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Shang L, Deng D, Krom BP, Gibbs S. Oral host-microbe interactions investigated in 3D organotypic models. Crit Rev Microbiol 2024; 50:397-416. [PMID: 37166371 DOI: 10.1080/1040841x.2023.2211665] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/12/2023] [Revised: 04/30/2023] [Accepted: 05/02/2023] [Indexed: 05/12/2023]
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The oral cavity is inhabited by abundant microbes which continuously interact with the host and influence the host's health. Such host-microbe interactions (HMI) are dynamic and complex processes involving e.g. oral tissues, microbial communities and saliva. Due to difficulties in mimicking the in vivo complexity, it is still unclear how exactly HMI influence the transition between healthy status and disease conditions in the oral cavity. As an advanced approach, three-dimensional (3D) organotypic oral tissues (epithelium and mucosa/gingiva) are being increasingly used to study underlying mechanisms. These in vitro models were designed with different complexity depending on the research questions to be answered. In this review, we summarised the existing 3D oral HMI models, comparing designs and readouts, discussing applications as well as future perspectives.
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- Lin Shang
- Department of Preventive Dentistry, Academic Centre for Dentistry Amsterdam (ACTA), University of Amsterdam and Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Preventive Dentistry, Academic Centre for Dentistry Amsterdam (ACTA), University of Amsterdam and Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Preventive Dentistry, Academic Centre for Dentistry Amsterdam (ACTA), University of Amsterdam and Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Oral Cell Biology, Academic Centre for Dentistry Amsterdam (ACTA), University of Amsterdam and Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- Department of Molecular Cell Biology and Immunology, Amsterdam Infection and Immunity Institute, Amsterdam UMC location Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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De La Cruz NC, Möckel M, Wirtz L, Knebel-Mörsdorf D. Ex vivo Human Skin Infection with Herpes Simplex Virus 1. Bio Protoc 2022; 12:e4411. [PMID: 35800458 PMCID: PMC9090582 DOI: 10.21769/bioprotoc.4411] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/15/2021] [Revised: 03/18/2022] [Accepted: 03/21/2022] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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Although herpes simplex virus 1 (HSV-1) is a well-studied virus, how the virus invades its human host via skin and mucosa to reach its receptors and initiate infection remains an open question. For studies of HSV-1 infection in skin, mice have been used as animal models. Murine skin infection can be induced after injection or scratching of the skin, which provides insights into disease pathogenesis but is clearly distinct from the natural entry route in human tissue. To explore the invasion route of HSV-1 on the tissue level, we established an ex vivo infection assay using skin explants. Here, we detail a protocol allowing the investigation of how the virus overcomes mechanical barriers in human skin to penetrate in keratinocytes and dermal fibroblasts. The protocol includes the preparation of total skin samples, skin shaves, and of separated epidermis and dermis, which is followed by incubation in virus suspension. The ex vivo infection assay allows the visualization, quantification, and characterization of single infected cells in the epidermis and dermis prior to viral replication and the virus-induced tissue damage. Hence, this experimental approach enables the identification of primary viral entry portals. Graphical abstract.
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- Nydia C. De La Cruz
- Center for Biochemistry, University Hospital Cologne, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
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- Center for Biochemistry, University Hospital Cologne, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
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- Center for Biochemistry, University Hospital Cologne, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
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- Center for Biochemistry, University Hospital Cologne, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
,Department of Pediatrics, University Hospital Cologne, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
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Fibroblast-derived matrices-based human skin equivalent as an in vitro psoriatic model for drug testing. J Biosci 2021. [DOI: 10.1007/s12038-021-00205-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Three-dimensional cell culture models for investigating human viruses. Virol Sin 2016; 31:363-379. [PMID: 27822716 PMCID: PMC7090760 DOI: 10.1007/s12250-016-3889-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/09/2016] [Accepted: 10/21/2016] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Three-dimensional (3D) culture models are physiologically relevant, as they provide reproducible results, experimental flexibility and can be adapted for high-throughput experiments. Moreover, these models bridge the gap between traditional two-dimensional (2D) monolayer cultures and animal models. 3D culture systems have significantly advanced basic cell science and tissue engineering, especially in the fields of cell biology and physiology, stem cell research, regenerative medicine, cancer research, drug discovery, and gene and protein expression studies. In addition, 3D models can provide unique insight into bacteriology, virology, parasitology and host-pathogen interactions. This review summarizes and analyzes recent progress in human virological research with 3D cell culture models. We discuss viral growth, replication, proliferation, infection, virus-host interactions and antiviral drugs in 3D culture models.
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Warwick RA, Hanani M. Involvement of aberrant calcium signalling in herpetic neuralgia. Exp Neurol 2015; 277:10-18. [PMID: 26684187 DOI: 10.1016/j.expneurol.2015.12.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/15/2015] [Revised: 12/03/2015] [Accepted: 12/08/2015] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Alpha-herpesviruses, herpes simplex viruses (HSV) and varicella zoster virus (VZV), are pathogens of the peripheral nervous system. After primary infection, these viruses establish latency within sensory ganglia, while retaining the ability to reactivate. Reactivation of VZV results in herpes zoster, a condition characterized by skin lesions that leads to post-herpetic neuralgia. Recurrent reactivations of HSV, which cause mucocutaneous lesions, may also result in neuralgia. During reactivation of alpha-herpesviruses, satellite glial cells (SGCs), which surround neurons in sensory ganglia, become infected with the replicating virus. SGCs are known to contribute to neuropathic pain in a variety of animal pain models. Here we investigated how infection of short-term cultures of mouse trigeminal ganglia with HSV-1 affects communication between SGCs and neurons, and how this altered communication may increase neuronal excitability, thus contributing to herpetic neuralgia. Mechanical stimulation of single neurons or SGCs resulted in intercellular calcium waves, which were larger in cultures infected with HSV-1. Two differences were observed between control and HSV-1 infected cultures that could account for this augmentation. Firstly, HSV-1 infection induced cell fusion among SGCs and neurons, which would facilitate the spread of calcium signals over farther distances. Secondly, using calcium imaging and intracellular electrical recordings, we found that neurons in the HSV-1 infected cultures exhibited augmented influx of calcium upon depolarization. These virally induced changes may not only cause more neurons in the sensory ganglia to fire action potentials, but may also increase neurotransmitter release at the presynaptic terminals in the spinal cord. They are therefore likely to be contributing factors to herpetic neuralgia.
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- Rebekah A Warwick
- Laboratory of Experimental Surgery, Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Center, Mount Scopus, Jerusalem 91240, Israel.
