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- Title
Rabies Virus Infection Causes Pyroptosis of Neuronal Cells.
- Authors
Yu, Dongling; Jin, Rong; Liu, Jundan; Zhang, Chuanliang; Duan, Chenxing; Luo, Xi; Yang, Wenhao; Liu, Cheng; Liang, Jingjing; Li, Xiaoning; Luo, Tingrong
- Abstract
Rabies virus (RABV) is a neurotropic virus that causes fatal neurological disease, raising serious public health issues and attracting extensive attention in society. To elucidate the molecular mechanism of RABV-induced neuronal damage, we used hematoxylin–eosin staining, transmission electron microscopy, transcriptomics analysis, and immune response factor testing to investigate RABV-infected neurons. We successfully isolated the neurons from murine brains. The specificity of the isolated neurons was identified by a monoclonal antibody, and the viability of the neurons was 83.53–95.0%. We confirmed that RABV infection induced serious damage to the neurons according to histochemistry and transmission electron microscope (TEM) scanning. In addition, the transcriptomics analysis suggested that multiple genes related to the pyroptosis pathway were significantly upregulated, including gasdermin D (Gsdmd), Nlrp3, caspase-1, and IL-1β, as well as the chemokine genes Ccl2, Ccl3, Ccl4, Ccl5, Ccl7, Ccl12, and Cxcl10. We next verified this finding in the brains of mice infected with the rRC-HL, GX074, and challenge virus standard strain-24 (CVS-24) strains of RABV. Importantly, we found that the expression level of the Gsdmd protein was significantly upregulated in the neurons infected with different RABV strains and ranged from 691.1 to 5764.96 pg/mL, while the basal level of mock-infected neurons was less than 100 pg/mL. Taken together, our findings suggest that Gsdmd-induced pyroptosis is involved in the neuron damage caused by RABV infection.
- Subjects
RABIES virus; VIRUS diseases; PYROPTOSIS; TRANSMISSION electron microscopes; TRANSMISSION electron microscopy; CHEMOKINE receptors
- Publication
International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2024, Vol 25, Issue 11, p5616
- ISSN
1661-6596
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/ijms25115616