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Francisqueti-Ferron FV, Garcia JL, Ferron AJT, Nakandakare-Maia ET, Gregolin CS, Silva JPDC, Dos Santos KC, Lo ÂTC, Siqueira JS, de Mattei L, de Paula BH, Sarzi F, Silva CCVDA, Moreto F, Costa MR, Ferreira ALA, Minatel IO, Corrêa CR. Gamma-oryzanol as a potential modulator of oxidative stress and inflammation via PPAR-y in adipose tissue: a hypothetical therapeutic for cytokine storm in COVID-19? Mol Cell Endocrinol 2021; 520:111095. [PMID: 33253762 PMCID: PMC7695949 DOI: 10.1016/j.mce.2020.111095] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/07/2020] [Revised: 11/23/2020] [Accepted: 11/24/2020] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
Abstract
The literature has reported a higher prevalence of negative clinical outcomes due to Coronavirus disease 19 (COVID-19) in obese individuals. This can be explained by the cytokine storm, result from the cytokine production from both obesity and viral infection. Gamma-oryzanol (γOz) is a compound with anti-inflammatory and antioxidant activities. However, little is known about the γOz action as a possible agonist of peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma (PPAR-γ). The aim of this study was to test the hypothesis that γOz attenuates the cytokine storm by stimulating PPAR-γ in the adipose tissue. METHODS Male Wistar rats were randomly divided into three experimental groups and fed ad libitum for 30 weeks with control diet (C, n = 6), high sugar-fat diet (HSF, n = 6) or high sugar-fat diet + γOz (HSF + γOz, n = 6). HSF groups also received water + sucrose (25%). The γOz dose was 0.5% in the chow. Evaluation in animals included caloric intake, body weight, adiposity index, plasma triglycerides, and HOMA-IR. In adipose tissue was evaluated: PPAR-γ gene and protein expression, inflammatory and oxidative stress parameters, and histological analysis. RESULTS Adipose tissue dysfunction was observed in HSF group, which presented remarkable PPAR-γ underexpression and increased levels of cytokines, other inflammatory markers and oxidative stress. The γOz treatment prevented adipose tissue dysfunction and promoted PPAR-γ overexpression. CONCLUSION Natural compounds as γOz can be considered a coadjutant therapy to prevent the cytokine storm in COVID-19 patients with obesity conditions.
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- São Paulo State University (Unesp), Institute of Bioscience, Botucatu, São Paulo, Brazil
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- São Paulo State University (Unesp), Medical School, Botucatu, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Botucatu Integrated College (UNIFAC), Botucatu, São Paulo, Brazil
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- São Paulo State University (Unesp), Medical School, Botucatu, São Paulo, Brazil
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- São Paulo State University (Unesp), Institute of Bioscience, Botucatu, São Paulo, Brazil
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Kruglikov IL, Shah M, Scherer PE. Obesity and diabetes as comorbidities for COVID-19: Underlying mechanisms and the role of viral-bacterial interactions. eLife 2020; 9:e61330. [PMID: 32930095 PMCID: PMC7492082 DOI: 10.7554/elife.61330] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/23/2020] [Accepted: 08/26/2020] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Obesity and diabetes are established comorbidities for COVID-19. Adipose tissue demonstrates high expression of ACE2 which SARS- CoV-2 exploits to enter host cells. This makes adipose tissue a reservoir for SARS-CoV-2 viruses and thus increases the integral viral load. Acute viral infection results in ACE2 downregulation. This relative deficiency can lead to disturbances in other systems controlled by ACE2, including the renin-angiotensin system. This will be further increased in the case of pre-conditions with already compromised functioning of these systems, such as in patients with obesity and diabetes. Here, we propose that interactions of virally-induced ACE2 deficiency with obesity and/or diabetes leads to a synergistic further impairment of endothelial and gut barrier function. The appearance of bacteria and/or their products in the lungs of obese and diabetic patients promotes interactions between viral and bacterial pathogens, resulting in a more severe lung injury in COVID-19.
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- Division of Endocrinology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical CenterDallasUnited States
- Touchstone Diabetes Center, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Texas Southwestern Medical CenterDallasUnited States
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- Touchstone Diabetes Center, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Texas Southwestern Medical CenterDallasUnited States
- Department of Cell Biology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical CenterDallasUnited States
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Ryan PM, Caplice NM. Is Adipose Tissue a Reservoir for Viral Spread, Immune Activation, and Cytokine Amplification in Coronavirus Disease 2019? Obesity (Silver Spring) 2020; 28:1191-1194. [PMID: 32314868 PMCID: PMC7264526 DOI: 10.1002/oby.22843] [Citation(s) in RCA: 210] [Impact Index Per Article: 52.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/07/2020] [Revised: 04/15/2020] [Accepted: 04/15/2020] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), the worst pandemic in more than a century, has claimed >125,000 lives worldwide to date. Emerging predictors for poor outcomes include advanced age, male sex, preexisting cardiovascular disease, and risk factors including hypertension, diabetes, and, more recently, obesity. This article posits new obesity-driven predictors of poor COVID-19 outcomes, over and above the more obvious extant risks associated with obesity, including cardiometabolic disease and hypoventilation syndrome in intensive care patients. This article also outlines a theoretical mechanistic framework whereby adipose tissue in individuals with obesity may act as a reservoir for more extensive viral spread, with increased shedding, immune activation, and cytokine amplification. This paper proposes studies to test this reservoir concept with a focus on specific cytokine pathways that might be amplified in individuals with obesity and COVID-19. Finally, this paper underscores emerging therapeutic strategies that might benefit subsets of patients in which cytokine amplification is excessive and potentially fatal.
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- Paul MacDaragh Ryan
- Centre for Research in Vascular BiologyAPC Microbiome IrelandUniversity College CorkCork University HospitalCorkIreland
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- Centre for Research in Vascular BiologyAPC Microbiome IrelandUniversity College CorkCork University HospitalCorkIreland
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Ergin S, Turan N, Gode S, Yilmaz H, Saribas S, Dinc O, Cizmecigil U, Bakir I, Keskin M, Sirekbasan S, Atalik K, Yeniterzi M, Demirci M, Gurcan M, Erdogan S, Gareayaghi N, Kocazeybek BS. Evaluation of the possible involvement of Ad-36-induced adipogenesis and coronary artery disease development in mediastinal adipose tissue samples. Infez Med 2019; 27:290-298. [PMID: 31545773] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Mediastinal fat has been suggested to be associated with cardiovascular diseases such as carotid stiffness, atherosclerosis and coronary artery calcification. We investigated the possible role of Ad-36-induced obesity in the pathogenesis of the coronary artery disease (CAD). Ad-36 DNA was investigated in the anterior mediastinal fat tissue samples of obese adults with CAD. Seventy-five obese adults with left main coronary artery (LMCA) disease, 28 non-obese adults with valvular heart diseases, and 48 healthy individuals without cardiovascular problems were included as the obese patient group (OPG), non-obese patient group (NOG) and healthy control group (HCG), respectively. We also simultaneously investigated Ad-36 antibodies by serum neutralization test (SNA), and measured leptin and adinopectin levels. Ad-36 antibodies were detected only in 10 patients (13.3%) within the 75 OPG. A statistically significant difference was detected between OPG, NOG and HCG in terms of Ad-36 antibody positivity (p>0.05). Ad-36 DNA was not detected in mediastinal tissue samples of OPG and NOP without PCR inhibitors. We suggest that Ad-36 may not have an affinity for mediastinal adipose tissue in obese patients with left main CAD and valvular heart diseases. Ad-36 antibody positivity results are not sufficient to reach a causal relationship.