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- Laboratory of Experimental Surgery, Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Center, Mount Scopus, Jerusalem 91240, Israel
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Rahn E, Thier K, Petermann P, Knebel-Mörsdorf D. Ex Vivo Infection of Murine Epidermis with Herpes Simplex Virus Type 1. J Vis Exp 2015:e53046. [PMID: 26325191 DOI: 10.3791/53046] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023] Open
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To enter its human host, herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1) must overcome the barrier of mucosal surfaces, skin, or cornea. HSV-1 targets keratinocytes during initial entry and establishes a primary infection in the epithelium, which is followed by latent infection of neurons. After reactivation, viruses can become evident at mucocutaneous sites that appear as skin vesicles or mucosal ulcers. How HSV-1 invades skin or mucosa and reaches its receptors is poorly understood. To investigate the invasion route of HSV-1 into epidermal tissue at the cellular level, we established an ex vivo infection model of murine epidermis, which represents the site of primary and recurrent infection in skin. The assay includes the preparation of murine skin. The epidermis is separated from the dermis by dispase II treatment. After floating the epidermal sheets on virus-containing medium, the tissue is fixed and infection can be visualized at various times postinfection by staining infected cells with an antibody against the HSV-1 immediate early protein ICP0. ICP0-expressing cells can be observed in the basal keratinocyte layer already at 1.5 hr postinfection. With longer infection times, infected cells are detected in suprabasal layers, indicating that infection is not restricted to the basal keratinocytes, but the virus spreads to other layers in the tissue. Using epidermal sheets of various mouse models, the infection protocol allows determining the involvement of cellular components that contribute to HSV-1 invasion into tissue. In addition, the assay is suitable to test inhibitors in tissue that interfere with the initial entry steps, cell-to-cell spread and virus production. Here, we describe the ex vivo infection protocol in detail and present our results using nectin-1- or HVEM-deficient mice.
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- Elena Rahn
- Center for Biochemistry, University of Cologne
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- Center for Biochemistry, University of Cologne; Department of Dermatology, University of Cologne;
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Nozawa C, Hattori LY, Galhardi LCF, Lopes N, Bomfim WA, Cândido LKD, Azevedo EMMD, Gon ADS, Linhares REC. Herpes simplex virus: isolation, cytopathological characterization and antiviral sensitivity. An Bras Dermatol 2014; 89:448-52. [PMID: 24937819 PMCID: PMC4056703 DOI: 10.1590/abd1806-4841.20142574] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/26/2013] [Accepted: 05/13/2013] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Herpes simplex virus (HSV) infection is an endemic disease and it is
estimated that 6095% of the adult population are infected with symptoms that
are usually self-limiting, though they can be serious, extensive and
prolonged in immunocompromised individuals, highlighted by the emergence of
drug-resistant strains. The study of the wild-type HSV strains based on the
cytopathogenic features and its antiviral sensitivity are important in the
establishment of an antivirogram for controlling the infection. OBJECTIVE This study sought to isolate and examine the cytopathological
characteristics of circulating strains of the Herpes simplex virus, from
clinical specimens and their sensitivity to commercially available
antiherpesvirus drugs, acyclovir, phosphonophormic acid and
trifluridine. METHODS Herpes simplex virus isolation, cytopathological features and antiviral
sensitivity assays were performed in cell culture by tissue culture
infectious dose or plaque forming unit assay. RESULTS From twenty-two clinical specimens, we isolated and adapted nine strains.
Overall, the cytopathic effect was detected 24 h post-infection (p.i.) and
the presence of syncytia was remarkable 48 h p.i., observed after cell
staining. Out of eight isolates, four developed plaques of varying sizes.
All the isolates were sensitive to acyclovir, phosphonophormic and
trifluridine, with the percentage of virus inhibition (%VI) ranging from
49.7-100%. CONCLUSIONS The methodology for HSV isolation and characterization is a straightforward
approach, but the drug sensitivity test, regarded as being of great
practical importance, needs to be better understood.
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- Carlos Nozawa
- Universidade Estadual de Londrina, Londrina, PR, Brasil
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- Universidade Estadual de Londrina, Londrina, PR, Brasil
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Turunen A, Hukkanen V, Nygårdas M, Kulmala J, Syrjänen S. The combined effects of irradiation and herpes simplex virus type 1 infection on an immortal gingival cell line. Virol J 2014; 11:125. [PMID: 25005804 PMCID: PMC4105526 DOI: 10.1186/1743-422x-11-125] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/22/2014] [Accepted: 07/03/2014] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Oral mucosa is frequently exposed to Herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1) infection and irradiation due to dental radiography. During radiotherapy for oral cancer, the surrounding clinically normal tissues are also irradiated. This prompted us to study the effects of HSV-1 infection and irradiation on viability and apoptosis of oral epithelial cells. METHODS Immortal gingival keratinocyte (HMK) cells were infected with HSV-1 at a low multiplicity of infection (MOI) and irradiated with 2 Gy 24 hours post infection. The cells were then harvested at 24, 72 and 144 hours post irradiation for viability assays and qRT-PCR analyses for the apoptosis-related genes caspases 3, 8, and 9, bcl-2, NFκB1, and viral gene VP16. Mann-Whitney U-test was used for statistical calculations. RESULTS Irradiation improved the cell viability at 144 hours post irradiation (P = 0.05), which was further improved by HSV-1 infection at MOI of 0.00001 (P = 0.05). Simultaneously, the combined effects of infection at MOI of 0.0001 and irradiation resulted in upregulation in NFκB1 (P = 0.05). The combined effects of irradiation and HSV infection also significantly downregulated the expression of caspases 3, 8, and 9 at 144 hours (P = 0.05) whereas caspase 3 and 8 significantly upregulated in non-irradiated, HSV-infected cells as compared to uninfected controls (P = 0.05). Infection with 0.0001 MOI downregulated bcl-2 in non-irradiated cells but was upregulated by 27% after irradiation when compared to non-irradiated infected cells (P = 0.05). Irradiation had no effect on HSV-1 shedding or HSV gene expression at 144 hours. CONCLUSIONS HSV-1 infection may improve the viability of immortal cells after irradiation. The effect might be related to inhibition of apoptosis.
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- Aaro Turunen
- Institute of Dentistry, Department of Oral Pathology, University of Turku, Lemminkäisenkatu 2, 20520 Turku, Finland.
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Hogk I, Kaufmann M, Finkelmeier D, Rupp S, Burger-Kentischer A. An In Vitro HSV-1 Reactivation Model Containing Quiescently Infected PC12 Cells. Biores Open Access 2013; 2:250-7. [PMID: 23914331 PMCID: PMC3731678 DOI: 10.1089/biores.2013.0019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/20/2023] Open
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Advances in the understanding of the infection and reactivation process of herpes simplex type 1 (HSV-1) are generally gained by monolayer cultures or extensive and cost-intensive animal models. So far, no reliable in vitro skin model exists either to investigate the molecular mechanisms involved in controlling latency and virus reactivation or to test pharmaceuticals. Here we demonstrate the first in vitro HSV-1 reactivation model generated by using the human keratinocyte cell line HaCaT grown on a collagen substrate containing primary human fibroblasts. We integrated the unique feature of a quiescently infected neuronal cell line, the rat pheochromocytoma line PC12, within the dermal layer of the three-dimensional skin equivalent. Transmission electron microscopy, a cell-based TCID50 assay, and polymerase chain reaction analysis were used to verify cell latency. Thereby viral DNA could be detected, whereas extracellular as well as intracellular virus activity could not be found. Further, the infected PC12 cells show no spontaneous reactivation within the in vitro skin equivalent. In order to simulate a physiologically comparable HSV-1 infection, we achieved a specific and pointed reactivation of quiescently HSV-1 infected PC12 cells by UVB irradiation at 1000 mJ/cm2.
