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NEUROSCIENCE LETTERS
Volume 479, Issue 1, Pages 58-62Publisher
ELSEVIER IRELAND LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2010.05.028
Keywords
Herpes simplex virus type 1; TNFR1; Neuroinflammation
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- Rede Instituto Brasileiro de Neurociencia (Rede IBN Net)
- Capes
- CNPq, Brazil
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Herpes simplex virus-1 (HSV-1) is a pathogen for humans that may cause severe encephalitis. Tumor necrosis factor a (TNF-alpha) plays a role in several viral diseases of the central nervous system (CNS). The classic proinflammatory activities of TNF-alpha. are mediated mainly through activation of the receptor 1 for TNF-alpha (TNFR1). However, when HSV-1 is inoculated in the periphery, TNF-alpha seems to protect C57BI/6 mice against encephalitis by a mechanism independent of TNFR1. This study aims to investigate the role of TNFR1 in HSV-1 encephalitis induced by the inoculation of the virus into the brain. Wild-type C57BL/6 (WT) and TNFR1(-/-) were inoculated with 102 plaque-forming units of HSV-1 by the intracranial route. Infection with HSV-1 was lethal in TNFR1(-/-) mice in early times after infection. TNFR1(-/-) mice had reduced expression of the chemokines CCL3 and CCL5, and decreased leukocyte adhesion in the brain vasculature compared to WT mice 4 days post-infection (dpi). At this time point TNFR1(-/-) infected mice also had higher HSV-1 viral replication and more injuries in the brain, especially in the hippocampus. In conclusion, TNFR1 seems to play a relevant role in the control of viral replication in the CNS when HSV-1 is inoculated by intracranial route. (C) 2010 Elsevier Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved.
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