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- Sevgi Ergin
- Istanbul University-Cerrahpasa, Cerrahpasa Medical Faculty, Department of Medical Microbiology, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Istanbul University-Cerrahpasa, Veterinary Faculty, Department of Virology, Avcilar, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Istanbul Mehmet Akif Ersoy Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Training and Research Hospital, Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Istanbul University-Cerrahpasa, Veterinary Faculty, Department of Virology, Avcilar, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Istanbul University-Cerrahpasa, Cerrahpasa Medical Faculty, Department of Medical Microbiology, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Istanbul University-Cerrahpasa, Cerrahpasa Medical Faculty, Department of Medical Microbiology, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Istanbul University-Cerrahpasa, Veterinary Faculty, Department of Virology, Avcilar, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Istanbul Mehmet Akif Ersoy Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Training and Research Hospital, Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Istanbul University-Cerrahpasa, Cerrahpasa Medical Faculty, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Istanbul University-Cerrahpasa, Cerrahpasa Medical Faculty, Department of Medical Microbiology, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Istanbul University, Istanbul Medical Faculty, Department of Medical Microbiology, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Istanbul Mehmet Akif Ersoy Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Training and Research Hospital, Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Beykent University Medical Faculty, Department of Medical Microbiology, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Istanbul University-Cerrahpasa, Cerrahpasa Medical Faculty, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Istanbul University-Cerrahpasa, Cerrahpasa Medical Faculty, Public Health Department, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Istanbul Sisli Hamidiye Etfal Training and Research Hospital, Blood Center, University of Health Sciences, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Istanbul University-Cerrahpasa, Cerrahpasa Medical Faculty, Department of Medical Microbiology, Istanbul, Turkey
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Godfrey C, Bremer A, Alba D, Apovian C, Koethe JR, Koliwad S, Lewis D, Lo J, McComsey GA, Eckard A, Srinivasa S, Trevillyan J, Palmer C, Grinspoon S. Obesity and Fat Metabolism in Human Immunodeficiency Virus-Infected Individuals: Immunopathogenic Mechanisms and Clinical Implications. J Infect Dis 2019; 220:420-431. [PMID: 30893434 PMCID: PMC6941618 DOI: 10.1093/infdis/jiz118] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/31/2018] [Accepted: 03/22/2019] [Indexed: 01/07/2023] Open
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Metabolic complications relating to complex effects of viral and immune-mediated mechanisms are now a focus of clinical care among persons living with human immunodeficiency virus (PLHIV), and obesity is emerging as a critical problem. To address knowledge gaps, the US National Institutes of Health sponsored a symposium in May 2018 entitled "Obesity and Fat Metabolism in HIV-infected Individuals." Mechanisms relating to adipose dysfunction and fibrosis, immune function, inflammation, and gastrointestinal integrity were highlighted as contributors to obesity among PLHIV. Fibrotic subcutaneous adipose tissue is metabolically dysfunctional and loses its capacity to expand, leading to fat redistribution, including visceral obesity and ectopic fat accumulation, promoting insulin resistance. Viral proteins, including viral protein R and negative regulatory factor, have effects on adipogenic pathways and cellular metabolism in resident macrophages and T cells. HIV also affects immune cell trafficking into the adipose compartments, with effects on adipogenesis, lipolysis, and ectopic fat accumulation. Key cellular metabolic functions are likely to be affected in PLHIV by gut-derived cytokines and altered microbiota. There are limited strategies to reduce obesity specifically in PLHIV. Enhancing our understanding of critical pathogenic mechanisms will enable the development of novel therapeutics that may normalize adipose tissue function and distribution, reduce inflammation, and improve insulin sensitivity in PLHIV.
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- Catherine Godfrey
- National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland
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- National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland
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- University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine
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- Boston Medical Center and Boston University School of Medicine, Massachusetts
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- University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine
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- McGovern Medical School, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
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- Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston
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- University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center and Case Western Reserve, Ohio
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- Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston
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- Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston
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Needell JC, Brown MN, Zipris D. Involvement of adipose tissue inflammation and dysfunction in virus-induced type 1 diabetes. J Endocrinol 2018; 238:61-75. [PMID: 29743341 DOI: 10.1530/joe-18-0131] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/03/2018] [Accepted: 05/08/2018] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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The etiopathogenesis of type 1 diabetes (T1D) remains poorly understood. We used the LEW1.WR1 rat model of Kilham rat virus (KRV)-induced T1D to better understand the role of the innate immune system in the mechanism of virus-induced disease. We observed that infection with KRV results in cell influx into visceral adipose tissue soon following infection prior to insulitis and hyperglycemia. In sharp contrast, subcutaneous adipose tissue is free of cellular infiltration, whereas β cell inflammation and diabetes are observed beginning on day 14 post infection. Immunofluorescence studies further demonstrate that KRV triggers CD68+ macrophage recruitment and the expression of KRV transcripts and proinflammatory cytokines and chemokines in visceral adipose tissue. Adipocytes from naive rats cultured in the presence of KRV express virus transcripts and upregulate cytokine and chemokine gene expression. KRV induces apoptosis in visceral adipose tissue in vivo, which is reflected by positive TUNEL staining and the expression of cleaved caspase-3. Moreover, KRV leads to an oxidative stress response and downregulates the expression of adipokines and genes associated with mediating insulin signaling. Activation of innate immunity with Poly I:C in the absence of KRV leads to CD68+ macrophage recruitment to visceral adipose tissue and a decrease in adipokine expression detected 5 days following Poly (I:C) treatment. Finally, proof-of-principle studies show that brief anti-inflammatory steroid therapy suppresses visceral adipose tissue inflammation and protects from virus-induced disease. Our studies provide evidence raising the hypothesis that visceral adipose tissue inflammation and dysfunction may be involved in early mechanisms triggering β cell autoimmunity.
