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Characterization of neural infection by Oropouche orthobunyavirus

Connors, K. A.; Pedlow, M. R.; Frey, Z. D.; McGaughey, J. J.; Amarasinghe, G. K.; Duprex, W. P.; D'Aiuto, L.; Wills, Z. P.; Hartman, A. L.

2024-10-12 microbiology
10.1101/2024.10.11.617875 bioRxiv
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Oropouche fever is a re-emerging global viral threat caused by infection with Oropouche orthobunyavirus (OROV). While disease is generally self-limiting, historical and recent reports of neurologic involvement highlight the importance of understanding the neuropathogenesis of OROV. In this study, we characterize viral replication kinetics in neurons and microglia derived from immortalized, primary, and induced pluripotent stem cell-derived cells, which are all permissive to infection. We demonstrate that ex vivo rat brain slice cultures can be infected by OROV and produce antiviral cytokines and chemokines, including IL-6, TNF- and IFN-{beta}, which introduces an additional model to study viral kinetics in the central nervous system. These findings provide additional insight into OROV neuropathogenesis and in vitro modeling strategies for a newly re-emerging arbovirus.

Published in PLOS Pathogens (predicted rank #5) · training set

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