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Microglial content-dependent inhibitory effects of calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP) on murine retroviral infection of glial cells. J Neuroimmunol 2015; 279:64-70. [PMID: 25670002 PMCID: PMC4325278 DOI: 10.1016/j.jneuroim.2015.01.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/05/2014] [Revised: 12/17/2014] [Accepted: 01/26/2015] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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C57BL/6 (B6) mice develop peripheral neuropathy post-LP-BM5 infection, a murine model of HIV-1 infection, along with the up-regulation of select spinal cord cytokines. We investigated if calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP) contributed to the development of peripheral neuropathy by stimulating glial responses. An increased expression of lumbar spinal cord CGRP was observed in vivo, post-LP-BM5 infection. Consequently, in vitro CGRP co-treatments led to a microglial content-dependent attenuation of viral loads in spinal cord mixed glia infected with selected doses of LP-BM5. This inhibition was neither caused by the loss of glia nor induced via the direct inhibition of LP-BM5 by CGRP.
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Venugopal AK, Ghantasala SSK, Selvan LDN, Mahadevan A, Renuse S, Kumar P, Pawar H, Sahasrabhuddhe NA, Suja MS, Ramachandra YL, Prasad TSK, Madhusudhana SN, HC H, Chaerkady R, Satishchandra P, Pandey A, Shankar SK. Quantitative proteomics for identifying biomarkers for Rabies. Clin Proteomics 2013; 10:3. [PMID: 23521751 PMCID: PMC3660221 DOI: 10.1186/1559-0275-10-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/27/2012] [Accepted: 03/14/2013] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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INTRODUCTION Rabies is a fatal acute viral disease of the central nervous system, which is a serious public health problem in Asian and African countries. Based on the clinical presentation, rabies can be classified into encephalitic (furious) or paralytic (numb) rabies. Early diagnosis of this disease is particularly important as rabies is invariably fatal if adequate post exposure prophylaxis is not administered immediately following the bite. METHODS In this study, we carried out a quantitative proteomic analysis of the human brain tissue from cases of encephalitic and paralytic rabies along with normal human brain tissues using an 8-plex isobaric tags for relative and absolute quantification (iTRAQ) strategy. RESULTS AND CONCLUSION We identified 402 proteins, of which a number of proteins were differentially expressed between encephalitic and paralytic rabies, including several novel proteins. The differentially expressed molecules included karyopherin alpha 4 (KPNA4), which was overexpressed only in paralytic rabies, calcium calmodulin dependent kinase 2 alpha (CAMK2A), which was upregulated in paralytic rabies group and glutamate ammonia ligase (GLUL), which was overexpressed in paralytic as well as encephalitic rabies. We validated two of the upregulated molecules, GLUL and CAMK2A, by dot blot assays and further validated CAMK2A by immunohistochemistry. These molecules need to be further investigated in body fluids such as cerebrospinal fluid in a larger cohort of rabies cases to determine their potential use as antemortem diagnostic biomarkers in rabies. This is the first study to systematically profile clinical subtypes of human rabies using an iTRAQ quantitative proteomics approach.
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- Abhilash K Venugopal
- Institute of Bioinformatics, International Technology Park, Bangalore, 560066, India
- Department of Biotechnology, Kuvempu University, Shimoga, 577451, India
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- Institute of Bioinformatics, International Technology Park, Bangalore, 560066, India
- Department of Biotechnology, Kuvempu University, Shimoga, 577451, India
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- Institute of Bioinformatics, International Technology Park, Bangalore, 560066, India
- Amrita School of Biotechnology, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Kollam, 690525, India
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- Department of Neuropathology, National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences, Bangalore, 560029, India
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- Institute of Bioinformatics, International Technology Park, Bangalore, 560066, India
- Amrita School of Biotechnology, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Kollam, 690525, India
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- Institute of Bioinformatics, International Technology Park, Bangalore, 560066, India
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- Institute of Bioinformatics, International Technology Park, Bangalore, 560066, India
- Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences, Bangalore, 560041, India
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- Institute of Bioinformatics, International Technology Park, Bangalore, 560066, India
- Manipal University, Madhav Nagar, Manipal, Karnataka, 576104, India
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- Department of Neuropathology, National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences, Bangalore, 560029, India
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- Institute of Bioinformatics, International Technology Park, Bangalore, 560066, India
- Amrita School of Biotechnology, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Kollam, 690525, India
- Manipal University, Madhav Nagar, Manipal, Karnataka, 576104, India
- Bioinformatics Centre, School of Life Sciences, Pondicherry University, Pondicherry, 605014, India
