A novel population of myeloid cells responding to coxsackievirus infection assists in the dissemination of virus within the neonatal CNS.
A novel population of myeloid cells responding to coxsackievirus infection assists in the dissemination of virus within the neonatal CNS.
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10.1523/jneurosci.1860-10.2010
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2010-06-23
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Feuer R
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Tabor-Godwin JM;Ruller CM;Bagalso N;An N;Pagarigan RR;Harkins S;Gilbert PE;Kiosses WB;Gude NA;Cornell CT;Doran KS;Sussman MA;Whitton JL;Feuer R
Enterovirus infection in newborn infants is a significant cause of aseptic meningitis and encephalitis. Using a neonatal mouse model, we previously determined that coxsackievirus B3 (CVB3) preferentially targets proliferating neural stem cells located in the subventricular zone within 24 hours after infection. At later time points, immature neuroblasts, and eventually mature neurons, were infected as determined by expression of high levels of viral protein. Here, we show that blood-derived Mac3+ mononuclear cells were rapidly recruited to the CNS within 12 hours after intracranial infection with CVB3. These cells displayed a myeloid-like morphology, were of a peripheral origin based on GFP-tagged adoptive cell transplant examination, and were highly susceptible to CVB3 infection during their migration into the central nervous system (CNS). Serial immunofluorescence images suggested that the myeloid cells enter the CNS via the choroid plexus, and that they may be infected during their extravasation and passage through the choroid plexus epithelium; these infected myeloid cells ultimately penetrate into the parenchyma of the brain. Prior to their migration through the ependymal cell layer (ECL), a subset of these infected myeloid cells expressed detectable levels of nestin, a marker for neural stem and progenitor cells. As these nestin+ myeloid cells infected with CVB3 migrated through the ECL, they revealed distinct morphological characteristics typical of type B neural stem cells. The recruitment of these novel myeloid cells may be specifically set in motion by the induction of a unique chemokine profile in the CNS induced very early after CVB3 infection, which includes upregulation of CCL12. We propose that intracranial CVB3 infection may lead to the recruitment of nestin+ myeloid cells into the CNS which might represent an intrinsic host CNS repair response. In turn, the proliferative and metabolic status of recruited myeloid cells may render them attractive targets for CVB3 infection. Moreover, the migratory ability of these myeloid cells may point to a productive method of virus dissemination within the CNS.