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Niemeyer CS, Traina-Dorge V, Doyle-Meyers L, Das A, Looper J, Mescher T, Feia B, Medina E, Nagel MA, Mahalingam R, Bubak AN. Simian varicella virus infection and reactivation in rhesus macaques trigger cytokine and Aβ40/42 alterations in serum and cerebrospinal fluid. J Neurovirol 2024; 30:86-99. [PMID: 38453879 DOI: 10.1007/s13365-024-01196-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/20/2023] [Revised: 02/07/2024] [Accepted: 02/20/2024] [Indexed: 03/09/2024]
Abstract
Simian varicella virus (SVV) produces peripheral inflammatory responses during varicella (primary infection) and zoster (reactivation) in rhesus macaques (RM). However, it is unclear if peripheral measures are accurate proxies for central nervous system (CNS) responses. Thus, we analyzed cytokine and Aβ42/Aβ40 changes in paired serum and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) during the course of infection. During varicella and zoster, every RM had variable changes in serum and CSF cytokine and Aβ42/Aβ40 levels compared to pre-inoculation levels. Overall, peripheral infection appears to affect CNS cytokine and Aβ42/Aβ40 levels independent of serum responses, suggesting that peripheral disease may contribute to CNS disease.
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- Christy S Niemeyer
- Department of Neurology, University of Colorado School of Medicine, 12700 E. 19th Avenue, Mail Stop B182, Aurora, Co, 80045, USA
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- Division of Microbiology, Tulane National Primate Research Center, Tulane University, 18703 Three Rivers Road, Covington, LA, 70433, USA
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- Division of Veterinary Medicine, Tulane National Primate Research Center, Tulane University, 18703 Three Rivers Road, Covington, LA, 70433, USA
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- Division of Microbiology, Tulane National Primate Research Center, Tulane University, 18703 Three Rivers Road, Covington, LA, 70433, USA
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- Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA, 70803, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry Behavioral Health and Wellness Program, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, Co, 80045, USA
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- Department of Neurology, University of Colorado School of Medicine, 12700 E. 19th Avenue, Mail Stop B182, Aurora, Co, 80045, USA
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- Department of Neurology, University of Colorado School of Medicine, 12700 E. 19th Avenue, Mail Stop B182, Aurora, Co, 80045, USA
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- Department of Neurology, University of Colorado School of Medicine, 12700 E. 19th Avenue, Mail Stop B182, Aurora, Co, 80045, USA
- Department of Ophthalmology, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, Co, 80045, USA
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- Department of Neurology, University of Colorado School of Medicine, 12700 E. 19th Avenue, Mail Stop B182, Aurora, Co, 80045, USA
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- Department of Neurology, University of Colorado School of Medicine, 12700 E. 19th Avenue, Mail Stop B182, Aurora, Co, 80045, USA.
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Halling GC, Grose C. Focal herpes zoster encephalitis without a rash: diagnostic confusion between astrogliosis and low-grade glioma. Expert Rev Anti Infect Ther 2016; 14:1109-1111. [PMID: 27748148 DOI: 10.1080/14787210.2016.1248944] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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- b Virology Laboratory, Children's Hospital , University of Iowa , Iowa City , IA , USA
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Gilden D, Grose C, White T, Nagae L, Hendricks RL, Cohrs RJ, Nagel MA. Successful antiviral treatment after 6years of chronic progressive neurological disease attributed to VZV brain infection. J Neurol Sci 2016; 368:240-2. [PMID: 27538641 DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2016.07.035] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/06/2016] [Revised: 06/29/2016] [Accepted: 07/13/2016] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
Abstract
We describe an extraordinary case of an immunocompetent patient who developed sacral-distribution zoster, followed 3months later by neurological disease that progressed for 6years and was attributed to varicella zoster virus (VZV) infection of the brain. Despite the prolonged infection, neurologic symptoms and signs resolved rapidly and completely after treatment with intravenous acyclovir.
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- Don Gilden
- Department of Neurology, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO, USA; Department of Immunology and Microbiology, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO, USA.
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- Children's Hospital, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USA
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- Department of Neurology, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO, USA
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- Department of Radiology, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO, USA
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- Department of Ophthalmology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, USA; Department of Immunology, Microbiology and Molecular Genetics and Biochemistry, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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- Department of Neurology, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO, USA; Department of Immunology and Microbiology, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO, USA
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- Department of Neurology, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO, USA
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