PUBLICATION
Imaging of viral neuroinvasion in the zebrafish reveals that Sindbis and chikungunya viruses favour different entry routes
- Authors
- Passoni, G., Langevin, C., Palha, N., Mounce, B.C., Briolat, V., Affaticati, P., De Job, E., Joly, J.S., Vignuzzi, M., Saleh, M.C., Herbomel, P., Boudinot, P., Levraud, J.P.
- ID
- ZDB-PUB-170510-8
- Date
- 2017
- Source
- Disease models & mechanisms 10(7): 847-857 (Journal)
- Registered Authors
- Briolat, Valerie, Herbomel, Philippe, Joly, Jean-Stephane, Levraud, Jean-Pierre, Passoni, Gabriella
- Keywords
- Alphavirus, Central Nervous System, Zebrafish, chikungunya, live imaging, viral encephalitis
- MeSH Terms
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- Alphavirus Infections/pathology
- Alphavirus Infections/virology
- Animals
- Axonal Transport
- Blood-Brain Barrier/pathology
- Blood-Brain Barrier/virology
- Chikungunya Fever/pathology
- Chikungunya Fever/virology
- Chikungunya virus/physiology*
- Endothelial Cells/pathology
- Endothelial Cells/virology
- Imaging, Three-Dimensional*
- Larva/virology
- Macrophages/metabolism
- Microvessels/pathology
- Nervous System/pathology
- Nervous System/virology*
- Sindbis Virus/physiology*
- Tropism/physiology
- Virus Internalization*
- Virus Replication/physiology
- Zebrafish
- PubMed
- 28483796 Full text @ Dis. Model. Mech.
Citation
Passoni, G., Langevin, C., Palha, N., Mounce, B.C., Briolat, V., Affaticati, P., De Job, E., Joly, J.S., Vignuzzi, M., Saleh, M.C., Herbomel, P., Boudinot, P., Levraud, J.P. (2017) Imaging of viral neuroinvasion in the zebrafish reveals that Sindbis and chikungunya viruses favour different entry routes. Disease models & mechanisms. 10(7):847-857.
Abstract
Alphaviruses, such as chikungunya virus (CHIKV) and Sindbis virus (SINV), are vector-borne pathogens that cause acute illnesses in humans and are sometimes associated with neuropathies, especially in infants and elderly patients. Little is known about their mechanism of entry into the central nervous system (CNS), even for SINV, which has been used extensively as a model for viral encephalopathies. We previously established a CHIKV infection model in the optically transparent zebrafish larva; here we describe a new SINV infection model in this host. We imaged in vivo the onset and progression of the infection caused by intravenous SINV inoculation. Similar to that described for CHIKV, infection in the periphery was detected early and was transient, whereas CNS infection started at later time points and was persistent or progressive. We then tested the possible mechanisms of neuroinvasion by CHIKV and SINV. Neither virus relied on macrophage-mediated transport to access the CNS. CHIKV, but not SINV, always infects endothelial cells of the brain vasculature. By contrast, axonal transport was much more efficient with SINV than CHIKV, both from the periphery to the CNS and between neural tissues. Thus, the preferred mechanisms of neuroinvasion by these two related viruses are distinct, providing a powerful imaging-friendly system to compare mechanisms and prevention methods of encephalopathies.
Genes / Markers
Expression
Phenotype
Mutations / Transgenics
Human Disease / Model
Sequence Targeting Reagents
Fish
Orthology
Engineered Foreign Genes
Mapping