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Von Willebrand Factor Gene Variants Associate with Herpes simplex Encephalitis
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SYSNO ASEP 0460166 Document Type J - Journal Article R&D Document Type Journal Article Subsidiary J Článek ve WOS Title Von Willebrand Factor Gene Variants Associate with Herpes simplex Encephalitis Author(s) Abdelmagid, N. (SE)
Bereczky-Veress, B. (SE)
Atanur, S. (GB)
Musilová, Alena (FGU-C)
Zídek, Václav (FGU-C) RID
Saba, L. (US)
Warnecke, A. (SE)
Khademi, M. (SE)
Studahl, M. (SE)
Aurelius, E. (SE)
Hjalmarsson, A. (SE)
Garcia-Dias, A. (GB)
Denis, C. V. (FR)
Bergström, T. (SE)
Sköldenberg, B. (SE)
Kockum, I. (SE)
Aitman, T. (GB)
Hübner, N. (DE)
Olsson, T. (SE)
Pravenec, Michal (FGU-C) RID, ORCID
Diez, M. (SE)Source Title PLoS ONE. - : Public Library of Science - ISSN 1932-6203
Roč. 11, č. 5 (2016), e0155832Number of pages 25 s. Language eng - English Country US - United States Keywords Von Willebrand Factor gene ; Herpes simplex encephalitis ; rat ; humans Subject RIV EB - Genetics ; Molecular Biology R&D Projects 7E10067 GA MŠMT - Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports (MEYS) LL1204 GA MŠMT - Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports (MEYS) Institutional support FGU-C - RVO:67985823 UT WOS 000376881700032 EID SCOPUS 84971291446 DOI 10.1371/journal.pone.0155832 Annotation Herpes simplex encephalitis (HSE) is a rare complication of Herpes simplex virus type-1 infection. It results in severe parenchymal damage in the brain. Although viral latency in neurons is very common in the population, it remains unclear why certain individuals develop HSE. Here we explore potential host genetic variants predisposing to HSE. In order to investigate this we used a rat HSE model comparing the HSE susceptible SHR (Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats) with the asymptomatic infection of BN (Brown Norway). Notably, both strains have HSV-1 spread to the CNS at four days after infection. A genome wide linkage analysis of 29 infected HXB/BXH RILs (recombinant inbred lines—generated from the prior two strains), displayed variable susceptibility to HSE enabling the definition of a significant QTL (quantitative trait locus) named Hse6 towards the end of chromosome 4 (160.89–174Mb) containing the Vwf (von Willebrand factor) gene. This was the only gene in the QTL with both cis-regulation in the brain and included several non-synonymous SNPs (single nucleotide polymorphism). Intriguingly, in human chromosome 12 several SNPs within the intronic region between exon 43 and 44 of the VWF gene were associated with human HSE pathogenesis. In particular, rs917859 is nominally associated with an odds ratio of 1.5 (95% CI 1.11–2.02; p-value = 0.008) after genotyping in 115 HSE cases and 428 controls. Although there are possibly several genetic and environmental factors involved in development of HSE, our study identifies variants of the VWF gene as candidates for susceptibility in experimental and human HSE. Workplace Institute of Physiology Contact Lucie Trajhanová, lucie.trajhanova@fgu.cas.cz, Tel.: 241 062 400 Year of Publishing 2017
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