PMID- 32708697 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20210222 LR - 20210222 IS - 1422-0067 (Electronic) IS - 1422-0067 (Linking) VI - 21 IP - 14 DP - 2020 Jul 16 TI - The Role of Herpes Simplex Virus Type 1 Infection in Demyelination of the Central Nervous System. LID - 10.3390/ijms21145026 [doi] LID - 5026 AB - Herpes simplex type 1 (HSV-1) is a neurotropic virus that infects the peripheral and central nervous systems. After primary infection in epithelial cells, HSV-1 spreads retrogradely to the peripheral nervous system (PNS), where it establishes a latent infection in the trigeminal ganglia (TG). The virus can reactivate from the latent state, traveling anterogradely along the axon and replicating in the local surrounding tissue. Occasionally, HSV-1 may spread trans-synaptically from the TG to the brainstem, from where it may disseminate to higher areas of the central nervous system (CNS). It is not completely understood how HSV-1 reaches the CNS, although the most accepted idea is retrograde transport through the trigeminal or olfactory tracts. Once in the CNS, HSV-1 may induce demyelination, either as a direct trigger or as a risk factor, modulating processes such as remyelination, regulation of endogenous retroviruses, or molecular mimicry. In this review, we describe the current knowledge about the involvement of HSV-1 in demyelination, describing the pathways used by this herpesvirus to spread throughout the CNS and discussing the data that suggest its implication in demyelinating processes. FAU - Bello-Morales, Raquel AU - Bello-Morales R AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-4415-6483 AD - Departamento de Biologia Molecular, Universidad Autonoma de Madrid, Cantoblanco, 28049 Madrid, Spain. AD - Centro de Biologia Molecular Severo Ochoa, CSIC-UAM, Cantoblanco, 28049 Madrid, Spain. FAU - Andreu, Sabina AU - Andreu S AD - Departamento de Biologia Molecular, Universidad Autonoma de Madrid, Cantoblanco, 28049 Madrid, Spain. AD - Centro de Biologia Molecular Severo Ochoa, CSIC-UAM, Cantoblanco, 28049 Madrid, Spain. FAU - Lopez-Guerrero, Jose Antonio AU - Lopez-Guerrero JA AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-2817-5956 AD - Departamento de Biologia Molecular, Universidad Autonoma de Madrid, Cantoblanco, 28049 Madrid, Spain. AD - Centro de Biologia Molecular Severo Ochoa, CSIC-UAM, Cantoblanco, 28049 Madrid, Spain. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Review DEP - 20200716 PL - Switzerland TA - Int J Mol Sci JT - International journal of molecular sciences JID - 101092791 SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Central Nervous System/pathology/*virology MH - Demyelinating Diseases/etiology/pathology/*virology MH - Herpes Simplex/*complications/pathology/virology MH - Herpesvirus 1, Human/*physiology MH - Host-Pathogen Interactions MH - Humans PMC - PMC7404202 OTO - NOTNLM OT - HSV-1 OT - central nervous system OT - demyelination OT - endogenous retroviruses OT - molecular mimicry OT - oligodendrocytes OT - peripheral nervous system COIS- The authors declare no conflict of interest. EDAT- 2020/07/28 06:00 MHDA- 2021/02/23 06:00 PMCR- 2020/07/01 CRDT- 2020/07/26 06:00 PHST- 2020/06/30 00:00 [received] PHST- 2020/07/14 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2020/07/15 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2020/07/26 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2020/07/28 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2021/02/23 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2020/07/01 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - ijms21145026 [pii] AID - ijms-21-05026 [pii] AID - 10.3390/ijms21145026 [doi] PST - epublish SO - Int J Mol Sci. 2020 Jul 16;21(14):5026. doi: 10.3390/ijms21145026.