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Oshima M, Knoch KP, Diedisheim M, Petzold A, Cattan P, Bugliani M, Marchetti P, Choudhary P, Huang GC, Bornstein SR, Solimena M, Albagli-Curiel O, Scharfmann R. Virus-like infection induces human β cell dedifferentiation. JCI Insight 2018; 3:97732. [PMID: 29415896 DOI: 10.1172/jci.insight.97732] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/27/2017] [Accepted: 01/05/2018] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
Abstract
Type 1 diabetes (T1D) is a chronic disease characterized by an autoimmune-mediated destruction of insulin-producing pancreatic β cells. Environmental factors such as viruses play an important role in the onset of T1D and interact with predisposing genes. Recent data suggest that viral infection of human islets leads to a decrease in insulin production rather than β cell death, suggesting loss of β cell identity. We undertook this study to examine whether viral infection could induce human β cell dedifferentiation. Using the functional human β cell line EndoC-βH1, we demonstrate that polyinosinic-polycytidylic acid (PolyI:C), a synthetic double-stranded RNA that mimics a byproduct of viral replication, induces a decrease in β cell-specific gene expression. In parallel with this loss, the expression of progenitor-like genes such as SOX9 was activated following PolyI:C treatment or enteroviral infection. SOX9 was induced by the NF-κB pathway and also in a paracrine non-cell-autonomous fashion through the secretion of IFN-α. Lastly, we identified SOX9 targets in human β cells as potentially new markers of dedifferentiation in T1D. These findings reveal that inflammatory signaling has clear implications in human β cell dedifferentiation.
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- Masaya Oshima
- INSERM U1016, Cochin Institute, Paris, France.,CNRS UMR 8104, Paris, France.,University of Paris Descartes, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Paris, France
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- Paul Langerhans Institute Dresden of the Helmholtz Center Munich at University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus and Faculty of Medicine, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany.,Molecular Diabetology, University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus and Faculty of Medicine, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany.,German Center for Diabetes Research (DZD e.V.), Neuherberg, Germany.,Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics, Dresden, Germany
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- INSERM U1016, Cochin Institute, Paris, France.,CNRS UMR 8104, Paris, France.,University of Paris Descartes, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Paris, France
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- Paul Langerhans Institute Dresden of the Helmholtz Center Munich at University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus and Faculty of Medicine, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany.,Molecular Diabetology, University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus and Faculty of Medicine, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany.,German Center for Diabetes Research (DZD e.V.), Neuherberg, Germany.,Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics, Dresden, Germany
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- Cell Therapy Unit Hospital Saint-Louis and University Paris-Diderot, Paris, France
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- Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy
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- Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy
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- Department of Diabetes, School of Life Course Sciences, Faculty of Life Sciences and Medicine, Denmark Hill, King's College London, London, United Kingdom
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- Department of Diabetes, School of Life Course Sciences, Faculty of Life Sciences and Medicine, Denmark Hill, King's College London, London, United Kingdom
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- Department of Medicine III, University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus, Dresden, Germany
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- Paul Langerhans Institute Dresden of the Helmholtz Center Munich at University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus and Faculty of Medicine, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany.,Molecular Diabetology, University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus and Faculty of Medicine, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany.,German Center for Diabetes Research (DZD e.V.), Neuherberg, Germany.,Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics, Dresden, Germany
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- INSERM U1016, Cochin Institute, Paris, France.,CNRS UMR 8104, Paris, France.,University of Paris Descartes, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Paris, France
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- INSERM U1016, Cochin Institute, Paris, France.,CNRS UMR 8104, Paris, France.,University of Paris Descartes, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Paris, France
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Sarmiento L, Medina A, Aziz K, Anagandula M, Cabrera-Rode E, Fex M, Frisk G, Cilio CM. Differential effects of three echovirus strains on cell lysis and insulin secretion in beta cell derived lines. J Med Virol 2015; 88:971-8. [PMID: 26629879 DOI: 10.1002/jmv.24438] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 11/30/2015] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
Abstract
In an earlier study, infection of human pancreatic islets with epidemic strains of echovirus (E4, E16, E30), with proven but differently ability to induce islet autoimmunity, resulted either in a severe damage (i.e., E16 and E30) or proceeded without visible changes in infected islets (i.e., E4). In this study, the ability of these strains to replicate in beta cells and the consequence of such an infection for beta cell lysis and beta cell function was studied in the pancreatic beta cell lines INS-1, MIN6, and NIT-1. The strains of E16 and E30 did replicate in INS1, MIN6, and NIT1 cells and resulted in a pronounced cytopathic effect within 3 days following infection. By contrast, E4 replicated in all examined insulinoma cells with no apparent cell destruction. The insulin release in response to high glucose stimulation was hampered in all infected cells (P < 0.05) when no evidence of cytolysis was present; however, the adverse effect of E16 and E30 on insulin secretion appeared to be higher than that of the E4 strain. The differential effects of echovirus infection on cell lysis, and beta cell function in the rodent insulinoma INS1, MIN6, and NIT 1 cells reflect those previously obtained in primary human islets and support the notion that the insulin-producing beta cells can harbor a non-cytopathic viral infection.
