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.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 226-236 |
| Number of pages | 11 |
| Journal | Brain Research |
| Volume | 1123 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Dec 6 2006 |
Keywords
- Cocaine
- Difference gel electrophoresis (DIGE)
- High performance liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (HPLC-MS/MS)
- Normal human astrocytes (NHA)
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