Document Type
Journal Article
Publication Title
International Journal of Molecular Sciences
Publisher
MDPI
School
School of Medical and Health Sciences
RAS ID
31597
Funders
Funding information available at: https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms21020380
Abstract
HIV-associated sensory neuropathy (HIV-SN) is a disabling complication of HIV disease and antiretroviral therapies (ART). Since stavudine was removed from recommended treatment schedules, the prevalence of HIV-SN has declined and associated risk factors have changed. With stavudine, rs1799964*C (TNF-1031) associated with HIV-SN in Caucasians and Indonesians but not in South Africans. Here, we investigate associations between HIV-SN and rs1799964*C and 12 other polymorphisms spanning TNF and seven neighboring genes (the TNF-block) in Indonesians (n = 202; 34/168 cases) and South Africans (n = 75; 29/75 cases) treated without stavudine. Haplotypes were derived using fastPHASE and haplotype networks built with PopART. There were no associations with rs1799964*C in either population. However, rs9281523*C in intron 10 of BAT1 (alternatively DDX39B) independently associated with HIV-SN in Indonesians after correcting for lower CD4 T-cell counts and >500 copies of HIV RNA/mL (model p = 0.0011, Pseudo R2 = 0.09). rs4947324*T (between NFKBIL1 and LTA) independently associated with reduced risk of HIV-SN and shared haplotype 1 (containing no minor alleles) associated with increased risk of HIV-SN after correcting for greater body weight, a history of tuberculosis and nadir CD4 T-cell counts (model: p = 0.0003, Pseudo R2 = 0.22). These results confirm TNF-block genotypes influence susceptibility of HIV-SN. However, critical genotypes differ between ethnicities and with stavudine use.
DOI
10.3390/ijms21020380
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Comments
Gaff, J., Octaviana, F., Pillay, P., Mbenda, H. G. N., Ariyanto, I. A., Gan, J. A., ... & Price, P. (2020). TNF-block genotypes influence susceptibility to HIV-associated sensory neuropathy in Indonesians and South Africans. International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 21(2), Article 380. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms21020380