Thapa Manoj, Carr Daniel J J
Department of Ophthalmology, DMEI #415, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, 608 Stanton L Young Blvd., Oklahoma City, OK 73104, USA.
J Virol. 2008 Oct;82(20):10295-301. doi: 10.1128/JVI.00931-08. Epub 2008 Aug 6.
The role of tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-alpha) was evaluated for CXCL10-deficient (CXCL10(-/-)) mice which succumbed to genital herpes simplex virus type 2 (HSV-2) infection and possessed elevated levels of virus and TNF-alpha but not other cytokines in the central nervous system (CNS) and vaginal tissue within the first 7 days following virus exposure. Anti-TNF-alpha but not control antibody treatment offsets the elevated mortality rate of CXCL10(-/-) mice, despite increased CNS viral titers. In addition, TNF-alpha neutralization suppressed recruitment of leukocyte subpopulations into the CNS, which is associated with reduced CCL2 and CXCL9 expression. Collectively, the results implicate TNF-alpha as the principal mediator of mortality in response to genital HSV-2 infection.
对趋化因子CXCL10缺陷型(CXCL10(-/-))小鼠进行了研究,以评估肿瘤坏死因子α(TNF-α)的作用。这些小鼠在感染2型单纯疱疹病毒(HSV-2)后死亡,且在病毒暴露后的头7天内,其在中枢神经系统(CNS)和阴道组织中的病毒水平和TNF-α水平升高,但其他细胞因子水平未升高。尽管中枢神经系统病毒滴度增加,但抗TNF-α而非对照抗体治疗可降低CXCL10(-/-)小鼠的死亡率。此外,TNF-α中和作用抑制了白细胞亚群向中枢神经系统的募集,这与CCL2和CXCL9表达降低有关。总体而言,这些结果表明TNF-α是生殖器HSV-2感染致死的主要介质。