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J Virol ; 88(2): 982-91, 2014 Jan.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-24198412

RESUMO

Foamy viruses (FV) are complex retroviruses that naturally infect all nonhuman primates (NHP) studied to date. Zoonotic transmission of Old World NHP simian foamy viruses (SFV) has been documented, leading to nonpathogenic persistent infections. To date, there have been no reports concerning zoonotic transmission of New World monkey (NWM) SFV to humans and resulting infection. In this study, we developed a Western blot assay to detect antibodies to NWM SFV, a nested PCR assay to detect NWM SFV DNA, and a ß-galactosidase-containing indicator cell line to assay replication of NWM SFV. Using these tools, we analyzed the plasma and blood of 116 primatologists, of whom 69 had reported exposures to NWM. While 8 of the primatologists tested were seropositive for SFV from a NWM, the spider monkey, none had detectable levels of viral DNA in their blood. We found that SFV isolated from three different species of NWM replicated in some, but not all, human cell lines. From our data, we conclude that while humans exposed to NWM SFV produce antibodies, there is no evidence for long-term viral persistence.


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Doenças dos Macacos/virologia , Infecções por Retroviridae/veterinária , Infecções por Retroviridae/virologia , Vírus Espumoso dos Símios/fisiologia , Animais , Sequência de Bases , Linhagem Celular , Humanos , Macaca mulatta , Dados de Sequência Molecular , Platirrinos , Vírus Espumoso dos Símios/genética , Vírus Espumoso dos Símios/isolamento & purificação , Zoonoses/transmissão , Zoonoses/virologia
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PLoS Pathog ; 5(5): e1000451, 2009 May.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-19478870

RESUMO

Intracellular pathogens must withstand nitric oxide (NO.) generated by host phagocytes. Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium interferes with intracellular trafficking of inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) and possesses multiple systems to detoxify NO.. Consequently, the level of NO. stress encountered by S. Typhimurium during infection in vivo has been unknown. The Base Excision Repair (BER) system recognizes and repairs damaged DNA bases including cytosine and guanine residues modified by reactive nitrogen species. Apurinic/apyrimidinic (AP) sites generated by BER glycosylases require subsequent processing by AP endonucleases. S. Typhimurium xth nfo mutants lacking AP endonuclease activity exhibit increased NO. sensitivity resulting from chromosomal fragmentation at unprocessed AP sites. BER mutant strains were thus used to probe the nature and extent of nitrosative damage sustained by intracellular bacteria during infection. Here we show that an xth nfo S. Typhimurium mutant is attenuated for virulence in C3H/HeN mice, and virulence can be completely restored by the iNOS inhibitor L-NIL. Inactivation of the ung or fpg glycosylase genes partially restores virulence to xth nfo mutant S. Typhimurium, demonstrating that NO. fluxes in vivo are sufficient to modify cytosine and guanine bases, respectively. Mutants lacking ung or fpg exhibit NO.-dependent hypermutability during infection, underscoring the importance of BER in protecting Salmonella from the genotoxic effects of host NO.. These observations demonstrate that host-derived NO. damages Salmonella DNA in vivo, and the BER system is required to maintain bacterial genomic integrity.


Assuntos
Dano ao DNA , Reparo do DNA/fisiologia , Óxido Nítrico Sintase Tipo II/metabolismo , Óxido Nítrico/imunologia , Salmonella typhimurium/genética , Animais , DNA Glicosilases/metabolismo , Interações Hospedeiro-Patógeno , Camundongos , Camundongos Endogâmicos , Fagócitos/imunologia , Fagócitos/metabolismo , Salmonelose Animal , Salmonella typhimurium/patogenicidade
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