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- Ina Hogk
- Institute for Interfacial Engineering and Plasma Technology, University of Stuttgart , Stuttgart, Germany
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Hogk I, Rupp S, Burger-Kentischer A. 3D-tissue model for herpes simplex virus-1 infections. Methods Mol Biol 2013; 1064:239-51. [PMID: 23996262 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-62703-601-6_17] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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Infection with herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1) causes the most common skin disease. Various test systems have been established to recapitulate this cyclical pathway of productive infection, latency, and reactivation. Most studies of latency and reactivation are conducted in animal models. However, the small number of neurons which harbor the viral genome, the complexity of the in vivo setting, and ethical constraints place limits on animal studies. So far, no in vitro model which resembles natural latency exists. Here, we describe the first in vitro HSV-1 infection model based on a human skin equivalent. The 3D infection model is generated using the human keratinocyte cell line HaCaT grown on a collagen substrate containing human primary fibroblasts and in addition a quiescently HSV-1 infected neuronal component.
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- Ina Hogk
- Institute for Interfacial Engineering and Plasma Technology IGVP, University of Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany
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Pöllänen MT, Gursoy UK, Könönen E, Uitto VJ. Fusobacterium nucleatumBiofilm Induces Epithelial Migration in an Organotypic Model of Dento-Gingival Junction. J Periodontol 2012; 83:1329-35. [DOI: 10.1902/jop.2012.110535] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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Rautava J, Pöllänen M, Laine MA, Willberg J, Lukkarinen H, Soukka T. Effects of tacrolimus on an organotypic raft-culture model mimicking oral mucosa. Clin Exp Dermatol 2012; 37:897-903. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2230.2012.04372.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Significant progress has been made over the years in the development of in vitro-engineered substitutes that mimic human skin, either to be used as grafts for the replacement of lost skin or for the establishment of human-based in vitro skin models. This review summarizes these advances in in vivo and in vitro applications of tissue-engineered skin. We further highlight novel efforts in the design of complex disease-in-a-dish models for studies ranging from disease etiology to drug development and screening.
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Horbul JE, Schmechel SC, Miller BRL, Rice SA, Southern PJ. Herpes simplex virus-induced epithelial damage and susceptibility to human immunodeficiency virus type 1 infection in human cervical organ culture. PLoS One 2011; 6:e22638. [PMID: 21818356 PMCID: PMC3144918 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0022638] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/02/2010] [Accepted: 07/03/2011] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Normal human premenopausal cervical tissue has been used to derive primary cell populations and to establish ex vivo organ culture systems to study infections with herpes simplex virus (HSV-1 or HSV-2) and human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1). Infection with either HSV-1 or HSV-2 rapidly induced multinuclear giant cell formation and widespread damage in mucosal epithelial cells. Subsequent exposure of the damaged mucosal surfaces to HIV-1 revealed frequent co-localization of HSV and HIV-1 antigens. The short-term organ culture system provides direct experimental support for the epidemiological findings that pre-existing sexually transmitted infections, including primary and recurrent herpes virus infections at mucosal surfaces, represent major risk factors for acquisition of primary HIV-1 infection. Epithelial damage in combination with pre-existing inflammation, as described here for overtly normal human premenopausal cervix, creates a highly susceptible environment for the initiation and establishment of primary HIV-1 infection in the sub-mucosa of the cervical transformation zone.
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- Julie E. Horbul
- Department of Microbiology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America
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- Department of Microbiology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America
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- Department of Microbiology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America
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- Department of Microbiology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America
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Skin tissue engineering--in vivo and in vitro applications. Adv Drug Deliv Rev 2011; 63:352-66. [PMID: 21241756 DOI: 10.1016/j.addr.2011.01.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 358] [Impact Index Per Article: 27.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/17/2010] [Revised: 12/19/2010] [Accepted: 01/05/2011] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Significant progress has been made over the years in the development of in vitro-engineered substitutes that mimic human skin, either to be used as grafts for the replacement of lost skin or for the establishment of human-based in vitro skin models. This review summarizes these advances in in vivo and in vitro applications of tissue-engineered skin. We further highlight novel efforts in the design of complex disease-in-a-dish models for studies ranging from disease etiology to drug development and screening.
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Gursoy UK, Pöllänen M, Könönen E, Uitto VJ. Biofilm formation enhances the oxygen tolerance and invasiveness of Fusobacterium nucleatum in an oral mucosa culture model. J Periodontol 2010; 81:1084-91. [PMID: 20350156 DOI: 10.1902/jop.2010.090664] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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BACKGROUND The present study evaluates the survival capability of Fusobacterium nucleatum strains in an aerobic environment and compares the invasive capability of F. nucleatum in biofilm and planktonic forms in an organotypic cell culture (OCC) model. METHODS Biofilms of F. nucleatum American Type Culture Collection (ATCC) 25586 or Anaerobe Helsinki Negative (AHN) 9508 were produced by culturing on semipermeable membranes on brucella agar plates. The oxygen tolerance of the F. nucleatum strains was examined by incubating 3-day-old anaerobically grown biofilms in an aerobic environment (CO(2) [5% in air] incubator) for an additional 48 hours. The OCC model was constructed by seeding keratinocytes on a fibroblast-containing collagen gel. In invasion assays, a 3-day-old anaerobically grown biofilm (and planktonic bacteria in solution as the control) was placed upside down on the top of OCC and incubated under 5% CO(2) for 24 hours. Invasion of the bacteria and morphologic changes in OCC were assessed using hematoxylin and eosin, Ki-67, and periodic acid-Schiff stainings. RESULTS In biofilms, both F. nucleatum strains continuously increased their cell numbers in an aerobic environment for 48 hours. After incubating the bacterial biofilm in contact with the OCC model, F. nucleatum AHN 9508 was able to pass through the epithelial/basement membrane barrier and invade the collagen matrix. The invasiveness of biofilm F. nucleatum ATCC 25586 was limited to the epithelium. Cytotoxic effects and invasiveness of F. nucleatum on the OCC were much stronger when the bacteria were in biofilms than in the planktonic form. CONCLUSION Biofilm formation regulates the survival and invasiveness of F. nucleatum in an aerobic environment.
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- Ulvi Kahraman Gursoy
- Institute of Dentistry and Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, University of Helsinki, Helsinki University Central Hospital, Helsinki, Finland.
