| Literature DB >> 17034766 |
Jessica L Reynolds1, Supriya D Mahajan, B Bindukumar, Donald Sykes, Stanley A Schwartz, Madhavan P N Nair.
Abstract
The US is experiencing an epidemic of cocaine use entangled with HIV-1 infection. Normal human astrocytes (NHA) are susceptible to HIV-1 infection. We utilized LTR-R/U5 amplification, p24 antigen assay and the proteomic method of difference gel electrophoresis (DIGE) combined with protein identification through HPLC-MS/MS to investigate the effect of cocaine on HIV-1 infectivity and the proteomic profile of NHA, respectively. Data demonstrate that cocaine significantly upregulates HIV-1 infection in NHA as measured by LTR-R/U5 amplification and p24 antigen assay. Further, our results show for the first time that cocaine differentially regulates the expression of a number of proteins by NHA that may play a role in the neuropathogenesis of HIV-1 disease.Entities:
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Year: 2006 PMID: 17034766 PMCID: PMC1751122 DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2006.09.034
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Brain Res ISSN: 0006-8993 Impact factor: 3.252