PMID- 34206597 OWN - NLM STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE LR - 20240402 IS - 2076-393X (Print) IS - 2076-393X (Electronic) IS - 2076-393X (Linking) VI - 9 IP - 7 DP - 2021 Jun 22 TI - A Possible Role for HSV-1-Specific Humoral Response and PILRA rs1859788 Polymorphism in the Pathogenesis of Parkinson's Disease. LID - 10.3390/vaccines9070686 [doi] LID - 686 AB - The etiology of Parkinson's disease (PD), a progressive nervous system disorder that affects movement, is still unknown; both genetic and environmental factor are believed to be involved in onset of the disease and its development. Herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1), in particular, is suspected to have a role in PD. Paired Immunoglobulin-like type 2 receptor alpha (PILRA) is an inhibitory receptor that down-regulates inflammation and is expressed on innate immune cells. The PILRA rs1859788 polymorphism is protective against Alzheimer's disease, even in relation with HSV-1 antibody titers, but no data are available in PD. We analyzed HSV-1 antibody titers and PILRA rs1859788 in PD (n = 51) and age-and sex-matched healthy controls (HC; n = 73). Results showed that HSV-1, but not cytomegalovirus (CMV) or human herpes virus type 6 (HHV-6) antibody titers were significantly higher in PD compared to HC (p = 0.045). The rs1859788 polymorphism was not differentially distributed between PD and HC, but the minor allele A was more frequently carried by PD (68%) compared to HC (50%) (p = 0.06). Notably, the rs1859788 minor allele A was statically more frequent in male PD (65%) compared to male HC (37%) (p = 0.036). Finally, no relation was found between HSV-1 antibody titers and PILRA genotype. Results herein suggest an involvement of HSV-1 in PD and indicate a possible interaction between PILRA gene polymorphisms and this neuropathology. FAU - Agostini, Simone AU - Agostini S AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-6214-0645 AD - IRCCS Fondazione Don Carlo Gnocchi ONLUS, 20148 Milan, Italy. FAU - Mancuso, Roberta AU - Mancuso R AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-4449-3623 AD - IRCCS Fondazione Don Carlo Gnocchi ONLUS, 20148 Milan, Italy. FAU - Costa, Andrea S AU - Costa AS AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-7353-157X AD - IRCCS Fondazione Don Carlo Gnocchi ONLUS, 20148 Milan, Italy. FAU - Citterio, Lorenzo A AU - Citterio LA AD - IRCCS Fondazione Don Carlo Gnocchi ONLUS, 20148 Milan, Italy. FAU - Guerini, Franca R AU - Guerini FR AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-9461-5927 AD - IRCCS Fondazione Don Carlo Gnocchi ONLUS, 20148 Milan, Italy. FAU - Meloni, Mario AU - Meloni M AD - IRCCS Fondazione Don Carlo Gnocchi ONLUS, 20148 Milan, Italy. FAU - Navarro, Jorge AU - Navarro J AD - IRCCS Fondazione Don Carlo Gnocchi ONLUS, 20148 Milan, Italy. FAU - Clerici, Mario AU - Clerici M AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-5920-6191 AD - IRCCS Fondazione Don Carlo Gnocchi ONLUS, 20148 Milan, Italy. AD - Department of Pathophysiology and Transplantation, University of Milan, 20122 Milan, Italy. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20210622 PL - Switzerland TA - Vaccines (Basel) JT - Vaccines JID - 101629355 PMC - PMC8310311 OTO - NOTNLM OT - HSV-1 OT - Parkinson's disease OT - antibody titers OT - paired immunoglobulin-like type 2 receptor alpha OT - rehabilitation COIS- The authors declare no conflict of interest. EDAT- 2021/07/03 06:00 MHDA- 2021/07/03 06:01 PMCR- 2021/06/22 CRDT- 2021/07/02 01:28 PHST- 2021/05/11 00:00 [received] PHST- 2021/06/10 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2021/06/17 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2021/07/02 01:28 [entrez] PHST- 2021/07/03 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2021/07/03 06:01 [medline] PHST- 2021/06/22 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - vaccines9070686 [pii] AID - vaccines-09-00686 [pii] AID - 10.3390/vaccines9070686 [doi] PST - epublish SO - Vaccines (Basel). 2021 Jun 22;9(7):686. doi: 10.3390/vaccines9070686.