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- Department of Neurovirology, National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences, Bangalore, 560029, India
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- Institute of Bioinformatics, International Technology Park, Bangalore, 560066, India
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- Institute of Bioinformatics, International Technology Park, Bangalore, 560066, India
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- McKusick-Nathans Institute of Genetic Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, 733 N. Broadway, BRB 527, Baltimore, MD, 21205, USA
- Department of Biological Chemistry, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, 21205, USA
- Pathology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, 21205, USA
- Oncology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, 21205, USA
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- Department of Neuropathology, National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences, Bangalore, 560029, India
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Roy A, Jana A, Yatish K, Freidt MB, Fung YK, Martinson JA, Pahan K. Reactive oxygen species up-regulate CD11b in microglia via nitric oxide: Implications for neurodegenerative diseases. Free Radic Biol Med 2008; 45:686-99. [PMID: 18590811 PMCID: PMC2701551 DOI: 10.1016/j.freeradbiomed.2008.05.026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 100] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/10/2007] [Revised: 04/18/2008] [Accepted: 05/21/2008] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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Microglial activation is considered as a hallmark of several neurodegenerative disorders. During microglial activation, the expression of CD11b, the beta-integrin marker of microglia, is increased. However, the molecular mechanism behind increased microglial CD11b expression is poorly understood. The present study was undertaken to explore the role of reactive oxygen species (ROS) in the expression of CD11b in microglial cells. Bacterial lipopolysaccharide (LPS) stimulated the expression of CD11b in mouse BV-2 microglial cells and primary microglia, the effect that was blocked by antioxidants such as N-acetylcysteine (NAC) and pyrrolidine dithiocarbamate (PDTC). Furthermore, comicroinjection of either NAC or PDTC with LPS was also able to suppress LPS-stimulated expression of CD11b in striatum in vivo. Similarly, other neurotoxic molecules, such as interleukin-1beta (IL-1beta), IL-12 p40(2), fibrillar amyloid-beta (Abeta) peptides, HIV-1 gp120, and double-stranded RNA (poly(IC)), also stimulated the expression of CD11b in microglia through the involvement of ROS. Complete inhibition of LPS-stimulated expression of CD11b by catalase, induction of CD11b expression by H2O2 alone, and inhibition of superoxide-stimulated CD11b expression by catalase suggest that H2O2, but not superoxide, is in fact involved in the expression of CD11b. Interestingly, we also demonstrate that ROS stimulated the expression of CD11b after the induction of nitric oxide (NO) production and failed to stimulate CD11b when NO production was inhibited by either 2-(4-carboxyphenyl)-4,4,5,5-tetramethylimidazoline-1-oxyl-3-oxide (carboxy-PTIO) or L-N6-(1-iminoethyl)-L-lysine (L-NIL). Taken together, these studies suggest that the up-regulation of CD11b in microglia is redox sensitive and that ROS up-regulates CD11b via NO.
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- Avik Roy
- Department of Neurological Science, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL 60612, USA
- Section of Neuroscience, Department of Oral Biology, University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Dentistry, Lincoln, NE 68583, USA
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- Department of Neurological Science, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL 60612, USA
- Section of Neuroscience, Department of Oral Biology, University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Dentistry, Lincoln, NE 68583, USA
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- Section of Neuroscience, Department of Oral Biology, University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Dentistry, Lincoln, NE 68583, USA
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- Section of Neuroscience, Department of Oral Biology, University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Dentistry, Lincoln, NE 68583, USA
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- Section of Neuroscience, Department of Oral Biology, University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Dentistry, Lincoln, NE 68583, USA
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- Department of Immunology and Microbiology, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL 60612, USA
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- Department of Neurological Science, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL 60612, USA
- Section of Neuroscience, Department of Oral Biology, University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Dentistry, Lincoln, NE 68583, USA
- Corresponding author. Department of Neurological Science, Rush University Medical Center, 1735 W Harrison Street, Chicago, IL 60612, USA. Fax: +1 312 563 3571. E-mail address: (K. Pahan)
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This unit delineates the steps for production of a murine model of retroviral encephalopathy. The LP-BM5 infected mouse develops a chronic inflammation of the brain secondary to profound immune deficiency. The model is robust, develops rapidly and does not require the use of human pathogens. In addition, the behavioral and neurochemical characteristics of this model is reviewed.