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Hukkanen V, Paavilainen H, Mattila RK. Host responses to herpes simplex virus and herpes simplex virus vectors. Future Virol 2010. [DOI: 10.2217/fvl.10.35] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Herpes simplex virus (HSV) is a well-known, ubiquitous pathogen of humans. Engineered mutants of HSV can also be exploited as vectors in gene therapy or for virotherapy of tumors. HSV has multiple abilities to evade and modulate the innate and adaptive responses of the host. The increasing knowledge on the mutual interactions of the invading HSV with the host defenses will contribute to our deeper understanding of the relationship between HSV and the host, and thereby lead to future development of more effective and specific HSV vectors for treatment of human diseases. The future advances of HSV vaccines and vaccine vectors are based on the knowlegde of the complex interplay between HSV and the host defenses.
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- Department of Virology, University of Turku, Kiinamyllynkatu 13, FIN-20520 Turku, Finland
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- Institute of Diagnostics, University of Oulu, Aapistie 5A, FIN-90014, Finland
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WERTHÉN MARIA, HENRIKSSON LINA, JENSEN PETERØSTRUP, STERNBERG CLAUS, GIVSKOV MICHAEL, BJARNSHOLT THOMAS. Anin vitromodel of bacterial infections in wounds and other soft tissues. APMIS 2010; 118:156-64. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0463.2009.02580.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 86] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Epithelial raft cultures for investigations of virus growth, pathogenesis and efficacy of antiviral agents. Antiviral Res 2009; 85:431-49. [PMID: 19883696 DOI: 10.1016/j.antiviral.2009.10.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/16/2009] [Revised: 10/20/2009] [Accepted: 10/22/2009] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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The organotypic epithelial raft cultures, originally developed to study keratinocytes differentiation, represent a novel approach to the study of viruses able to infect epithelial cells. Organotypic epithelial raft cultures accurately reproduce the process of epithelial differentiation in vitro and can be prepared from normal keratinocytes, explanted epithelial tissue, or established cell lines. This culture system permits cells to proliferate and fully differentiate at the air-liquid interface on a dermal-equivalent support. Normal primary human keratinocytes (PHKs) stratify and fully differentiate in a manner similar to the normal squamous epithelial tissues, while transformed cell lines exhibit dysplastic morphologies similar to the (pre)neoplastic lesions seen in vivo. This three-dimensional (3D) culture system provides an essential tool for investigations of virus growth, virus-host cell interactions, for the genetic analysis of viral proteins and regulatory sequences, and for the evaluation of antiviral agents. The 3D epithelial cultures have proven a breakthrough in the research on papillomaviruses, since their life cycle is strictly linked to the differentiation of the host epithelium. In the last years, several reports have shown the usefulness of the 3D epithelial cultures for the study of other viruses that target at least during a part of their life cycles epithelial cells. The 3D epithelial cultures allow the analysis of virus-host cell interactions in stratified epithelia that more closely resemble the in vivo situation. In this review we describe the advances on research on 3D epithelial cultures for the study of virus growth and pathogenesis of different families of viruses, including papilloma-, herpes-, pox-, adeno-, and parvoviruses.
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Gibson AL, Schurr MJ, Schlosser SJ, Comer AR, Allen-Hoffmann BL. Comparison of therapeutic antibiotic treatments on tissue-engineered human skin substitutes. Tissue Eng Part A 2008; 14:629-38. [PMID: 18439105 DOI: 10.1089/tea.2007.0126] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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For regenerative medicine to gain clinical acceptance, the effects of commonly used treatment regimens on bioengineered organs must be considered. The antibiotics mafenide acetate (mafenide) and neomycin plus polymyxin (neo/poly) are routinely used to irrigate postoperative skin grafts on contaminated wounds. The effects of these clinically used antibiotics were investigated using tissue-engineered human skin substitutes generated with primary human keratinocytes or the near-diploid human keratinocyte cell line, Near-diploid Immortal Keratinocytes. Following topical or dermal treatment, the skin substitutes were assayed for viability, tissue morphology, glycogen content, and the expression of active caspase 3. Mafenide, but not neo/poly, induced morphological and biochemical changes in tissue-engineered skin substitutes. Keratinocytes in all histological layers of mafenide-treated skin substitutes exhibited ballooning degeneration and glycogen depletion. Mafenide-treatment also triggered separation of basal keratinocytes from the underlying dermis. None of the antibiotic treatments induced apoptosis, as measured by active caspase 3 immunostaining. The results demonstrate that mafenide, but not neo/poly, is detrimental to the viability and structural integrity of tissue-engineered human skin substitutes. These findings highlight the need to identify treatment regimens that are compatible with and hence enable the therapeutic efficacy of first-generation bioengineered organs such as skin.
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- Angela L Gibson
- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, Wisconsin
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Efficient quiescent infection of normal human diploid fibroblasts with wild-type herpes simplex virus type 1. J Virol 2008; 82:10218-30. [PMID: 18701599 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.00859-08] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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Quiescent infection of cultured cells with herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1) provides an important, amenable means of studying the molecular mechanics of a nonproductive state that mimics key aspects of in vivo latency. To date, establishing high-multiplicity nonproductive infection of human cells with wild-type HSV-1 has proven challenging. Here, we describe simple culture conditions that established a cell state in normal human diploid fibroblasts that supported efficient quiescent infection using wild-type virus and exhibited many important properties of the in vivo latent state. Despite the efficient production of immediate early (IE) proteins ICP4 and ICP22, the latter remained unprocessed, and viral late gene products were only transiently and inefficiently produced. This low level of virus activity in cultures was rapidly suppressed as the nonproductive state was established. Entry into quiescence was associated with inefficient production of the viral trans-activating protein ICP0, and the accumulation of enlarged nuclear PML structures normally dispersed during productive infection. Lytic replication was rapidly and efficiently restored by exogenous expression of HSV-1 ICP0. These findings are in agreement with previous models in which quiescence was established with HSV mutants disrupted in their expression of IE gene products that included ICP0 and, importantly, provide a means to study cellular mechanisms that repress wild-type viral functions to prevent productive replication. We discuss this model in relation to existing systems and its potential as a simple tool to study the molecular mechanisms of quiescent infection in human cells using wild-type HSV-1.
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Woo SB, Challacombe SJ. Management of recurrent oral herpes simplex infections. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2007; 103 Suppl:S12.e1-18. [PMID: 17379150 DOI: 10.1016/j.tripleo.2006.11.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/03/2006] [Accepted: 11/06/2006] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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The literature has been reviewed for evidence of the efficacy of antiviral agents in both the prophylaxis and treatment of recurrent oral herpes simplex virus (HSV) infections and discussed by a panel of experts. Emphasis was given to randomized controlled trials. Management of herpes-associated erythema multiforme and Bell palsy were also considered. The evidence suggests that 5% acyclovir (ACV) in the cream base may reduce the duration of lesions if applied early. Recurrent herpes labialis (RHL) and recurrent intraoral HSV infections can be effectively treated with systemic ACV 400 mg 3 times a day or systemic valacyclovir 500 to 1000 mg twice a day for 3 to 5 days (longer in the immunocompromised). RHL in the immunocompetent can be effectively prevented with (1) sunscreen alone (SPF 15 or above), (2) systemic ACV 400 mg 2 to 3 times a day, or (3) systemic valacyclovir 500 to 2000 mg twice a day. Valacyclovir 500 mg twice a day is also effective in suppressing erythema multiforme triggered by HSV. Further studies are needed to compare treatment efficacy between topical penciclovir, docosanol, and ACV cream for RHL.
