PMID- 29679637 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20190715 LR - 20191130 IS - 1090-2139 (Electronic) IS - 0889-1591 (Print) IS - 0889-1591 (Linking) VI - 71 DP - 2018 Jul TI - Recent stimulant use and leukocyte gene expression in methamphetamine users with treated HIV infection. PG - 108-115 LID - S0889-1591(18)30090-4 [pii] LID - 10.1016/j.bbi.2018.04.004 [doi] AB - Stimulant use may accelerate HIV disease progression through biological and behavioral pathways. However, scant research with treated HIV-positive persons has examined stimulant-associated alterations in pathophysiologic processes relevant to HIV pathogenesis. In a sample of 55 HIV-positive, methamphetamine-using sexual minority men with a viral load less than 200 copies/mL, we conducted RNA sequencing to examine patterns of leukocyte gene expression in participants who had a urine sample that was reactive for stimulants (n = 27) as compared to those who tested non-reactive (n = 28). Results indicated differential expression of 32 genes and perturbation of 168 pathways in recent stimulant users. We observed statistically significant differential expression of single genes previously associated with HIV latency, cell cycle regulation, and immune activation in recent stimulant users (false discovery rate p < 0.10). Pathway analyses indicated enrichment for genes associated with inflammation, innate immune activation, neuroendocrine hormone regulation, and neurotransmitter synthesis. Recent stimulant users displayed concurrent elevations in plasma levels of tumor necrosis factor - alpha (TNF-alpha) but not interleukin 6 (IL-6). Further research is needed to examine the bio-behavioral mechanisms whereby stimulant use may contribute to HIV persistence and disease progression. CI - Copyright (c) 2018 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. FAU - Carrico, Adam W AU - Carrico AW AD - University of Miami School of Medicine, United States. Electronic address: a.carrico@miami.edu. FAU - Flentje, Annesa AU - Flentje A AD - University of California, San Francisco School of Nursing, United States. FAU - Kober, Kord AU - Kober K AD - University of California, San Francisco School of Nursing, United States. FAU - Lee, Sulggi AU - Lee S AD - University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine, United States. FAU - Hunt, Peter AU - Hunt P AD - University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine, United States. FAU - Riley, Elise D AU - Riley ED AD - University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine, United States. FAU - Shoptaw, Steven AU - Shoptaw S AD - University of California, Los Angeles School of Medicine, United States. FAU - Flowers, Elena AU - Flowers E AD - University of California, San Francisco School of Nursing, United States; University of California, San Francisco Institute for Human Genetics, United States. FAU - Dilworth, Samantha E AU - Dilworth SE AD - University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine, United States. FAU - Pahwa, Savita AU - Pahwa S AD - University of Miami School of Medicine, United States. FAU - Aouizerat, Bradley E AU - Aouizerat BE AD - New York University College of Dentistry Bluestone Center for Clinical Research, United States. LA - eng GR - UL1 TR001872/TR/NCATS NIH HHS/United States GR - K23 GM112526/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/United States GR - K24 DA039780/DA/NIDA NIH HHS/United States GR - P30 MH058107/MH/NIMH NIH HHS/United States GR - S10 OD018174/OD/NIH HHS/United States GR - P30 AI073961/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/United States GR - P30 AI027763/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/United States GR - K23 DA039800/DA/NIDA NIH HHS/United States GR - T32 DA007250/DA/NIDA NIH HHS/United States GR - R01 DA033854/DA/NIDA NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article PT - Randomized Controlled Trial PT - Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural DEP - 20180418 PL - Netherlands TA - Brain Behav Immun JT - Brain, behavior, and immunity JID - 8800478 RN - 0 (Interleukin-6) RN - 0 (Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha) RN - 44RAL3456C (Methamphetamine) RN - I5Y540LHVR (Cocaine) SB - IM MH - Adult MH - Cocaine/adverse effects/metabolism MH - Disease Progression MH - Gene Expression/drug effects/genetics MH - HIV/drug effects/pathogenicity MH - HIV Infections/complications/*immunology/physiopathology MH - HIV Seropositivity/metabolism MH - Humans MH - Interleukin-6/analysis/blood MH - Leukocytes/*drug effects MH - Male MH - Methamphetamine/metabolism/pharmacology MH - Middle Aged MH - Sequence Analysis, RNA MH - Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha/analysis/blood/drug effects MH - Viral Load/*drug effects PMC - PMC6003871 MID - NIHMS962687 OTO - NOTNLM OT - Cocaine OT - Gene expression OT - HIV OT - Immune activation OT - Inflammation OT - Methamphetamine OT - Reservoir EDAT- 2018/04/22 06:00 MHDA- 2019/07/16 06:00 PMCR- 2019/07/01 CRDT- 2018/04/22 06:00 PHST- 2017/12/20 00:00 [received] PHST- 2018/03/30 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2018/04/04 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2018/04/22 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2019/07/16 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2018/04/22 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2019/07/01 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - S0889-1591(18)30090-4 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.bbi.2018.04.004 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Brain Behav Immun. 2018 Jul;71:108-115. doi: 10.1016/j.bbi.2018.04.004. Epub 2018 Apr 18.