Logo image
Reductions in Plasma Cystatin C After Initiation of Antiretroviral Therapy Are Associated With Reductions in Inflammation: ACTG A5224s
Journal article   Open access   Peer reviewed

Reductions in Plasma Cystatin C After Initiation of Antiretroviral Therapy Are Associated With Reductions in Inflammation: ACTG A5224s

Samir K Gupta, Chris T Longenecker, Douglas Kitch, Paul E Sax, Eric S Daar, Camlin Tierney, Grace A McComsey and AIDS Clinical Trials Group Study A5224s Team
Journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes (1999), Vol.69(2), pp.168-177
06/01/2015
DOI: 10.1097/QAI.0000000000000557
PMCID: PMC4445470
PMID: 26009829
url
https://doi.org/10.1097/QAI.0000000000000557View
Published (Version of record) Open Access

Abstract

Among patients with HIV infection, changes in the kidney filtration marker cystatin C after initiation of antiretroviral therapy (ART) may be related to changes in body composition or biomarkers of inflammation. ACTG A5224s was a substudy of A5202, which randomly assigned ART-naive HIV-infected subjects to blinded abacavir/lamivudine (ABC/3TC) or tenofovir/emtricitabine (TDF/FTC) with open-label efavirenz (EFV) or ritonavir-boosted atazanavir. This analysis explored changes in cystatin C from 0 to 96 weeks. Of the 269 subjects, 85% were male and 66% white non-Hispanics; baseline mean CD4 count was 236 cells per cubic millimeter and cystatin C was 0.89 mg/L. Cystatin C decreased significantly within each arm; however, ritonavir-boosted atazanavir attenuated the beneficial effects of ART on cystatin C compared to EFV. Compared to ABC/3TC, TDF/FTC led to a marginally significant attenuation for percent change analyses only. Higher baseline body mass index and HIV RNA were associated with larger reductions in cystatin C in multivariable models. At baseline, cystatin C was positively correlated with high-sensitivity C-reactive protein (Spearman r = 0.25), interleukin 6 (r = 0.34), soluble intercellular adhesion molecule (r = 0.36), soluble vascular cell adhesion molecule (r = 0.54), tumor necrosis factor α (r = 0.57), and soluble TNF-α receptor I (r = 0.70, all P < 0.001). Reductions in cystatin C from 0 to 96 weeks correlated with reductions in all inflammatory biomarkers (r = 0.39-0.58, P < 0.001) except for high-sensitivity C-reactive protein (r = 0.01, P = 0.89) and IL-6 (r = 0.08, P = 0.24). The beneficial effect of ART on cystatin C concentrations is attenuated by boosted ATV when compared to EFV. Reductions in cystatin C after ART are associated with reductions in systemic inflammation.
Inflammation - pathology Anti-Retroviral Agents - therapeutic use Cystatin C - blood Humans Middle Aged Male Treatment Outcome Young Adult HIV Infections - pathology Plasma - chemistry Adolescent Adult Female HIV Infections - drug therapy Antiretroviral Therapy, Highly Active - methods

Details

Metrics

Logo image