Intermittent cytomegalovirus infection alters neurobiological metabolism and induces cognitive deficits in mice

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Risk factors contributing to dementia are multifactorial. Accumulating evidence suggests a role for pathogens as risk factors, but data is largely correlative with few causal relationships. Here, we demonstrate that intermittent murine cytomegalovirus (MCMV) infection of mice, alters blood brain barrier (BBB) permeability and metabolic pathways. Increased basal mitochondrial function is observed in brain microvessels cells (BMV) exposed to intermittent MCMV infection and is accompanied by elevated levels of superoxide. Further, mice score lower in cognitive assays compared to age-matched controls who were never administered MCMV. Our data show that repeated systemic infection with MCMV, increases markers of neuroinflammation, alters mitochondrial function, increases markers of oxidative stress and impacts cognition. Together, this suggests that viral burden may be a risk factor for dementia. These observations provide possible mechanistic insights through which pathogens may contribute to the progression or exacerbation of dementia.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:117

Enthalten in:

Brain, behavior, and immunity - 117(2024) vom: 05. März, Seite 36-50

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Harrison, Mark A A [VerfasserIn]
Morris, Sara L [VerfasserIn]
Rudman, Grace A [VerfasserIn]
Rittenhouse, Daniel J [VerfasserIn]
Monk, Chandler H [VerfasserIn]
Sakamuri, Siva S V P [VerfasserIn]
Mehedi Hasan, Md [VerfasserIn]
Shamima Khatun, Mst [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Hanyun [VerfasserIn]
Garfinkel, Lucas P [VerfasserIn]
Norton, Elizabeth B [VerfasserIn]
Kim, Sangku [VerfasserIn]
Kolls, Jay K [VerfasserIn]
Michal Jazwinski, S [VerfasserIn]
Mostany, Ricardo [VerfasserIn]
Katakam, Prasad V G [VerfasserIn]
Engler-Chiurazzi, Elizabeth B [VerfasserIn]
Zwezdaryk, Kevin J [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Aging
Alzheimer’s disease
Blood brain barrier
Brain microvascular endothelial cells
Cognitive decline
Cytomegalovirus
Dementia
Journal Article
Metabolism
Oxidative stress
Pathogen
Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

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Date Completed 04.03.2024

Date Revised 07.03.2024

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.bbi.2023.12.033

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NLM36672648X