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Zika Virus Replication in Dorsal Root Ganglia Explants from Interferon Receptor1 Knockout Mice Causes Myelin Degeneration.


ABSTRACT: Zika virus (ZIKV) is a neurotropic agent that targets the developing fetal brain in women infected during pregnancy. In addition to the developing central nervous system, ZIKV has been recently shown to infect cells of the peripheral nervous system (PNS), highlighting its potential to cause acute peripheral neuropathies in adults, such as Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS). Here we show that myelinating dorsal root ganglia (DRG) explants obtained from interferon-alpha/beta receptor knock-out mice are productively infected by ZIKV. Virus replication is cytopathic in both peripheral neurons and myelinating Schwann cells leading to myelin disruption. These results confirm and extend previous observations suggesting that the PNS is indeed a potential site of ZIKV infection, replication and cytopathicity.

SUBMITTER: Volpi VG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6033858 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Zika Virus Replication in Dorsal Root Ganglia Explants from Interferon Receptor1 Knockout Mice Causes Myelin Degeneration.

Volpi Vera Giulia VG   Pagani Isabel I   Ghezzi Silvia S   Iannacone Matteo M   D'Antonio Maurizio M   Vicenzi Elisa E  

Scientific reports 20180705 1


Zika virus (ZIKV) is a neurotropic agent that targets the developing fetal brain in women infected during pregnancy. In addition to the developing central nervous system, ZIKV has been recently shown to infect cells of the peripheral nervous system (PNS), highlighting its potential to cause acute peripheral neuropathies in adults, such as Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS). Here we show that myelinating dorsal root ganglia (DRG) explants obtained from interferon-alpha/beta receptor knock-out mice are  ...[more]

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