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- James C Needell
- Barbara Davis Center for Childhood DiabetesUniversity of Colorado Denver, Aurora, Colorado, USA
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- Barbara Davis Center for Childhood DiabetesUniversity of Colorado Denver, Aurora, Colorado, USA
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- Barbara Davis Center for Childhood DiabetesUniversity of Colorado Denver, Aurora, Colorado, USA
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Stene A, Hellebø A, Viljugrein H, Solevåg SE, Devold M, Aspehaug V. Liquid fat, a potential abiotic vector for horizontal transmission of salmonid alphavirus? J Fish Dis 2016; 39:531-537. [PMID: 25952607 DOI: 10.1111/jfd.12382] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/04/2015] [Revised: 03/29/2015] [Accepted: 03/29/2015] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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Viral diseases represent serious challenge in marine farming of Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar L). Pancreas disease (PD) caused by a salmonid alphavirus (SAV) is by far the most serious in northern Europe. To control PD, it is necessary to identify virus transmission routes. One aspect to consider is whether the virus is transported as free particles or associated with potential vectors. Farmed salmonids have high lipid content in their tissue which may be released into the environment from decomposing dead fish. At the seawater surface, the effects of wind and ocean currents are most prominent. The aim of this study was primarily to identify whether the lipid fraction leaking from dead infected salmon contains SAV. Adipose tissue from dead SAV-infected fish from three farming sites was submerged in beakers with sea water in the laboratory and stored at different temperature and time conditions. SAV was identified by real-time RT-PCR in the lipid fractions accumulating at the water surface in the beakers. SAV-RNA was also present in the sea water. Lipid fractions were transferred to cell culture, and viable SAV was identified. Due to its hydrophobic nature, fat with infective pathogenic virus at the surface may contribute to long-distance transmission of SAV.
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- A Stene
- Ålesund University College, Ålesund, Norway
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- Marine Department, Møreforsking AS, Ålesund, Norway
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- PatoGen Analyse AS, Ålesund, Norway
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Damouche A, Lazure T, Avettand-Fènoël V, Huot N, Dejucq-Rainsford N, Satie AP, Mélard A, David L, Gommet C, Ghosn J, Noel N, Pourcher G, Martinez V, Benoist S, Béréziat V, Cosma A, Favier B, Vaslin B, Rouzioux C, Capeau J, Müller-Trutwin M, Dereuddre-Bosquet N, Le Grand R, Lambotte O, Bourgeois C. Adipose Tissue Is a Neglected Viral Reservoir and an Inflammatory Site during Chronic HIV and SIV Infection. PLoS Pathog 2015; 11:e1005153. [PMID: 26402858 PMCID: PMC4581628 DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1005153] [Citation(s) in RCA: 163] [Impact Index Per Article: 18.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/11/2014] [Accepted: 08/14/2015] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
Abstract
Two of the crucial aspects of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection are (i) viral persistence in reservoirs (precluding viral eradication) and (ii) chronic inflammation (directly associated with all-cause morbidities in antiretroviral therapy (ART)-controlled HIV-infected patients). The objective of the present study was to assess the potential involvement of adipose tissue in these two aspects. Adipose tissue is composed of adipocytes and the stromal vascular fraction (SVF); the latter comprises immune cells such as CD4+ T cells and macrophages (both of which are important target cells for HIV). The inflammatory potential of adipose tissue has been extensively described in the context of obesity. During HIV infection, the inflammatory profile of adipose tissue has been revealed by the occurrence of lipodystrophies (primarily related to ART). Data on the impact of HIV on the SVF (especially in individuals not receiving ART) are scarce. We first analyzed the impact of simian immunodeficiency virus (SIV) infection on abdominal subcutaneous and visceral adipose tissues in SIVmac251 infected macaques and found that both adipocytes and adipose tissue immune cells were affected. The adipocyte density was elevated, and adipose tissue immune cells presented enhanced immune activation and/or inflammatory profiles. We detected cell-associated SIV DNA and RNA in the SVF and in sorted CD4+ T cells and macrophages from adipose tissue. We demonstrated that SVF cells (including CD4+ T cells) are infected in ART-controlled HIV-infected patients. Importantly, the production of HIV RNA was detected by in situ hybridization, and after the in vitro reactivation of sorted CD4+ T cells from adipose tissue. We thus identified adipose tissue as a crucial cofactor in both viral persistence and chronic immune activation/inflammation during HIV infection. These observations open up new therapeutic strategies for limiting the size of the viral reservoir and decreasing low-grade chronic inflammation via the modulation of adipose tissue-related pathways.
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- Abderaouf Damouche
- Université Paris Sud, UMR 1184, Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France
- CEA, DSV/iMETI, IDMIT, Fontenay-aux-Roses, France
- INSERM, U1184, Immunology of Viral Infections and Autoimmune Diseases, Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France
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- Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Hôpital Bicêtre, Service d’anatomo-pathologie, Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France
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- Université Paris Descartes, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Faculté de Médecine, EA 7327, Paris, France
- Assistance Publique—Hôpitaux de Paris, Hôpital Necker-Enfants Malades, Laboratoire de Virologie, Paris, France
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- Institut Pasteur, Unité HIV, Inflammation et Persistance, Paris, France
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- INSERM, U1085-IRSET, Université de Rennes 1, Campus de Beaulieu, Rennes, France
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- Université Paris Descartes, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Faculté de Médecine, EA 7327, Paris, France
- Assistance Publique—Hôpitaux de Paris, Hôpital Necker-Enfants Malades, Laboratoire de Virologie, Paris, France
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- Université Paris Descartes, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Faculté de Médecine, EA 7327, Paris, France
- Assistance Publique—Hôpitaux de Paris, Hôpital Necker-Enfants Malades, Laboratoire de Virologie, Paris, France
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- Université Paris Descartes, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Faculté de Médecine, EA 7327, Paris, France
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- Université Paris Sud, UMR 1184, Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France
- CEA, DSV/iMETI, IDMIT, Fontenay-aux-Roses, France
- INSERM, U1184, Immunology of Viral Infections and Autoimmune Diseases, Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France
- Assistance Publique—Hôpitaux de Paris, Hôpital Bicêtre, Service de Médecine Interne et Immunologie clinique, Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France
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- Assistance Publique—Hôpitaux de Paris, Hôpital Béclère, Service de Chirurgie Viscérale Minimale invasive, Clamart, France
- INSERM U972, Hôpital Paul Brousse, Villejuif, France
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- Assistance Publique—Hôpitaux de Paris, Hôpital Antoine Béclère, Service de Médecine Interne et Immunologie clinique, Clamart, France
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- Assistance Publique—Hôpitaux de Paris, Hôpital Bicêtre, Service de Chirurgie générale et digestive, Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France
