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Association of a 3′ untranslated region polymorphism in proprotein convertase subtilisin/kexin type 9 with HIV viral load and CD4+ levels in HIV/hepatitis C virus coinfected women

Association of a 3′ untranslated region polymorphism in proprotein convertase subtilisin/kexin type 9 with HIV viral load and CD4+ levels in HIV/hepatitis C virus coinfected women
Anastos, Kathryn, Pawlowski, Emilia J., Liang, Hua, Bukrinsky, Michael I., Pushkarsky, Tatiana, Aouizerat, Bradley E., Kuniholm, Mark H., Prasad, Vinayaka R., Sha, Beverly E., Nowicki, Marek, Gustafson, Deborah, Gange, Stephen J., Kassaye, Seble
Objective: To assess variation in genes that regulate cholesterol metabolism in relation to the natural history of HIV infection. Design: Cross-sectional and longitudinal analysis of the Women's Interagency HIV Study. Methods: We examined 2050 single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in 19 genes known to regulate cholesterol metabolism in relation to HIV viral load and CD4+ T-cell levels in a multiracial cohort of 1066 antiretroviral therapy-naive women. Results: Six SNPs were associated with both HIV viral load and CD4+ T-cell levels at a false discovery rate of 0.01. Bioinformatics tools did not predict functional activity for five SNPs, located in introns of nuclear receptor corepressor 2, retinoid X receptor alpha (RXRA), and tetratricopeptide repeat domain 39B. Rs17111557 located in the 3′ untranslated region of proprotein convertase subtilisin/kexin type 9 (PCSK9) putatively affects binding of hsa-miR-548t-5p and hsa-miR-4796–3p, which could regulate PCSK9 expression levels. Interrogation of rs17111557 revealed stronger associations in the subset of women with HIV/hepatitis C virus (HCV) coinfection (n = 408, 38% of women). Rs17111557 was also associated with low-density lipoprotein cholesterol levels in HIV/HCV coinfected (β: −10.4; 95% confidence interval: −17.9, −2.9; P = 0.007), but not in HIV monoinfected (β:1.2; 95% confidence interval: −6.3, 8.6; P = 0.76) women in adjusted analysis. Conclusion: PCSK9 polymorphism may affect HIV pathogenesis, particularly in HIV/HCV coinfected women. A likely mechanism for this effect is PCSK9-mediated regulation of cholesterol metabolism. Replication in independent cohorts is needed to clarify the generalizability of the observed associations.

Publisher URL: http://journals.lww.com/aidsonline/Fulltext/2017/11280/Association_of_a_3__untranslated_region.6.aspx

DOI: 10.1097/QAD.0000000000001648

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