Title
Integrative Multi-Omics Reveals Serum Markers of Tuberculosis in Advanced HIV
Date Issued
08 June 2021
Access level
open access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Krishnan S.
Queiroz A.T.L.
Gupta A.
Gupte N.
Bisson G.P.
Kumwenda J.
Naidoo K.
Mohapi L.
Mave V.
Mngqibisa R.
Hosseinipour M.C.
Andrade B.B.
Karakousis P.C.
Publisher(s)
Frontiers Media SA
Abstract
Tuberculosis (TB) accounts for disproportionate morbidity and mortality among persons living with HIV (PLWH). Conventional methods of TB diagnosis, including smear microscopy and Xpert MTB/RIF, have lower sensitivity in PLWH. Novel high-throughput approaches, such as miRNAomics and metabolomics, may advance our ability to recognize subclinical and difficult-to-diagnose TB, especially in very advanced HIV. We conducted a case-control study leveraging REMEMBER, a multi-country, open-label randomized controlled trial comparing 4-drug empiric standard TB treatment with isoniazid preventive therapy in PLWH initiating antiretroviral therapy (ART) with CD4 cell counts <50 cells/μL. Twenty-three cases of incident TB were site-matched with 32 controls to identify microRNAs (miRNAs), metabolites, and cytokines/chemokines, associated with the development of newly diagnosed TB in PLWH. Differentially expressed miRNA analysis revealed 11 altered miRNAs with a fold change higher than 1.4 or lower than -1.4 in cases relative to controls (p<0.05). Our analysis revealed no differentially abundant metabolites between cases and controls. We found higher TNFα and IP-10/CXCL10 in cases (p=0.011, p=0.0005), and higher MDC/CCL22 in controls (p=0.0072). A decision-tree algorithm identified gamma-glutamylthreonine and hsa-miR-215-5p as the optimal variables to classify incident TB cases (AUC 0.965; 95% CI 0.925-1.000). hsa-miR-215-5p, which targets genes in the TGF-β signaling pathway, was downregulated in cases. Gamma-glutamylthreonine, a breakdown product of protein catabolism, was less abundant in cases. To our knowledge, this is one of the first uses of a multi-omics approach to identify incident TB in severely immunosuppressed PLWH.
Volume
12
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Tecnología para la identificación y funcionamiento del ADN, proteínas y enzimas y como influencian la enfermedad)
Subjects
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85108348193
PubMed ID
Source
Frontiers in Immunology
ISSN of the container
16643224
Sponsor(s)
Research reported in this publication was supported by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases of the National Institutes of Health under award numbers UM1 AI068634, UM1 AI068636, and UM1 AI106701. The work was also supported by the Johns Hopkins Baltimore-Washington-India Clinical Trials Unit (BWI CTU) (NIH/NIAID UM1AI069465). This research was supported by grants from the AIDS Clinical Trials Group (ACTG) and CRDF Global to PK. This work was also supported by the Johns Hopkins University Center for AIDS Research (P30AI094189). SK was also supported by the National Institute of Health T32 AI007291-27. PCK was also supported by the NIH/NIAID grant K24AI143447.
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