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ArticleBrain : a journal of neurology2024

HSV-1 reactivation results in post-herpetic neuralgia by upregulating Prmt6 and inhibiting cGAS-STING.

Erliang Kong, Tong Hua, Jian Li, Yongchang Li, Mei Yang, Ruifeng Ding, Haowei Wang, Huawei Wei, Xudong Feng, Chaofeng Han and 1 more

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Article in Brain : a journal of neurology, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 21 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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5 · Who and what money

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11 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Erliang KongDepartment of Anesthesiology, Shanghai Changzheng Hospital, Second Affiliated Hospital of Naval Medical University, Shanghai 200003, China.
Tong HuaDepartment of Anesthesiology, Shanghai Changzheng Hospital, Second Affiliated Hospital of Naval Medical University, Shanghai 200003, China.
Jian LiDepartment of Anesthesiology, Shanghai Changzheng Hospital, Second Affiliated Hospital of Naval Medical University, Shanghai 200003, China.
Yongchang LiDepartment of Anesthesiology, Shanghai Changzheng Hospital, Second Affiliated Hospital of Naval Medical University, Shanghai 200003, China.
Mei YangDepartment of Anesthesiology, Shanghai Changzheng Hospital, Second Affiliated Hospital of Naval Medical University, Shanghai 200003, China.
Ruifeng DingDepartment of Anesthesiology, Shanghai Changzheng Hospital, Second Affiliated Hospital of Naval Medical University, Shanghai 200003, China.
Haowei WangDepartment of Anesthesiology, Shanghai Changzheng Hospital, Second Affiliated Hospital of Naval Medical University, Shanghai 200003, China.
Huawei WeiDepartment of Anesthesiology, Shanghai Changzheng Hospital, Second Affiliated Hospital of Naval Medical University, Shanghai 200003, China.
Xudong FengDepartment of Anesthesiology, The 988th Hospital of Joint Logistic Support Force of Chinese People's Liberation Army, Zhengzhou, Henan 450042, China.
Chaofeng HanDepartment of Histology and Embryology, Naval Medical University, Shanghai 200433, China.
Hongbin YuanDepartment of Anesthesiology, Shanghai Changzheng Hospital, Second Affiliated Hospital of Naval Medical University, Shanghai 200003, China.
Shanghai Changzheng Hospital · CNChinese People's Liberation Army · CNPeople's Liberation Army 401 Hospital · CN

Funding

Henan provincial Natural Science Foundation of China 222300420384National Natural Science Foundation of China 82171220
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Chronic varicella zoster virus (VZV) infection induced neuroinflammatory condition is the critical pathology of post-herpetic neuralgia (PHN). The immune escape mechanism of VZV remains elusive. As to mice have no VZV infection receptor, herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1) infection is a well established PHN mice model. Transcriptional expression analysis identified that the protein arginine methyltransferases 6 (Prmt6) was upregulated upon HSV-1 infection, which was further confirmed by immunofluorescence staining in spinal dorsal horn. Prmt6 deficiency decreased HSV-1-induced neuroinflammation and PHN by enhancing antiviral innate immunity and decreasing HSV-1 load in vivo and in vitro. Overexpression of Prmt6 in microglia dampened antiviral innate immunity and increased HSV-1 load. Mechanistically, Prmt6 methylated and inactivated STING, resulting in reduced phosphorylation of TANK binding kinase-1 (TBK1) and interferon regulatory factor 3 (IRF3), diminished production of type I interferon (IFN-I) and antiviral innate immunity. Furthermore, intrathecal or intraperitoneal administration of the Prmt6 inhibitor EPZ020411 decreased HSV-1-induced neuroinflammation and PHN by enhancing antiviral innate immunity and decreasing HSV-1 load. Our findings revealed that HSV-1 escapes antiviral innate immunity and results in PHN by upregulating Prmt6 expression and inhibiting the cGAS-STING pathway, providing novel insights and a potential therapeutic target for PHN.

Indexed as

Herpesvirus 1, HumanMembrane ProteinsNeuralgia, PostherpeticNucleotidyltransferasesProtein-Arginine N-MethyltransferasesUp-RegulationAnimalsCyclic Guanosine Monophosphate-Adenosine Monophosphate SynthaseHerpes SimplexHumansImmunity, InnateInterferon Regulatory Factor-3MaleMiceMice, Inbred C57BLMice, KnockoutcGAS protein, mouseCyclic Guanosine Monophosphate-Adenosine Monophosphate SynthaseInterferon Regulatory Factor-3Membrane ProteinsNucleotidyltransferasesPRMT6 protein, mouseProtein-Arginine N-MethyltransferasesProtein Serine-Threonine KinasesSting1 protein, mouseSTING ProteinTbk1 protein, mouseantiviral innate immunitycGAS-STINGmicrogliapost-herpetic neuralgiaPrmt6

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PMID38366606
PMCPMC11224619
OpenAlexW4391915404

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