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J Gen Virol ; 102(3)2021 03.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-33612147

RESUMEN

Understanding the pathogenesis of the SARS-CoV-2 infection is key to developing preventive and therapeutic strategies against COVID-19, in the case of severe illness but also when the disease is mild. The use of appropriate experimental animal models remains central in the in vivo exploration of the physiopathology of infection and antiviral strategies. This study describes SARS-CoV-2 intranasal infection in ferrets and hamsters with low doses of low-passage SARS-CoV-2 clinical French isolate UCN19, describing infection levels, excretion, immune responses and pathological patterns in both animal species. Individual infection with 103 p.f.u. SARS-CoV-2 induced a more severe disease in hamsters than in ferrets. Viral RNA was detected in the lungs of hamsters but not of ferrets and in the brain (olfactory bulb and/or medulla oblongata) of both species. Overall, the clinical disease remained mild, with serological responses detected from 7 days and 10 days post-inoculation in hamsters and ferrets respectively. The virus became undetectable and pathology resolved within 14 days. The kinetics and levels of infection can be used in ferrets and hamsters as experimental models for understanding the pathogenicity of SARS-CoV-2, and testing the protective effect of drugs.


Asunto(s)
Anticuerpos Antivirales/inmunología , COVID-19/virología , Cricetinae , Modelos Animales de Enfermedad , Hurones , Animales , Encéfalo/virología , COVID-19/inmunología , COVID-19/patología , COVID-19/fisiopatología , Progresión de la Enfermedad , Inmunoglobulina G/inmunología , Pulmón/patología , Pulmón/virología , Nariz , Reacción en Cadena en Tiempo Real de la Polimerasa , SARS-CoV-2/genética , SARS-CoV-2/inmunología , SARS-CoV-2/aislamiento & purificación , SARS-CoV-2/patogenicidad , Carga Viral/genética
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Brain Behav Immun ; 89: 579-586, 2020 10.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-32629042

RESUMEN

Anosmia is one of the most prevalent symptoms of SARS-CoV-2 infection during the COVID-19 pandemic. However, the cellular mechanism behind the sudden loss of smell has not yet been investigated. The initial step of odour detection takes place in the pseudostratified olfactory epithelium (OE) mainly composed of olfactory sensory neurons surrounded by supporting cells known as sustentacular cells. The olfactory neurons project their axons to the olfactory bulb in the central nervous system offering a potential pathway for pathogens to enter the central nervous system by bypassing the blood brain barrier. In the present study, we explored the impact of SARS-CoV-2 infection on the olfactory system in golden Syrian hamsters. We observed massive damage of the OE as early as 2 days post nasal instillation of SARS-CoV-2, resulting in a major loss of cilia necessary for odour detection. These damages were associated with infection of a large proportion of sustentacular cells but not of olfactory neurons, and we did not detect any presence of the virus in the olfactory bulbs. We observed massive infiltration of immune cells in the OE and lamina propria of infected animals, which may contribute to the desquamation of the OE. The OE was partially restored 14 days post infection. Anosmia observed in COVID-19 patient is therefore likely to be linked to a massive and fast desquamation of the OE following sustentacular cells infection with SARS-CoV-2 and subsequent recruitment of immune cells in the OE and lamina propria.


Asunto(s)
Infecciones por Coronavirus/patología , Bulbo Olfatorio/patología , Mucosa Olfatoria/patología , Neumonía Viral/patología , Animales , Betacoronavirus , COVID-19 , Cilios/patología , Infecciones por Coronavirus/fisiopatología , Mesocricetus , Trastornos del Olfato/patología , Trastornos del Olfato/fisiopatología , Bulbo Olfatorio/virología , Mucosa Olfatoria/virología , Neuronas Receptoras Olfatorias/patología , Neuronas Receptoras Olfatorias/virología , Pandemias , Neumonía Viral/fisiopatología , SARS-CoV-2
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Cell Rep ; 43(3): 113868, 2024 Mar 26.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-38421868

