ELEVATED IGE LEVEL IN RELATIONSHIP TO NUTRITIONAL-STATUS AND IMMUNE PARAMETERS IN EARLY HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS-1 DISEASE

JOURNAL OF ALLERGY AND CLINICAL IMMUNOLOGY

卷:95

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SHORPOSNER, G ; MIGUEZBURBANO, MJ ; LU, Y ; FEASTER, D ; FLETCHER, M ; SAUBERLICH, H ; BAUM, MK

关键词: IGE;    HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS-1 INFECTION;    VITAMIN E;    NUTRITIONAL STATUS;   

DOI  :  10.1016/S0091-6749(95)70133-8

来源: Elsevier

【 摘 要 】

Elevation of IgE has been associated with T-cell dysregulation and with the occurrence of opportunistic infections in patients with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome. The precise cause of IgE overproduction during the early stages of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-1 disease, however, has not been established. In light of reports demonstrating that IgE production may be affected by vitamin E levels in an animal model, we evaluated nutritional status in relationship to plasma IgE levels and immune parameters in 100 asymptomatic HIV-1-seropositive and 42 HIV-1-seronegative homosexual men. Approximately 18% of the HIV-1-seropositive population demonstrated biochemical evidence of plasma vitamin E deficiency (<5 mu g/ml). Subsequent analysis of available samples indicated a dramatic elevation of IgE levels (308 +/- 112 IU/ml) in vitamin E-deficient seropositive subjects (n = 9) as compared with age and CD4-matched HIV-1-seropositive persons with adequate vitamin E levels (n = 16, 118.1 +/- 41.1 IU/ml) and significantly lower levels (59.5 +/- 15.7 IU/ml) in HIV-1-seronegative men (n = 20, p = 0.01). This effect, which was independent of CD4 cell count, did not appear to be influenced by atopic or gastrointestinal parasitic disease. The low plasma vitamin E levels were related at least in part to dietary intake (r = 0.552, p = 0.01), suggesting that supplementation may be warranted in HIV-1-infected persons in whom vitamin E deficiency develops. Analysis of covariance revealed a strong relationship between IgE levels and CD8 cell counts (p < 0.006), and between IgE level and vitamin E deficiency (p < 0.039). Although nutritional deficiency is unlikely to be the principal cause of immunoglobulin dysregulation in HIV infection, these results demonstrate that vitamin E deficiency may play a contributory role in IgE elevation during the early stages of disease.

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