 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2014/10/01 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - PONE-D-14-25744 [pii] AID - 10.1371/journal.pone.0108399 [doi] PST - epublish SO - PLoS One. 2014 Oct 1;9(10):e108399. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0108399. eCollection 2014.