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- Yoshitatsu Sei
- Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
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Takahashi K, Saito K, Masuda J, Fujigaki S, Takemura M, Ito H, Seishima M. Changes in neuronal protein expression in LP-BM5-infected mice. Neurosci Lett 2007; 422:114-8. [PMID: 17602838 DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2007.05.059] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/30/2007] [Revised: 05/18/2007] [Accepted: 05/21/2007] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Murine acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (MAIDS) induced by LP-BM5 murine leukemia virus is used as a model of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-related neurologic dysfunction. Mice infected with LP-BM5 have mnemonic abnormalities (i.e., spontaneous alternation behavior in the Y-maze and performance in the Morris water maze) and biochemical alternations (i.e., cytokines, platelet-activating factor, quinolinate, glutamate and alpha-amino-3-hydroxy-5-methyl-4-isoxazolepropionic acid receptor) that produce neurologic symptoms similar to those observed in HIV-related neurologic dysfunction. To identify proteins associated with dysmnesia in the MAIDS model, we examined the expression of neuronal proteins in LP-BM5-infected mice using two-dimensional polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (2-DE). Neuronal protein expression in LP-BM5-infected mice was compared with that in non-infected mice using the Image Master 2D. We detected approximately 800 protein spots, of which 35 were distinguishable between non-infected and LP-BM5-infected mice. Most of these spots were downregulated in LP-BM5-infected mice. Three of the spots were identified as 14-3-3 protein zeta/delta, synapsin 2 and protein disulfide isomerase using a capillary nanoliquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometric system. We verified the expression levels of these proteins by Western blot. Analysis of these 35 spots could provide insight into mechanisms of dysmnesia in the MAIDS model of HIV-related neuronal dysfunction.
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- Kanako Takahashi
- Department of Informative Clinical Medicine, Gifu University Graduate School of Medicine, Japan
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Lin T, Koustova E, Chen H, Rhee PM, Kirkpatrick J, Alam HB. Energy Substrate-Supplemented Resuscitation Affects Brain Monocarboxylate Transporter Levels and Gliosis in a Rat Model of Hemorrhagic Shock. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2005; 59:1191-202; discussion 1202. [PMID: 16385299 DOI: 10.1097/01.ta.0000188646.86995.9d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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BACKGROUND Monocarboxylate (MC)-supplemented resuscitation has been shown to attenuate cellular injury after hemorrhagic shock. However, little is known about its effect on the central nervous system. The brain can use MCs such as lactate, pyruvate, and beta-hydroxybutyrate as energy substrates. The transit of MCs into the central nervous system is facilitated by the monocarboxylate transporters (MCTs), and their blockage can exacerbate neuronal damage. We examined the expression of MCT1 and markers specific for activation of astroglia and microglia in the brains of rats subjected to hemorrhagic shock and resuscitation. The hypothesis was that resuscitation with MC-based fluids would be accompanied by MCT1 up-regulation and glial response. METHODS Rats (n = 30) were subjected to volume-controlled hemorrhage. Test groups included: sham, no resuscitation, resuscitation with normal saline, resuscitation with racemic lactated Ringer's solution, resuscitation with pyruvate Ringer's solution, and resuscitation with beta-hydroxybutyrate-containing ketone Ringer's solution. Plasma levels of MC were measured serially. The brains were investigated using GFAP, CD11b, CD43, MCT1, and GLUT1 immunohistochemistry. RESULTS Rats resuscitated with MC-containing fluids had increased levels of MCT1 in brain endothelial cells and neuropil compared with sham rats. Enhanced staining was localized to the choroid plexus, astrocytic end feet, and white matter structures. None of the resuscitation treatment induced astrocytic hyperplasia, and pyruvate Ringer's solution and ketone Ringer's solution resuscitation led to hypertrophy of astrocytes. CONCLUSION In hemorrhagic shock, resuscitation with MC-based fluids increased brain MCT1 level and led to activation of astrocytes. Enhanced MC trafficking could be an essential route for energy supply to neurons under adverse circulatory conditions.
