Resveratrol co-treatment attenuates the effects of HIV protease inhibitors on rat body weight and enhances cardiac mitochondrial respiration
| dc.contributor.author | Symington, Burger | en_ZA |
| dc.contributor.author | Mapanga, Rudo F. | en_ZA |
| dc.contributor.author | Norton, Gavin R. | en_ZA |
| dc.contributor.author | Essop, M. Faadiel | en_ZA |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2017-03-15T08:49:57Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2017-03-15T08:49:57Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2017-01-20 | |
| dc.description | CITATION: Symington, B., Mapanga, R. F., Norton, G. R. & Essop, M. F. 2017. Resveratrol co-treatment attenuates the effects of HIV protease inhibitors on rat body weight and enhances cardiac mitochondrial respiration. PLoS ONE, 12(1):e0170344, doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0170344. | |
| dc.description | The original publication is available at http://journals.plos.org/plosone | |
| dc.description.abstract | Since the early 1990s human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) emerged as a global health pandemic, with sub-Saharan Africa the hardest hit. While the successful roll-out of antiretroviral (ARV) therapy provided significant relief to HIV-positive individuals, such treatment can also elicit damaging side-effects. Here especially HIV protease inhibitors (PIs) are implicated in the onset of cardio-metabolic complications such as type-2 diabetes and coronary heart disease. As there is a paucity of data regarding suitable co-treatments within this context, this preclinical study investigated whether resveratrol (RSV), aspirin (ASP) or vitamin C (VitC) co-treatment is able to blunt side-effects in a rat model of chronic PI exposure (Lopinavir/Ritonavir treatment for 4 months). Body weights and weight gain, blood metabolite levels (total cholesterol, HDL, LDL, triglycerides), echocardiography and cardiac mitochondrial respiration were assessed in PI-treated rats ± various co-treatments. Our data reveal that PI treatment significantly lowered body weight and cardiac respiratory function while no significant changes were found for heart function and blood metabolite levels. Moreover, all co-treatments ameliorated the PI-induced decrease in body weight after 4 months of PI treatment, while RSV co-treatment enhanced cardiac mitochondrial respiratory capacity in PI-treated rats. This pilot study therefore provides novel hypotheses regarding RSV co-treatment that should be further assessed in greater detail. | en_ZA |
| dc.description.uri | http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0170344 | |
| dc.description.version | Publisher's version | |
| dc.format.extent | 13 pages | |
| dc.identifier.citation | Symington, B., Mapanga, R. F., Norton, G. R. & Essop, M. F. 2017. Resveratrol co-treatment attenuates the effects of HIV protease inhibitors on rat body weight and enhances cardiac mitochondrial respiration. PLoS ONE, 12(1):e0170344, doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0170344. | |
| dc.identifier.issn | 1932-6203 (online) | |
| dc.identifier.other | doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0170344 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/100675 | |
| dc.language.iso | en_ZA | en_ZA |
| dc.publisher | Public Library of Science | |
| dc.rights.holder | Authors retain copyright | |
| dc.subject | Resveratrol | en_ZA |
| dc.subject | HIV infections -- Treatment | en_ZA |
| dc.subject | AIDS (Disease) -- Treatment | en_ZA |
| dc.title | Resveratrol co-treatment attenuates the effects of HIV protease inhibitors on rat body weight and enhances cardiac mitochondrial respiration | en_ZA |
| dc.type | Article | en_ZA |