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- Luis Sarmiento
- Cellular Autoimmunity Unit, Department of Clinical Sciences, Skåne University Hospital, Lund University, Malmo, Sweden
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- Unit of Diabetes and Celiac Disease, Department of Clinical Sciences, Skåne University Hospital, Lund University, Malmo, Sweden
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- Cellular Autoimmunity Unit, Department of Clinical Sciences, Skåne University Hospital, Lund University, Malmo, Sweden
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- Department of Immunology, Genetics, and Pathology, Uppsala University, Rudbeck laboratory, Uppsala, Sweden
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- Department of Immunology and Genetics on Diabetes, National Institute of Endocrinology, Havana, Cuba
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- Unit of Diabetes and Celiac Disease, Department of Clinical Sciences, Skåne University Hospital, Lund University, Malmo, Sweden
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- Department of Immunology, Genetics, and Pathology, Uppsala University, Rudbeck laboratory, Uppsala, Sweden
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- Cellular Autoimmunity Unit, Department of Clinical Sciences, Skåne University Hospital, Lund University, Malmo, Sweden
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Smura T, Natri O, Ylipaasto P, Hellman M, Al-Hello H, Piemonti L, Roivainen M. Enterovirus strain and type-specific differences in growth kinetics and virus-induced cell destruction in human pancreatic duct epithelial HPDE cells. Virus Res 2015; 210:188-97. [DOI: 10.1016/j.virusres.2015.08.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/29/2015] [Revised: 07/31/2015] [Accepted: 08/05/2015] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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PTBP1 is required for glucose-stimulated cap-independent translation of insulin granule proteins and Coxsackieviruses in beta cells. Mol Metab 2014; 3:518-30. [PMID: 25061557 PMCID: PMC4099505 DOI: 10.1016/j.molmet.2014.05.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/22/2014] [Revised: 05/02/2014] [Accepted: 05/06/2014] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
Abstract
Glucose and GLP-1 stimulate not only insulin secretion, but also the post-transcriptional induction of insulin granule biogenesis. This process involves the nucleocytoplasmic translocation of the RNA binding protein PTBP1. Binding of PTBP1 to the 3'-UTRs of mRNAs for insulin and other cargoes of beta cell granules increases their stability. Here we show that glucose enhances also the binding of PTBP1 to the 5'-UTRs of these transcripts, which display IRES activity, and their translation exclusively in a cap-independent fashion. Accordingly, glucose-induced biosynthesis of granule cargoes was unaffected by pharmacological, genetic or Coxsackievirus-mediated inhibition of cap-dependent translation. Infection with Coxsackieviruses, which also depend on PTBP1 for their own cap-independent translation, reduced instead granule stores and insulin release. These findings provide insight into the mechanism for glucose-induction of insulin granule production and on how Coxsackieviruses, which have been implicated in the pathogenesis of type 1 diabetes, can foster beta cell failure.
