Primary infection of BALB/c mice with a dengue virus type 4 strain leads to kidney injury
Rasinhas, Arthur da Costa; Jácome, Fernanda Cunha; Caldas, Gabriela Cardoso; de Almeida, Ana Luisa Teixeira; de Souza, Daniel Dias Coutinho; dos Santos, João Paulo Rodrigues; Dias, Helver Gonçalves; Araujo, Eduarda Lima; Mohana-Borges, Ronaldo; Barth, Ortrud Monika; dos Santos, Flavia Barreto; Barreto-Vieira, Debora Ferreira.
Mem. Inst. Oswaldo Cruz
; 118: e220255, 2023. tab, graf
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BACKGROUND Dengue is a disease caused by dengue virus (DENV-1 through -4). Among the four serotypes, DENV-4 remains the least studied. Acute kidney injury is a potential complication of dengue generally associated with severe dengue infection. OBJECTIVES The goal of this study was to investigate the alterations caused by experimental dengue infection in the kidney of adult BALB/c mice. METHODS In this study, BALB/c mice were infected through the intravenous route with a DENV-4 strain, isolated from a human patient. The kidneys of the mice were procured and subject to histopathological and ultrastructural analysis. FINDINGS The presence of the viral antigen was confirmed through immunohistochemistry. Analysis of tissue sections revealed the presence of inflammatory cell infiltrate throughout the parenchyma. Glomerular enlargement was a common find. Necrosis of tubular cells and haemorrhage were also observed. Analysis of the kidney on a transmission electron microscope allowed a closer look into the necrotic tubular cells, which presented nuclei with condensed chromatin, and loss of cytoplasm. MAIN CONCLUSIONS Even though the kidney is probably not a primary target of dengue infection in mice, the inoculation of the virus in the blood appears to damage the renal tissue through local inflammation.
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