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Altered central nervous system gene expression caused by congenitally acquired persistent infection with lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus

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authors

  • Kunz, S.
  • Rojek, J. M.
  • Roberts, Amanda
  • McGavern, Dorian
  • Oldstone, Michael
  • de la Torre, Juan

publication date

  • September 2006

journal

  • Journal of Virology  Journal

abstract

  • Neonatal infection of most mouse strains with lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus (LCMV) leads to a life-long persistent infection characterized by high virus loads in the central nervous system (CNS) in the absence of inflammation and tissue destruction. These mice, however, exhibit impaired learning and memory. The occurrence of cognitive defects in the absence of overt CNS pathology led us to the hypothesis that chronic virus infection may contribute to neuronal dysfunction by altering the host's gene expression profile. To test this hypothesis, we examined the impact of LCMV persistence on host gene expression in the CNS. To model the natural route of human congenital CNS infection observed with a variety of viruses, we established a persistently infected mouse colony where the virus was maintained via vertical transmission from infected mothers to offspring (LCMV-cgPi). LCMV-cgPi mice exhibited a lifelong persistent infection involving the CNS; the infection was associated with impaired spatial-temporal learning. Despite high viral loads in neurons of the brains of adult LCMV-cgPi mice, we detected changes in the host's CNS gene expression for only 75 genes, 56 and 19 being significantly induced and reduced, respectively. The majority of the genes induced in the brain of LCMV-cgPi mice were interferon (IFN)-stimulated genes (ISGs) and included the transcription factors STAT1 and IRF9, the ISG15 protease UBP43, and the glucocorticoid attenuated-response genes GARG16 and GARG49. Based on their crucial role in antiviral defense, these ISGs may play an important role in limiting viral spread and replication. However, since IFNs have also been implicated in adverse effects on neuronal function, the chronic induction of some ISGs may also contribute to the observed cognitive impairment.

subject areas

  • Animals
  • Central Nervous System
  • Female
  • Gene Expression Regulation
  • Lymphocytic Choriomeningitis
  • Lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus
  • Male
  • Mice
  • Mice, Inbred C57BL
  • Neurons
  • RNA
  • Tissue Distribution
  • Transcription, Genetic
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International Standard Serial Number (ISSN)

  • 0022-538X

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

  • 10.1128/jvi.00795-06

PubMed ID

  • 16940520
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Additional Document Info

start page

  • 9082

end page

  • 9092

volume

  • 80

issue

  • 18

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