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- Sook-Bin Woo
- Department of Oral Medicine, Infection and Immunity, Harvard School of Dental Medicine, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
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Andrei G. Three-dimensional culture models for human viral diseases and antiviral drug development. Antiviral Res 2006; 71:96-107. [PMID: 16844237 DOI: 10.1016/j.antiviral.2006.05.023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/17/2006] [Revised: 05/30/2006] [Accepted: 05/31/2006] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Researchers are recognizing the limitations of two-dimensional (2D) cell cultures, given the fact that they do not reproduce the morphology and biochemical features that the cells possess in the original tissue. As an alternative, the three-dimensional (3D) cell culture approach offers researchers the possibility to study cell growth and differentiation under conditions that more closely resemble the in vivo situation with regard to cell shape and cellular environment. Currently, 3D culture models are being employed in many areas of biomedical research because they offer a more realistic milieu than 2D cultures. The era of 2D culture techniques is moving towards a new epoch of culture systems in 3D. The present review is focused on topics of research on 3D cell cultures in virology and their use in antiviral drug development.
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Andrei G, van den Oord J, Fiten P, Opdenakker G, De Wolf-Peeters C, De Clercq E, Snoeck R. Organotypic epithelial raft cultures as a model for evaluating compounds against alphaherpesviruses. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 2006; 49:4671-80. [PMID: 16251311 PMCID: PMC1280113 DOI: 10.1128/aac.49.11.4671-4680.2005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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The course of herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1) and type 2 (HSV-2) and varicella-zoster virus (VZV) infections in squamous epithelial cells cultured in a three-dimensional organotypic raft culture was tested. In these raft cultures, normal human keratinocytes isolated from neonatal foreskins grown at the air-liquid interface stratified and differentiated, reproducing a fully differentiated epithelium. Typical cytopathic changes identical to those found in the squamous epithelium in vivo, including ballooning and reticular degeneration with the formation of multinucleate cells, were observed throughout the raft following infection with HSV and VZV at different times after lifting the cultures to the air-liquid interface. For VZV, the aspects of the lesions depended on the stage of differentiation of the organotypic cultures. The activity of reference antiviral agents, acyclovir (ACV), penciclovir (PCV), brivudin (BVDU), foscarnet (PFA), and cidofovir (CDV), was evaluated against wild-type and thymidine kinase (TK) mutants of HSV and VZV in the raft cultures. ACV, PCV, and BVDU protected the epithelium against cytopathic effect induced by wild-type viruses in a concentration-dependent manner, while treatment with CDV and PFA proved protective against the cytodestructive effects induced by both TK+ and TK- strains. The quantification of the antiviral effects in the rafts were accomplished by measuring viral titers by plaque assay for HSV and by measuring viral DNA load by real-time PCR for VZV. A correlation between the degree of protection as determined by histological examination and viral quantification could be demonstrated The three-dimensional epithelial raft culture represents a novel model for the study of antiviral agents active against HSV and VZV. Since no animal model is available for the evaluation of antiviral agents against VZV, the organotypic cultures may be considered a model to evaluate the efficacy of new anti-VZV antivirals before clinical trials.
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- Graciela Andrei
- Rega Institute for Medical Research, Catholic University of Leuven, Minderbroedersstraat 10, B-3000 Leuven, Belgium.
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Varicella-zoster virus (VZV) infection is restricted to humans, which hinders studies of its pathogenesis in rodent models of disease. To facilitate the study of VZV skin tropism, we developed an ex vivo system using human fetal skin organ culture (SOC). VZV replication was analyzed by plaque assay, transmission electron microscopy, and histology. The yield of infectious VZV from SOC increased approximately 100-fold over 6 days, virions were abundant, and lesions developed that contained VZV antigens and resembled varicella and zoster lesions. The SOC system for VZV replication has applications for testing virus mutants and antiviral drugs.
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- Shannon L Taylor
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY 13210, USA
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Nicola AV, Hou J, Major EO, Straus SE. Herpes simplex virus type 1 enters human epidermal keratinocytes, but not neurons, via a pH-dependent endocytic pathway. J Virol 2005; 79:7609-16. [PMID: 15919913 PMCID: PMC1143659 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.79.12.7609-7616.2005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 185] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Herpes simplex virus (HSV) enters some laboratory cell lines via a pH-dependent, endocytic mechanism. We investigated whether this entry pathway is used in human cell types relevant to pathogenesis. Three different classes of lysosomotropic agents, which raise endosomal pH, blocked HSV entry into primary and transformed human keratinocytes, but not into human neurons or neuroblastoma lines. In keratinocytes, incoming HSV particles colocalized with markers of endocytic uptake. Treatment with the isoflavone genistein, an inhibitor of protein tyrosine kinases, reduced the delivery of incoming viral particles to the nuclear periphery and virus-induced gene expression in keratinocytes but not neurons. Moreover, in keratinocyte monolayer islets, HSV infected both the inner and outer cells in a genistein-sensitive manner, suggesting viral endocytosis from both basolateral and apical plasma membrane surfaces. Together, the results indicate that HSV enters human epidermal keratinocytes, but not neurons, by a low-pH, endocytic pathway that is dependent on host tyrosine phosphorylation. Thus, HSV utilizes fundamentally different cellular entry pathways to infect important target cell populations.
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- Anthony V Nicola
- Medical Virology Section, Laboratory of Clinical Infectious Diseases, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892-1888, USA.
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Shillitoe EJ, Pellenz C. Factors That Limit the Effectiveness of Herpes Simplex Virus Type 1 for Treatment of Oral Cancer in Mice. Clin Cancer Res 2005; 11:3109-16. [PMID: 15837767 DOI: 10.1158/1078-0432.ccr-04-2302] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Although the growth of experimental oral cancers can be inhibited by infection with the herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1), the effect is incomplete. To define factors that might limit the effectiveness of the virus, we examined the roles of the innate immune system and the replication status of the tumor cells. AT-84 tumors were induced in strains of mice that had specific immune defects and were treated with the virus. Explanted tumors and tumor cells in culture were also infected. No differences in viral replication or in the effect of virus on the tumor were seen between mice with a lack of T or B lymphocytes, natural killer cells, phagocytic spleen cells, or complement. The virus did not replicate significantly more in tumors that were maintained as explants. Immediately after recovery of cells from a tumor the proportion of cells in the S phase was around 18%, and replication of virus in those cells was very limited. After 3 weeks in culture, the proportion in S had increased to 50% and both the recovery of virus from the cells and the toxic effect of the virus on the cells had increased significantly. The innate immune system thus seemed to have a minimal effect on replication of HSV-1 when used as an oncolytic virus for oral cancers in mice. Instead, the fraction of cells in the S phase was important. Because human oral cancers, like mouse tumors, have a low fraction of cells in the S phase, it is likely that the in vivo use of HSV-1 as cancer therapy will be limited by the replication of the virus.
