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ARCHIVES OF VIROLOGY
Volume 166, Issue 1, Pages 139-155Publisher
SPRINGER WIEN
DOI: 10.1007/s00705-020-04852-8
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- CSIR, India [37 (1542)/12/EMR-II, 37(1675)/16/EMR-II]
- DST FIST [SR/FST/LSI-652/2015]
- DST-SERB, India [EMR/2016/000854]
- Institute of Life Sciences, Bhubaneswar, under the Department of Biotechnology
- National Institute of Science Education and Research, HBNI, Bhubaneswar, under the Department of Atomic Energy, Government of India
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CHIKV infection upregulates TRPV1 expression in macrophages, with TRPV1 inhibition leading to a reduction in infection and activation significantly enhancing infection. Functional modulation of TRPV1 affects early stages of the viral lifecycle in RAW 264.7 cells during CHIKV infection.
Chikungunya virus (CHIKV), a virus that induces pathogenic inflammatory host immune responses, is re-emerging worldwide, and there are currently no established antiviral control measures. Transient receptor potential vanilloid 1 (TRPV1), a non-selective -Ca2+-permeable ion channel, has been found to regulate various host inflammatory responses including several viral infections. Immune responses to CHIKV infection in host macrophages have been reported recently. However, the possible involvement of TRPV1 during CHIKV infection in host macrophages has not been studied. Here, we investigated the possible role of TRPV1 in CHIKV infection of the macrophage cell line RAW 264.7. It was found that CHIKV infection upregulates TRPV1 expression in macrophages. To confirm this observation, the TRPV1- specific modulators 5'-iodoresiniferatoxin (5' -IRTX, a TRPV1 antagonist) and resiniferatoxin (RTX, a TRPV1 agonist) were used. Our results indicated that TRPV1 inhibition leads to a reduction in CHIKV infection, whereas TRPV1 activation significantly enhances CHIKV infection. Using a plaque assay and a time-of-addition assay, it was observed that functional modulation of TRPV1 affects the early stages of the viral lifecycle in RAW 264.7 cells. Moreover, CHIKV infection was found to induce of pNF-.B (p65) expression and nuclear localization. However, both activation and inhibition of TRPV1 were found to enhance the expression and nuclear localization of pNF-.B (p65) and production of pro-inflammatory TNF and IL-6 during CHIKV infection. In addition, it was demonstrated by -Ca2+ imaging that TRPV1 regulates -Ca2+ influx during CHIKV infection. Hence, the current findings highlight a potentially important regulatory role of TRPV1 during CHIKV infection in macrophages. This study might also have broad implications in the context of other viral infections as well.
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