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- INSERM UMR S938, CDR Saint-Antoine; Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Univ Paris 6, Paris, France
- Assistance Publique—Hôpitaux de Paris, Hôpital Tenon, Service de Biochimie et Hormonologie; ICAN, Institute of Cardiometabolism and Nutrition, Paris, France
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- Université Paris Sud, UMR 1184, Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France
- CEA, DSV/iMETI, IDMIT, Fontenay-aux-Roses, France
- INSERM, U1184, Immunology of Viral Infections and Autoimmune Diseases, Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France
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- Université Paris Sud, UMR 1184, Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France
- CEA, DSV/iMETI, IDMIT, Fontenay-aux-Roses, France
- INSERM, U1184, Immunology of Viral Infections and Autoimmune Diseases, Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France
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- Université Paris Sud, UMR 1184, Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France
- CEA, DSV/iMETI, IDMIT, Fontenay-aux-Roses, France
- INSERM, U1184, Immunology of Viral Infections and Autoimmune Diseases, Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France
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- Université Paris Descartes, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Faculté de Médecine, EA 7327, Paris, France
- Assistance Publique—Hôpitaux de Paris, Hôpital Necker-Enfants Malades, Laboratoire de Virologie, Paris, France
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- INSERM UMR S938, CDR Saint-Antoine; Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Univ Paris 6, Paris, France
- Assistance Publique—Hôpitaux de Paris, Hôpital Tenon, Service de Biochimie et Hormonologie; ICAN, Institute of Cardiometabolism and Nutrition, Paris, France
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- Université Paris Sud, UMR 1184, Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France
- CEA, DSV/iMETI, IDMIT, Fontenay-aux-Roses, France
- INSERM, U1184, Immunology of Viral Infections and Autoimmune Diseases, Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France
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- Université Paris Sud, UMR 1184, Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France
- CEA, DSV/iMETI, IDMIT, Fontenay-aux-Roses, France
- INSERM, U1184, Immunology of Viral Infections and Autoimmune Diseases, Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France
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- Université Paris Sud, UMR 1184, Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France
- CEA, DSV/iMETI, IDMIT, Fontenay-aux-Roses, France
- INSERM, U1184, Immunology of Viral Infections and Autoimmune Diseases, Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France
- Assistance Publique—Hôpitaux de Paris, Hôpital Bicêtre, Service de Médecine Interne et Immunologie clinique, Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France
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- Université Paris Sud, UMR 1184, Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France
- CEA, DSV/iMETI, IDMIT, Fontenay-aux-Roses, France
- INSERM, U1184, Immunology of Viral Infections and Autoimmune Diseases, Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France
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Uhrig-Schmidt S, Geiger M, Luippold G, Birk G, Mennerich D, Neubauer H, Grimm D, Wolfrum C, Kreuz S. Gene delivery to adipose tissue using transcriptionally targeted rAAV8 vectors. PLoS One 2014; 9:e116288. [PMID: 25551639 PMCID: PMC4281237 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0116288] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/21/2014] [Accepted: 12/08/2014] [Indexed: 02/02/2023] Open
Abstract
In recent years, the increasing prevalence of obesity and obesity-related co-morbidities fostered intensive research in the field of adipose tissue biology. To further unravel molecular mechanisms of adipose tissue function, genetic tools enabling functional studies in vitro and in vivo are essential. While the use of transgenic animals is well established, attempts using viral and non-viral vectors to genetically modify adipocytes in vivo are rare. Therefore, we here characterized recombinant Adeno-associated virus (rAAV) vectors regarding their potency as gene transfer vehicles for adipose tissue. Our results demonstrate that a single dose of systemically applied rAAV8-CMV-eGFP can give rise to remarkable transgene expression in murine adipose tissues. Upon transcriptional targeting of the rAAV8 vector to adipocytes using a 2.2 kb fragment of the murine adiponectin (mAP2.2) promoter, eGFP expression was significantly decreased in off-target tissues while efficient transduction was maintained in subcutaneous and visceral fat depots. Moreover, rAAV8-mAP2.2-mediated expression of perilipin A – a lipid-droplet-associated protein – resulted in significant changes in metabolic parameters only three weeks post vector administration. Taken together, our findings indicate that rAAV vector technology is applicable as a flexible tool to genetically modify adipocytes for functional proof-of-concept studies and the assessment of putative therapeutic targets in vivo.
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- Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, ETH Zurich, SLA C92, Institute of Food Nutrition and Health, Schwerzenbach, Switzerland
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- Boehringer Ingelheim Pharma GmbH & Co. KG, Biberach an der Riss, Germany
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- Boehringer Ingelheim Pharma GmbH & Co. KG, Biberach an der Riss, Germany
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- Boehringer Ingelheim Pharma GmbH & Co. KG, Biberach an der Riss, Germany
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- Boehringer Ingelheim Pharma GmbH & Co. KG, Biberach an der Riss, Germany
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- Centre for Infectious Diseases/Virology, Heidelberg University Hospital and Cluster of Excellence CellNetworks, Heidelberg University, Im Neuenheimer Feld 267, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, ETH Zurich, SLA C92, Institute of Food Nutrition and Health, Schwerzenbach, Switzerland
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- Boehringer Ingelheim Pharma GmbH & Co. KG, Biberach an der Riss, Germany
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O'Neill SM, Hinkle C, Chen SJ, Sandhu A, Hovhannisyan R, Stephan S, Lagor WR, Ahima RS, Johnston JC, Reilly MP. Targeting adipose tissue via systemic gene therapy. Gene Ther 2014; 21:653-61. [PMID: 24830434 PMCID: PMC4342115 DOI: 10.1038/gt.2014.38] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/06/2013] [Revised: 02/18/2014] [Accepted: 03/18/2014] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Adipose tissue has a critical role in energy and metabolic homeostasis, but it is challenging to adapt techniques to modulate adipose function in vivo. Here we develop an in vivo, systemic method of gene transfer specifically targeting adipose tissue using adeno-associated virus (AAV) vectors. We constructed AAV vectors containing cytomegalovirus promoter-regulated reporter genes, intravenously injected adult mice with vectors using multiple AAV serotypes, and determined that AAV2/8 best targeted adipose tissue. Altering vectors to contain adiponectin promoter/enhancer elements and liver-specific microRNA-122 target sites restricted reporter gene expression to adipose tissue. As proof of efficacy, the leptin gene was incorporated into the adipose-targeted expression vector, package into AAV2/8 and administered intravenously to 9- to 10-week-old ob/ob mice. Phenotypic changes were measured over an 8-week period. Leptin mRNA and protein were expressed in adipose and leptin protein was secreted into plasma. Mice responded with reversal of weight gain, decreased hyperinsulinemia and improved glucose tolerance. AAV2/8-mediated systemic delivery of an adipose-targeted expression vector can replace a gene lacking in adipose tissue and correct a mouse model of human disease, demonstrating experimental application and therapeutic potential in disorders of adipose.
