Male offspring born to mildly ZIKV-infected mice are at risk of developing neurocognitive disorders in adulthood / Stephanie Stanelle-Bertram, Kerstin Walendy-Gnirß, Thomas Speiseder, Swantje Thiele, Ivy Asantewaa Asante, Carola Dreier, Nancy Mounogou Kouassi, Annette Preuß, Gundula Pilnitz-Stolze, Ursula Müller, Stefanie Thanisch, Melanie Richter, Robin Scharrenberg, Vanessa Kraus, Ronja Dörk, Lynn Schau, Vanessa Herder, Ingo Gerhauser, Vanessa Maria Pfankuche, Christopher Käufer, Inken Waltl, Thais Moraes, Julie Sellau, Stefan Hoenow, Jonas Schmidt-Chanasit, Stephanie Jansen, Benjamin Schattling, Harald Ittrich, Udo Bartsch, Thomas Renné, Ralf Bartenschlager, Petra Arck, Daniel Cadar, Manuel A. Friese, Olli Vapalahti, Hanna Lotter, Sany Benites, Lane Rolling, Martin Gabriel, Wolfgang Baumgärtner, Fabio Morellini, Sabine M. Hölter, Oana Amarie, Helmut Fuchs, Martin Hrabe de Angelis, Wolfgang Löscher, Froylan Calderon de Anda, Gülsah Gabriel

Congenital Zika virus (ZIKV) syndrome may cause fetal microcephaly in ~1% of affected newborns. Here, we investigate whether the majority of clinically inapparent newborns might suffer from long-term health impairments not readily visible at birth. Infection of immunocompetent pregnant mice with high-dose ZIKV caused severe offspring phenotypes, such as fetal death, as expected. By contrast, low-dose (LD) maternal ZIKV infection resulted in reduced fetal birth weight but no other obvious phenotypes. Male offspring born to LD ZIKV-infected mothers had increased testosterone (TST) levels and were less likely to survive in utero infection compared to their female littermates. Males also presented an increased number of immature neurons in apical and basal hippocampal dendrites, while female offspring had immature neurons in basal dendrites only. Moreover, male offspring with high but not very high (storm) TST levels were more likely to suffer from learning and memory impairments compared to females. Future studies are required to understand the impact of TST on neuropathological and neurocognitive impairments in later life. In summary, increased sex-specific vigilance is required in countries with high ZIKV prevalence, where impaired neurodevelopment may be camouflaged by a healthy appearance at birth..

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

10 September 2018

2018

Erschienen:

10 September 2018

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:3

Enthalten in:

Nature microbiology - 3(2018), 10, Seite 1161-1174

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Stanelle-Bertram, Stephanie, 1983- [VerfasserIn]
Walendy-Gnirß, Kerstin [VerfasserIn]
Speiseder, Thomas [VerfasserIn]
Thiele, Swantje [VerfasserIn]
Asante, Ivy Asantewaa [VerfasserIn]
Dreier, Carola [VerfasserIn]
Kouassi, Nancy Mounogou [VerfasserIn]
Preuß, Annette [VerfasserIn]
Pilnitz-Stolze, Gundula [VerfasserIn]
Müller, Ursula [VerfasserIn]
Thanisch, Stefanie [VerfasserIn]
Richter, Melanie, 1971- [VerfasserIn]
Scharrenberg, Robin [VerfasserIn]
Kraus, Vanessa [VerfasserIn]
Dörk, Ronja [VerfasserIn]
Schau, Lynn [VerfasserIn]
Herder, Vanessa [VerfasserIn]
Gerhauser, Ingo [VerfasserIn]
Pfankuche, Vanessa Maria [VerfasserIn]
Käufer, Christopher [VerfasserIn]
Waltl, Inken [VerfasserIn]
Moraes, Thaís [VerfasserIn]
Sellau, Julie [VerfasserIn]
Hoenow, Stefan [VerfasserIn]
Schmidt-Chanasit, Jonas [VerfasserIn]
Jansen, Stephanie [VerfasserIn]
Schattling, Benjamin [VerfasserIn]
Ittrich, Harald [VerfasserIn]
Bartsch, Udo [VerfasserIn]
Renné, Thomas [VerfasserIn]
Bartenschlager, Ralf, 1958- [VerfasserIn]
Arck, Petra [VerfasserIn]
Cadar, Daniel [VerfasserIn]
Friese, Manuel A. [VerfasserIn]
Vapalahti, Olli [VerfasserIn]
Lotter, Hanna [VerfasserIn]
Benites, Sany [VerfasserIn]
Rolling, Lane [VerfasserIn]
Gabriel, Martin [VerfasserIn]
Baumgärtner, Wolfgang [VerfasserIn]
Morellini, Fabio [VerfasserIn]
Hölter, Sabine M. [VerfasserIn]
Amarie, Oana [VerfasserIn]
Fuchs, Helmut [VerfasserIn]
Hrabe de Angelis, Martin [VerfasserIn]
Löscher, Wolfgang [VerfasserIn]
Calderon de Anda, Froylan [VerfasserIn]
Gabriel, Gülsah [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Animals
Animals, Newborn
Brain
Disease Models, Animal
Female
Humans
Infectious Disease Transmission, Vertical
Learning Disabilities
Male
Neurocognitive Disorders
Placental Insufficiency
Pregnancy
Pregnancy Complications, Infectious
Sex Factors
Testosterone
Zika Virus
Zika Virus Infection

Anmerkungen:

Gesehen am 08.04.2020

Umfang:

48

doi:

10.1038/s41564-018-0236-1

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

1694243451