ABSTRACT: Analysis of the early transcriptome signature of infection of primary endothelial cells by Nipah virus vs. Nipah virus deleted for the expression of non-structural C protein
Project description:Nipah virus (NiV) is a recently emerged zoonotic Paramyxovirus that causes regular outbreaks in East Asia with mortality rate exceeding 75%. Major cellular targets of NiV infection are endothelial cells and neurons. To better understand virus-host interaction, we analysed the transcriptome profile of NiV infection in primary human umbilical vein endothelial cells. We found that NiV infection strongly induces genes involved in interferon response in endothelial cells. Among the top ten upregulated genes, we identified the chemokine CXCL10 (interferon-induced protein 10, IP-10), an important chemoattractant involved in the generation of inflammatory immune response and neurotoxicity. We performed microarray gene expression profiling of NiV infected HUVEC cell (2 replicates) and of uninfected HUVEC cell (2 replicates).
Project description:Nipah virus (NiV) is a recently emerged zoonotic Paramyxovirus that causes regular outbreaks in East Asia with mortality rate exceeding 75%. Major cellular targets of NiV infection are endothelial cells and neurons. To better understand virus-host interaction, we analysed the transcriptome profile of NiV infection in primary human umbilical vein endothelial cells. We found that NiV infection strongly induces genes involved in interferon response in endothelial cells. Among the top ten upregulated genes, we identified the chemokine CXCL10 (interferon-induced protein 10, IP-10), an important chemoattractant involved in the generation of inflammatory immune response and neurotoxicity.
Project description:Nipah virus (NiV) is a highly pathogenic, negative strand RNA paramyxovirus that has recently emerged from flying foxes to cause serious human disease. To study the poorly-understood role of nonstructural NiV proteins in NiV pathogenesis, we generated recombinant viruse lacking the expression of accesory NiV C protein (NiVM-bM-^HM-^FC). To analyse the molecular basis of NiVM-bM-^HM-^FC attenuation we have used the gene microarray approach to study early changes of gene expression in infected primary human endothelial cells, which is a major cellular target of human NiV infection. We performed microarray gene expression profiling of NiV infected HUVEC cell (2 replicates), of uninfected HUVEC cell (2 replicates) and of NiVM-bM-^HM-^FC infected HUVEC cell (2 replicates).
Project description:Nipah virus (NiV) is a highly pathogenic, negative strand RNA paramyxovirus that has recently emerged from flying foxes to cause serious human disease. To study the poorly-understood role of nonstructural NiV proteins in NiV pathogenesis, we generated recombinant viruse lacking the expression of accesory NiV C protein (NiV∆C).
Project description:Nipah virus (NiV) is an emerging paramyxovirus which causes severe respiratory illness and deathly encephalitis in humans.Improving the ability of vaccines to induce strong, cellular, and humoral immune responses, remains the challenge to respond to Nipah and future Henipavirus infections rapidly and efficiently. A CD40.NiV vaccine has been engineered by fusing to the anti-CD40 monoclonal Ab the ectodomain of the Nipah G protein (Bangladesh strain) and immunogenic and conserved NiV F and N peptides. In mice, CD40.NiV promotes poly-antigenic T cell responses and significantly improves anti-NiV G IgG responses compared to the non-targeted NiV G immunogenic protein, in terms of avidity and neutralization potency. Immunogenicity was confirmed in the AGM (African Green Monkey) model, with induction of cross-neutralizing sera against circulating NiV strains and Hendra virus (HeV). Challenge experiment using NiV-B strain demonstrated the high protective efficacy of the vaccine with 100% survival in vaccinated group as compared to 100% lethality in controls. Surviving animals did not exhibit NiV viral replication in the blood, organs and swabs suggesting a sterilizing immunity conferred by the CD40.NiV vaccine. Taken together, results obtained with CD40.NiV vaccine are highly promising in terms of breadth and viral efficacy against NiV.
Project description:we report the changes in the transcriptome of human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVECS) after exposure to a recombinant purified soluble form of dengue virus non-structural protein 1 (NS1)
Project description:Dengue viruses cause two severe diseases that alter vascular fluid barrier functions, dengue hemorrhagic fever (DHF) and dengue shock syndrome (DSS). While the mechanisms that lead to vascular permeability are unknown, the endothelium plays a central role in regulating fluid and cellular efflux from capillaries. Thus, dysregulation of endothelial cells functions by dengue virus infection may contribute to pathogenesis and severe disease. We used microarrays to investigate the effect of dengue virus infection on gene expression within primary human endothelial cells at various times post infection and identified numerous upregulated antiviral and immune response genes. Early passage primary endothelial cells (HUVECs) were mock infected (no virus) or infected with dengue virus and total RNA collected at 3 timepoints: 12, 24, and 48 hours post infection. Multiple timepoints were analyzed to identify changes in gene expression levels over time. Gene expression from both mock infected and dengue virus infected endothelial cells was evaluated to determine fold induction at each timepoint.