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- Sean M. O'Neill
- Cardiovascular Institute, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Cardiovascular Institute, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Gene Therapy Program, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Gene Therapy Program, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Gene Therapy Program, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Cardiovascular Institute, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Division of Translational Medicine and Human Genetics, Department of Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Department of Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
- The Institute for Diabetes, Obesity and Metabolism, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Gene Therapy Program, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Cardiovascular Institute, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
- Correspondence should be addressed to Muredach P. Reilly Cardiovascular Institute Translational Research Center 3400 Civic Center Blvd, Bldg 421 11th floor, Room 11-136 Philadelphia, PA 19104 Tel: (215) 573-1214 Fax: (215) 746-7415
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Kumar M, Roe K, Nerurkar PV, Namekar M, Orillo B, Verma S, Nerurkar VR. Impaired virus clearance, compromised immune response and increased mortality in type 2 diabetic mice infected with West Nile virus. PLoS One 2012; 7:e44682. [PMID: 22953001 PMCID: PMC3432127 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0044682] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/29/2012] [Accepted: 08/06/2012] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Clinicoepidemiological data suggest that type 2 diabetes is associated with increased risk of West Nile virus encephalitis (WNVE). However, no experimental studies have elucidated the role of diabetes in WNV neuropathogenesis. Herein, we employed the db/db mouse model to understand WNV immunopathogenesis in diabetics. Nine-week old C57BL/6 WT and db/db mice were inoculated with WNV and mortality, virus burden in the periphery and brain, and antiviral defense responses were analyzed. db/db mice were highly susceptible to WNV disease, exhibited increased tissue tropism and mortality than the wild-type mice, and were unable to clear the infection. Increased and sustained WNV replication was observed in the serum, peripheral tissues and brain of db/db mice, and heightened virus replication in the periphery was correlated with enhanced neuroinvasion and replication of WNV in the brain. WNV infection in db/db mice was associated with enhanced inflammatory response and compromised antiviral immune response characterized by delayed induction of IFN-α, and significantly reduced concentrations of WNV-specific IgM and IgG antibodies. The compromised immune response in db/db mice correlated with increased viremia. These data suggest that delayed immune response coupled with failure to clear the virus leads to increased mortality in db/db mice. In conclusion, this study provides unique mechanistic insight into the immunopathogenesis of WNVE observed in diabetics and can be used to develop therapeutics for the management of WNVE among diabetic patients.
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- Mukesh Kumar
- Department of Tropical Medicine, Medical Microbiology and Pharmacology, John A. Burns School of Medicine, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, Hawaii, United States of America
- Pacific Center for Emerging Infectious Diseases Research, John A. Burns School of Medicine, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, Hawaii, United States of America
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- Department of Tropical Medicine, Medical Microbiology and Pharmacology, John A. Burns School of Medicine, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, Hawaii, United States of America
- Pacific Center for Emerging Infectious Diseases Research, John A. Burns School of Medicine, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, Hawaii, United States of America
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- Laboratory of Metabolic Disorders and Alternative Medicine, Department of Molecular Biosciences and Bioengineering, College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, Hawaii, United States of America
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- Department of Tropical Medicine, Medical Microbiology and Pharmacology, John A. Burns School of Medicine, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, Hawaii, United States of America
- Pacific Center for Emerging Infectious Diseases Research, John A. Burns School of Medicine, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, Hawaii, United States of America
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- Department of Tropical Medicine, Medical Microbiology and Pharmacology, John A. Burns School of Medicine, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, Hawaii, United States of America
- Pacific Center for Emerging Infectious Diseases Research, John A. Burns School of Medicine, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, Hawaii, United States of America
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- Department of Tropical Medicine, Medical Microbiology and Pharmacology, John A. Burns School of Medicine, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, Hawaii, United States of America
- Pacific Center for Emerging Infectious Diseases Research, John A. Burns School of Medicine, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, Hawaii, United States of America
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- Department of Tropical Medicine, Medical Microbiology and Pharmacology, John A. Burns School of Medicine, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, Hawaii, United States of America
- Pacific Center for Emerging Infectious Diseases Research, John A. Burns School of Medicine, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, Hawaii, United States of America
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Rogers PM, Mashtalir N, Rathod MA, Dubuisson O, Wang Z, Dasuri K, Babin S, Gupta A, Markward N, Cefalu WT, Dhurandhar NV. Metabolically favorable remodeling of human adipose tissue by human adenovirus type 36. Diabetes 2008; 57:2321-31. [PMID: 18599527 PMCID: PMC2518483 DOI: 10.2337/db07-1311] [Citation(s) in RCA: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/13/2007] [Accepted: 06/11/2008] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Experimental infection of rats with human adenovirus type 36 (Ad-36) promotes adipogenesis and improves insulin sensitivity in a manner reminiscent of the pharmacologic effect of thiozolinediones. To exploit the potential of the viral proteins as a therapeutic target for treating insulin resistance, this study investigated the ability of Ad-36 to induce metabolically favorable changes in human adipose tissue. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS We determined whether Ad-36 increases glucose uptake in human adipose tissue explants. Cell-signaling pathways targeted by Ad-36 to increase glucose uptake were determined in the explants and human adipose-derived stem cells. Ad-2, a nonadipogenic human adenovirus, was used as a negative control. As a proof of concept, nondiabetic and diabetic subjects were screened for the presence of Ad-36 antibodies to ascertain if natural Ad-36 infection predicted improved glycemic control. RESULTS Ad-36 increased glucose uptake by adipose tissue explants obtained from nondiabetic and diabetic subjects. Without insulin stimulation, Ad-36 upregulated expressions of several proadipogenic genes, adiponectin, and fatty acid synthase and reduced the expression of inflammatory cytokine macrophage chemoattractant protein-1 in a phosphotidylinositol 3-kinase (PI3K)-dependent manner. In turn, the activation of PI3K by Ad-36 was independent of insulin receptor signaling but dependent on Ras signaling recruited by Ad-36. Ad-2 was nonadipogenic and did not increase glucose uptake. Natural Ad-36 infection in nondiabetic and diabetic subjects was associated with significantly lower fasting glucose levels and A1C, respectively. CONCLUSIONS Ad-36 proteins may provide novel therapeutic targets that remodel human adipose tissue to a more metabolically favorable profile.
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- Pamela M. Rogers
- Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Louisiana State University System, Baton Rouge, Louisiana
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- Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Louisiana State University System, Baton Rouge, Louisiana
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- Department of Nutrition, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan
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- Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Louisiana State University System, Baton Rouge, Louisiana
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- Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Louisiana State University System, Baton Rouge, Louisiana
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- Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Louisiana State University System, Baton Rouge, Louisiana
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- Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Louisiana State University System, Baton Rouge, Louisiana
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- Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Louisiana State University System, Baton Rouge, Louisiana
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- Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Louisiana State University System, Baton Rouge, Louisiana
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- Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Louisiana State University System, Baton Rouge, Louisiana
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- Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Louisiana State University System, Baton Rouge, Louisiana
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Pasarica M, Mashtalir N, McAllister EJ, Kilroy GE, Koska J, Permana P, de Courten B, Yu M, Ravussin E, Gimble JM, Dhurandhar NV. Adipogenic human adenovirus Ad-36 induces commitment, differentiation, and lipid accumulation in human adipose-derived stem cells. Stem Cells 2008; 26:969-78. [PMID: 18203674 DOI: 10.1634/stemcells.2007-0868] [Citation(s) in RCA: 76] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Human adenovirus Ad-36 is causatively and correlatively linked with animal and human obesity, respectively. Ad-36 enhances differentiation of rodent preadipocytes, but its effect on adipogenesis in humans is unknown. To indirectly assess the role of Ad-36-induced adipogenesis in human obesity, the effect of the virus on commitment, differentiation, and lipid accumulation was investigated in vitro in primary human adipose-derived stem/stromal cells (hASC). Ad-36 infected hASC in a time- and dose-dependent manner. Even in the presence of osteogenic media, Ad-36-infected hASC showed significantly greater lipid accumulation, suggestive of their commitment to the adipocyte lineage. Even in the absence of adipogenic inducers, Ad-36 significantly increased hASC differentiation, as indicated by a time-dependent expression of genes within the adipogenic cascade-CCAAT/Enhancer binding protein-beta, peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-gamma, and fatty acid-binding protein-and consequentially increased lipid accumulation in a time- and viral dose-dependent manner. Induction of hASC to the adipocyte state by Ad-36 was further supported by increased expression of lipoprotein lipase and the accumulation of its extracellular fraction. hASC from subjects harboring Ad-36 DNA in their adipose tissue due to natural infection had significantly greater ability to differentiate compared with Ad-36 DNA-negative counterparts, which offers a proof of concept. Thus, Ad-36 has the potential to induce adipogenesis in hASC, which may contribute to adiposity induced by the virus.
