Latency of herpes simplex virus type-1 in human geniculate and vestibular ganglia is associated with infiltration of CD8+ T cells.
Herpes simplex virus type-1 latency and CD8+ T-cell occurrence were investigated in the trigeminal, geniculate, and vestibular ganglia from seven deceased humans. The HSV-1 "latency-associated transcript" was assessed by in situ hybridization and quantitative RT-PCR. Infiltration of CD8+ T cell was detected by immunohistochemistry and quantitative RT-PCR. The data show that HSV-1 latency and CD8+ T-cell infiltration are not solely confined to the trigeminal ganglia but can also occur in other cranial ganglia along the neuroaxis. However, the HSV-1 latency transcripts in the geniculate and vestibular ganglia were expressed at a very low level. The difference in CD8 transcript levels among HSV-1 latently infected trigeminal ganglia, geniculate, and vestibular ganglia was less conspicuous. Colocalization of latent HSV-1 and CD8+ T cells in geniculate and vestibular ganglia supports further the hypothesis that HSV-1 reactivation is possible in these ganglia and is the cause of Bell's palsy and vestibular neuritis.
Arbusow
Viktor
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Clinic of Neurology am Marienplatz, Munich, Germany.
Derfuss
Tobias
T
Held
Kathrin
K
Himmelein
Susanne
S
Strupp
Michael
M
Gurkov
Robert
R
Brandt
Thomas
T
Theil
Diethilde
D
D000328:Adult; D018414:CD8-Positive T-Lymphocytes / Q000276:immunology*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005830:Geniculate Ganglion / Q000276:immunology / Q000821:virology*; D018259:Herpesvirus 1, Human / Q000276:immunology / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D017403:In Situ Hybridization; D007223:Infant; D035683:MicroRNAs / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D008875:Middle Aged; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction; D014725:Vestibular Nerve / Q000276:immunology / Q000821:virology*; D017735:Virus Latency / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology
D035683:MicroRNAs; C477253:latency associated transcript, herpes simplex virus-1