RESUMEN

Modeling tumor metabolism in vitro remains challenging. Here, we used galactose as an in vitro tool compound to mimic glycolytic limitation. In contrast to the established idea that high glycolytic flux reduces pyruvate kinase isozyme M2 (PKM2) activity to support anabolic processes, we have discovered that glycolytic limitation also affects PKM2 activity. Surprisingly, despite limited carbon availability and energetic stress, cells induce a near-complete block of PKM2 to divert carbons toward serine metabolism. Simultaneously, TCA cycle flux is sustained, and oxygen consumption is increased, supported by glutamine. Glutamine not only supports TCA cycle flux but also serine synthesis via distinct mechanisms that are directed through PKM2 inhibition. Finally, deleting mitochondrial one-carbon (1C) cycle reversed the PKM2 block, suggesting a potential formate-dependent crosstalk that coordinates mitochondrial 1C flux and cytosolic glycolysis to support cell survival and proliferation during nutrient-scarce conditions.


Asunto(s)
Glutamina , Piruvato Quinasa , Piruvato Quinasa/metabolismo , Glutamina/metabolismo , Glucólisis , Carbono , Serina/metabolismo
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Viruses ; 14(11)2022 11 08.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-36366567

RESUMEN

Rift Valley fever virus (RVFV) is a pathogenic arthropod-borne virus that can cause serious illness in both ruminants and humans. The virus can be transmitted by an arthropod bite or contact with contaminated fluids or tissues. Two live-attenuated veterinary vaccines-the Smithburn (SB) and Clone 13 (Cl.13)-are currently used during epizootic events in Africa. However, their residual pathogenicity (i.e., SB) or potential of reversion (i.e., Cl.13) causes important adverse effects, strongly limiting their use in the field. In this study, we infected immunocompetent mice with SB or Cl.13 by a subcutaneous or an intranasal inoculation. Interestingly, we found that, unlike the subcutaneous infection, the intranasal inoculation led to a high mortality rate. In addition, we detected high titers and viral N antigen levels in the brain of both the SB- and Cl.13-infected mice. Overall, we unveil a clear correlation between the pathogenicity and the route of administration of both SB and Cl.13, with the intranasal inoculation leading to a stronger neurovirulence and higher mortality rate than the subcutaneous infection.


Asunto(s)
Fiebre del Valle del Rift , Virus de la Fiebre del Valle del Rift , Vacunas Virales , Humanos , Animales , Ratones , Vacunas Virales/efectos adversos , Vacunas Atenuadas/efectos adversos , África
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Vet Res ; 42: 35, 2011 Feb 15.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-21324116

RESUMEN

Staphylococcus aureus is a major cause of mastitis in ruminants. In ewe mastitis, symptoms range from subclinical to gangrenous mastitis. S. aureus factors or host-factors contributing to the different outcomes are not completely elucidated. In this study, experimental mastitis was induced on primiparous ewes using two S. aureus strains, isolated from gangrenous (strain O11) or subclinical (strain O46) mastitis. Strains induced drastically distinct clinical symptoms when tested in ewe and mice experimental mastitis. Notably, they reproduced mild (O46) or severe (O11) mastitis in ewes. Ewe sera were used to identify staphylococcal immunoreactive proteins commonly or differentially produced during infections of variable severity and to define core and accessory seroproteomes. Such SERological Proteome Analysis (SERPA) allowed the identification of 89 immunoreactive proteins, of which only 52 (58.4%) were previously identified as immunogenic proteins in other staphylococcal infections. Among the 89 proteins identified, 74 appear to constitute the core seroproteome. Among the 15 remaining proteins defining the accessory seroproteome, 12 were specific for strain O11, 3 were specific for O46. Distribution of one protein specific for each mastitis severity was investigated in ten other strains isolated from subclinical or clinical mastitis. We report here for the first time the identification of staphylococcal immunogenic proteins common or specific to S. aureus strains responsible for mild or severe mastitis. These findings open avenues in S. aureus mastitis studies as some of these proteins, expressed in vivo, are likely to account for the success of S. aureus as a pathogen of the ruminant mammary gland.


