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Demyelinating strain of mouse hepatitis virus infection bridging innate and adaptive immune response in the induction of demyelination.

ABSTRACT: The presence of immunoglobulin oligoclonal bands in the cerebrospinal fluid of Multiple Sclerosis (MS) patients supports the hypothesis of an infectious etiology, although the antigenic targets remain elusive. Neurotropic mouse hepatitis virus (MHV) infection in mice provides a useful tool for studying mechanisms of demyelination in a virus-induced experimental model of MS. This study uses Affymetrix microarray analysis to compare differential spinal cord mRNA levels between mice infected with demyelinating and non-demyelinating strains of MHV to identify host immune genes expressed in this demyelinating disease model. The study reveals that during the acute stage of infection, both strains induce inflammatory innate immune response genes, whereas upregulation of several immunoglobulin genes during chronic stage infection is unique to infection with the demyelinating strain. Results suggest that the demyelinating strain induced an innate-immune response during acute infection that may promote switching of Ig isotype genes during chronic infection, potentially playing a role in antibody-mediated progressive demyelination even after viral clearance.

SUBMITTER: Biswas K

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7106046 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Demyelinating strain of mouse hepatitis virus infection bridging innate and adaptive immune response in the induction of demyelination.

Biswas Kaushiki K Chatterjee Dhriti D Addya Sankar S Khan Reas S RS Kenyon Lawrence C LC Choe Alexander A Cohrs Randall J RJ Shindler Kenneth S KS Das Sarma Jayasri J

Clinical immunology (Orlando, Fla.) 20160706

The presence of immunoglobulin oligoclonal bands in the cerebrospinal fluid of Multiple Sclerosis (MS) patients supports the hypothesis of an infectious etiology, although the antigenic targets remain elusive. Neurotropic mouse hepatitis virus (MHV) infection in mice provides a useful tool for studying mechanisms of demyelination in a virus-induced experimental model of MS. This study uses Affymetrix microarray analysis to compare differential spinal cord mRNA levels between mice infected with d ...[more]

PMID: 27394164

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Demyelinating strain of mouse hepatitis virus infection bridging innate and adaptive immune response in the induction of demyelination.

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Demyelinating strain of mouse hepatitis virus infection bridging innate and adaptive immune response in the induction of demyelination.

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