Structural brain abnormalities in successfully treated HIV infection: Associations with disease and cerebrospinal fluid biomarkers

van Zoest, RA, Underwood, J ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6963-2821, De Francesco, D, Sabin, CA, Cole, JH, Wit, FW, Caan, MWA, Kootstra, NA, Fuchs, D, Zetterberg, H, Majoie, CBLM, Portegies, P and Comorbidity in Relation to AIDS (COBRA) Collaboration 2018. Structural brain abnormalities in successfully treated HIV infection: Associations with disease and cerebrospinal fluid biomarkers. Journal of Infectious Diseases 217 (1) , 69 - 81. 10.1093/infdis/jix553

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Background Brain structural abnormalities have been reported in persons living with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV; PLWH) who are receiving suppressive combination antiretroviral therapy (cART), but their pathophysiology remains unclear. Methods We investigated factors associated with brain tissue volumes and white matter microstructure (fractional anisotropy) in 134 PLWH receiving suppressive cART and 79 comparable HIV-negative controls, aged ≥45 years, from the Comorbidity in Relation to AIDS cohort, using multimodal neuroimaging and cerebrospinal fluid biomarkers. Results Compared with controls, PLWH had lower gray matter volumes (−13.7 mL; 95% confidence interval, −25.1 to −2.2) and fractional anisotropy (−0.0073; 95% confidence interval, −.012 to −.0024), with the largest differences observed in those with prior clinical AIDS. Hypertension and the soluble CD14 concentration in cerebrospinal fluid were associated with lower fractional anisotropy. These associations were independent of HIV serostatus (Pinteraction = .32 and Pinteraction = .59, respectively) and did not explain the greater abnormalities in brain structure in relation to HIV infection. Conclusions The presence of lower gray matter volumes and more white matter microstructural abnormalities in well-treated PLWH partly reflect a combination of historical effects of AIDS, as well as the more general influence of systemic factors, such as hypertension and ongoing neuroinflammation. Additional mechanisms explaining the accentuation of brain structure abnormalities in treated HIV infection remain to be identified.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Medicine
Publisher:	University of Chicago Press / Oxford University Press (OUP): Policy A1 - Oxford Open Option C
ISSN:	0022-1899
Date of Acceptance:	20 October 2017
Last Modified:	26 Oct 2022 07:26
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/124859

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