Asunto(s)
Proteínas Bacterianas/inmunología , Mastitis/veterinaria , Proteoma/inmunología , Enfermedades de las Ovejas/inmunología , Infecciones Estafilocócicas/veterinaria , Staphylococcus aureus/genética , Animales , Proteínas Bacterianas/genética , Cromatografía Liquida/veterinaria , Electroforesis en Gel Bidimensional/veterinaria , Femenino , Glándulas Mamarias Animales/inmunología , Glándulas Mamarias Animales/microbiología , Mastitis/inmunología , Mastitis/microbiología , Ratones , Proteoma/genética , Proteoma/metabolismo , Pruebas Serológicas/veterinaria , Ovinos , Enfermedades de las Ovejas/microbiología , Infecciones Estafilocócicas/inmunología , Infecciones Estafilocócicas/microbiología , Staphylococcus aureus/aislamiento & purificación , Staphylococcus aureus/metabolismo , Espectrometría de Masas en Tándem/veterinaria
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Pathogens ; 9(10)2020 Sep 25.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-32993044

RESUMEN

In Europe, Puumala virus (PUUV) is responsible for nephropathia epidemica (NE), a mild form of hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (HFRS). Despite the presence of its reservoir, the bank vole, on most of French territory, the geographic distribution of NE cases is heterogeneous and NE endemic and non-endemic areas have been reported. In this study we analyzed whether bank vole-PUUV interactions could partly shape these epidemiological differences. We performed crossed-experimental infections using wild bank voles from French endemic (Ardennes) and non-endemic (Loiret) areas and two French PUUV strains isolated from these areas. The serological response and dynamics of PUUV infection were compared between the four cross-infection combinations. Due to logistical constraints, this study was based on a small number of animals. Based on this experimental design, we saw a stronger serological response and presence of PUUV in excretory organs (bladder) in bank voles infected with the PUUV endemic strain. Moreover, the within-host viral diversity in excretory organs seemed to be higher than in other non-excretory organs for the NE endemic cross-infection but not for the NE non-endemic cross-infection. Despite the small number of rodents included, our results showed that genetically different PUUV strains and in a lesser extent their interaction with sympatric bank voles, could affect virus replication and diversity. This could impact PUUV excretion/transmission between rodents and to humans and in turn at least partly shape NE epidemiology in France.

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Front Immunol ; 10: 860, 2019.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-31105695

RESUMEN

The Rift Valley fever virus (RVFV) is responsible for a serious mosquito-borne viral disease in humans and ruminants. The development of a new and safer vaccine is urgently needed due to the risk of introduction of this arbovirus into RVFV-free continents. We recently showed that a DNA vaccine encoding eGn, the ectodomain of the RVFV Gn glycoprotein, conferred a substantial protection in the sheep natural host and that the anti-eGn IgG levels correlated to protection. Addressing eGn to DEC205 reduced the protective efficacy while decreasing the antibody and increasing the IFNγ T cell responses in sheep. In order to get further insight into the involved mechanisms, we evaluated our eGn-encoding DNA vaccine strategy in the reference mouse species. A DNA vaccine encoding eGn induced full clinical protection in mice and the passive transfer of immune serum was protective. This further supports that antibodies, although non-neutralizing in vitro, are instrumental in the protection against RVFV. Addressing eGn to DEC205 was also detrimental to protection in mice, and in this species, both the antibody and the IFNγ T cell responses were strongly decreased. Conversely when using a plasmid encoding a different antigen, i.e., mCherry, DEC205 targeting promoted the antibody response. Altogether our results show that the outcome of targeting antigens to DEC205 depends on the species and on the fused antigen and is not favorable in the case of eGn. In addition, we bring evidences that eGn in itself is a pertinent antigen to be included in a DNA vaccine and that next developments should aim at promoting the anti-eGn antibody response.