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- Tom Lin
- Department of Surgery, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
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Kelley SP, Moynihan JA, Stevens SY, Grota LJ, Felten DL. Sympathetic nerve destruction in spleen in murine AIDS. Brain Behav Immun 2003; 17:94-109. [PMID: 12676572 DOI: 10.1016/s0889-1591(02)00101-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022] Open
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In susceptible strains of mice, the LP-BM5 mixture of murine retroviruses induces the fatal immunodeficiency disease known as murine acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (murine AIDS or MAIDS). We have previously reported that murine AIDS produces a profound depletion of splenic norepinephrine (NE). Here, we demonstrate that NE depletion is limited to the spleen, a major site affected by LP-BM5 infection. NE depletion in the spleen is first observed at two weeks following LP-BM5 inoculation, concurrent with the onset of splenomegaly, and continues through 12 weeks post-infection. Neuroanatomical studies revealed that the reduction in NE is due to destruction of splenic sympathetic nerve fibers. Administration of the NE reuptake blocker desipramine did not prevent LP-BM5-induced NE depletion, suggesting that destruction is not caused by excess release and reuptake of NE. Elucidating the mechanism of MAIDS-induced sympathetic nerve destruction may provide insight into autonomic and peripheral neuropathies reported in people with AIDS.
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- Sheila P Kelley
- Center for Psychoneuroimmunology Research, University of Rochester Medical Center, 300 Crittenden Boulevard, 14642, Rochester, NY, USA
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Fatemi SH, Emamian ES, Sidwell RW, Kist DA, Stary JM, Earle JA, Thuras P. Human influenza viral infection in utero alters glial fibrillary acidic protein immunoreactivity in the developing brains of neonatal mice. Mol Psychiatry 2003; 7:633-40. [PMID: 12140787 DOI: 10.1038/sj.mp.4001046] [Citation(s) in RCA: 84] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/05/2000] [Revised: 08/15/2001] [Accepted: 09/24/2001] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Epidemiological reports describe a strong association between prenatal human influenza viral infection and later development of schizophrenia. Postmodern human brain studies, however, indicate a lack of gliosis in schizophrenic brains presumably secondary to absence of glial cells during the second trimester viral infection in utero. We hypothesized that human influenza infection in day 9 pregnant mice would alter the expression of glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP, an important marker of gliosis, neuron migration, and reactive injury) in developing brains of postnatal days 0, 14 and 35 mice. Determination of cellular GFAP immunoreactivity (IR) expressed as cell density in cortex and hippocampus of control and experimental brains showed increases in GFAP-positive density in exposed cortical (P = 0.03 day 14 vs control) and hippocampal cells (P = 0.035 day 14, P = 0.034 day 35). Similarly, ependymal cell layer GFAP-IR cell counts showed increases with increasing brain age from day 0, to days 14 and 35 in infected groups (P = 0.037, day 14) vs controls. The GFAP-positive cells in prenatally exposed brains showed 'hypertrophy' and more stellate morphology. These results implicate a significant role of prenatal human influenza viral infection on subsequent gliosis, which persists throughout brain development in mice from birth to adolescence.
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- S H Fatemi
- Department of Psychiatry, Division of Neuroscience Research, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, MN, USA.
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Impaired spatial cognition and synaptic potentiation in a murine model of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 encephalitis. J Neurosci 2002. [PMID: 11896149 DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.22-06-02096.2002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Injection of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1)-infected human monocyte-derived macrophages (MDMs) into the basal ganglia of severe combined immunodeficient mice recapitulates histopathologic features of HIV-1 encephalitis (HIVE). Here, we show that the neural damage in HIVE mice extends beyond the basal ganglia and is associated with cognitive impairment. Morris water maze tests showed impaired spatial learning 8 d after MDM injection. Moreover, impaired synaptic potentiation in the hippocampal CA1 subregion was demonstrated at 8 and 15 d. By day 15, post-tetanic, short-term, and long-term potentiation were reduced by 14.1, 29.5, and 45.3% in HIVE mice compared with sham-injected or control animals. Neurofilament (NF) and synaptophysin (SP) antigens were decreased significantly in the CA2 hippocampal subregion of HIVE mice with limited neuronal apoptosis. By day 15, the CA2 region of HIVE mice expressed 3.8- and 2.6-fold less NF and SP than shams. These findings support the notion that HIV-1-infected and immune-competent brain macrophages can cause neuronal damage at distant anatomic sites. Importantly, the findings demonstrate the value of the model in exploring the physiological basis and therapeutic potential for HIV-1-associated dementia.