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Key Words
- Beta cells
- CV, Coxsackievirus
- Diabetes
- ER, endoplasmic reticulum
- EV, Enterovirus
- F, Faulkner
- FL, firefly luciferase
- IRES, internal ribosomal entry site
- ITAF, IRES-trans-acting factor
- Insulin
- MCA, MIN6 cell adapted
- PABP, poly(A)-binding protein
- PC, prohormone convertase
- PTBP1, polypyrimidine tract-binding protein 1
- Polypyrimidine tract-binding protein
- S6K1, p70S6 Kinase 1
- Secretory granules
- T1D, type 1 diabetes
- Translation
- UTR, untranslated region
- Virus
- eIF4E-V5, eIF4E tagged at its C-terminus with a V5-epitope
- mTORC1, mammalian Target Of Rapamycin Complex 1
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Liu N, Jia L, Yin J, Wu Z, Wang Z, Li P, Hao R, Wang L, Wang Y, Qiu S, Song H. An outbreak of aseptic meningitis caused by a distinct lineage of coxsackievirus B5 in China. Int J Infect Dis 2014; 23:101-4. [PMID: 24747088 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2014.02.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/07/2014] [Revised: 02/05/2014] [Accepted: 02/05/2014] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
Abstract
In 2009, an outbreak of aseptic meningitis caused by coxsackievirus B5 (CVB5) occurred in China. Epidemiological investigations of this outbreak revealed that the proportion of severe cases (14/43, 33%) was higher than in other outbreaks associated with CVB5 in China. Phylogenetic analysis of the entire VP1 sequences demonstrated that the CVB5 isolates from the severe cases form a distinct lineage belonging to genogroup E with the Shandong isolates of 2009. A substitution of serine (S) to asparagine (N) at amino acid 95 in the VP1 region may be a major virulence determinant for the virus. Our findings suggest that this new lineage of CVB5 is circulating in China. Further genetic studies are needed in order to gain a better insight into the genetic variability of CVB5 isolates and the relationship with pathogenicity.
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- Nan Liu
- Institute of Disease Control and Prevention, Academy of Military Medical Sciences, 20 Dongda Street, Fengtai District, Beijing 100071, China
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- Institute of Disease Control and Prevention, Academy of Military Medical Sciences, 20 Dongda Street, Fengtai District, Beijing 100071, China
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- Institute of Disease Control and Prevention, Academy of Military Medical Sciences, 20 Dongda Street, Fengtai District, Beijing 100071, China
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- Institute of Disease Control and Prevention, Academy of Military Medical Sciences, 20 Dongda Street, Fengtai District, Beijing 100071, China
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- Institute of Disease Control and Prevention, Academy of Military Medical Sciences, 20 Dongda Street, Fengtai District, Beijing 100071, China
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- Institute of Disease Control and Prevention, Academy of Military Medical Sciences, 20 Dongda Street, Fengtai District, Beijing 100071, China
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- Institute of Disease Control and Prevention, Academy of Military Medical Sciences, 20 Dongda Street, Fengtai District, Beijing 100071, China
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- Institute of Disease Control and Prevention, Academy of Military Medical Sciences, 20 Dongda Street, Fengtai District, Beijing 100071, China
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- Institute of Disease Control and Prevention, Academy of Military Medical Sciences, 20 Dongda Street, Fengtai District, Beijing 100071, China
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- Institute of Disease Control and Prevention, Academy of Military Medical Sciences, 20 Dongda Street, Fengtai District, Beijing 100071, China.
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- Institute of Disease Control and Prevention, Academy of Military Medical Sciences, 20 Dongda Street, Fengtai District, Beijing 100071, China.
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Hao C, Hao C, Li W, Liu X, Luo J. Phylodynamics of human Coxsackievirus B5. Future Virol 2014. [DOI: 10.2217/fvl.14.8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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ABSTRACT: Aim: Coxsackievirus B5 is recognized as an important pathogen in aseptic meningitis and hand, foot and mouth disease of children. A new distinctive sublineage of Coxsackievirus B5 associated with outbreak of neurological hand, foot and mouth disease in China was recently reported. Materials & methods: We employed a molecular evolution method to study the genetic variation and evolutionary history of Coxsackievirus B5 in China. Coxsackievirus B5 isolates from China can be divided into four major groups with obvious temporal evolution routes. Results: A 'mutation box' covering amino acids 75, 85, 90 and 95 of VP1 protein was observed to be unique in the isolates group from Henan and Shandong province. The temporal evolution routes of the amino acids changes in the 'mutation box' were studied. Conclusion: Our results provide primary insight into the relationship between genetic variation and epidemic behavior of Coxsackievirus B5.