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- Edward J Shillitoe
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, SUNY College of Medicine, Syracuse, New York 13210, USA.
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Schelhaas M, Jansen M, Haase I, Knebel-Mörsdorf D. Herpes simplex virus type 1 exhibits a tropism for basal entry in polarized epithelial cells. J Gen Virol 2003; 84:2473-2484. [PMID: 12917468 DOI: 10.1099/vir.0.19226-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023] Open
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Herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1) enters its host via epithelia and spreads to neuronal cells where latency is established. Hence, the in vivo route of infection relies on penetration and subsequent passage of HSV-1 through highly polarized cells. Infection studies were performed in both polarized MDCKII cells and primary human keratinocytes to gain insight into the pathway of virus entry into individual epithelial cells. Early viral gene expression was barely detectable in confluent MDCKII cells, even at high m.o.i. However, after wounding the cell layer, infected cells were observed next to the wound, where basolateral membranes were accessible. In subconfluent monolayers, MDCKII cells are organized in islets. After infection, viral capsids and early viral gene expression were detectable in peripheral cells of islets, supporting virus penetration via basolateral membranes. Further infection studies were performed in human keratinocytes, which represent the primary target cells for HSV-1 infection in vivo. In primary keratinocytes grown as monolayer cultures and wounded prior to infection, HSV-1 infection led to early viral gene expression predominantly in cells next to the wound. When stratifying cultures of primary human keratinocytes were infected, early viral gene expression was localized to peripheral cells of basal keratinocytes. Finally, infection of epithelial tissue such as human foreskin epithelia demonstrated HSV-1 entry exclusively via basal cell layers. Staining of the potential coreceptor nectin-1/HveC revealed no correlation of receptor localization and virus entry sites in keratinocytes. These results provide first evidence for a virus entry mechanism that relies on the accessibility to basal surfaces of epithelial tissue and to basolateral membranes, both in MDCKII and primary keratinocytes.
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- Mario Schelhaas
- Max Planck Institute for Neurological Research, University of Cologne, Gleuelerstrasse 50, D-50931 Cologne, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute for Neurological Research, University of Cologne, Gleuelerstrasse 50, D-50931 Cologne, Germany
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- Department of Dermatology, University of Cologne, Gleuelerstrasse 50, D-50931 Cologne, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, University of Cologne, Gleuelerstrasse 50, D-50931 Cologne, Germany
- Max Planck Institute for Neurological Research, University of Cologne, Gleuelerstrasse 50, D-50931 Cologne, Germany
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Maas-Szabowski N, Stärker A, Fusenig NE. Epidermal tissue regeneration and stromal interaction in HaCaT cells is initiated by TGF-alpha. J Cell Sci 2003; 116:2937-48. [PMID: 12771184 DOI: 10.1242/jcs.00474] [Citation(s) in RCA: 95] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023] Open
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The human keratinocyte cell line HaCaT expresses essentially all epidermal differentiation markers but exhibits deficiencies in tissue organization as surface transplants in nude mice and even more so in organotypic co-cultures with fibroblasts. Whereas tissue differentiation by normal keratinocytes (NEKs) is regulated by stromal interactions, this mechanism is impaired in HaCaT cells. This regulatory process is initiated by interleukin-1 (IL-1) release in keratinocytes, which induces expression of keratinocyte growth factor (KGF/FGF-7) and granulocyte macrophage-colony stimulating factor (GM-CSF) in fibroblasts. Production and release of IL-1 is very low and, consequently, expression of the fibroblast-derived growth factors KGF/FGF-7 and GM-CSF is absent in HaCaT-fibroblast co-cultures. However, addition of KGF and GMCSF, respectively, is inefficient to improve stratification and differentiation by HaCaT cells due to the low expression of their cognate receptors. More importantly, expression and release of the autocrine keratinocyte growth factor TGF-alpha is dramatically decreased in HaCaT cells. Addition of TGF- alpha or EGF stimulated HaCaT cell proliferation but, even more effectively, suppressed apoptosis, thus facilitating the formation of a regularly stratified epithelium. Furthermore, TGF-alpha enhanced the expression of the receptors for KGF and GM-CSF so that addition of these growth factors, or of their inducer IL-1, further improved epidermal tissue differentiation leading to in vitro skin equivalents comparable with cultures of NEKs. Thus, supplementing TGF-alpha normalized epidermal tissue regeneration by immortal HaCaT keratinocytes and their interaction with stromal cells so that regular skin equivalents are produced as standardized in vitro models.
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- Nicole Maas-Szabowski
- Division of Differentiation and Carcinogenesis (B0600), German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Im Neuenheimer Feld 280, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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Snoeck R, Holý A, Dewolf-Peeters C, Van Den Oord J, De Clercq E, Andrei G. Antivaccinia activities of acyclic nucleoside phosphonate derivatives in epithelial cells and organotypic cultures. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 2002; 46:3356-61. [PMID: 12384336 PMCID: PMC128754 DOI: 10.1128/aac.46.11.3356-3361.2002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 90] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Organotypic "raft" cultures of epithelial cells allow the reconstitution of a skin equivalent that is easily infectible with different viruses with cutaneous tropism. Among these, poxvirus and particularly vaccinia virus (VV) are good candidates for use in antiviral tests, giving histological pictures comparable to those observed in humans infected with smallpox. Therefore, we decided to evaluate a series of phosphonate derivatives for their ability to inhibit VV growth in epithelial cell monolayers, and the most powerful derivatives were tested in the organotypic cultures. The most active compound was 9-(S)-[3-hydroxy-2-(phosphonomethoxy)propyl]adenine [(S)-HPMPA], followed by 9-(S)-[3-hydroxy-2-(phosphonomethoxy)propyl]-2,6-diaminopurine, cyclic (S)-HPMPA, 9-(S)-[3-hydroxy-2-(phosphonomethoxy)propyl]cytosine [(S)-HPMPC; cidofovir, Vistide], and cyclic (S)-HPMPC. Cidofovir, which is on the market for the treatment of human cytomegalovirus retinitis in immunocompromised patients, is potentially a good candidate for the treatment of a poxvirus outbreak, in the absence of any vaccination.
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- R Snoeck
- Rega Institute for Medical Research, K.U. Leuven. Pathology Department, U.Z. Leuven, B-3000 Leuven, Belgium.
