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Morphine amplifies HIV-1 expression in chronically infected promonocytes cocultured with human brain cells

  • Phillip K. Peterson
  • , Genya Gekker
  • , Shuxian Hu
  • , W. Robert Anderson
  • , Frederick Kravitz
  • , Philip S. Portoghese
  • , Henry H. Balfour
  • , Chun C. Chao

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Abstract

Previous studies have shown that morphine promotes the replication of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-1 in peripheral blood mononuclear cell cocultures. In the present study, we tested the hypothesis that morphine would amplify HIV-1 expression in the chronically infected promonocytic clone U1 when cocultured with lipopolysaccharide-stimulated human fetal brain cells. Marked upregulation of HIV-1 expression was observed in these cocultures (quantified by measurement of HIV-1 p24 antigen levels in supernatants), and treatment of brain cells with morphine resulted in a bell-shaped dose-dependent enhancement of viral expression. The mechanism of morphine's amplifying effect appears to be opioid receptor-mediated and to involve enhanced production of tumor necrosis factor-α by microglial cells.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)167-175
Number of pages9
JournalJournal of Neuroimmunology
Volume50
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - Mar 1994

Bibliographical note

Funding Information:
We thank Dr. StephenC ruikshankfo r his advice, Dr. Monica Tsang for providinga ntibodiest o cytokines,a nd JacquelineO stroumf or help in preparation of the manuscriptT.h is work was supportedin part by United StatesP ublic Health ServicesG rants DA-04381,T 32-DA-07239a, nd AI-27661 and a grant from HennepinF acultyA ssociates.

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Keywords

  • Human brain cell culture
  • Human immunodeficiency virus-1
  • Microglia
  • Morphine
  • Tumor necrosis- factor-α

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