Anatomy and Cell Biology

Korean Association of Anatomists (대한해부학회)
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Apoptotic Neuronal Death in the Mouse Brain Induced by Experimental Japanese Encephalitis Virus Infection

생쥐 뇌에서 일본뇌염바이러스 감염에 의한 신경세포 자멸사 연구

Gang, Tae-Hun;Chae, Su-Rim;Choe, U-Yeong;Park, Chan;Nam, Jae-Hwan;Ju, Yeong-Ran;Park, Geun-Yeong;Jo, Hae-Wol;Kim, In-Beom
강태훈;채수림;최우영;박찬;남재환;주영란;박근영;조해월;김인범

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Abstract

Japanese encephalitis virus (JEV) may cause acute encephalitis in humans and induce severe cytopathic effects in various types of cultured cells. To investigate whether JEV infection induces apoptosis, we examined DNA fragmentation and apoptosis in the specific region of the JEV infected mouse brain by DNA oligonucleosomal laddering and in situ terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase-mediated dUTP nick end-labeling (TUNEL) technique and immunohistochemical study. JEV infections in the mouse brain were detected in the telencephalon, the diencephalons, and the brain stem, but not in the cerebellum and the hippocampus. Fragmentation of cellular DNA into oligonucleosome-length ladders was only observed in tissue samples prepared from the cerebral cortex. In addition, the large number of TUNEL-positive cells was observed in the cerebral cortex. Double-labeling experiment with TUNEL staining and immunostaining for the JEV showed that TUNEL-positive neurons containing JEV immunoreactivity. These results suggest that JEV infection may evoke apoptotic neuronal death in the mouse brain, which plays an important role in the pathogenesis of Japanese encephalitis.

일본뇌염바이러스 (JEV)는 사람에 있어서는 급성뇌염을 유발하고, 다양한 배양세포에 있어서는 해로운 영향을 줄 것이라고 알려져 있다. 본 연구는 일본뇌염바이러스 (JEV)에 감염된 생쥐의 뇌에서 세포자멸사가발생하는지를 알아보고자 하였다.JEV에 감염된 생쥐 뇌의 특정부위에서의 DNA파쇄는 DNA oligonucleosomal laddering을 관찰함으로써 확인하였고, 진행중인 세포자멸사는 in situ terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase-mediated dUTP nick end-labeling(TUNEL) 기법으로 관찰하였다. TUNEL 염색과 JEV 항원에 대한 염색법을 이용하여 이중면역염색법을 시행한결과, 감염된 많은 신경세포들이 TUNEL 면역염색성을 나타내었다. 이와 같은 결과는 생쥐 뇌에서 JEV 감염에 의해 유도된 세포사멸은 세포자멸사성 기작과 연관이 있으며, 따라서 이러한 세포자멸사는 일본뇌염에 따른 병 발생에 중요한 역할을 하는 것으로 보인다.

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