Dengue virus NS1 protein activates cells via Toll-like receptor 4 and disrupts endothelial cell monolayer integrity
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Dengue virus NS1 protein activates cells via Toll-like receptor 4 and disrupts endothelial cell monolayer integrity
Abstract
Complications arising from dengue virus infection include potentially fatal vascular leak, and severe disease has been linked with excessive immune cell activation. An understanding of the triggers of this activation is critical for the development of appropriately targeted disease control strategies. We show here that the secreted form of the dengue virus nonstructural protein 1 (NS1) is a pathogen-associated molecular pattern (PAMP). Highly purified NS1 devoid of bacterial endotoxin activity directly activated mouse macrophages and human peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) via Toll-like receptor 4 (TLR4), leading to the induction and release of proinflammatory cytokines and chemokines. In an in vitro model of vascular leak, treatment with NS1 alone resulted in the disruption of endothelial cell monolayer integrity. Both NS1-mediated activation of PBMCs and NS1-induced vascular leak in vitro were inhibited by a TLR4 antagonist and by anti-TLR4 antibody treatment. The importance of TLR4 activation in vivo was confirmed by the reduction in capillary leak by a TLR4 antagonist in a mouse model of dengue virus infection. These results pinpoint NS1 as a viral toxin counterpart of the bacterial endotoxin lipopolysaccharide (LPS). Similar to the role of LPS in septic shock, NS1 might contribute to vascular leak in dengue patients, which highlights TLR4 antagonists as a possible therapeutic option.
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NS1: A corner piece in the dengue pathogenesis puzzle?Sci Transl Med. 2015 Sep 9;7(304):304fs37. doi: 10.1126/scitranslmed.aad1255. Sci Transl Med. 2015. PMID: 26355028
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Comment on "Dengue virus NS1 protein activates cells via Toll-like receptor 4 and disrupts endothelial cell monolayer integrity" and "Dengue virus NS1 triggers endothelial permeability and vascular leak that is prevented by NS1 vaccination".Sci Transl Med. 2015 Dec 16;7(318):318le4. doi: 10.1126/scitranslmed.aad4863. Sci Transl Med. 2015. PMID: 26676605
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Response to comment on "Dengue virus NS1 protein activates cells via Toll-like receptor 4 and disrupts endothelial cell monolayer integrity" and "Dengue virus NS1 triggers endothelial permeability and vascular leak that is prevented by NS1 vaccination".Sci Transl Med. 2015 Dec 16;7(318):318lr4. doi: 10.1126/scitranslmed.aad8657. Sci Transl Med. 2015. PMID: 26676606
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