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CSF follow‐up in HIV‐1 infection: intrathecal production of HIV‐specific and unspecific IGG, and beta‐2‐microglobulin increase with duration of HIV‐1 infection
Author(s) -
Elovaara I.,
Nykyri E.,
Poutianinen E.,
Hokkanen L.,
Raininko R.,
Suni J.
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
acta neurologica scandinavica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.967
H-Index - 95
eISSN - 1600-0404
pISSN - 0001-6314
DOI - 10.1111/j.1600-0404.1993.tb04123.x
Subject(s) - cerebrospinal fluid , medicine , subclinical infection , beta 2 microglobulin , immunology , gastroenterology , intrathecal , disease , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , antibody , pathophysiology , surgery
Ninety‐nine sequential cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) samples from 28 human imunodeficiency virus‐1 (HIV‐1)‐infected patients were analyzed during the follow‐up of 9 months to 4 years. Intrathecal synthesis of HIV‐antibodies and IgG (p<0.01), and the levels of beta‐2‐microglobulin (β2m) in the CSF (p<0.05) and serum (p<0.01) increased with duration of HIV‐1 infection. No effect of duration of HIV‐1 infection was observed on the individual CSF white cell counts and the levels of blood‐brain‐barrier (BBB) permeability. In 13 patients with HIV‐1‐associated central nervous system (CNS) disease, the effect of duration was seen as an increase of the individual β2m levels in serum (p<0.01). Moreover, 7 of 9 patients who developed neurological disease or showed its progression during the study increased the level of β2m in the CSF. All of them increased the level of β2m in serum. In 15 neurologically healthy subjects, the effect of duration was expressed as an increase of the level of individual β2m in CSF (p<0.05) and intrathecal IgG synthesis (p<0.01). In the AIDS group, the level of β2m in the CSF increased, but in less severe stages the dependency of the individual CSF parameters on disease duration was not found. Our results indicate that elevated levels of β2m in CSF and serum appear to predict progression of neurological and systemic diseases, respectively. Elevated β2m in the CSF of clinically intact individuals may indicate subclinical neurological disease caused by HIV‐1. Serial monitoring of other majro immunological parameters is less informative because of a marked variability and an inability to predict disease progression.