Abstract
Increasing evidence demonstrates that the antiretroviral drugs (ARVds) used for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) treatment have toxic effects that result in various cellular and tissue pathologies; however, their impact on the cells composing the blood-brain barrier is poorly understood. The current study focused on ARVds, used either in combination or alone, on the induction of endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress responses in human brain endothelial cells. Among studied drugs (efavirenz, tenofovir, emtricitabine, lamivudine, and indinavir), only efavirenz increased ER stress via upregulation and activation of protein kinase-like ER kinase PERK and inositol requiring kinase 1α (IRE1α). At the same time, efavirenz diminished autophagic activity, a surprising result because typically the induction of ER stress is linked to enhanced autophagy. These results were confirmed in microvessels of HIV transgenic mice chronically administered with efavirenz. In a series of further experiments, we identified that efavirenz dysregulated ER stress and autophagy by blocking the activity of the Beclin-1/Atg14/PI3KIII complex in regard to synthesis of phosphatidylinositol 3-phosphate, a process that is linked to the formation of autophagosomes. Because autophagy is a protective mechanism involved in the removal of dysfunctional proteins and organelles, its inhibition can contribute to the toxicity of efavirenz or the development of neurodegenerative disease in HIV patients treated with this drug.
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 304-315 |
| Number of pages | 12 |
| Journal | Molecular Pharmacology |
| Volume | 88 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Aug 1 2015 |
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Dysregulation of endoplasmic reticulum stress and autophagic responses by the antiretroviral drug efavirenz. / Bertrand, Luc; Toborek, Michal J.
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N2 - Increasing evidence demonstrates that the antiretroviral drugs (ARVds) used for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) treatment have toxic effects that result in various cellular and tissue pathologies; however, their impact on the cells composing the blood-brain barrier is poorly understood. The current study focused on ARVds, used either in combination or alone, on the induction of endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress responses in human brain endothelial cells. Among studied drugs (efavirenz, tenofovir, emtricitabine, lamivudine, and indinavir), only efavirenz increased ER stress via upregulation and activation of protein kinase-like ER kinase PERK and inositol requiring kinase 1α (IRE1α). At the same time, efavirenz diminished autophagic activity, a surprising result because typically the induction of ER stress is linked to enhanced autophagy. These results were confirmed in microvessels of HIV transgenic mice chronically administered with efavirenz. In a series of further experiments, we identified that efavirenz dysregulated ER stress and autophagy by blocking the activity of the Beclin-1/Atg14/PI3KIII complex in regard to synthesis of phosphatidylinositol 3-phosphate, a process that is linked to the formation of autophagosomes. Because autophagy is a protective mechanism involved in the removal of dysfunctional proteins and organelles, its inhibition can contribute to the toxicity of efavirenz or the development of neurodegenerative disease in HIV patients treated with this drug.
AB - Increasing evidence demonstrates that the antiretroviral drugs (ARVds) used for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) treatment have toxic effects that result in various cellular and tissue pathologies; however, their impact on the cells composing the blood-brain barrier is poorly understood. The current study focused on ARVds, used either in combination or alone, on the induction of endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress responses in human brain endothelial cells. Among studied drugs (efavirenz, tenofovir, emtricitabine, lamivudine, and indinavir), only efavirenz increased ER stress via upregulation and activation of protein kinase-like ER kinase PERK and inositol requiring kinase 1α (IRE1α). At the same time, efavirenz diminished autophagic activity, a surprising result because typically the induction of ER stress is linked to enhanced autophagy. These results were confirmed in microvessels of HIV transgenic mice chronically administered with efavirenz. In a series of further experiments, we identified that efavirenz dysregulated ER stress and autophagy by blocking the activity of the Beclin-1/Atg14/PI3KIII complex in regard to synthesis of phosphatidylinositol 3-phosphate, a process that is linked to the formation of autophagosomes. Because autophagy is a protective mechanism involved in the removal of dysfunctional proteins and organelles, its inhibition can contribute to the toxicity of efavirenz or the development of neurodegenerative disease in HIV patients treated with this drug.
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