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- J L Portis
- Laboratory of Persistent Viral Diseases, Rocky Mountain Laboratories, NIAID, Hamilton, Montana 59840, USA
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Sanders VJ, Wiley CA, Hamilton RL. The mechanisms of neuronal damage in retroviral infections of the nervous system. Curr Top Microbiol Immunol 2001; 253:179-201. [PMID: 11417135 DOI: 10.1007/978-3-662-10356-2_9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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- V J Sanders
- Department of Neuroscience, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92302, USA
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Koustova E, Sei Y, McCarty T, Espey MG, Ming R, Morse HC, Basile AS. Accelerated development of neurochemical and behavioral deficits in LP-BM5 infected mice with targeted deletions of the IFN-gamma gene. J Neuroimmunol 2000; 108:112-21. [PMID: 10900344 DOI: 10.1016/s0165-5728(00)00258-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Mice homozygous for a germline deletion of the interferon-gamma gene (IFN-gamma (-/-)) were infected with the LP-BM5 (BM5) retrovirus mixture to determine if the inability to produce IFN-gamma reduces collateral CNS damage associated with chronic neuroinflammation. Virus burdens in spleens and brains of infected mice were comparable, but spatial memory deficits were manifested earlier and to a greater extent in BM5/IFN-gamma (-/-) mice. The mice with spatial memory deficits showed considerable degradation of axons and microtubules, along with apoptosis of striatal neurons. These lesions were accompanied by extensive infiltration of perivascular spaces and ventricles by iNOS-positive leukocytes, and a 17-fold increase in CSF glutamate levels. Despite high levels of VCAM and ICAM expression on cerebral vasculature endothelia, the serum levels of soluble ICAM-1 were significantly decreased in BM5/IFN-gamma (-/-) mice, which may contribute to the enhanced leukocyte infiltration and subsequent neuronal damage. These results suggest that the presence of IFN-gamma is necessary at some points in the inflammatory process to protect against neurodegeneration.
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- E Koustova
- Laboratory of Bioorganic Chemistry, Building 8, Room 1A15, MSC 0826, NIDDK, NIH, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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Iida R, Saito K, Yamada K, Basile AS, Sekikawa K, Takemura M, Fujii H, Wada H, Seishima M, Nabeshima T. Suppression of neurocognitive damage in LP-BM5-infected mice with a targeted deletion of the TNF-alpha gene. FASEB J 2000; 14:1023-31. [PMID: 10783158 DOI: 10.1096/fasebj.14.7.1023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Brain levels of TNF-alpha increase in many inflammatory conditions, including HIV-1 infection, and may contribute to neurodegenerative processes. The paucity of agents that can selectively and potently block TNF-alpha processing or its receptors has led us to investigate the role of TNF-alpha in chronic neurodegeneration associated with retroviral infection using mice with targeted deletions of the TNF-alpha gene. Infection of wild-type C57BL/6 mice with the LP-BM5 murine leukemia retrovirus mixture leads to the development of a severe immunodeficiency as well as cognitive deficits and neuronal damage. TNF-alpha-(-/-) mice infected with LP-BM5 developed a systemic immunopathology indistinguishable in severity from that observed in contemporaneously infected wild-type mice. In contrast, the performance of infected TNF-alpha-(-/-) mice in the Y-maze and Morris water maze was not different from that of uninfected TNF-alpha-(-/-) mice. The extent of glial activation in the striatum, as indicated by the increase in density of peripheral benzodiazepine receptors, was equivalent in both groups of LP-BM5-infected mice. However, the decrease in striatal MAP-2 expression, a marker of neurodegeneration observed in infected wild-type mice, was not found in infected TNF-alpha-(-/-) mice. While the loss of TNF-alpha appeared to have no effect on the course or severity of the central or peripheral immunopathology resulting from LP-BM5 infection, the behavioral and biochemical manifestations were substantially curtailed in the TNF-alpha-(-/-) mice. These findings directly support a role for TNF-alpha in the neurodegenerative processes associated with viral infections such as HIV-1.
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- R Iida
- Department of Neuropsychopharmacology and Hospital Pharmacy, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya 466-8560, Japan
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Lee B, English JA, Paul IA. LP-BM5 infection impairs spatial working memory in C57BL/6 mice in the Morris water maze. Brain Res 2000; 856:129-34. [PMID: 10677619 DOI: 10.1016/s0006-8993(99)02381-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Previous studies show that the LP-BM5 murine leukemia virus causes an acquired immunodeficiency syndrome in C57BL/6 mice (MAIDS) and impairs learning and memory without gross motor impairment. To assess spatial working memory impairment after LP-BM5 infection and the time course of this impairment, we tested mice in a modified working-memory version of the Morris water maze. Twenty mice were inoculated with LP-BM5; controls received medium (Minimum Essential Medium). In the test procedure, animals had two 1-min training sessions to learn the position of a randomly placed hidden platform. Thirty seconds after the second training session, animals were placed in the maze without the platform, and time and pathlength spent in each quadrant of the maze were measured. For 9 weeks after LP-BM5 infection, both groups showed preference for the target quadrant compared to the opposite quadrant. At 10 and 11 weeks after infection, the LP-BM5 virus infected mice lost this target quadrant preference. We conclude that LP-BM5 infection impaired spatial working memory in a modified working-memory version of the Morris water maze test in C57BL/6 mice at 10 and 11 weeks after virus infection.
