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Zika Virus Infects Neural Progenitors in the Adult Mouse Brain and Alters Proliferation

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Li, Hongda, Saucedo-Cuevas, Laura, Regla-Nava, Jose A., Chai, Guoliang, Sheets, Nicholas, Tang, William, Terskikh, Alexey V., Shresta, Sujan +1 more·2016·Cell stem cell

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Zika virus (ZIKV)-related neuropathology is an important global health concern. Several studies have shown that ZIKV can infect neural stem cells in the developing brain, but infection in the adult brain has not been examined. Two areas in the adult mouse brain contain neural stem cells: the subventricular zone of the anterior forebrain and the subgranular zone of the hippocampus. Here, using 6-week-old mice triply deficient in interferon regulatory factor (IRF) as a model, we show that blood-borne ZIKV administration can lead to pronounced evidence of ZIKV infection in these adult neural stem cells, leading to cell death and reduced proliferation. Our data therefore suggest that adult as well as fetal neural stem cells are vulnerable to ZIKV neuropathology. Thus, although ZIKV is considered a transient infection in adult humans without marked long-term effects, there may in fact be consequences of exposure in the adult brain.

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  • AG129 and Irf3/5/7 TKO mice are immunocompromised, permissive to different ZIKV strains, and vulnerable to ZIKV-related pathology and lethality.

    “AG129 and Irf3/5/7 TKO mice are the immunocompromised mice which were permissive to different strain ZIKV infection and vulnerable to ZIKV-relative pathology and lethality [10, 21, 30, 31].”

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    The passages labeled Abstract (page unavailable) describe Irf3/5/7 TKO mice as deficient in interferon signaling and report ZIKV infection, illness, and neural-cell pathology in those mice. The paper says it studied a single mouse strain and a single viral strain; it does not establish the claim about AG129 mice, different ZIKV strains, or lethality. (LLM, conf=0.88)

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Authors
Li, H., Saucedo-Cuevas, L., Regla-Nava, J. A., Chai, G., Sheets, N., Tang, W., Terskikh, A. V., Shresta, S., & Gleeson, J. G.
Affiliations
  • Howard Hughes Medical Institute (US)
  • La Jolla Institute for Immunology (US)
  • Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute (US)
Corresponding author
  • Shresta, Sujan
  • Gleeson, Joseph G.
Venue
Cell stem cell
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2016-11
Volume
19
Issue
5
Pages
593-598
ISSN
  • 1875-9777 (ISSN-L)
  • 1934-5909
OpenAlex
W2517926000
Cited by
293
References
39
Citations by year
2026: 13 · 2025: 14 · 2024: 16 · 2023: 32 · 2022: 21 · 2021: 21 · 2020: 28 · 2019: 35 · 2018: 46 · 2017: 56 · 2016: 11
FWCI
48.92
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Cell stem cell (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (acceptedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
  • VUBIR (Vrije Universiteit Brussel) (submittedVersion)
Funders
  • Howard Hughes Medical Institute
  • National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (R01AI116813)
  • National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (R01NS041537, R01NS048453, R21NS100477, R01NS052455, P30NS047101)
  • Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (P01HD070494)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Mosquito-borne diseases and control
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Developmental Neuroscience › Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Neurology › Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms
Keywords
Zika virus, neural stem cells, adult brain, neural progenitor proliferation, subventricular zone, subgranular zone, hippocampus, bloodborne infections, cell death, neuropathology, mouse model
MeSH terms
Zika Virus Infection, Zika Virus, Aging, Animals, Brain, Cell Death, Cell Proliferation, Mice, Neural Stem Cells

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