Objective: The HIV-1 virus activates the complement system, an essential element of the immune system. SERPING1 is a protease inhibitor that disables C1r/C1s in the C1 complex of the classical complement pathway. Methods: In this paper, we performed an analysis of several microarrays deposited in GEO dataset to demonstrate that SERPING1 mRNA is modulated in CD14+monocytes from HIV-1-infected individuals. In addition, data were validated on monocytes isolated from seronegative healthy volunteers, treated with IFNs. Results: Our analysis shows that SERPING1 mRNA is overexpressed in monocytes from HIV-1+ patients and the expression levels correlate positively with viral load and negatively with the CD4+T-cell count. Of note, anti-retroviral therapy is able to reduce the levels of SERPING1 mRNA, ex vivo. In addition, we found that 30% of the SERPING1 genes network is upregulated in monocytes from HIV-1+ patients. Noteworthy, the expression levels of IFITM1—an antiviral molecule belonging to the genes network—correlate positively with SERPING1 expression. Interestingly, the monocytes treatment with IFN-gamma, IFN-beta and IFN-alpha significantly upregulates the SERPING1 mRNA expression levels. Conclusions: From the outcome of our investigation, it is possible to conclude that SERPING1 and its network serve as important components of the innate immune system to restrict HIV-1 infection.

SERPING1 mRNA overexpression in monocytes from HIV+ patients

AVOLA, Roberto;NUNNARI, Giuseppe;MUSUMECI, GIUSEPPE;IMBESI, Rosa;CASTROGIOVANNI, Paola;MALAGUARNERA, Lucia;DI ROSA, MICHELINO DANIELE ANTONIO
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2017-01-01

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Objective: The HIV-1 virus activates the complement system, an essential element of the immune system. SERPING1 is a protease inhibitor that disables C1r/C1s in the C1 complex of the classical complement pathway. Methods: In this paper, we performed an analysis of several microarrays deposited in GEO dataset to demonstrate that SERPING1 mRNA is modulated in CD14+monocytes from HIV-1-infected individuals. In addition, data were validated on monocytes isolated from seronegative healthy volunteers, treated with IFNs. Results: Our analysis shows that SERPING1 mRNA is overexpressed in monocytes from HIV-1+ patients and the expression levels correlate positively with viral load and negatively with the CD4+T-cell count. Of note, anti-retroviral therapy is able to reduce the levels of SERPING1 mRNA, ex vivo. In addition, we found that 30% of the SERPING1 genes network is upregulated in monocytes from HIV-1+ patients. Noteworthy, the expression levels of IFITM1—an antiviral molecule belonging to the genes network—correlate positively with SERPING1 expression. Interestingly, the monocytes treatment with IFN-gamma, IFN-beta and IFN-alpha significantly upregulates the SERPING1 mRNA expression levels. Conclusions: From the outcome of our investigation, it is possible to conclude that SERPING1 and its network serve as important components of the innate immune system to restrict HIV-1 infection.
2017
C1-INH; Complement; HIV-1; IFN-gamma; Monocyte; SERPING1; Immunology; Pharmacology
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