PMID- 27977881 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20170614 LR - 20170614 IS - 1531-8249 (Electronic) IS - 0364-5134 (Linking) VI - 81 IP - 1 DP - 2017 Jan TI - Immune activation in amniotic fluid from Zika virus-associated microcephaly. PG - 152-156 LID - 10.1002/ana.24839 [doi] AB - Recent advances in the understanding of neuropathogenesis associated with Zika virus (ZIKV) infection has led to descriptions of neonatal microcephaly cases. However, none of these reports have evaluated the humoral response during ZIKV infection. We report here polyfunctional immune activation associated with increased interferon-gamma-inducible protein 10, interleukin (IL)-6, IL-8, vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF), monocyte chemoattractive protein 1 (MCP-1), and granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (G-CSF) levels in the amniotic fluid of ZIKV-positive pregnant women with neonatal microcephaly. These cytokines have been associated not only with neuronal damage, but also with differentiation and proliferation of neural progenitor cells. Our results suggested that the immune activation caused by ZIKV infection in the uterine environment could also interfere with fetal development. ANN NEUROL 2017;81:152-156. CI - (c) 2016 American Neurological Association. FAU - Ornelas, Alice M M AU - Ornelas AM AD - Departamento de Genetica, Instituto de Biologia, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. FAU - Pezzuto, Paula AU - Pezzuto P AD - Departamento de Genetica, Instituto de Biologia, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. FAU - Silveira, Paola P AU - Silveira PP AD - Departamento de Genetica, Instituto de Biologia, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. FAU - Melo, Fabiana O AU - Melo FO AD - Instituto de Pesquisa Professor Joaquim Amorim Neto (IPESQ), Campina Grande, Paraiba, Brazil. FAU - Ferreira, Thales A AU - Ferreira TA AD - Instituto de Pesquisa Professor Joaquim Amorim Neto (IPESQ), Campina Grande, Paraiba, Brazil. FAU - Oliveira-Szejnfeld, Patricia S AU - Oliveira-Szejnfeld PS AD - Fundacao Instituto de Ensino e Pesquisa em Diagnostico por Imagem (FIDI), Departamento de Diagnostico por Imagem, Universidade Federal de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil. FAU - Leal, Jeime I AU - Leal JI AD - Instituto de Pesquisa Professor Joaquim Amorim Neto (IPESQ), Campina Grande, Paraiba, Brazil. FAU - Amorim, Melania M R AU - Amorim MM AD - Instituto de Pesquisa Professor Joaquim Amorim Neto (IPESQ), Campina Grande, Paraiba, Brazil. FAU - Hamilton, Stuart AU - Hamilton S AD - Virology Research, POWH & UNSW Research Laboratories, Prince of Wales Hospital, Randwick, NSW, Australia. FAU - Rawlinson, William D AU - Rawlinson WD AD - Virology Research, POWH & UNSW Research Laboratories, Prince of Wales Hospital, Randwick, NSW, Australia. FAU - Cardoso, Cynthia C AU - Cardoso CC AD - Departamento de Genetica, Instituto de Biologia, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. FAU - Nixon, Douglas F AU - Nixon DF AD - Department of Microbiology, Immunology & Tropical Medicine, The George Washington University, Washington, DC. FAU - Tanuri, Amilcar AU - Tanuri A AD - Departamento de Genetica, Instituto de Biologia, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. FAU - Melo, Adriana S AU - Melo AS AD - Instituto de Pesquisa Professor Joaquim Amorim Neto (IPESQ), Campina Grande, Paraiba, Brazil. FAU - Aguiar, Renato S AU - Aguiar RS AD - Departamento de Genetica, Instituto de Biologia, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PL - United States TA - Ann Neurol JT - Annals of neurology JID - 7707449 RN - 0 (CCL2 protein, human) RN - 0 (CXCL10 protein, human) RN - 0 (Chemokine CCL2) RN - 0 (Chemokine CXCL10) RN - 0 (Inflammation Mediators) RN - 0 (Interleukin-6) RN - 0 (Interleukin-8) RN - 0 (Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor A) RN - 143011-72-7 (Granulocyte Colony-Stimulating Factor) SB - IM MH - Adolescent MH - Adult MH - Amniotic Fluid/*immunology/metabolism MH - Case-Control Studies MH - Chemokine CCL2/metabolism MH - Chemokine CXCL10/metabolism MH - Female MH - Granulocyte Colony-Stimulating Factor/metabolism MH - Humans MH - Inflammation Mediators/metabolism MH - Interleukin-6/metabolism MH - Interleukin-8/metabolism MH - Microcephaly/*etiology/*immunology/metabolism/pathology MH - Neural Stem Cells/cytology/immunology/metabolism MH - Pregnancy MH - Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor A/metabolism MH - Young Adult MH - Zika Virus Infection/*complications/*immunology/metabolism/pathology EDAT- 2016/12/16 06:00 MHDA- 2017/06/15 06:00 CRDT- 2016/12/16 06:00 PHST- 2016/07/06 00:00 [received] PHST- 2016/12/02 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2016/12/03 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2016/12/16 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2017/06/15 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2016/12/16 06:00 [entrez] AID - 10.1002/ana.24839 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Ann Neurol. 2017 Jan;81(1):152-156. doi: 10.1002/ana.24839.