Raman spectroscopy based molecular signatures of methamphetamine and HIV induced mitochondrial dysfunction

Autor: Khoo Ting Chean, Ravikumar Aalinkeel, Serfraz Abbasi, Anna V. Sharikova, Stanley A. Schwartz, Alexander Khmaladze, Supriya D. Mahajan
Rok vydání: 2022
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Zdroj: Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 621:116-121
ISSN: 0006-291X
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2022.06.098
Popis: METH and HIV Tat treatment results in increased oxidative stress which affects cellular metabolism and causes DNA damage in the treated microglia. Both, METH ± HIV Tat impair mitochondrial respiration, leading to dysfunction in bioenergetics and increased ROS in microglial cells. Our data indicate that mitochondrial dysfunction may be key to the METH and/or HIV Tat-induced neuropathology. METH and/or HIV Tat induced changes in the protein, lipid and nucleotide concentration in microglial cells were measured by Raman Spectroscopy, and we speculate that these fundamental molecular-cellular changes in microglial cells contribute to the neuropathology that is associated with METH abuse in HIV patients.
Databáze: OpenAIRE