N-acetylcysteine: potential for AIDS therapy.

Abstract:

:The observations that people infected with HIV suffer not only from an inflammatory stress but also from depleted glutathione levels have led to a general hypothesis that these two are causally related, and that treatment of AIDS should include thiol-replenishment therapy. In particular, inflammatory stimulations are dependent on intracellular thiol levels, as they are potentiated at low glutathione levels (oxidative stress) and inhibited at high glutathione levels. Inflammatory stress may itself lead to decreased levels of glutathione. HIV has taken advantage of inflammatory signals to regulate its own replication; thus, the HIV infection is exacerbated by low levels of glutathione. We have shown that N-acetylcysteine can inhibit inflammatory stimulations, including that of HIV replication. Since N-acetylcysteine can replenish depleted glutathione levels in vivo, we suggest that it be used as an adjunct in the treatment of AIDS.

journal_name

Pharmacology

journal_title

Pharmacology

authors

Roederer M,Staal FJ,Ela SW,Herzenberg LA,Herzenberg LA

doi

10.1159/000139037

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

1993-01-01 00:00:00

pages

121-9

issue

3

eissn

0031-7012

issn

1423-0313

journal_volume

46

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