Asunto(s)
Glicoproteínas/inmunología , Inmunidad Humoral/inmunología , Virus de la Fiebre del Valle del Rift/inmunología , Vacunas de ADN/inmunología , Vacunas Virales/inmunología , Animales , Anticuerpos Neutralizantes/inmunología , Anticuerpos Antivirales/inmunología , Formación de Anticuerpos/inmunología , Células CHO , Línea Celular , Cricetulus , Células HEK293 , Humanos , Ratones , Ratones Endogámicos BALB C , Proteínas del Envoltorio Viral/inmunología
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Virus Res ; 235: 67-72, 2017 05 02.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-28396283

RESUMEN

In Europe, the occurrence of nephropathia epidemica (NE), a human disease caused by Puumala virus (PUUV), exhibits considerable geographical heterogeneity despite the continuous distribution of its reservoir, the bank vole Myodes glareolus. To better understand the causes of this heterogeneity, wild voles sampled in two adjacent NE endemic and non-endemic regions of France were infected experimentally with PUUV. The responses of bank voles to PUUV infection, based on the levels of anti-PUUV IgG and viral RNA, were compared. Slight regional differences were highlighted despite the high inter-individual variability. Voles from the NE non-endemic region showed greater immune responsiveness to PUUV infection, but lower levels of RNA in their organs than voles from the endemic region. These results suggest the existence of regional variations in the sensitivity of bank voles that could contribute to the apparent absence of PUUV circulation among voles and the absence of NE in the non-endemic region.


Asunto(s)
Arvicolinae , Reservorios de Enfermedades , Susceptibilidad a Enfermedades , Fiebre Hemorrágica con Síndrome Renal/virología , Virus Puumala/inmunología , Virus Puumala/patogenicidad , Animales , Anticuerpos Antivirales/sangre , Francia , Fiebre Hemorrágica con Síndrome Renal/patología , Humanos , Inmunoglobulina G/sangre , Virus Puumala/aislamiento & purificación , ARN Viral/sangre , Virulencia
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J Wildl Dis ; 49(1): 55-68, 2013 Jan.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-23307372

RESUMEN

Border disease virus (BDV) causes high mortality in Pyrenean chamois (Rupicapra pyrenaica) on the French and Spanish sides of the Pyrenees Mountains. We investigated the pathology induced by BDV in pregnant chamois via experimental infection. Three females were inoculated during the second third of pregnancy with a BDV-4 subgroup strain isolated from a wild Pyrenean chamois during an acute epizootic. A fourth pregnant chamois and one nonpregnant ewe were kept as negative controls. Animals were monitored to assess clinical signs, hematology, viremia, and serology. Postmortem examinations included necropsy, histopathology, and quantification of viral RNA in organs. Pregnancy was unsuccessful in all inoculated animals. One died 24 days postinoculation (dpi) without showing any precursory clinical signs. The second animal had profuse diarrhea from 13 dpi to its death at 51 dpi. The third aborted at 46 dpi and was euthanized at 51 dpi. All animals were viremic from 4 dpi until death. Neutralizing antibodies against BDV-4 were detected from 12 dpi. Necropsies showed generalized lymphadenomegaly, associated in one case with disseminated petechial hemorrhages in the digestive tract. Seventy-eight of 79 organs from inoculated adults and their fetuses had detectable viral RNA. The main histologic lesions in adults were mild lymphohistiocytic encephalitis associated with moderate or moderately severe lymphoid depletion. Control animals remained negative for virus (in blood and organs), antibody, and lesions upon postmortem examination. BDV infection during pregnancy in Pyrenean chamois causes severe disease leading to abortion, then death. Despite 100% fetal death following inoculation, viral RNA was recovered from all organs of infected fetuses, suggesting that persistently infected offspring could be born. Our results may help explain the reported decrease in chamois populations in several areas and suggest that great care must be taken when interpreting infection status for wildlife.


Asunto(s)
Enfermedad de la Frontera/patología , Enfermedades de las Cabras/patología , Complicaciones Infecciosas del Embarazo/veterinaria , Rupicapra , Aborto Veterinario/virología , Animales , Animales Salvajes/virología , Enfermedad de la Frontera/mortalidad , Enfermedad de la Frontera/virología , Virus de la Enfermedad de la Frontera , Femenino , Francia , Enfermedades de las Cabras/mortalidad , Enfermedades de las Cabras/virología , Cabras , Embarazo , Complicaciones Infecciosas del Embarazo/mortalidad , Complicaciones Infecciosas del Embarazo/patología , Complicaciones Infecciosas del Embarazo/virología , ARN Viral/análisis , España
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