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- B Lee
- Department of Psychiatry, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Box 127, 2500 North State St., Jackson, MS, USA
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Kustova Y, Grinberg A, Basile AS. Increased blood-brain barrier permeability in LP-BM5 infected mice is mediated by neuroexcitatory mechanisms. Brain Res 1999; 839:153-63. [PMID: 10482808 DOI: 10.1016/s0006-8993(99)01734-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Serum protein levels in LP-BM5 infected mouse brains were investigated to gain insight into the contribution of blood-brain barrier (BBB) patency to the pathogenesis of retroviral encephalopathy. Evans blue uptake by the forebrain and cerebellum was significantly increased between 8-12 weeks post inoculation. Immunohistochemistry revealed foci of albumin, transferrin, alpha(2)-macroglobulin and IgG transudation around blood vessels particularly in the cerebral cortex and cerebellar vermis. These leaks were often associated with astrocytosis and apoptotic cells. Unlike the other serum proteins, IgG immunoreactivity extended from the circumventricular organs and disseminated throughout the brain parenchyma, accumulating on the plasma membranes of hippocampal and cortical neurons. Consistent with the chronic elevation of free glutamate levels in LP-BM5 infected mice, the increase in Evans blue uptake into the forebrain was completely reversed following dizocilpine administration. Thus, the chronic increase in free glutamate levels in LP-BM5 infected mouse brain contributes to BBB disruption. Furthermore, the CNS accumulation of serum proteins, particularly IgG, observed in these mice may increase osmotic load, impair neuronal function, and cause white matter pallor. Administration of NMDA receptor antagonists may prove useful in managing BBB permeability in those neuropathologies, such as HIV-associated dementia/cognitive/motor complex, having a glutamatergic component.
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- Y Kustova
- Laboratory of Bio-Organic Chemistry, Building 8, Room 1A15, NIDDK, NICHD, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892-0008, USA
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Espey MG, Basile AS. Glutamate Augments Retrovirus-Induced Immunodeficiency Through Chronic Stimulation of the Hypothalamic-Pituitary- Adrenal Axis. THE JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 1999. [DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.162.8.4998] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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The mechanisms for activating the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis and the roles glucocorticoids play in the pathogenesis of chronic infectious disease are largely undefined. Using the LP-BM5 model of retrovirus-induced immunodeficiency, we found alterations in HPA axis function, manifested as an increase in circulating levels of adrenocorticotropic hormone and corticosterone, beginning after only 3 mo of infection. These changes occurred contemporaneously with a shift in the profile of circulating cytokines from a Th1-dominant (IFN-γ) to Th2-dominant (IL-4, IL-10) phenotype. No significant changes in either circulating IL-1β, IL-6, or TNF-α levels were observed in infected mice. Administering the N-methyl-d-aspartate receptor antagonist MK-801 to infected mice normalized plasma adrenocorticotropic hormone and corticosterone levels, indicating that glutamate was a major activator of the HPA axis. Moreover, MK-801 treatment of late-stage mice also reversed the type 1 to type 2 cytokine shift to a degree comparable or superior to treatment with the glucocorticoid receptor antagonist RU-486. These findings indicate that HPA axis activation during LP-BM5 retrovirus infection is mediated by the chronic hyperactivation of glutamatergic pathways in the hypothalamus. Through this mechanism, the degree of peripheral immunodeficiency observed in the late-stage disease is profoundly augmented.
