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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1-2
pubmed:dateCreated
1991-7-31
pubmed:abstractText
Functional properties of cultured mouse dorsal root ganglion cells infected with paramyxoviruses have been studied using intracellular recording techniques. Mumps virus, which causes a persistent non-lytic infection, and Sendai virus, which causes an infection that leads to cell lysis after about a week were used. In the early phase of the infection (24-48 h) both viruses caused a reduction in the influx of calcium ions during the action potential, but did not alter resting membrane potential, action potential amplitude or input resistance. At later times functional properties became normal in mumps infected neurons. In contrast, Sendai virus infected neurons showed a reduction of action potential amplitude and input resistance at 48-72 h after infection, and finally there was also a reduction of membrane potential before the cells disintegrated. These results show that different paramyxovirus infections may cause different types of alterations in the functional properties of neurons. The reduced calcium influx resulting from mumps infection suggests that a non-lytic viral infection may have selective effects on important regulators of neuronal functions. Moreover, a lethal viral infection (Sendai) may influence specific membrane properties, such as calcium channel activation, several days prior to general structural and functional degeneration.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Feb
pubmed:issn
0006-8993
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
1
pubmed:volume
540
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
123-30
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-20
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:1647243-Action Potentials, pubmed-meshheading:1647243-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:1647243-Calcium Channels, pubmed-meshheading:1647243-Cell Membrane, pubmed-meshheading:1647243-Cell Transformation, Viral, pubmed-meshheading:1647243-Cells, Cultured, pubmed-meshheading:1647243-Electrophysiology, pubmed-meshheading:1647243-Fetus, pubmed-meshheading:1647243-Fluorescent Antibody Technique, pubmed-meshheading:1647243-Ganglia, Spinal, pubmed-meshheading:1647243-Membrane Potentials, pubmed-meshheading:1647243-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:1647243-Mumps virus, pubmed-meshheading:1647243-Neurons, pubmed-meshheading:1647243-Neurons, Afferent, pubmed-meshheading:1647243-Nucleocapsid Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:1647243-Nucleoproteins, pubmed-meshheading:1647243-Parainfluenza Virus 1, Human, pubmed-meshheading:1647243-Spinal Cord, pubmed-meshheading:1647243-Tetraethylammonium, pubmed-meshheading:1647243-Tetraethylammonium Compounds, pubmed-meshheading:1647243-Vero Cells, pubmed-meshheading:1647243-Viral Core Proteins
pubmed:year
1991
pubmed:articleTitle
Paramyxovirus infections alter certain functional properties in cultured sensory neurons.
pubmed:affiliation
Division of Cellular and Neuropathology (Department of Pathology), Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't