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Mol Neurobiol . Influenza A Virus PB1-F2 Induces Affective Disorder by Interfering Synaptic Plasticity in Hippocampal Dentate Gyrus

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Mol Neurobiol


. 2024 Mar 15.
doi: 10.1007/s12035-024-04107-6. Online ahead of print. Influenza A Virus PB1-F2 Induces Affective Disorder by Interfering Synaptic Plasticity in Hippocampal Dentate Gyrus

Saiying Wang[SUP] #[/SUP][SUP] 1 [/SUP], Haijun Zhang[SUP] #[/SUP][SUP] 2 [/SUP], Rui Liu[SUP] #[/SUP][SUP] 3 [/SUP], Peijun Han[SUP] #[/SUP][SUP] 4 [/SUP], Qi Yang[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Caiyan Cheng[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Yue Chen[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Zheng Rong[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Chang Su[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Fei Li[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Gaofei Wei[SUP] 5 [/SUP], Minggao Zhao[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Le Yang[SUP] 6 [/SUP]



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Abstract

Influenza A virus (IAV) infection, which leads to millions of new cases annually, affects many tissues and organs of the human body, including the central nervous system (CNS). The incidence of affective disorders has increased after the flu pandemic; however, the potential mechanism has not been elucidated. PB1-F2, a key virulence molecule of various influenza virus strains, has been shown to inhibit cell proliferation and induce host inflammation; however, its role in the CNS has not been studied. In this study, we constructed and injected PB1-F2 into the hippocampal dentate gyrus (DG), a region closely associated with newborn neurons and neural development, to evaluate its influence on negative affective behaviors and learning performance in mice. We observed anxiety- and depression-like behaviors, but not learning impairment, in mice injected with PB1-F2. Furthermore, pull-down and mass spectrometry analyses identified several potential PB1-F2 binding proteins, and enrichment analysis suggested that the most affected function was neural development. Morphological and western blot studies revealed that PB1-F2 inhibited cell proliferation and oligodendrocyte development, impaired myelin formation, and interfered with synaptic plasticity in DG. Taken together, our results demonstrated that PB1-F2 induces affective disorders by inhibiting oligodendrocyte development and regulating synaptic plasticity in the DG after IAV infection, which lays the foundation for developing future cures of affective disorders after IAV infection.

Keywords: Anxiety and depression; Dentate gyrus; Oligodendrocyte; PB1-F2; Synaptic plasticity.

 
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