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ArticleFluids and barriers of the CNS2025

Circadian misalignment potentiates blood-brain barrier disruption and mitochondria dysregulation in Zika virus infection.

Timea Teglas, Silvia Torices, Anne Caroline Marcos, Bogusława Orzechowska-Wylęgała, Michal Toborek

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Article in Fluids and barriers of the CNS, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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Timea TeglasDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Suite 528, 1011 NW 15th Street, Miami, FL, 33136, USA.
Silvia ToricesDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Suite 528, 1011 NW 15th Street, Miami, FL, 33136, USA.
Anne Caroline MarcosDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Suite 528, 1011 NW 15th Street, Miami, FL, 33136, USA.
Bogusława Orzechowska-WylęgałaDepartment of Pediatric Otolaryngology and Surgery of Head and Neck, Medical University of Silesia, Katowice, Poland.
Michal ToborekDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Suite 528, 1011 NW 15th Street, Miami, FL, 33136, USA. mtoborek@med.miami.edu.

Funding

Tat, amyloid beta and brain endothelial barrier functionR01MH072567 · NIMH · UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE · PI Michal Toborek · 2005 to 2026
$7.6M
Role of cerebral vasculature in brain ischemia in HIV infectionR01HL126559 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE · PI TOBOREK, MICHAL · 2014 to 2024
$3.8M
Targeting Inflammasomes in Substance Abuse and HIVR01DA050528 · NIDA · UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE · PI TOBOREK, MICHAL · 2020 to 2024
$2.3M
Defining brain pericytes as a novel and myeloid-derived HIV reservoirR01MH128022 · NIMH · UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE · PI TOBOREK, MICHAL · 2021 to 2025
$2.3M
Prevention of HIV and drug abuse-induced brain pathology by targeting mitochondriaR01DA044579 · NIDA · UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE · PI TOBOREK, MICHAL · 2017 to 2021
$2.2M
Inflammasome Activation and Gut-Brain Axis Dysregulation in HIV and Methamphetamine-Associated DepressionR01DA059849 · NIDA · UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE · PI Eleonore Beurel, Michal Toborek · 2024 to 2026
$1.7M
Adolescent exposure to PCBs as a risk factor for the development of depressionR01ES036983 · NIEHS · UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE · PI Eleonore Beurel, Michal Toborek · 2025 to 2026
$996k
Novel role of inflammasome activation in ART neurotoxicityR21MH122235 · NIMH · UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE · PI TOBOREK, MICHAL · 2020 to 2021
$422k
CCL2/CCR2 modulates HIV-associated ischemic stroke by regulating blood brain barrier monocyte recruitmentR21NS141704 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE · PI TORICES, SILVIA · 2024 to 2024
$422k
NHLBI NIH HHS HL126559NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL126559NIDA NIH HHS DA059849, DA050528, DA044579NIDA NIH HHS R01 DA044579NIDA NIH HHS R01 DA050528NIDA NIH HHS R01 DA059849NIEHS NIH HHS ES036983NIEHS NIH HHS R01 ES036983NIMH NIH HHS MH072567, MH122235, MH128022NIMH NIH HHS R01 MH072567NIMH NIH HHS R01 MH128022NIMH NIH HHS R21 MH122235NINDS NIH HHS NS141704NINDS NIH HHS R21 NS141704
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundZika virus (ZIKV) is a mosquito-borne Flavivirus with a strong affinity for the central nervous system (CNS). After infection, ZIKV can cross the blood-brain barrier (BBB) and reach the CNS, causing potential harm to both adult and developing brains.

methodsThe current study aims to evaluate how dysregulated circadian rhythms can affect brain infection by ZIKV, as biorhythms regulate essential physiological processes and disrupted circadian clock can contribute to the pathogenesis of multiple disorders. Both ZIKV infection and circadian rhythm alterations have been related to the disruption of the BBB integrity by modulating the expression of the tight junction (TJ) proteins, however, the input of circadian misalignment on ZIKV infection has never been studied in the literature.

resultsInfection of brain endothelial cells with ZIKV selectively impacted endothelial permeability and dysregulated the expression of TJ and mitochondrial proteins. Importantly, these effects were potentiated by silencing Bmal1, a critical circadian rhythm gene. These results were then confirmed in vivo in Bmal1 endothelial cell-specific knockout mice, which were infected with ZIKV at 10

conclusionsFindings from this study contribute to a better understanding of the impact of circadian misalignment on the pathology of ZIKV infection in the adult brain.

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Blood-Brain BarrierCircadian RhythmMitochondriaZika Virus InfectionAnimalsARNTL Transcription FactorsEndothelial CellsHumansMiceMice, Inbred C57BLMice, KnockoutTight Junction ProteinsZika VirusARNTL Transcription FactorsBmal1 protein, mouseTight Junction ProteinsBlood-brain barrierCircadian rhythmMitochondriaTight junctionsZika virus

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PMCPMC12168291

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