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- Magdalena Pasarica
- Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Louisiana State University System, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70808, USA
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Iacobellis G, Pellicelli AM, Sharma AM, Grisorio B, Barbarini G, Barbaro G. Relation of subepicardial adipose tissue to carotid intima-media thickness in patients with human immunodeficiency virus. Am J Cardiol 2007; 99:1470-2. [PMID: 17493483 DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2006.12.082] [Citation(s) in RCA: 80] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/04/2006] [Revised: 12/21/2006] [Accepted: 12/21/2006] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Patients infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) are at increased risk for subclinical atherosclerosis. Whether increased cardiac adiposity may be related to HIV subclinical atherosclerosis is still unexplored. The objective of this study was to evaluate whether echocardiographically determined subepicardial adipose tissue, an index of cardiac adiposity, is related to carotid intima-media thickness (IMT), an index of subclinical atherosclerosis, in HIV-infected patients receiving highly active antiretroviral therapy. Echocardiographic epicardial fat thickness and ultrasonographic IMT were measured in 103 consecutive HIV-infected Caucasian subjects receiving highly active antiretroviral therapy. Echocardiographic subepicardial adipose tissue showed an excellent correlation with IMT (r = 0.92, p <0.01). Multiple regression analysis showed that IMT was best predicted by epicardial fat thickness (r(2) = 0.81, p <0.01). In conclusion, this study suggests, for the first time, that epicardial adipose tissue, an index of cardiac adiposity, may be significantly related to subclinical atherosclerosis in HIV-infected patients.
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- Gianluca Iacobellis
- Cardiovascular Obesity Research and Management at the Michael G. deGroote School of Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
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OBJECTIVES Adipose dysregulation, dyslipidemia, and insulin resistance are hallmarks of HIV-related lipodystrophy. The precise mechanisms behind these disturbances are unknown. In HIV-infected patients, we previously demonstrated a strong relationship between lipodystrophy and levels of adiponectin, an adipose peptide implicated in regulation of glucose and lipid metabolisms. In this study we investigated the effect of HIV on adipocytes, to determine whether HIV can directly infect adipocytes and/or alter the regulation and secretion of the adipocyte-derived hormone adiponectin. METHODS Human subcutaneous preadipocytes and adipocytes were exposed to HIV-1 under various conditions. Adiponectin was measured in supernatants and cell lysates. RESULTS Although adipocytes expressed CD4, the major HIV receptor, they could not be infected in vitro. However, exposure to HIV dramatically increased the secretion of adiponectin from human adipocytes, in the absence of infection. This was exacerbated with sustained exposure to HIV in a transwell assay. Further, human peripheral mononuclear cells also produced adiponectin, but this was largely dependent upon T-cell activation. CONCLUSIONS We propose that the stimulation of adiponectin production by HIV can perturb adiponectin regulation, leading to substantially decreased levels upon viral suppression by antiretroviral therapy. These data suggest a potential molecular mechanism of adiponectin regulation in HIV-infected patients.
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- J-L G Sankalé
- Department of Immunology & Infectious Diseases and Harvard AIDS Institute, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA
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Otake K, Omoto S, Yamamoto T, Okuyama H, Okada H, Okada N, Kawai M, Saksena NK, Fujii YR. HIV-1 Nef protein in the nucleus influences adipogenesis as well as viral transcription through the peroxisome proliferator-activated receptors. AIDS 2004; 18:189-98. [PMID: 15075535 DOI: 10.1097/00002030-200401230-00007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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BACKGROUND Although the HIV-1 Nef protein (27 kDa) localizes primarily in cytoplasm, there is considerable evidence suggesting its occasional localization in the nucleus. Nef is known to play an important role in transcriptional events and viral replication, but the actual target of Nef in the nucleus remains to be identified. OBJECTIVE To examine the functional roles of Nef in the nucleus and its possible interactions with other unknown factors in the nucleus. METHODS High-density microarray analysis was used to screen directly the unique functions of Nef on host gene transcription. The nuclear localization of Nef and its effects on the expression of peroxisome proliferator-activated receptors (PPAR) was examined using PPAR promoter/reporter assay and immunoblotting. A long terminal repeat/reporter assay was used to investigated the effects of Nef and PPAR on viral transcription. RESULTS Nef in the nucleus suppressed PPAR gamma expression and reduced fatty acid levels in human T and macrophage cell lines. Expression of Nef or PPAR suppressed viral replication; the effect of PPAR gamma or retinoid X receptor-alpha on viral replication were reduced by coexpression of Nef in MT(-)4 T cells. CONCLUSION Nef may be involved in both viral replication and the wasting syndrome associated with AIDS.
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We reassessed the infection ability of human primary preadipocytes. The use of X4, R5 or VSV-G-pseudotyped viral particles indicated that viral entry is the limiting step. However, transfection with HIV-1 receptors restored efficient infection. Analyses of CD4, CXCR4 and CCR5 expression on preadipocytes and adipocytes revealed that receptor co-expression levels did not permit HIV-1 entry into adipose cells from all biopsies tested. We concluded that adipose tissue cannot be infected with HIV-1 in vivo.
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- Sandie Munier
- Institut Cochin, INSERM U567/CNRS UMR8104/Université Paris 5-René Descartes, Département des Maladies Infectieuses, 22 rue Méchain, 75014 Paris, France
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Vinogradov IV, Kochneva GV, Malkova EM, Shchelkunov SN, Riabchikova EI. [An experimental infection caused by the EP-2 strain of cowpox virus in mice of different ages]. Vopr Virusol 2003; 48:34-8. [PMID: 14598479] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/27/2023]
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The specificity of lethal infection was studied in noninbred white mice (age--15 to 20 and 25 to 30 days) infected intraperitoneally with the EP-2 strain of cowpox virus (CPV) in doses 10(5), 10(6) and 10(7) PFU. The virus caused the lethal infection in the 15-20-day mice; while the 25-30-day mice remained healthy and survived. Virologic, immunologic-and-histochemical and electron-microscopy examinations of the 15-20-day mice revealed a replication of the EP-2 strain in tissues bordering on the virus introduction area; there was no generalization of infection. The virus replicated first in the mesothelium cells, and after that, in fibroblasts as well as in the endothelial, fatty, adventicial, cross-striated and muscle cells and in myosatellites.
