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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
1991-2-7
pubmed:abstractText
Penetration of the nervous systems of suckling mice by prototype strains of the three mammalian reovirus serotypes was studied after footpad inoculation of a dose (10(7) PFU) representing 3.5 x 10(3) 50% lethal doses (LD50) for reovirus type 3 Dearing and less than 1 LD50 for reoviruses type 1 Lang and type 2 Jones. Type 3 Dearing entered both motor and sensory neurons; infected neurons were clearly detectable by immunohistochemical staining 19 h after inoculation. By day 2, a second cycle of infection had occurred, and by day 4, several hundred motor and sensory neurons and interneurons were infected. By this time, infection also involved large areas of the brain stem and brain. There was evidence of both retrograde and anterograde movement of viral antigen within axons and dendrites. Unexpectedly, reovirus type 1 Lang followed neuronal pathways as well as being disseminated in the bloodstream. Reovirus type 2 Jones also entered neurons. While the number of motor neurons and interneurons infected with type 1 Lang or type 2 Jones remained limited within the first 4 days after inoculation, infection of sensory neurons increased with time and reached a level by day 4 comparable to that observed after infection with type 3 Dearing. Viral antigen was also found in the brain stem and brain, but this infection was limited. These three strains multiplied in nonneuronal tissues. Connective tissue in the footpad was massively infected by all three strains 19 h after inoculation. By this time, foci of infection were also present in muscle and skin. Viral antigen was repeatedly observed in the endothelium of blood vessels and in the meninges after infection with type 1 Lang. The titer of type 1 Lang increased in the blood with time, which was not observed after infection with strains of the other two serotypes. In this study, we found that prototype strains of the three reovirus serotypes exhibited different degrees of neurotropism, all being capable of entering neurons. Transmission of the infection occurred through synapses rather than from cell body to cell body. Thus reovirus, like herpesvirus and rabies virus, is a good marker for the identification of neuronal pathways, although its capacity to grow in neurons, unlike that of herpesvirus and rabies virus, is restricted to newborn animals.
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pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jan
pubmed:issn
0022-538X
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
65
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
123-31
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-18
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1991
pubmed:articleTitle
Penetration of the nervous systems of suckling mice by mammalian reoviruses.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't