dc.creatorRivadeneyra, Leonardo
dc.creatorCharó, Nancy Lorena
dc.creatorKviatcovsky, Denise
dc.creatorde la Barrera, Silvia Susana
dc.creatorGómez, Ricardo Martín
dc.creatorSchattner, Mirta Ana
dc.date2018-12
dc.date2020-09-16T12:15:09Z
dc.date.accessioned2023-07-14T21:59:16Z
dc.date.available2023-07-14T21:59:16Z
dc.identifierhttp://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/handle/10915/104728
dc.identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/11336/94875
dc.identifierissn:0022-2828
dc.identifier.urihttps://repositorioslatinoamericanos.uchile.cl/handle/2250/7445171
dc.descriptionCoxsackievirus B3 (CVB3) is a globally prevalent enterovirus of the Picornaviridae family that is frequently associated with viral myocarditis (VM). Neutrophils, as first responders, may be key cells in determining viral disease outcomes; however, neutrophils have been poorly studied with respect to viral infection. Although neutrophils have been ascribed a relevant role in early cardiac inflammation, their precise role in CVB3 infection has not yet been evaluated. In this study, we aimed to determine if the interaction between human neutrophils and CVB3 could lead to viral replication and/or modulation of neutrophil survival and biological functions, and whether neutrophil depletion in a murine model has a beneficial or harmful effect on CVB3 infection. Our results show that CVB3 interacted with but did not replicate in human neutrophils. Neutrophils recognized CVB3 mainly through endosomal TLR-8, and infection triggered NFκB activation. Virus internalization resulted in increased cell survival, up-regulation of CD11b, enhanced adhesion to fibrinogen and fibronectin, and the secretion of IL-6, IL-1β, TNF-α, and IL-8. Supernatants from infected neutrophils exerted chemotactic activity partly mediated by IL-8. The infected neutrophils released myeloperoxidase and triggered neutrophil extracellular trap formation in the presence of TNF-α. In mice infected with CVB3, viral RNA was detected in neutrophils as well as in mononuclear cells. After neutrophil depletion, mice showed reduced VM reflected by a reduction in viral titers, cell exudates, and CCL-2 mRNA levels, as well as the abrogation of reactive cardiomyocyte hypertrophy. Our results indicate that neutrophils have relevant direct and indirect roles in the pathogenesis of CVB3-induced VM.
dc.descriptionInstituto de Biotecnología y Biología Molecular
dc.descriptionFacultad de Ciencias Exactas
dc.formatapplication/pdf
dc.format149-161
dc.languageen
dc.rightshttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/
dc.rightsCreative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0)
dc.subjectBiología
dc.subjectCiencias Médicas
dc.subjectCVB3
dc.subjectEnterovirus
dc.subjectInflammation
dc.subjectMyocarditis
dc.subjectNeutrophils
dc.titleRole of neutrophils in CVB3 infection and viral myocarditis
dc.typeArticulo
dc.typePreprint


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