Role of PLA2G1B During HIV Infection

The main objective of this study is to qualify and quantify, by microscopy techniques, CD4+ lymphocyte abnormalities during HIV infection in 7 patients who are naive to any ARV (antiretroviral ) treatment and secondarily to follow the kinetics of reversion of the observed abnormalities, as well as the evolution of the levels of PLA2G1B and its cofactor gp41 in 8 patients under ARV treatment

Antiretroviral therapy in HIV-infected patients has progressed significantly over the past two decades.

Viral replication in patients who are complicit in their treatment regimen is greatly reduced below detection limits (quantification) by current and approved laboratory tests. However, the persistence of residual (plasma) replication of the virus creates an inflammatory state associated with certain pathologies, accelerated aging and premature mortality. If treatment is discontinued for any reason, viral replication resumes within a few weeks in almost all patients.

Alternative infections of inflammatory pathways in HIV can also play a critical role in the inflammatory process suppressed by treatment. Members of the phospholipase A2 family can hydrolyze phospholipid molecules at the sn-2 position, making it a question about lipid moieties. One of the members, the phospholipase A2 group1B (PLA2G1B), is found in the plasma of HIV-infected patients who are not receiving antiretroviral therapy. Ex vivo, this enzyme is able to induce a purified CD4 lymphocyte energy from donors, as well as by inducing the lack of response to IL-7 (interleukin-7). In the long term, loss of response to IL-7 induces CD4 lymphopenia. Therefore, PLA2G1B must play an important role in the mechanism leading to HIV-infected patients becoming immunodeficient.

At the clinical level, we found that PLA2G1B activity increases in all HIV-infected patients and decreases after ARV treatment. On the other hand, for patients who are able to eliminate the HIV virus on therapy but whose immunological response remains low, PLA2G1B activity remains high. More interestingly, in "HIV Elite Controller" patients, PLA2G1B activity is not found in their plasma. Overall, there is a correlation between the different clinical groups (viremic not on therapy, ARV and virus removal with robust CD4+ T-cell response, virus removal with suboptimal CD4+ T-cell response and "HIV Elite Controller") and the activity level of PLA2G1B in their plasma.

The purpose of this study, more generally, is to study the role of PLA2G1B in CD4 lymphocytes and to analyze the reversion of its effects in the immunopathogenicity of HIV infection.

In the main study, 15 patients will be included. The analysis of the first 7 patients will in addition meet the objectives of the study, to determine the test that will allow the follow-up of the 8 other patients after ARV treatment. The participation of the 7 patients in the study is limited to 1 (one) day.

In the sub-study, the last 8 patients following their inclusion in the main study will enter a follow-up phase of 12 months after they are put on ARV treatment. The total duration of participation for the 8 patients will be 13 months.

The main study is carried out by taking 50 mL of total blood and in the sub-study, 30mL of blood sample will be taken during the follow-up visit (at M1, M3, M6, M9 and 12 Months) after ARV treatment.

Eligibility Criteria:
Inclusion Criteria:

1. Participant aged 18 to under 70
2. Participant having signed the written and informed consent;
3. Patient with HIV-1 infection documented by a positive HIV western blot positive (infected patients\> 6 months, CD4 count\> 350 / mm3 and HIV RNA \<100.000 copies / mL) naive to any ARV treatment Anti-HIV antibody positive and an optical density \<1.0, as determined by enzyme immunoassay, with no significant risk of clinical events
4. Appropriate laboratory data: hemoglobin\> 9 g / dL, absolute neutrophil count ≥1000 / μL, platelets ≥50,000 / μL, bilirubin ≤ 1.5 X upper limit of normal (ULN) or ≤3 X ULN serum creatinine ≤ 1.5 X ULN, alanine amino transferase (ALT) or aspartate amino transferase (AST) ≤ 3 X ULN;
5. ECOG (Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group) performance status scale ≤2
6. Subject benefiting from a French social security scheme, or affiliated to such a scheme

Exclusion Criteria:

1. History of inflammatory disease such as rheumatoid arthritis, lupus, Crohn's disease, ulcerative colitis
2. Concomitant use of systemic or topical corticosteroids for the treatment of skin diseases. However, topical steroids and oral steroids (≤10 mg prednisone equivalent / day) are permitted if the patient has received a stable dose with stable symptoms for at least 4 weeks before inclusion in the study.
3. Major surgery \<4 weeks before inclusion in the study.
4. A stem cell transplant.
5. History of other malignancies in the last three years except Kaposi controlled.
6. Infection known by hepatitis C or B virus (HCV or HBV)
7. Congestive heart failure, class III or IV, according to the criteria of the New York Heart Association (NYHA).
8. Vulnerable population (minors, pregnant, parturient or nursing women, persons under guardianship or trusteeship, or deprived of liberty by a judicial or administrative decision, under the protection of justice)
9. Patients with dementia or altered mental states who would not understand and provide an informed consent document