Comprehensive proteomic analysis of JC polyomavirus-infected human astrocytes and their extracellular vesicles
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ABSTRACT: JC polyomavirus (JCPyV) is the causative agent of progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (PML), a devastating demyelinating disease of the central nervous system that results in the widespread formation of lesions across the brain parenchyma. The virus is opportunistic and remains in a benign state in the kidneys and lymphoid organs of more than half of the global human adult population. However, in rare cases of severe or selective immune suppression, JCPyV can establish a lytic infection of glial cells in the brain. While PML has traditionally been characterized as a lytic infection of oligodendrocytes, more recent findings suggest an important role for astrocytes during the initial stages of disease. Because of the exceptional species and tissue specificity of the virus, appropriate models of JCPyV infection in the brain are lacking, thus hampering progress towards the development of novel antiviral strategies and biomarkers of disease activity. Here, using iPSC-derived astrocytes infected with JCPyV and analyzed by LC-MS/MS, we show that the virus strongly influences the cell biology, inducing an unique proteomic signature that sharply contrasts with mock-infected cells.
INSTRUMENT(S): Orbitrap Fusion Lumos
ORGANISM(S): Homo Sapiens (human) Jc Polyomavirus
TISSUE(S): Brain, Brain Macroglial Cell
SUBMITTER: Larise Oberholster
LAB HEAD: Renaud A. Du Pasquier
PROVIDER: PXD044144 | Pride | 2023-08-28
REPOSITORIES: Pride
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