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Iqbal J, Edington N. Equid herpesvirus 1 is neurotropic in mice, but latency from which infectious virus can be reactivated does not occur. Acta Vet Hung 2002; 50:117-29. [PMID: 12061230 DOI: 10.1556/avet.50.2002.1.14] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Equid herpesvirus 1 (EHV-1) is the most common cause of virus-induced abortion in horses. After primary infection the virus becomes latent predominantly in the respiratory tract lymph nodes and the genome can also be detected in the peripheral nervous system. The role of mouse as a feasible model for the establishment of latency and reactivation of EHV-1 was investigated. Intracerebral and intranasal infections of 3- and 17-day-old mice were made and virus replication was confirmed by virus isolation and detected by indirect immunofluorescence (IIF) in brain. For reactivation studies, the mice were killed 8 weeks post infection and tissues were collected for cocultivation. In mice from both age groups, infectious virus was not detected by cocultivation. Following attempts to reactivate virus in vivo with corticosteroids, the viral antigen was detected at low levels by IIF and the expression of the gB gene by reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) in brain, trigeminal ganglia, olfactory lobe, lung and spleen. Virus was also detected by IIF following incubation of tissue explants in the growth medium containing pokeweed mitogen (PWM). These results show the limitations of the mouse model for investigating EHV-1 latency and highlights the issue of 'ineffective reactivation' of virus.
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- J Iqbal
- Department of Veterinary Basic Sciences, Royal Veterinary College, Royal College Street, London NW1 0TU, UK.
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BACKGROUND The dento-epithelial junction forms the primary periodontal defense structure against oral microbes. The cells of the junctional epithelium (JE) attach both to a basement membrane (BM) facing the connective tissue and to a hard dental tissue by structurally similar but molecularly distinct mechanisms. Here we describe a new organotypic cell culture model for the dento-epithelial junction comprising not only epithelial and mesenchymally derived components, but also a tooth surface equivalent. METHODS Rat palatal keratinocytes were seeded on fibroblast-collagen gels. A tooth slice was placed on top of the epithelial cells and the multilayer cultures were grown at the air-liquid interface. Formation of the epithelial structures, BM components, and the epithelial attachment to the tooth surface were studied by immunofluorescence and light and electron microscopy. The findings were compared to the structure of the dento-epithelial junction in vivo. RESULTS A well-differentiated stratified epithelium was formed. Under the tooth slice the epithelium remained thin and non-differentiated. Attachment of the epithelial cells to the tooth surface was mediated by hemidesmosomes (HDs) as in vivo. Laminin-5 (Ln-5) was present in the extracellular matrix (ECM) between the tooth and the epithelium as well as in the BM structure between the epithelium and the fibroblast-collagen matrix. Instead, Ln-10/11 was present only at the mesenchymal tissue side as is known to be the case in vivo. CONCLUSIONS The organotypic model presented expresses the characteristic structural and molecular features of the dento-epithelial junction and may be applied for studying physiological and pathological processes in the epithelial attachment.
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- Jaana Oksanen
- Department of Periodontology, Institute of Dentistry, University of Turku, Finland.
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Balagué C, Noya F, Alemany R, Chow LT, Curiel DT. Human papillomavirus E6E7-mediated adenovirus cell killing: selectivity of mutant adenovirus replication in organotypic cultures of human keratinocytes. J Virol 2001; 75:7602-11. [PMID: 11462032 PMCID: PMC114995 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.75.16.7602-7611.2001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/18/2023] Open
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Replication-competent adenoviruses are being investigated as potential anticancer agents. Exclusive virus replication in cancer cells has been proposed as a safety trait to be considered in the design of oncolytic adenoviruses. From this perspective, we have investigated several adenovirus mutants for their potential to conditionally replicate and promote the killing of cells expressing human papillomavirus (HPV) E6 and E7 oncoproteins, which are present in a high percentage of anogenital cancers. For this purpose, we have employed an organotypic model of human stratified squamous epithelium derived from primary keratinocytes that have been engineered to express HPV-18 oncoproteins stably. We show that, whereas wild-type adenovirus promotes a widespread cytopathic effect in all infected cells, E1A- and E1A/E1B-deleted adenoviruses cause no deleterious effect regardless of the coexpression of HPV18 E6E7. An adenovirus deleted in the CR2 domain of E1A, necessary for binding to the pRB family of pocket proteins, shows no selectivity of replication as it efficiently kills all normal and E6E7-expressing keratinocytes. Finally, an adenovirus mutant deleted in the CR1 and CR2 domains of E1A exhibits preferential replication and cell killing in HPV E6E7-expressing cultures. We conclude that the organotypic keratinocyte culture represents a distinct model to evaluate adenovirus selectivity and that, based on this model, further modifications of the adenovirus genome are required to restrict adenovirus replication to tumor cells.
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- C Balagué
- Division of Human Gene Therapy, Departments of Medicine, Pathology, and Surgery, Gene Therapy Center, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama 35294, USA.
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Tomakidi P, Cheng H, Kohl A, Komposch G, Alonso A. Modulation of the epidermal growth factor receptor by the human papillomavirus type 16 E5 protein in raft cultures of human keratinocytes. Eur J Cell Biol 2000; 79:407-12. [PMID: 10928456 DOI: 10.1078/0171-9335-00060] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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It has been shown that the E5 protein of the human papillomavirus type 16 modulates epidermal growth factor receptor downregulation in monolayer cultures of human keratinocytes and mouse fibroblasts. We have now analysed the effect of this protein on the expression, the distribution and the activation of EGF receptors in raft cultures derived from an E5-transfected human keratinocyte cell line. The epithelia generated in these cultures were stratified and exhibited suprabasal expression of cytokeratins 1 and 10, which are known markers of early epidermal differentiation. In situ hybridization with an antisense riboprobe to the human papilloma virus type 16 E5 protein revealed a homogeneous gene expression within the entire epithelium of E5-transfected but not empty vector-transfected control cultures. Treatment of serum-starved rafts with EGF for 48 hours led to a strong decrease of suprabasal EGF receptors in control cultures, but not in rafts of E5-expressing cells. Under these conditions, no activated receptors were observed in control cultures, but activated receptors were still present in E5-raft cultures. Our results indicate that human papilloma virus type 16 E5-mediated modulation of EGF receptor expression occurs in a time- and structure-dependent manner in epithelial equivalents of human keratinocytes.
