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Neurotropic Virus Infections As the Cause of Immediate and Delayed Neuropathology Acta Neuropathol DOI 10.1007/s00401-015-1511-3 REVIEW Neurotropic virus infections as the cause of immediate and delayed neuropathology Martin Ludlow1 · Jeroen Kortekaas2 · Christiane Herden3 · Bernd Hoffmann4 · Dennis Tappe5,6 · Corinna Trebst7 · Diane E. Griffin8 · Hannah E. Brindle9,10 · Tom Solomon9,11 · Alan S. Brown12 · Debby van Riel13 · Katja C. Wolthers14 · Dasja Pajkrt15 · Peter Wohlsein16 · Byron E. E. Martina13,17 · Wolfgang Baumgärtner16,18 · Georges M. Verjans1,13 · Albert D. M. E. Osterhaus1,17,18 Received: 31 July 2015 / Revised: 24 October 2015 / Accepted: 17 November 2015 © The Author(s) 2015. This article is published with open access at Springerlink.com Abstract A wide range of viruses from different virus fami- of viral infections are highlighted, using examples of well- lies in different geographical areas, may cause immediate or studied virus infections that are associated with these altera- delayed neuropathological changes and neurological mani- tions in different populations throughout the world. A better festations in humans and animals. Infection by neurotropic understanding of the molecular, epidemiological and bio- viruses as well as the resulting immune response can irrevers- logical characteristics of these infections and in particular of ibly disrupt the complex structural and functional architecture mechanisms that underlie their clinical manifestations may be of the central nervous system, frequently leaving the patient expected to provide tools for the development of more effec- or affected animal with a poor or fatal prognosis. Mechanisms tive intervention strategies and treatment regimens. that govern neuropathogenesis and immunopathogenesis Keywords Central nervous system · Neuropathology · Neuroinfectiology · Virus infection · Alphavirus · Electronic supplementary material The online version of this Bornavirus · Bunyavirus · Flavivirus · Herpesvirus · article (doi:10.1007/s00401-015-1511-3) contains supplementary Influenza virus · Paramyxovirus · Picornavirus · material, which is available to authorized users. Rhabdovirus * Albert D. M. E. Osterhaus 9 Institute of Infection and Global Health, University albert.osterhaus@tiho‑hannover.de of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK 10 Wellcome Trust Liverpool Glasgow Centre for Global Health 1 Research Center for Emerging Infections and Zoonoses, Research, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK University of Veterinary Medicine, Bünteweg 17, 30559 Hannover, Germany 11 NIHR Health Protection Research Unit in Emerging Infection and Zoonoses, Liverpool, UK 2 Department of Virology, Central Veterinary Institute, Part of Wageningen University and Research Centre, Wageningen, 12 Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University Medical The Netherlands Center, New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, NY, USA 3 Institute of Veterinary Pathology, Justus-Liebig-University Gießen, Giessen, Germany 13 Department of Viroscience, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, The Netherlands 4 Institute of Diagnostic Virology, Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut, Greifswald‑Insel Riems, Germany 14 Laboratory of Clinical Virology, Department of Medical Microbiology, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, The 5 Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine, Hamburg, Netherlands Germany 15 Department of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Emma 6 German Centre for Infection Research (DZIF), Hamburg, Children’s Hospital, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, Germany The Netherlands 7 Department of Neurology, Hannover Medical School, 16 Department of Pathology, University of Veterinary Medicine, Hannover, Germany Hannover, Germany 8 W. Harry Feinstone Department of Molecular Microbiology 17 Artemis One Health, Utrecht, The Netherlands and Immunology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA 18 Center of Systems Neuroscience, Hannover, Germany 1 3 Acta Neuropathol Introduction Typically, human infections with old-world alphaviruses such as O’nyong-nyong and Ross River virus manifest Neurotropic virus infections continue to cause major dis- as fever, maculopapular rash and polyarthritis, whereas ease and economic burdens on society, and pose a major infection with the new-world equine encephalitis viruses challenge to human and animal health care systems due to (EEVs) can result in potentially fatal encephalitis. Enceph- the associated morbidity and mortality worldwide, and to alitic alphaviruses of public health concern include the the unique problems in providing treatment to the patients new-world alphaviruses Eastern equine encephalitis virus involved. This is largely due to unique features of the cen- (EEEV), Venezuelan equine encephalitis