Zika virus infection in pregnant rhesus macaques causes placental dysfunction and immunopathology

Alec J. Hirsch; Victoria H.J. Roberts; Peta L. Grigsby; Nicole Haese; Matthias C. Schabel; Xiaojie Wang; Jamie O. Lo; Zheng Liu; Christopher D. Kroenke; Jessica L. Smith; Meredith Kelleher; Rebecca Broeckel; Craig N. Kreklywich; Christopher J. Parkins; Michael Denton; Patricia Smith; Victor Defilippis; William Messer; Jay A. Nelson; Jon D. Hennebold; Marjorie Grafe; Lois Colgin; Anne Lewis; Rebecca Ducore; Tonya Swanson; Alfred W. Legasse; Michael K. Axthelm; Rhonda MacAllister; Ashlee V. Moses; Terry K. Morgan; Antonio E. Frias; Daniel N. Streblow

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Zika virus infection in pregnant rhesus macaques causes placental dysfunction and immunopathology

Alec J. Hirsch, Victoria H.J. Roberts, Peta L. Grigsby, Nicole Haese, Matthias C. Schabel, Xiaojie Wang, Jamie O. Lo, Zheng Liu, Christopher D. Kroenke, Jessica L. Smith, Meredith Kelleher, Rebecca Broeckel, Craig N. Kreklywich, Christopher J. Parkins, Michael Denton, Patricia Smith, Victor Defilippis, William Messer, Jay A. Nelson, Jon D. HenneboldMarjorie Grafe, Lois Colgin, Anne Lewis, Rebecca Ducore, Tonya Swanson, Alfred W. Legasse, Michael K. Axthelm, Rhonda MacAllister, Ashlee V. Moses, Terry K. Morgan, Antonio E. Frias, Daniel N. Streblow

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Zika virus (ZIKV) infection during pregnancy leads to an increased risk of fetal growth restriction and fetal central nervous system malformations, which are outcomes broadly referred to as the Congenital Zika Syndrome (CZS). Here we infect pregnant rhesus macaques and investigate the impact of persistent ZIKV infection on uteroplacental pathology, blood flow, and fetal growth and development. Despite seemingly normal fetal growth and persistent fetal-placenta-maternal infection, advanced non-invasive in vivo imaging studies reveal dramatic effects on placental oxygen reserve accompanied by significantly decreased oxygen permeability of the placental villi. The observation of abnormal oxygen transport within the placenta appears to be a consequence of uterine vasculitis and placental villous damage in ZIKV cases. In addition, we demonstrate a robust maternal-placental-fetal inflammatory response following ZIKV infection. This animal model reveals a potential relationship between ZIKV infection and uteroplacental pathology that appears to affect oxygen delivery to the fetus during development.

Original language	English (US)
Article number	263
Journal	Nature communications
Volume	9
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-02499-9
State	Published - Dec 1 2018

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Hirsch, A. J., Roberts, V. H. J., Grigsby, P. L., Haese, N., Schabel, M. C., Wang, X., Lo, J. O., Liu, Z., Kroenke, C. D., Smith, J. L., Kelleher, M., Broeckel, R., Kreklywich, C. N., Parkins, C. J., Denton, M., Smith, P., Defilippis, V., Messer, W., Nelson, J. A., ... Streblow, D. N. (2018). Zika virus infection in pregnant rhesus macaques causes placental dysfunction and immunopathology. Nature communications, 9(1), [263]. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-02499-9

Hirsch, AJ, Roberts, VHJ, Grigsby, PL, Haese, N, Schabel, MC, Wang, X, Lo, JO, Liu, Z, Kroenke, CD , Smith, JL , Kelleher, M, Broeckel, R, Kreklywich, CN, Parkins, CJ, Denton, M, Smith, P, Defilippis, V, Messer, W, Nelson, JA, Hennebold, JD, Grafe, M, Colgin, L , Lewis, A, Ducore, R, Swanson, T, Legasse, AW, Axthelm, MK , MacAllister, R , Moses, AV , Morgan, TK , Frias, AE & Streblow, DN 2018, 'Zika virus infection in pregnant rhesus macaques causes placental dysfunction and immunopathology', Nature communications, vol. 9, no. 1, 263. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-02499-9

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