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- Congjun Hao
- Department of Geriatrics, General Hospital of Beijing Military Command, Beijing 100700, PR China
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- College of Chemical & Biological Engineering, Taiyuan University of Science & Technology, Taiyuan 030021, PR China
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- College of Chemical & Biological Engineering, Taiyuan University of Science & Technology, Taiyuan 030021, PR China
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- College of Chemical & Biological Engineering, Taiyuan University of Science & Technology, Taiyuan 030021, PR China
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- Department of Geriatrics, General Hospital of Beijing Military Command, Beijing 100700, PR China
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Expression of innate immunity genes and damage of primary human pancreatic islets by epidemic strains of Echovirus: implication for post-virus islet autoimmunity. PLoS One 2013; 8:e77850. [PMID: 24223733 PMCID: PMC3815302 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0077850] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/20/2013] [Accepted: 09/04/2013] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Three large-scale Echovirus (E) epidemics (E4,E16,E30), each differently associated to the acute development of diabetes related autoantibodies, have been documented in Cuba. The prevalence of islet cell autoantibodies was moderate during the E4 epidemic but high in the E16 and E30 epidemic. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of epidemic strains of echovirus on beta-cell lysis, beta-cell function and innate immunity gene expression in primary human pancreatic islets. Human islets from non-diabetic donors (n = 7) were infected with the virus strains E4, E16 and E30, all isolated from patients with aseptic meningitis who seroconverted to islet cell antibody positivity. Viral replication, degree of cytolysis, insulin release in response to high glucose as well as mRNA expression of innate immunity genes (IFN-b, RANTES, RIG-I, MDA5, TLR3 and OAS) were measured. The strains of E16 and E30 did replicate well in all islets examined, resulting in marked cytotoxic effects. E4 did not cause any effects on cell lysis, however it was able to replicate in 2 out of 7 islet donors. Beta-cell function was hampered in all infected islets (P<0.05); however the effect of E16 and E30 on insulin secretion appeared to be higher than the strain of E4. TLR3 and IFN-beta mRNA expression increased significantly following infection with E16 and E30 (P<0.033 and P<0.039 respectively). In contrast, the expression of none of the innate immunity genes studied was altered in E4-infected islets. These findings suggest that the extent of the epidemic-associated islet autoimmunity may depend on the ability of the viral strains to damage islet cells and induce pro-inflammatory innate immune responses within the infected islets.
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Paananen A, Ylipaasto P, Smura T, Lempinen M, Galama J, Roivainen M. A single amino acid substitution in viral VP1 protein alters the lytic potential of clone-derived variants of echovirus 9 DM strain in human pancreatic islets. J Med Virol 2013; 85:1267-73. [PMID: 23595636 DOI: 10.1002/jmv.23574] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 02/06/2013] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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In vitro studies with primary human pancreatic islets suggest that several enterovirus serotypes are able to infect and replicate in beta cells. Some enterovirus strains are highly cytolytic in vitro whereas others show virus replication with no apparent islet destruction. The capability to induce islet destruction is determined only partially by the virus serotype, since strain specific differences have been detected within some serotypes including echovirus 9 (E-9). In this study, the viral genetic factors determining the outcome of islet infection (i.e., destructive vs. benign) were investigated by constructing parallel infectious clones of lytic E-9-DM strain that was isolated from a small child at the clinical onset of type 1 diabetes. The capabilities of these clone-derived viruses to induce islet destruction were monitored and the lytic potential of clones was modified by site-directed mutagenesis. The lytic capabilities of these clone-derived viruses in human pancreatic islets were modified by a single amino acid substitution (T81A) in the capsid protein VP1. The data presented outline the importance of amino acid point mutations in the pathogenetic process leading to islet necrosis. However, although the amino acid substitution (T81A) modifies the lytic capabilities of E-9-DM strain-derived microvariant strains, it is likely that additional viral genetic determinants of pancreatic islet pathogenicity exist in other E-9 strains.