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- Michael Graham Espey
- Laboratory of Bioorganic Chemistry, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892
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- Laboratory of Bioorganic Chemistry, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892
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Iida R, Yamada K, Mamiya T, Saito K, Seishima M, Nabeshima T. Characterization of learning and memory deficits in C57BL/6 mice infected with LP-BM5, a murine model of AIDS. J Neuroimmunol 1999; 95:65-72. [PMID: 10229116 DOI: 10.1016/s0165-5728(98)00259-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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Mice infected with an immunosuppressive murine leukemia virus mixture, LP-BM5 show a profound immunosuppression described as murine acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS). In the present study, we characterized learning and memory deficits in C57BL/6 mice infected with LP-BM5. Spontaneous alternation behavior in a Y-maze and latent learning (spatial attention) in a water-finding test, as well as spatial reference and reversal learning in a water maze test, were significantly impaired in the mice infected with LP-BM5. These deficits appeared in the absence of any motoric and visual impairment as assessed by open-field, rotarod and visual water maze tests. These results suggest that cognitive functions are impaired in the mice infected with LP-BM5. Furthermore, LP-BM5-infected mice may be useful as a model for the AIDS dementia complex.
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- R Iida
- Department of Neuropsychopharmacology and Hospital Pharmacy, Nagoya University School of Medicine, Japan
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Kustova Y, Espey MG, Sung EG, Morse D, Sei Y, Basile AS. Evidence of neuronal degeneration in C57B1/6 mice infected with the LP-BM5 leukemia retrovirus mixture. MOLECULAR AND CHEMICAL NEUROPATHOLOGY 1998; 35:39-59. [PMID: 10343970 DOI: 10.1007/bf02815115] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Mice infected with LP-BM5 develop a severe immunodeficiency accompanied by learning and memory deficits, gliosis, and neurotransmitter abnormalities. The neurochemical alterations are consistent with elevated excitotoxin levels, suggesting that infected mice may incur neuronal damage. Although the number of neocortical neurons was unchanged in mice 12 wk after LP-BM5 infection, the expression of cytoskeletal proteins declined, particularly in the frontal and parietal cortex as indicated by MAP2, NF-200, and synaptophysin immunoreactivity. In contrast, the number of striatal neurons decreased 19%. The remaining neurons were smaller, with fewer synaptic boutons, and showed decreased synaptophysin and NF-200, immunoreactivity. Immunoblots of cortex and striatum confirmed decreases in MAP2, NF-200 and synaptophysin expression. Finally, although NCAM expression decreased in the striatum, it increased in the cortex. These results indicate that LP-BM5-infected mice sustain significant neuronal damage, which may contribute to their behavioral deficits. Moreover, the increase in cortical NCAM expression suggests active synaptic remodeling to compensate for the persistent excitotoxic environment in these mice, whereas striatal neurons degenerate. These concurrent degenerative and compensatory processes may also occur in the brains of patients with AIDS dementia complex (ADC), who suffer extensive degeneration of the basal ganglia and cerebral cortex.
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- Y Kustova
- Laboratory of Bio-Organic Chemistry, NIDDK, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892-0008, USA
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Portis JL, Lynch WP. Dissecting the determinants of neuropathogenesis of the murine oncornaviruses. Virology 1998; 247:127-36. [PMID: 9705905 DOI: 10.1006/viro.1998.9240] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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- J L Portis
- Laboratory of Persistent Viral Diseases, Rocky Mountain Laboratories, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Hamilton, Montana 59840, USA.
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Kustova Y, Ha JH, Espey MG, Sei Y, Morse D, Basile AS. The pattern of neurotransmitter alterations in LP-BM5 infected mice is consistent with glutamatergic hyperactivation. Brain Res 1998; 793:119-26. [PMID: 9630562 DOI: 10.1016/s0006-8993(98)00167-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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To gain insight into the neurochemical pathologies contributing to AIDS dementia complex, neurotransmitter levels were measured in the brains of mice infected with the LP-BM5 leukemia retrovirus. These mice develop immunologic and cognitive deficits analogous to human HIV-1 infection. Met-enkephalin and substance-P levels declined approximately 50% in the striatum and hypothalamus beginning as early as 4 weeks after infection. Hippocampal met-enkephalin levels were reduced to 50% only at 12 weeks after inoculation. Significant decreases (60-70%) in acetylcholine concentrations were observed in the striatum, cerebral cortex and hippocampus by 12 weeks after virus inoculation, while striatal GABA concentrations decreased to 50-60% at 8-12 weeks after infection. Striatal somatostatin levels were unchanged. Administration of the NMDA receptor antagonists MK-801 or LY 274614 ameliorated the decline in striatal met-enkephalin levels observed in mice after 8 weeks of infection. This pattern of neurotransmitter depletion and the ability of NMDA receptor antagonists to attenuate the loss of striatal met-enkephalin are consistent with an excitotoxic lesion. Thus, the elevation of glutamate levels secondary to glial activation may contribute to the contemporaneous development of cognitive deficits observed in mice infected with the LP-BM5 virus.
