Abstract

Tenofovir disoproxil fumerate (TDF) is an effective nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor for HIV infection but it is potentially nephrotoxic. A selective mithochondrial toxicity has been hypothesized. To assess early markers of renal toxicity, we evaluated a cohort of antiretroviral (ARV)-experienced HIV patients who had been switched from a thymidinic backbone to either a TDF/emtricitabine regimen (TDF; 73 patients) or an abacavir/lamivudine (ABV) regimen (28 patients). Markers of mitochondrial toxicity (cytochrome c, Cyc) or cytosolic (α-glutathione S transferase, α-GST) together with common indicators of renal damage were assessed at baseline (T0) and after 1 (T1), 3 (T2), 6 (T3), and 12 (T4) months of patient exposure to therapy. Clinical features of both groups were comparable at T0. There was no significant variation in estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGRF), median urine protein excretion, or microalbuminuria and serum phosphate levels in both groups during the study period. There was a significant increase in urinary excretion of phosphate in patients on TDF compared to those on ABV at T3 and T4. Fractional excretion of uric acid was also altered in the two treatment groups; there was no change in the ABV (constantly less than 0.10), but a progressive increase in TDF patients. Serum potassium levels were significantly lower in ABV than in TDF treated patients. Urine concentrations of α-GST showed a nonsignificant variation in both groups, while Cyc excretion was significantly higher at T1 and T3 in TDF-treated compared to ABV-treated patients. In conclusion, TDF may be associated with subclinical mitochondrial damage, inducing at a later stage increased urinary excretion of phosphate and uric acid, as markers of incipient tubular injury.

Autore Pugliese

• Angarano Gioacchino

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• ANGARANO G.

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2012

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1087-2914

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