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Overexpression of Endothelin-1 Leads to More Severe Pulmonary Complex Vascular Lesions Associated with the Human Immunodeficiency Virus.
Archives of Medical Research 2015 April
BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Despite increase in survival of HIV patients due to highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART), non-infectious complications are still prevalent such as presentation of lung vasculopathy, even in asymptomatic patients. Endothelin-1 (ET-1) is a potent vasoconstrictor that causes pulmonary vasculopathy. Participation of this protein in the pulmonary circulation in HIV patients has not been elucidated. In this work we studied the presence and expression of ET-1 in pulmonary complex vascular lesions associated with human immunodeficiency virus (PCVL/HIV).
METHODS: We used immunohistochemistry and immunochemiluminescence (imagej) to determine the different degrees of expression of ET-1 in PCVL/HIV in comparison with non-PCVL/HIV. Reagents used were anti-endothelin-1 and an automated system. All data are presented as mean and standard deviation (SD). Differences were analyzed with one-way ANOVA; p < 0.05 was accepted as statistically significant.
RESULTS: Lung tissues from 56 patients who died from complications of HIV pulmonary infection and with PCVL were studied. Histological evidence of pulmonary vasculopathy was shown as different types (proliferative, obliterative and plexiform). A statistically significant increase in ET-1 expression was observed in all PCVL/HIV tissue samples and is associated directly with different grades of severity of endothelial dysfunction.
CONCLUSIONS: ET-1 has a relevant role in the pathogenesis of pulmonary vasculopathy in acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) patients. It is necessary to determine in the future the participation of ET-1 and other mechanisms involved in PCVL/HIV.
METHODS: We used immunohistochemistry and immunochemiluminescence (imagej) to determine the different degrees of expression of ET-1 in PCVL/HIV in comparison with non-PCVL/HIV. Reagents used were anti-endothelin-1 and an automated system. All data are presented as mean and standard deviation (SD). Differences were analyzed with one-way ANOVA; p < 0.05 was accepted as statistically significant.
RESULTS: Lung tissues from 56 patients who died from complications of HIV pulmonary infection and with PCVL were studied. Histological evidence of pulmonary vasculopathy was shown as different types (proliferative, obliterative and plexiform). A statistically significant increase in ET-1 expression was observed in all PCVL/HIV tissue samples and is associated directly with different grades of severity of endothelial dysfunction.
CONCLUSIONS: ET-1 has a relevant role in the pathogenesis of pulmonary vasculopathy in acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) patients. It is necessary to determine in the future the participation of ET-1 and other mechanisms involved in PCVL/HIV.
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