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- A Paananen
- Intestinal Viruses Unit, National Institute for Health and Welfare, Helsinki, Finland
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Yang J, Li S, Liu YX. Systematic analysis of diabetes- and glucose metabolism-related proteins and its application to Alzheimer’s disease. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2013. [DOI: 10.4236/jbise.2013.66078] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Ylipaasto P, Smura T, Gopalacharyulu P, Paananen A, Seppänen-Laakso T, Kaijalainen S, Ahlfors H, Korsgren O, Lakey JRT, Lahesmaa R, Piemonti L, Oresic M, Galama J, Roivainen M. Enterovirus-induced gene expression profile is critical for human pancreatic islet destruction. Diabetologia 2012; 55:3273-83. [PMID: 22983635 DOI: 10.1007/s00125-012-2713-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/11/2012] [Accepted: 07/27/2012] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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AIMS/HYPOTHESIS Virally induced inflammatory responses, beta cell destruction and release of beta cell autoantigens may lead to autoimmune reactions culminating in type 1 diabetes. Therefore, viral capability to induce beta cell death and the nature of virus-induced immune responses are among key determinants of diabetogenic viruses. We hypothesised that enterovirus infection induces a specific gene expression pattern that results in islet destruction and that such a host response pattern is not shared among all enterovirus infections but varies between virus strains. METHODS The changes in global gene expression and secreted cytokine profiles induced by lytic or benign enterovirus infections were studied in primary human pancreatic islet using DNA microarrays and viral strains either isolated at the clinical onset of type 1 diabetes or capable of causing a diabetes-like condition in mice. RESULTS The expression of pro-inflammatory cytokine genes (IL-1-α, IL-1-β and TNF-α) that also mediate cytokine-induced beta cell dysfunction correlated with the lytic potential of a virus. Temporally increasing gene expression levels of double-stranded RNA recognition receptors, antiviral molecules, cytokines and chemokines were detected for all studied virus strains. Lytic coxsackievirus B5 (CBV-5)-DS infection also downregulated genes involved in glycolysis and insulin secretion. CONCLUSIONS/INTERPRETATION The results suggest a distinct, virus-strain-specific, gene expression pattern leading to pancreatic islet destruction and pro-inflammatory effects after enterovirus infection. However, neither viral replication nor cytotoxic cytokine production alone are sufficient to induce necrotic cell death. More likely the combined effect of these and possibly cellular energy depletion lie behind the enterovirus-induced necrosis of islets.
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- P Ylipaasto
- Intestinal Viruses Unit, National Institute for Health and Welfare (THL), Helsinki, Finland
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Koutsoumpas A, Polymeros D, Tsiamoulos Z, Smyk D, Karamanolis G, Triantafyllou K, Rigopoulou EI, Forbes A, Vergani D, Bogdanos DP, Ladas SD. Peculiar antibody reactivity to human connexin 37 and its microbial mimics in patients with Crohn's disease. J Crohns Colitis 2011; 5:101-9. [PMID: 21453878 DOI: 10.1016/j.crohns.2010.10.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/07/2010] [Revised: 09/30/2010] [Accepted: 10/28/2010] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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BACKGROUND/AIMS We found that pooled Crohn's disease (CD) sera strongly react with a human gap-junction connexin 37 (Cx37) peptide and tested for anti-Cx37 antibody reactivity in sera from CD patients and controls. We also investigated whether peptide-recognition is due to Cx37/microbial molecular mimicry. METHODS The PSI-BLAST program was used for Cx37(121-135)/microbial alignment. Reactivity to biotinylated human Cx37(121-135) and its microbial mimics was determined by ELISA using sera from 44 CD, 30 ulcerative colitis and 28 healthy individuals. RESULTS Anti-Cx37(121-135) reactivity (1/200 dilution) was present in 30/44 (68%) CD cases and persisted at 1/1000 dilution. Database search shows that Cx37(121-135) contains the -ALTAV- motif which is cross-recognized by diabetes-specific phogrin and enteroviral immunity. Testing of 9 Cx37(121-135)-microbial mimics revealed 57-68% reactivity against human enterovirus C, Lactococcus lactis, coxsackie virus A24 and B4. Anti-Cx37(121-135) was inhibited by itself or the microbial mimics. No reactivity was found against the poliovirus, rubella, and Mycobacterium tuberculosis mimics, or the beta cell phogrin autoantigen. Microbial/Cx37 reactivity was not able to differentiate CD patients from UC or healthy controls, in terms of overall prevalence and antibody titres, but microbial mimics were unable to inhibit reactivity to human Cx37 in the majority of the controls. CONCLUSIONS Sera from CD patients react with connexin 37 and cross-react with specific Cx37-mimicking enteroviral peptides. Microbial/self reactivity can be seen in UC and healthy controls. The lack of responses to other Cx37(121-135) microbial mimics and the inability of the reactive microbes to inhibit reactivity to self is intriguing and warrants further investigation.
