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Cell type-specific resistance of trigeminal ganglion neurons towards apoptotic stimuli.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  16326038     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
Trigeminal ganglion (TG) neurons are important target cells for many alphaherpesviruses and constitute a major site of virus latency and reactivation. Earlier we showed that porcine TG neurons are remarkably more resistant towards (apoptotic) cell death resulting from infection by the swine alphaherpesvirus pseudorabies virus (PRV) compared to a broad range of other primary porcine cell types and that this resistance does not depend on the strongly anti-apoptotic US3 viral protein kinase (Geenen, K., Favoreel, H.W., Nauwynck, H.J., 2005a. Higher resistance of porcine trigeminal ganglion neurons towards pseudorabies virus-induced cell death compared with other porcine cell types in vitro. J. Gen. Virol. 86, 1251-1260). Although other viral anti-apoptotic proteins may be involved in survival of TG neurons during PRV infection, an additional factor may be that TG neurons possess a cell type-dependent capacity to withstand apoptosis compared to other cell types. To investigate this, we treated uninfected porcine TG cultures, swine kidney cells, and porcine superior cervical ganglion (SCG) neurons with several apoptosis-inducing reagents (staurosporine, camptothecin and genistein). None of these reagents were able to trigger substantial apoptotic cell death in TG neurons, whereas non-neuronal TG cells, swine kidney cells, and SCG neurons showed a clear dose-dependent increase in apoptosis using either of these reagents. In conclusion, sensory TG neurons may contain a cell type-specific capacity to withstand different apoptotic assaults, including infection with an alphaherpesvirus.
Authors:
Kristin Geenen; Herman W Favoreel; Hans J Nauwynck
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't     Date:  2005-12-02
Journal Detail:
Title:  Veterinary microbiology     Volume:  113     ISSN:  0378-1135     ISO Abbreviation:  Vet. Microbiol.     Publication Date:  2006 Mar 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2006-03-06     Completed Date:  2006-07-18     Revised Date:  2009-11-19    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  7705469     Medline TA:  Vet Microbiol     Country:  Netherlands    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  223-9     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Laboratory of Virology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ghent University, Salisburylaan 133, 9820 Merelbeke, Belgium.
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Animals
Apoptosis* / drug effects,  physiology
Camptothecin / pharmacology
Cells, Cultured
Dose-Response Relationship, Drug
Enzyme Inhibitors / pharmacology*
Genistein / pharmacology
Herpesvirus 1, Suid / enzymology,  pathogenicity*
Neurons / cytology,  drug effects,  virology*
Protein Kinases / metabolism,  physiology
Pseudorabies / virology*
Staurosporine / pharmacology
Swine
Trigeminal Ganglion / cytology,  drug effects,  virology*
Virus Latency
Chemical
Reg. No./Substance:
0/Enzyme Inhibitors; 446-72-0/Genistein; 62996-74-1/Staurosporine; 7689-03-4/Camptothecin; EC 2.7.-/Protein Kinases

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