Zika virus crosses an in vitro human blood brain barrier model
Posted on 2018-05-15 - 05:00
Abstract Zika virus (ZIKV) is a flavivirus that is highly neurotropic causing congenital abnormalities and neurological damage to the central nervous systems (CNS). In this study, we used a human induced pluripotent stem cell (iPSC)-derived blood brain barrier (BBB) model to demonstrate that ZIKV can infect brain endothelial cells (i-BECs) without compromising the BBB barrier integrity or permeability. Although no disruption to the BBB was observed post-infection, ZIKV particles were released on the abluminal side of the BBB model and infected underlying iPSC-derived neural progenitor cells (i-NPs). AXL, a putative ZIKV cellular entry receptor, was also highly expressed in ZIKV-susceptible i-BEC and i-NPs. This iPSC-derived BBB model can help elucidate the mechanism by which ZIKV can infect BECs, cross the BBB and gain access to the CNS.
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Alimonti, Judie; Ribecco-Lutkiewicz, Maria; Sodja, Caroline; Jezierski, Anna; Stanimirovic, Danica; Liu, Qing; et al. (2018). Zika virus crosses an in vitro human blood brain barrier model. figshare. Collection. https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.c.4100111.v1
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AUTHORS (9)
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Judie Alimonti
MR
Maria Ribecco-Lutkiewicz
CS
Caroline Sodja
AJ
Anna Jezierski
DS
Danica Stanimirovic
QL
Qing Liu
AH
Arsalan Haqqani
WC
Wayne Conlan
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Mahmud Bani-Yaghoub