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- Andreas Koutsoumpas
- Division of Gene and Cell Based Therapy, King's College London School of Medicine at King's College Hospital, London, UK
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Several new enterovirus serotypes and a new human rhinovirus species have been characterized in the Enterovirus genus recently, raising a question about the origin of the new viruses. In this article we attempt to outline the general patterns of enterovirus evolution, ultimately leading to the emergence of new serotypes or species. Different evolutionary and epidemiological patterns can be deduced between different enterovirus species, between entero- and rhino-viruses and between different serotypes within a species. This article presents a hypothesis that the divergent evolution leading to a new serotype is likely to involve adaptation to a new ecological niche either within a single host species or due to interspecies transmission. By contrast, evolution within a serotype appears to occur primarily by genetic drift.
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- National Institute for Health and Welfare (THL), Division of Health Protection, Department of Infectious Disease Surveillance & Control, Intestinal Viruses Unit, P.O. Box 30, FI-00271 Helsinki, Finland; National Institute for Health & Welfare (THL), PO Box 30, FI-00271 Helsinki, Finland
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- National Institute for Health and Welfare (THL), Division of Health Protection, Department of Infectious Disease Surveillance & Control, Intestinal Viruses Unit, P.O. Box 30, FI-00271 Helsinki, Finland; National Institute for Health & Welfare (THL), PO Box 30, FI-00271 Helsinki, Finland
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Common intestinal infections caused by human enteroviruses (HEVs) are considered major environmental factors predisposing to type 1 diabetes (T1D). In spite of the active research of the field, the HEV-induced pathogenetic processes are poorly understood. Recently, after the first documented report on HEV infections in the pancreatic islets of deceased T1D patients, several groups became interested in the issue and studied valuable human material, the autopsy pancreases of diabetic and/or autoantibody-positive patients for HEV infections. In this review, the data on HEV infections in human pancreatic islets are discussed with special reference to the methods used. Likewise, mechanisms that could increase viral access to the pancreas are reviewed and discussed.
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- Merja Roivainen
- Intestinal Viruses Unit, Department of Infectious Disease Surveillance and Control, National Institute for Health and Welfare, Helsinki, Finland.
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Type 1 diabetes mellitus is a chronic autoimmune disease resulting from the progressive immune-mediated destruction of pancreatic beta cells in genetically susceptible individuals, with the likely contribution of environmental factors, among which viruses have been extensively studied. The pathologic hallmark of the disease is insulitis-a process characterized by islet infiltration of immunocompetent cells that has been well characterized in animal models of islet autoimmunity, and to a lesser extent, in humans. Insulitis characterization has provided valuable information to gain insights into the disease pathogenesis. We review the recent literature on the viral contribution to beta-cell destruction and dysfunction in type 1 diabetes, with particular reference to the pathology of the pancreatic islet in humans and in animal models of the disease.
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- Francesco Dotta
- Diabetes Unit, Department of Internal Medicine, Endocrine and Metabolic Sciences and Biochemistry, U.O. Diabetologia, University of Siena, Policlinico Le Scotte, Viale Bracci 18, Siena, Italy.
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A single coxsackievirus B2 capsid residue controls cytolysis and apoptosis in rhabdomyosarcoma cells. J Virol 2010; 84:5868-79. [PMID: 20375176 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.02383-09] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/23/2023] Open
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Coxsackievirus B2 (CVB2), one of six human pathogens of the group B coxsackieviruses within the enterovirus genus of Picornaviridae, causes a wide spectrum of human diseases ranging from mild upper respiratory illnesses to myocarditis and meningitis. The CVB2 prototype strain Ohio-1 (CVB2O) was originally isolated from a patient with summer grippe in the 1950s. Later on, CVB2O was adapted to cytolytic replication in rhabdomyosarcoma (RD) cells. Here, we present analyses of the correlation between the adaptive mutations of this RD variant and the cytolytic infection in RD cells. Using reverse genetics, we identified a single amino acid change within the exposed region of the VP1 protein (glutamine to lysine at position 164) as the determinant for the acquired cytolytic trait. Moreover, this cytolytic virus induced apoptosis, including caspase activation and DNA degradation, in RD cells. These findings contribute to our understanding of the host cell adaptation process of CVB2O and provide a valuable tool for further studies of virus-host interactions.
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