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Dupin N, Buffet M, Marcelin AG, Lamotte C, Gorin I, Ait-Arkoub Z, Tréluyer JM, Bui P, Calvez V, Peytavin G. HIV and antiretroviral drug distribution in plasma and fat tissue of HIV-infected patients with lipodystrophy. AIDS 2002; 16:2419-24. [PMID: 12461415 DOI: 10.1097/00002030-200212060-00006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To determine HIV and antiretroviral drug distribution in plasma and fat tissue of HIV-infected patients with lipodystrophy. METHODS Twenty-three consecutive HIV-infected patients (median age, 43 years; male:female ratio, 18:5; median CD4 cell count, 419 x 10(6)/l) undergoing Coleman's lipostructure were enrolled prospectively in this study. HIV-1 RNA and plasma concentration of antiretroviral drugs were determined blindly in plasma and adipocyte lysate samples. HIV-1 proviral DNA was detected by nested PCR in fresh frozen adipocytes. RESULTS Mean plasma HIV-1 RNA was significantly higher than that in adipocyte lysate samples (this was below the limit of detection in all patients tested). HIV-1 proviral DNA was positive in two out of 18 adipocyte samples with a level between 2 and 5 copies; the distribution seemed to be specific and comparable within each therapeutic class--protease inhibitors (PI) or non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors (NNRTI). NNRTI concentrations in adipocyte lysates were approximately 100-fold higher than those of PI. Efavirenz may accumulate in fat tissue as a function of treatment duration. CONCLUSION Our results suggest that HIV does not replicate and does not integrate its genome in fat tissue in patients with fat redistribution abnormalities. In patients with effective nadir plasma concentrations of PI and NNRTI, determination of concentration in adipocyte lysates suggests that PI may diffuse in fat tissue with the same pattern of distribution for all structurally related components tested. NNRTI present a high affinity for fat tissue and may accumulate in this compartment.
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- Nicolas Dupin
- Service de Dermatologie (CRPI), Université René Descartes, Paris V, Hôpital Tarnier-Cochin, 89 rue d'Assas, 75006 Paris, France
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Dhurandhar NV, Whigham LD, Abbott DH, Schultz-Darken NJ, Israel BA, Bradley SM, Kemnitz JW, Allison DB, Atkinson RL. Human adenovirus Ad-36 promotes weight gain in male rhesus and marmoset monkeys. J Nutr 2002; 132:3155-60. [PMID: 12368411 DOI: 10.1093/jn/131.10.3155] [Citation(s) in RCA: 144] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Although obesity has multiple etiologies, an overlooked possibility is an infectious origin. We previously identified two viruses, SMAM-1, an avian adenovirus (Ad), and Ad-36, a human adenovirus, that produce a syndrome of visceral obesity, with paradoxically decreased serum cholesterol and triglycerides in chickens and mice. In the two studies presented in this paper, we used nonhuman primates to investigate the adiposity-promoting potential of Ad-36. In study 1, we observed spontaneously occurring Ad-36 antibodies in 15 male rhesus monkeys, and a significant longitudinal association of positive antibody status with weight gain and plasma cholesterol lowering during the 18 mo after viral antibody appearance. In study 2, which was a randomized controlled experiment, three male marmosets inoculated with Ad-36 had a threefold body weight gain, a greater fat gain and lower serum cholesterol relative to baseline (P <0.05) than three uninfected controls at 28 wk postinoculation. These studies illustrate that the adiposity-promoting effect of Ad-36 occurs in two nonhuman primate species and demonstrates the usefulness of nonhuman primates for further evaluation of Ad-36-induced adiposity.
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- Nikhil V Dhurandhar
- Department of Nutrition and Food Science and the Center for Molecular Medicine and Genetics, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, USA.
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Dhurandhar NV, Israel BA, Kolesar JM, Mayhew G, Cook ME, Atkinson RL. Transmissibility of adenovirus-induced adiposity in a chicken model. Int J Obes (Lond) 2001; 25:990-6. [PMID: 11443497 DOI: 10.1038/sj.ijo.0801668] [Citation(s) in RCA: 101] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/14/2000] [Revised: 01/22/2001] [Accepted: 02/12/2001] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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BACKGROUND We previously reported that human adenovirus Ad-36 induces adiposity and paradoxically lower levels of serum cholesterol (CHOL) and triglycerides (TG) in animals. OBJECTIVE To evaluate the transmissibility of Ad-36 and Ad-36 induced adiposity using a chicken model. DESIGN Experiment 1--four chickens were housed (two per cage) and one from each cage was inoculated with Ad-36. Duration of presence of Ad-36 DNA in the blood of all chickens was monitored. Experiment 2--two groups of chickens were intranasally inoculated with Ad-36 (infected donors, I-D) or media (control donors, C-D). Blood drawn 36 h later from I-D and C-D groups was inoculated into wing veins of recipient chickens (infected receivers, I-R, and control receivers, C-R, respectively). On sacrifice, 5 weeks post-inoculation, blood was drawn, body weight noted and visceral fat was separated and weighed. RESULTS Experiment 1--Ad-36 DNA appeared in the blood of the inoculated chickens and that of uninoculated chickens (cage mates) within 12 h of inoculation and the viral DNA persisted up to 25 days in the blood. Experiment 2--compared with C-D, visceral and total body fat were significantly greater and CHOL significantly lower for the I-D and I-R. TG were significantly lower for the I-D. Ad-36 was isolated from 12 out of 16 blood samples of the I-D that were used for inoculating I-R chickens. Ad-36 DNA was present in the blood and the adipose tissue of the I-D and I-R but not in the skeletal muscles of animals selected randomly for testing. CONCLUSION As seen in experiment 1, Ad-36 infection can be transmitted horizontally from an infected chicken to another chicken sharing the cage. Additionally, experiment 2 demonstrated blood-borne transmission of Ad-36-induced adiposity in chickens. Transmissibility of Ad-36-induced adiposity in chicken model raises serious concerns about such a possibility in humans that needs further investigation.
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- N V Dhurandhar
- Department of Nutrition and Food Science, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan 48202, USA.
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Higa M, Kakuma T, Pan W, Wang ZW, Babcock E, McCorkle K, Lee Y, Unger R. Slow recovery of body fat lost during adenovirus-induced hyperleptinemia. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2000; 279:786-91. [PMID: 11162429 DOI: 10.1006/bbrc.2000.4025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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In normal rats, adenovirus-induced hyperleptinemia causes disappearance of visible body fat, downregulation of lipogenic enzymes, and upregulation of oxidative enzymes and thermogenic proteins. In addition, preadipocyte markers replace mature adipocyte markers, suggesting dedifferentiation. In weight loss induced by caloric restriction, by contrast, the lipogenic machinery is essentially intact. To determine if the radical changes induced by leptin would slow the reappearance of body fat, we compared normal lean rats made hyperleptinemic by infusing an adenovirus-leptin construct with diet-matched littermates. Initially, in plasma leptin the hyperleptinemic rats averaged approximately 50x the controls and, although it declined progressively, it was still slightly elevated at 150 days (P < 0.05). In the hyperleptinemics, body fat mass, quantified by magnetic resonance spectroscopy, remained below the pretreatment value for 60 days, while in diet-matched controls it exceeded the pretreatment value. Epididymal fat pad weight in hyperleptinemics was still 28% below paired controls at 150 days posttreatment. Histologic examination revealed adipocytes of hyperleptinemic animals to be smaller 60 days after treatment. At 60 days, adipose tissue UCP-2 gene expression in hyperleptinemics was still above controls, but expression of other lipogenic and oxidative enzymes had returned to baseline expression levels. We conclude that in normal rats recovery of body fat following adenovirus-induced hyperleptinemia is much slower than after caloric restriction, possibly because of persistent upregulation of adipocyte UCP-2.
