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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
2007-6-28
pubmed:abstractText
Mononuclear phagocyte (macrophages and microglia) dysfunction plays a significant role in the pathogenesis of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) associated dementia (HAD) through the production and release of soluble neurotoxic factors including glutamate. The mechanism of glutamate regulation by HIV-1 infection remains unclear. In this report, we investigated whether the enzyme glutaminase is responsible for glutamate generation by HIV-1 infected monocyte-derived macrophages. We tested the functionality of novel small molecule inhibitors designed to specifically block the activity of glutaminase. Glutaminase inhibitors were first characterized in a kinetic assay with crude glutaminase from rat brain revealing an uncompetitive mechanism of inhibition. The inhibitors were then tested in vitro for their ability to prevent glutamate generation by HIV-infected macrophages, their effect upon macrophage viability, and HIV infection. To validate these findings, glutaminase specific siRNA was tested for its ability to prevent glutamate increase during infection. Our results show that both glutaminase specific small molecule inhibitors and glutaminase specific siRNA were effective at preventing increases in glutamate by HIV-1 infected macrophage. These findings support glutaminase as a potential component of the HAD pathogenic process and identify a possible therapeutic avenue for the treatment of neuroinflammatory states such as HAD.
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pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jul
pubmed:issn
0022-3042
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
102
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
539-49
pubmed:dateRevised
2011-9-26
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2007
pubmed:articleTitle
Glutamate production by HIV-1 infected human macrophage is blocked by the inhibition of glutaminase.
pubmed:affiliation
Laboratory of Neurotoxicology, Center for Neurovirology and Neurodegenerative Disorders, Department of PharmacologyUniversity of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska 68198-5880, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article
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