Outcome of challenge with coxsackievirus B4 in young mice after maternal infection with the same virus during gestation

Abstract Enteroviral infections go usually unnoticed, even during pregnancy, yet some case histories and mouse experiments indicate that these viruses may be transmitted vertically. More frequently, however, transmission occurs by (fecal) contamination during and shortly after birth. The aim of this...

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Published in:	FEMS immunology and medical microbiology Vol. 64; no. 2; pp. 184 - 190
Main Authors:	Bopegamage, Shubhada, Precechtelova, Jana, Marosova, Lenka, Stipalova, Darina, Sojka, Martin, Borsanyiova, Maria, Gomolcak, Pavol, Berakova, Katarina, Galama, Jochem M.D.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Oxford, UK Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01-03-2012 Blackwell
Subjects:	Animals Biological and medical sciences Birth Blood Blood Glucose - metabolism Brain Brain - pathology challenge of offspring Contamination Coxsackievirus coxsackievirus B4 Coxsackievirus Infections - blood Coxsackievirus Infections - pathology Coxsackievirus Infections - transmission Coxsackievirus Infections - virology Disease transmission Enterovirus Enterovirus B, Human - pathogenicity Female Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology Gestation Glucose Heart Histocytochemistry Hyperglycemia - blood Hyperglycemia - pathology Hyperglycemia - virology Infection Infectious Disease Transmission, Vertical Inflammation Male Mice Microbiology Miscellaneous Myocardium - pathology Neurotransmission oral route of infection Pancreas Pancreas - pathology Pregnancy Pregnancy Complications, Infectious - blood Pregnancy Complications, Infectious - pathology Pregnancy Complications, Infectious - virology Progeny RNA Virology Weight Gain oral route of infection coxsackievirus B4 challenge of offspring mice gestation Prognosis Picornaviridae Rodentia Enterovirus Infection Virus Pregnancy Vertebrata Mammalia Immunology Mouse Viral disease Coxsackievirus B4
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Summary:	Abstract Enteroviral infections go usually unnoticed, even during pregnancy, yet some case histories and mouse experiments indicate that these viruses may be transmitted vertically. More frequently, however, transmission occurs by (fecal) contamination during and shortly after birth. The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of maternal infection in mice (1) on gravidity outcome and (2) on subsequent challenge of the offspring with the same virus. CD1 outbred female mice were infected by the oral route with coxsackievirus B4 strain E2 or mock-infected at days 4, 10, or 17 of gestation. Weight and signs of sickness were noted daily. Pups were infected at day 25 after birth (4 days postweaning). Organs (brain, pancreas, and heart) were analyzed for viral RNA and histopathology. We observed that maternal infection at day 4 or day 17 of gestation had little effect on pregnancy outcome, whereas infection at day 10 affected dams and/or offspring. Infection of pups resulted in severe inflammation of the pancreas, but only when dams were previously infected, especially at day 17. The blood glucose levels were elevated. Because no trace of infection was found at the time of challenge, a role for immunopathology is suggested.
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ISSN:	0928-8244 1574-695X
DOI:	10.1111/j.1574-695X.2011.00886.x