viruses (VEEV) tral nervous system (CNS), with a plethora of interconnected and Western equine encephalitis virus (WEEV). More and interdependent cell types, complex structures and func- recently, the old-world Chikungunya virus (CHIKV) was tions, reduced immune surveillance and limited regeneration also associated with encephalitis. Considering that WEEV capacity. Infection by neurotropic viruses as well as the local cases have become infrequent and sporadic, this chapter induced immune responses can irreversibly disrupt the com- focuses on neurologic manifestations of EEEV, VEEV and plex structural and functional architecture of the CNS, fre- CHIKV infections. quently leaving the patient or affected animal with a poor or EEEV is enzootic to the eastern United States, the fatal prognosis. Besides immediate and direct effects, there Great Lakes region and the Gulf Coast where it circulates are several neurological disorders often associated with auto- between birds and the ornithophilic mosquito Culiseta immune mechanisms that are assumed to be delayed virus- melanura. Several Aedes, Coquillettidia and Culex mos- induced disorders: multiple sclerosis, Guillain–Barré syn- quitoes function as bridge vectors, transmitting the virus to drome, narcolepsy and encephalitis lethargica. Neurotropic equines and humans, which can suffer from severe disease. pathogens can access the brain by various routes including The related VEE viruses circulate in Central and South retrograde axonal transport along motor and olfactory neu- America. These viruses are grouped into six antigenic sub- rons, haematogenous spread across the blood–brain barrier types (I–VI). Human epidemics and equine epizootics are (BBB), blood–cerebrospinal fluid barrier, meningeal–cer- almost exclusively caused by viruses of antigenic variants ebrospinal fluid barrier, via direct infection of endothelial A/B and C of subtype I. The remaining antigenic variants cells or via spread of infected leukocytes across the BBB circulate in enzootic sylvatic cycles between rodents and into the brain parenchyma (Fig. 1). There is an unmet need Culex (Melanoconion) mosquitoes. Subtypes I A/B and C, to understand mechanisms that lead to neuropathological or which are highly virulent for horses, are believed to result immunopathological alterations occurring after the virus has from adaptation of enzootic strains to equines (horses, entered the CNS or other parts of the body and the clinical donkeys and mules). This adaptation allows the virus to manifestations that are associated with these changes. Fur- replicate to extremely high levels, resulting in 20–80 % thermore, more insights into the molecular, epidemiologi- mortality [100]. Aedes (Ochlerotatus) taeniorhynchus is cal and biological characteristics of viral CNS infections are considered the major bridge vector of epidemic/epizootic needed. Collectively, this will provide tools for the develop- strains. The geographic distribution of CHIKV includes ment of more effective intervention and antiviral treatment sub-Saharan Africa, India, Southeast Asia, the Western regimens. This development will be aided by the juxtaposi- Pacific with recent spread to the Caribbean and South tion of increasingly sophisticated technologies, like those America. The virus circulates in a sylvatic cycle between coming from the emerging fields of virus reverse genetics, nonhuman primates and forest-dwelling Aedes mosqui- brain imaging and advanced cellular phenotyping. This toes. In the urban cycle, Aedes aegypti and Aedes albop- review aims to provide an updated overview of the different ictus mosquitoes are responsible for virus transmission to mechanisms involved in the pathogenesis of viral CNS infec- humans. tions, using clear examples of well-studied virus infections (Table 1), rather than by providing an exhaustive overview Eastern equine encephalitis virus of the knowledge of all neurotropic viruses. For this reason we have not included any discussion of lentiviruses, many of EEEV infections in humans can manifest as two forms of which are also capable of infecting the CNS. disease: systemic or encephalitic. Systemic disease pre- sents after an incubation period of 4–10 days as fever, malaise, muscle and joint pains and resolves without Alphaviruses treatment within 1–2 weeks. The encephalitic form has an abrupt onset in infants, whereas in older patients neu- The genus Alphavirus of the Togaviridae family comprises rological signs are observed a few days after onset of a group of enveloped, single-strand positive-sense RNA systemic disease. Patients may develop severe headache, viruses, most of which are transmitted by mosquitoes. confusion, neck stiffness, seizures, a decline in the level 1 3 Acta Neuropathol Fig. 1 Routes of virus spread into the central nervous system. a present in olfactory epithelium (OE). Anterograde axonal transport Infection of peripheral
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