Copy number variation of Fc gamma receptor genes in HIV-infected and HIV-tuberculosis co-infected individuals in sub-Saharan Africa.

Abstract

AIDS, caused by the retrovirus HIV, remains the largest cause of morbidity in sub-Saharan Africa yet almost all genetic studies have focused on cohorts from Western countries. HIV shows high co-morbidity with tuberculosis (TB), as HIV stimulates the reactivation of latent tuberculosis (TB). Recent clinical trials suggest that an effective anti-HIV response correlates with non-neutralising antibodies. Given that Fcγ receptors are critical in mediating the non-neutralising effects of antibodies, analysis of the extensive variation at Fcγ receptor genes is important. Single nucleotide variation and copy number variation (CNV) of Fcγ receptor genes affects the expression profile, activatory/inhibitory balance, and IgG affinity of the Fcγ receptor repertoire of each individual. In this study we investigated whether CNV of FCGR2C, FCGR3A and FCGR3B as well as the HNA1 allotype of FCGR3B is associated with HIV load, response to highly-active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) and co-infection with TB. We confirmed an effect of TB-co-infection status on HIV load and response to HAART, but no conclusive effect of the genetic variants we tested. We observed a small effect, in Ethiopians, of FCGR3B copy number, where deletion was more frequent in HIV-TB co-infected patients than those infected with HIV alone.

• Authors: Lee R Machado, Jennifer Bowdrey, Eliford Ngaimisi, Abiy Habtewold, Omary Minzi, Eyasu Makonnen, Getnet Yimer, Wondwossen Amogne, Sabina Mugusi, Mohammed Janabi, Getachew Aderaye, Ferdinand Mugusi, Maria Viskaduraki, Eleni Aklillu, Edward J Hollox
• Journal: PloS one (PLoS One) Vol. 8 Issue 11 Pg. e78165 ( 2013) ISSN: 1932-6203 [Electronic] United States
• PMID: 24250791 (Publication Type: Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't)

Chemical References

• Antibodies
• FCGR3A protein, human
• FCGR3B protein, human
• Fc gamma receptor IIC
• GPI-Linked Proteins
• Receptors, IgG

Topics

• Africa South of the Sahara
• Antibodies (genetics, immunology)
• Coinfection (genetics, immunology, pathology)
• DNA Copy Number Variations (genetics)
• Female
• GPI-Linked Proteins (genetics, immunology)
• HIV (immunology, pathogenicity)
• HIV Infections (genetics, immunology, pathology)
• Humans
• Male
• Receptors, IgG (genetics, immunology)
• Tuberculosis (genetics, immunology, pathology)