Virus infection of the CNS disrupts the immune-neural-synaptic axis via induction of pleiotropic gene regulation of host responses

Treatment for many viral infections of the central nervous system (CNS) remains only supportive. Here we address a remaining gap in our knowledge regarding how the CNS and immune systems interact during viral infection. By examining the regulation of the immune and nervous system processes in a nonhuman primate model of West Nile virus neurological disease, we show that virus infection disrupts the homeostasis of the immune-neural-synaptic axis via induction of pleiotropic genes with distinct functions in each component of the axis. This pleiotropic gene regulation suggests an unintended off-target negative impact of virus-induced host immune responses on the neurotransmission, which may be a common feature of various viral infections of the CNS.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2021

Erschienen:

2021

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:10

Enthalten in:

eLife - 10(2021) vom: 18. Feb.

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Maximova, Olga A [VerfasserIn]
Sturdevant, Daniel E [VerfasserIn]
Kash, John C [VerfasserIn]
Kanakabandi, Kishore [VerfasserIn]
Xiao, Yongli [VerfasserIn]
Minai, Mahnaz [VerfasserIn]
Moore, Ian N [VerfasserIn]
Taubenberger, Jeff [VerfasserIn]
Martens, Craig [VerfasserIn]
Cohen, Jeffrey I [VerfasserIn]
Pletnev, Alexander G [VerfasserIn]

Links:

Volltext

Themen:

Functional genomics
Immune system
Immunology
Infectious disease
Inflammation
Journal Article
Microbiology
Neuronal system
Pleiotropic genes
Research Support, N.I.H., Intramural
Rhesus macaque
Synapses
Virus

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 28.01.2022

Date Revised 19.09.2023

published: Electronic

GEO: GSE122798

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.7554/eLife.62273

funding:

Förderinstitution / Projekttitel:

PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM321584430