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- M Higa
- Gifford Laboratories, Touchstone Center for Diabetes Research, Dallas, Texas 75390-8854, USA
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Nishimura H, Itamura S, Iwasaki T, Kurata T, Tashiro M. Characterization of human influenza A (H5N1) virus infection in mice: neuro-, pneumo- and adipotropic infection. J Gen Virol 2000; 81:2503-2510. [PMID: 10993940 DOI: 10.1099/0022-1317-81-10-2503] [Citation(s) in RCA: 72] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Mice (ddY strain, 4 weeks old) were infected intranasally with the H5N1 influenza viruses A/Hong Kong/156/97 (HK156) and A/Hong Kong/483/97 (HK483) isolated from humans. HK156 and HK483 required 200 and 5 p.f.u. of virus, respectively, to give a 50% lethal dose to the mice when the volume of inoculum was set at 10 microl. Both viruses caused encephalitis and severe bronchopneumonia in infected mice. The severity of lung lesions caused by the viruses was essentially similar, whereas HK483 caused more extensive lesions in the brain than did HK156. This was supported by the results of virus titration of organ homogenates, which showed that the virus titres in brains of HK483-infected mice were more than 100-fold higher than those of HK156-infected mice, while those in lungs were almost equivalent. Both viruses were detected in homogenates of the heart, liver, spleen and kidney and blood of the infected mice. Virus antigen was detected by immunohistology in the heart and liver, albeit sporadically, but caused no degenerative change in these organs. The antigen was not detected in the thymus, spleen, pancreas, kidney or gastrointestinal tract. In contrast, virus antigen was found frequently in adipose tissues attached to those organs. The adipose tissues showed severe degenerative change and the virus titres in the tissues were high and comparable to those in lungs. Thus, infection of HK156 and HK483 in our mouse model was pneumo-, neuro- and adipotropic, but not pantropic. Furthermore, HK483 showed higher neurotropism than HK156, which may account for its higher lethality.
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- Hidekazu Nishimura
- Department of Virology I1, Department of Pathology2 and Department of Viral Diseases and Vaccine Control3, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, 1-23-1 Toyama, Shinjuku, Tokyo 162-8640, Japan
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- Department of Virology I1, Department of Pathology2 and Department of Viral Diseases and Vaccine Control3, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, 1-23-1 Toyama, Shinjuku, Tokyo 162-8640, Japan
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- Department of Virology I1, Department of Pathology2 and Department of Viral Diseases and Vaccine Control3, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, 1-23-1 Toyama, Shinjuku, Tokyo 162-8640, Japan
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- Department of Virology I1, Department of Pathology2 and Department of Viral Diseases and Vaccine Control3, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, 1-23-1 Toyama, Shinjuku, Tokyo 162-8640, Japan
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- Department of Virology I1, Department of Pathology2 and Department of Viral Diseases and Vaccine Control3, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, 1-23-1 Toyama, Shinjuku, Tokyo 162-8640, Japan
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Wohlsein P, Pohlenz JF, Salt JS, Hamblin C. Immunohistochemical demonstration of African horse sickness viral antigen in tissues of experimentally infected equines. Arch Virol Suppl 1998; 14:57-65. [PMID: 9785496 DOI: 10.1007/978-3-7091-6823-3_7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/09/2023]
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African horse sickness virus (AHSV) antigen was demonstrated immunohistochemically in formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded sections of tissues collected from three ponies suffering from the peracute form of the disease and from one pony affected by the fever form. The pattern of the antigen distribution indicated a particular organ tropism characterised by an accumulation of AHSV antigen in cardio-pulmonary tissues of the animals with the peracute disease and in the spleen of the pony with the fever form. AHSV antigen was identified in endothelial cells of small blood vessels, particularly capillaries and in large mono-nuclear cells resembling macrophages or reticular cells of lymphatic tissues. Occasional circulating mononuclear cells with the morphology of monocytes were also positively stained within the larger vessels. The immunohistochemical results confirm earlier work suggesting that AHSV may have different tropisms to particular organs during various forms of the disease and that different target cell populations exist in vivo. Immunohistochemistry may be an additional useful method for diagnostic and research purposes in AHS.
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- P Wohlsein
- Institute of Pathology, School of Veterinary Medicine, Hannover, Germany
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Taichman RS, Nassiri MR, Reilly MJ, Ptak RG, Emerson SG, Drach JC. Infection and replication of human cytomegalovirus in bone marrow stromal cells: effects on the production of IL-6, MIP-1alpha, and TGF-beta1. Bone Marrow Transplant 1997; 19:471-80. [PMID: 9052914 DOI: 10.1038/sj.bmt.1700685] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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We have investigated the mechanisms by which hematopoiesis is suppressed in patients suffering from human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) infections. Mixed populations of human bone marrow stromal and hematopoietic progenitor cells were inoculated with the Towne strain of HCMV to determine whether these populations could be infected and support HCMV replication. We found that the Towne strain of HCMV was capable of infecting and replicating in a mixed population of bone marrow stromal cells. We observed no significant alterations in bone marrow stromal cell proliferation or the production of IL-6, GM-CSF, soluble c-kit ligand and TNF-alpha following HCMV replication in either stimulated lipopolysaccharide (LPS) or unstimulated conditions. In samples of culture supernatants from LPS-stimulated HCMV-infected stromal cells, significant elevations in MIP-1alpha were observed. TGF-beta1 levels on the other hand exhibited two patterns following HCMV exposure; either TGF-beta1 levels decreased regardless of LPS stimulation or there was no effect. In addition, we observed that exposure to the Towne strain of HCMV resulted in significant inhibition of both granulocytic and erythrocytic colony formation in methylcellulose progenitor assays. Thus, both the direct effect of HCMV on hematopoietic progenitors as well as altered cytokine production by bone marrow stromal cells (including MIP-1alpha and TGF-beta1, but not IL-6) could contribute to hematopoietic failure during HCMV infection.
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- R S Taichman
- Department of Periodontics/Prevention/Geriatrics, School of Dentistry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor 48109-1078, USA
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Carrigan DR, Knox KK. Bone marrow suppression by human herpesvirus-6: comparison of the A and B variants of the virus. Blood 1995; 86:835-6. [PMID: 7606018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023] Open
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