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- P Tomakidi
- Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum, Heidelberg, Germany
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Zaretzky FR, Kawula TH. Examination of early interactions between Haemophilus ducreyi and host cells by using cocultured HaCaT keratinocytes and foreskin fibroblasts. Infect Immun 1999; 67:5352-60. [PMID: 10496916 PMCID: PMC96891 DOI: 10.1128/iai.67.10.5352-5360.1999] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Haemophilus ducreyi is the etiologic agent of chancroid, a sexually transmitted genital ulcer disease. Keratinocytes are likely the first cell type encountered by H. ducreyi upon infection of human skin; thus, the interaction between H. ducreyi and keratinocytes is probably important for the ability of H. ducreyi to establish infection. We have used the HaCaT keratinocyte cell line grown in monolayers and in cocultures with HS27 fibroblasts to investigate H. ducreyi interactions with keratinocytes and the host-cell response to H. ducreyi infection. Using quantitative adherence and gentamicin protection assays, we determined that approximately 13% of H. ducreyi adhered to HaCaT cell monolayers, while only a small proportion (0.0052%) was intracellular. By transmission electron microscopy, we observed numerous H. ducreyi organisms adherent to but rarely within HaCaT cells cocultured with fibroblasts. Both live H. ducreyi and purified H. ducreyi lipooligosaccharide (LOS) induced significant interleukin 8 (IL-8) expression from HaCaT cell-HS27 cell cocultures. However, the level of IL-8 expression in response to LOS alone was not as pronounced. H. ducreyi LOS was a more potent inducer of IL-8 from cocultures than Escherichia coli lipopolysaccharide (LPS) at the same concentration, suggesting a unique effect of H. ducreyi LOS on cocultures. Neither live H. ducreyi nor purified H. ducreyi LOS or E. coli LPS induced tumor necrosis factor alpha expression from cocultures. H. ducreyi induced drastically different cytokine profiles from cocultures than from HS27 or HaCaT cells cultured separately. IL-8 expression by skin cells in response to H. ducreyi infection in vivo may be responsible for the massive influx of polymorphonuclear leukocytes and other inflammatory cells to the site of infection. This influx of inflammatory cells may be partly responsible for the tissue destruction characteristic of chancroid.
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- F R Zaretzky
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599, USA
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Hukkanen V, Mikola H, Nykänen M, Syrjänen S. Herpes simplex virus type 1 infection has two separate modes of spread in three-dimensional keratinocyte culture. J Gen Virol 1999; 80 ( Pt 8):2149-2155. [PMID: 10466814 DOI: 10.1099/0022-1317-80-8-2149] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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This study describes the outcome of herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1) infection in an organotypic raft culture of spontaneously immortalized HaCat keratinocytes and human fibroblasts, as related to the virus load and epithelial stratification and differentiation. In this model, a confluent monolayer of HaCat keratinocytes was formed 60 h after seeding. Inoculation of HSV-1 before induction of differentiation by lifting of the culture to the air-liquid interface always resulted in a productive infection, but the virus yield was highest when the inoculation took place 72 h after seeding. Even at 0.1 p.f.u. per culture, the HaCat cultures became HSV positive. Infection of the full-thickness epithelium at 5 p.f.u. per culture resulted in a productive infection of the whole epithelium. The HaCat cells were about 10 times more sensitive to HSV-1 infection than the Vero cells in which the virus stocks were titrated. The raft cultures infected 30 min after lifting were negative by HSV-1 culture, and no HSV-1 antigen was detected by immunocytochemistry. PCR showed the presence of HSV-1 DNA and in situ hybridization showed reactivity with a latency-associated RNA probe, indicating the presence of a non-productive infection. Two different patterns of virus spread in epithelia were found: (i) lateral spread through the superficial layers of the epithelium and (ii) a demarcated infection throughout the whole thickness of the epithelium at the margins of the culture.
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- Veijo Hukkanen
- Department of Virology1, MediCity Research Laboratory2 and Department of Oral Pathology, Institute of Dentistry3, University of Turku, Kiinamyllynkatu 13, FIN-20520 Turku, Finland
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- Department of Virology1, MediCity Research Laboratory2 and Department of Oral Pathology, Institute of Dentistry3, University of Turku, Kiinamyllynkatu 13, FIN-20520 Turku, Finland
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- Department of Virology1, MediCity Research Laboratory2 and Department of Oral Pathology, Institute of Dentistry3, University of Turku, Kiinamyllynkatu 13, FIN-20520 Turku, Finland
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- Department of Virology1, MediCity Research Laboratory2 and Department of Oral Pathology, Institute of Dentistry3, University of Turku, Kiinamyllynkatu 13, FIN-20520 Turku, Finland
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Schoop VM, Mirancea N, Fusenig NE. Epidermal organization and differentiation of HaCaT keratinocytes in organotypic coculture with human dermal fibroblasts. J Invest Dermatol 1999; 112:343-53. [PMID: 10084313 DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-1747.1999.00524.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 229] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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The immortal human keratinocyte line HaCaT is frequently used as a paradigm for skin keratinocytes in vitro because of its highly preserved differentiation capacity. HaCaT cells form a nearly regular epidermal architecture when transplanted onto subcutaneous tissue of athymic mice. In order to analyze further their differentiation capacity in vitro, HaCaT cells were studied in organotypic cocultures on top of collagen gels containing human dermal fibroblasts. Within 1 wk HaCaT cells formed a still dysplastic epithelium, the thickness of which correlated with the number of fibroblasts in the collagen gel. With further culture time of up to 3 wk a remarkably well structured and differentiated squamous epithelium developed. After 1 wk, keratins 10 and 16, involucrin, and transglutaminase I were expressed in suprabasal layers, whereas filaggrin, keratin 2e, and loricrin appeared after 2-3 wk. Within this time, a nearly complete basement membrane had formed including hemidesmosomes and anchoring fibrils. Epithelial cell proliferation became restricted to the basal layer after 2 and 3 wk. Using the TdT-mediated dUTP nick end labeling assay, fragmentation of DNA was detectable in nuclei of the parakeratotic stratum corneum. Ultrastructurally, many features of keratinization accumulated after 2 and 3 wk, though an orthokeratotic keratinization was not achieved, in contrast to HaCaT transplants. This differentiation deficiency - as compared with normal keratinocytes -- might be due to a lack of paracrine factors important for keratinocyte differentiation or to a reduced sensitivity of these cells. Nevertheless, this high degree of differentiation under organotypic conditions qualifies this cell line as an appropriate model for elucidation of the molecular mechanisms regulating keratinocyte growth and differentiation and for use in pharmacotoxicology.
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- V M Schoop
- Division of Differentiation and Carcinogenesis, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg
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Visalli RJ, Courtney RJ, Meyers C. Infection and replication of herpes simplex virus type 1 in an organotypic epithelial culture system. Virology 1997; 230:236-43. [PMID: 9143279 DOI: 10.1006/viro.1997.8484] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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We have used the organotypic culture system as a model to study the initial infectious process and spread of herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1) in fully stratified and differentiated human epithelial tissue. The growth kinetics of HSV-1 were determined in organotypic tissues of human epidermal or ectocervical origin. Concurrently, we followed the spread of HSV-1 by immunostaining thin sections of infected organotypic tissue. After HSV-1 was applied to the top cornified epithelial layer, virus penetrated to the basal layer of replicating epithelium and grew to high titers. The virus was limited in its spread in that not all cells within the tissue had demonstrable infection. A ribonucleotide reductase mutant, ICP6 delta, could infect and replicate in basal layers of the organotypic tissues. However, we found that spread was limited in, and to, the basal cell layer. Peak ICP6 delta titers were 100-fold less than in cultures infected with wild-type HSV-1. Studies of HSV mutants should allow us to further define the role of specific viral genes which are associated with infection and spread in a tissue culture system that mimics the initial portal of entry for certain HSV infections.
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- R J Visalli
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, Hershey 17033, USA
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