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- Y Kustova
- Laboratory of Bio-Organic Chemistry, NIDDK, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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Sei Y, Kustova Y, Li Y, Morse HC, Skolnick P, Basile AS. The encephalopathy associated with murine acquired immunodeficiency syndrome. Ann N Y Acad Sci 1998; 840:822-34. [PMID: 9629308 DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.1998.tb09620.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Mice infected with the LP-BM5 murine leukemia virus (MuLV) develop an immune deficiency syndrome together with an encephalopathy characterized by impairments in spatial learning and memory. These cognitive deficits are evident before the appearance of neuron loss and lymphoid cell invasion of the brain. Nonetheless, a prominent gliosis and a variety of neurochemical changes precede the development of cognitive deficits. The neurochemical abnormalities include significant decreases in striatal Met-enkephalin and substance P (but not somatostatin), increases in concentrations of quinolinic acid and platelet-activating factor, and alterations in brain fyn kinase. At this stage of the infection, some of these neurochemical changes can be reversed by glutamate receptor antagonists, cytokine inhibitors, and anti-retroviral agents. In later stages of the infection, however, the infected mice develop irreversible neuronal loss, invasion of hematopoietic cells, and increased viral burden in the CNS. In addition, motor-neuron dysfunction (hindlimb paralysis, weakness, and ataxia) and seizures are sometimes observed during the late stages of infection. Thus, the LP-BM5 MuLV-infected mouse is a useful model for studying the chronology of neurodegenerative changes, ranging from reversible neuron dysfunction to irreversible neuron loss, that are associated with retrovirus-induced immunodeficiency.
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- Y Sei
- Department of Anesthesiology, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA.
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Sei Y, Nishida K, Kustova Y, Markey SP, Morse HC, Basile AS. Pentoxifylline decreases brain levels of platelet activating factor in murine AIDS. Eur J Pharmacol 1997; 325:81-4. [PMID: 9151942 DOI: 10.1016/s0014-2999(97)89963-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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Tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha) and platelet-activating factor (PAF) have been implicated in the pathogenesis of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-associated encephalopathy. The effects of pentoxifylline on brain PAF levels were examined in mice infected with the LP-BM5 murine leukemia virus (MuLV). Seven weeks after viral inoculation, significant increases in serum TNF-alpha and brain PAF levels were observed. One week of treatment with pentoxifylline initiated 6 weeks postinfection significantly reduced both serum TNF-alpha and brain PAF levels. A significant positive correlation was observed between the levels of these substances (r = 0.62; P < 0.01). This study demonstrates that pentoxifylline treatment was effective in decreasing the levels of TNF-alpha in the serum and PAF levels in the brain of mice infected with the LP-BM5 MuLV.
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- Y Sei
- Laboratory of Neuroscience, NIDDK, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA.
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Li Y, Kustova Y, Sei Y, Basile AS. Regional changes in constitutive, but not inducible NOS expression in the brains of mice infected with the LP-BM5 leukemia virus. Brain Res 1997; 752:107-16. [PMID: 9106446 DOI: 10.1016/s0006-8993(96)01459-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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Potential neurotoxins such as nitric oxide have been implicated in the pathogenesis of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) dementia complex. The LP-BM5 murine leukemia-infected mice, which develop immunological and cognitive deficits reminiscent of human HIV-1 infection, were employed to investigate the changes in brain constitutive nitric oxide synthase (cNOS) and inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) expression. Cerebellar and striatal cNOS enzymatic activity increased approximately 70% as early as 2 weeks after infection, declining to control levels by 12-16 weeks. In contrast, cNOS protein expression in the striatum and cerebellum was decreased 30% at 4 weeks, declining to 50% of control levels by 16 weeks post-infection. Staining intensity for cNOS, but not neuron number was reduced in the cerebral cortex, striatum, ventromedial hypothalamic nucleus and amygdala. Although iNOS protein expression was elevated in splenic monocytes, neither iNOS activity, mRNA nor protein was detected in the brains of mice 12 weeks after infection. These results indicate that neurons decrease cNOS protein expression to compensate for chronic cNOS activation, probably resulting from glutamatergic stimulation. The cNOS activation is contemporaneous with microglial activation in LP-BM5-infected mice, and precedes the development of cognitive deficits. Moreover, the lack of iNOS induction in either infected macrophages or glial elements suggests that iNOS is not necessary for the development of these cognitive deficits.
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- Y Li
- Laboratory of Neuroscience, NIDDK, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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