Joanah Madzime1,2, Martha Holmes1,2, Mark F Cotton3, Barbara Laughton3, Andre J W van der Kouwe1,4, Ernesta M Meintjes1,2,5, Marcin Jankiewicz1,2,5. 1. Biomedical Engineering Research Centre, Division of Biomedical Engineering, Department of Human Biology, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa. 2. Neurosciences Institute, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa. 3. Family Centre for Research with Ubuntu, Department of Pediatrics and Child Health, Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, South Africa. 4. Athinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, Massachusetts General Hospital, Charlestown, Massachusetts, USA. 5. Cape Universities Body Imaging Centre, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa.
Abstract
Introduction: Even with the increased access and early initiation of combination antiretroviral therapy, children with perinatally acquired human immunodeficiency virus (CPHIV) continue to demonstrate white matter alterations. Children perinatally HIV-exposed, but uninfected (CHEU) alike show differences in white matter integrity compared with children who are HIV-unexposed and uninfected (CHUU). Objectives: Mapping white matter connections that link gray matter regions that form resting-state (RS) functional networks may demonstrate whether structural and functional connectivity alterations in HIV infection and exposure may be related. We hypothesized reduced structural connectivity in CPHIV within the default mode network (DMN), visual, ventral DMN (vDMN), somatosensory, salience, auditory, motor, executive, basal ganglia, and posterior DMN (pDMN). We also hypothesized that CHEU will have increased structural connectivity compared with CHUU in the vDMN, somatosensory, pDMN, dorsal attention, salience, auditory, motor and basal ganglia. Methods: Study participants were 61 seven-year-old CPHIV and 46 age-matched children who are HIV uninfected (CHU) (19 CHEU). We used diffusion tensor imaging-based tractography to investigate white matter connections that link gray matter regions within RS functional networks. Results: We found altered white matter integrity in the somatosensory, salience, default mode, and motor networks of CPHIV compared with CHU. The superior temporal cortex, superior frontal cortex, and putamen were affected in all four networks and have also been reported to demonstrate morphological alterations in the same cohort. In CHEU, white matter integrity was higher in the visual network, pDMN, and motor network compared with CHUU. Conclusion: Our results suggest that altered white matter integrity may influence gray matter morphology and functional network alterations. Impact statement The long-term effects of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and exposure on the developing brain in the combination antiretroviral therapy era are still not well known. We use diffusion tensor imaging-based tractography to explore these effects on white matter connections that link gray matter regions within functional networks. Our findings provide a context for HIV-associated white matter and connectivity abnormalities.
Introduction: Even with the increased access and early initiation of combination antiretroviral therapy, children with perinatally acquired human immunodeficiency virus (CPHIV) continue to demonstrate white matter alterations. Children perinatally HIV-exposed, but uninfected (CHEU) alike show differences in white matter integrity compared with children who are HIV-unexposed and uninfected (CHUU). Objectives: Mapping white matter connections that link gray matter regions that form resting-state (RS) functional networks may demonstrate whether structural and functional connectivity alterations in HIV infection and exposure may be related. We hypothesized reduced structural connectivity in CPHIV within the default mode network (DMN), visual, ventral DMN (vDMN), somatosensory, salience, auditory, motor, executive, basal ganglia, and posterior DMN (pDMN). We also hypothesized that CHEU will have increased structural connectivity compared with CHUU in the vDMN, somatosensory, pDMN, dorsal attention, salience, auditory, motor and basal ganglia. Methods: Study participants were 61 seven-year-old CPHIV and 46 age-matched children who are HIV uninfected (CHU) (19 CHEU). We used diffusion tensor imaging-based tractography to investigate white matter connections that link gray matter regions within RS functional networks. Results: We found altered white matter integrity in the somatosensory, salience, default mode, and motor networks of CPHIV compared with CHU. The superior temporal cortex, superior frontal cortex, and putamen were affected in all four networks and have also been reported to demonstrate morphological alterations in the same cohort. In CHEU, white matter integrity was higher in the visual network, pDMN, and motor network compared with CHUU. Conclusion: Our results suggest that altered white matter integrity may influence gray matter morphology and functional network alterations. Impact statement The long-term effects of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and exposure on the developing brain in the combination antiretroviral therapy era are still not well known. We use diffusion tensor imaging-based tractography to explore these effects on white matter connections that link gray matter regions within functional networks. Our findings provide a context for HIV-associated white matter and connectivity abnormalities.
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