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ArticleThe Journal of clinical investigation2014

Neuronal ferritin heavy chain and drug abuse affect HIV-associated cognitive dysfunction.

Jonathan Pitcher, Anna Abt, Jaclyn Myers, Rachel Han, Melissa Snyder, Alessandro Graziano, Lindsay Festa, Michele Kutzler, Fernando Garcia, Wen-Jun Gao and 3 more

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Article in The Journal of clinical investigation, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 23 papers.

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23citing papers in PubMed
1.7field-weighted citation impact, top 16% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

23 citing papers in PubMed, 35 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. CXCL12 Engages Cortical Inhibitory Neurons to Enhance Dendritic Spine Plasticity and Structured Network Activity.The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience · 2025
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  2. The Endolysosomal Transporter DMT1 is Required for Morphine Regulation of Neuronal Ferritin Heavy Chain.Journal of neuroimmune pharmacology : the official journal of the Society on NeuroImmune Pharmacology · 2023
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  11. Opioid Modulation of Neuronal Iron and Potential Contributions to NeuroHIV.Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.) · 2021
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  12. Opioid and neuroHIV Comorbidity - Current and Future Perspectives.Journal of neuroimmune pharmacology : the official journal of the Society on NeuroImmune Pharmacology · 2020
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

13 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Jonathan Pitcher
Anna Abt
Jaclyn Myers
Rachel Han
Melissa Snyder
Alessandro Graziano
Lindsay Festa
Michele Kutzler
Fernando Garcia
Wen-Jun Gao
Tracy Fischer-Smith
Jay Rappaport
Olimpia Meucci
Institute of Neurobiology · BGTemple University · USDrexel University · USThe Wistar Institute · US

Funding

X-Ray Crystallography and Macromolecular CharacterizationP30CA056036 · NCI · THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY · PI Andrew Chapman · 1995 to 2026
$94.8M
The Manhattan HIV Brain BankU24MH100931 · NIMH · ICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAI · PI MORGELLO, SUSAN · 2013 to 2023
$14.0M
California NeuroAIDS Tissue NetworkU24MH100928 · NIMH · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO · PI ACHIM, CRISTIAN L, MOORE, DAVID J · 2013 to 2023
$13.9M
California NeuroAIDS Tissue Network (CNTN)U01MH083506 · NIMH · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO · PI GRANT, IGOR · 2008 to 2012
$8.1M
OPIOIDS IN AIDS PROGRESSION AND NEUROPATHOGENESIS OF SIV INFECTED MACAQUESP01DA023860 · NIDA · TEMPLE UNIV OF THE COMMONWEALTH · PI FISCHER, TRACY · 2008 to 2012
$7.0M
Interdisciplinary And Translational Research Training In NeurohivT32MH079785 · NIMH · TEMPLE UNIV OF THE COMMONWEALTH · PI Kamel Khalili · 2008 to 2026
$5.4M
Role of chemokine receptors in neuronal survivalR01DA015014 · NIDA · MCP HAHNEMANN UNIVERSITY · PI MEUCCI, OLIMPIA · 2001 to 2017
$4.3M
Development of NMDAR hypofunction and cognitive deficitsR01MH085666 · NIMH · DREXEL UNIVERSITY · PI GAO, WEN-JUN · 2009 to 2018
$3.8M
Effects of opiates on neurons and their impact on HIV neuropathologyR01DA032444 · NIDA · DREXEL UNIVERSITY · PI MEUCCI, OLIMPIA · 2012 to 2023
$3.8M
Role of chemokines in neuronal function and survivalR37DA015014 · NIDA · DREXEL UNIVERSITY · PI Olimpia Meucci · 2018 to 2026
$3.7M
HIV gp120 and Prefrontal Cortical FunctionR21MH097623 · NIMH · DREXEL UNIVERSITY · PI GAO, WEN-JUN, MEUCCI, OLIMPIA · 2012 to 2013
$417k
NCI NIH HHS P30 CA056036NIDA NIH HHS DA023860NIDA NIH HHS DA15014NIDA NIH HHS DA32444NIDA NIH HHS P01 DA023860NIDA NIH HHS R01 DA015014NIDA NIH HHS R01 DA032444NIDA NIH HHS R37 DA015014NIMH NIH HHS MH 085666NIMH NIH HHS R01 MH085666NIMH NIH HHS T32-MH078795NIMH NIH HHS T32 MH079785NIMH NIH HHS U01 MH083506NIMH NIH HHS U24 MH100928NIMH NIH HHS U24 MH100931
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Interaction of the chemokine CXCL12 with its receptor CXCR4 promotes neuronal function and survival during embryonic development and throughout adulthood. Previous studies indicated that μ-opioid agonists specifically elevate neuronal levels of the protein ferritin heavy chain (FHC), which negatively regulates CXCR4 signaling and affects the neuroprotective function of the CXCL12/CXCR4 axis. Here, we determined that CXCL12/CXCR4 activity increased dendritic spine density, and also examined FHC expression and CXCR4 status in opiate abusers and patients with HIV-associated neurocognitive disorders (HAND), which is typically exacerbated by illicit drug use. Drug abusers and HIV patients with HAND had increased levels of FHC, which correlated with reduced CXCR4 activation, within cortical neurons. We confirmed these findings in a nonhuman primate model of SIV infection with morphine administration. Transfection of a CXCR4-expressing human cell line with an iron-deficient FHC mutant confirmed that increased FHC expression deregulated CXCR4 signaling and that this function of FHC was independent of iron binding. Furthermore, examination of morphine-treated rodents and isolated neurons expressing FHC shRNA revealed that FHC contributed to morphine-induced dendritic spine loss. Together, these data implicate FHC-dependent deregulation of CXCL12/CXCR4 as a contributing factor to cognitive dysfunction in neuroAIDS.

Indexed as

AdultAgedAIDS Dementia ComplexAnimalsApoferritinsBrainCell LineChemokine CXCL12Dendritic SpinesFemaleHumansIronMacacaMaleMiddle AgedMorphineApoferritinsChemokine CXCL12CXCL12 protein, humanCXCR4 protein, humanIronMorphineReceptors, CXCR4RNA, Small Interfering

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PMID24401274
PMCPMC3904611
OpenAlexW2169607015

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