PMID- 34452454 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20220127 LR - 20220127 IS - 1999-4915 (Electronic) IS - 1999-4915 (Linking) VI - 13 IP - 8 DP - 2021 Aug 11 TI - Coxsackievirus A2 Leads to Heart Injury in a Neonatal Mouse Model. LID - 10.3390/v13081588 [doi] LID - 1588 AB - Coxsackievirus A2 (CVA2) has emerged as an active pathogen that has been implicated in hand, foot, and mouth disease (HFMD) and herpangina outbreaks worldwide. It has been reported that severe cases with CVA2 infection develop into heart injury, which may be one of the causes of death. However, the mechanisms of CVA2-induced heart injury have not been well understood. In this study, we used a neonatal mouse model of CVA2 to investigate the possible mechanisms of heart injury. We detected CVA2 replication and apoptosis in heart tissues from infected mice. The activity of total aspartate transaminase (AST) and lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) was notably increased in heart tissues from infected mice. CVA2 infection also led to the disruption of cell-matrix interactions in heart tissues, including the increases of matrix metalloproteinase (MMP)3, MMP8, MMP9, connective tissue growth factor (CTGF) and tissue inhibitors of metalloproteinases (TIMP)4. Infiltrating leukocytes (CD45(+) and CD11b(+) cells) were observed in heart tissues of infected mice. Correspondingly, the expression levels of inflammatory cytokines in tissue lysates of hearts, including tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-alpha), interleukin-1beta (IL-1beta), IL6 and monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 (MCP-1) were significantly elevated in CVA2 infected mice. Inflammatory signal pathways in heart tissues, including phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PI3K)-AKT, mitogen-activated protein kinases (MAPK) and nuclear factor kappa B (NF-kappaB), were also activated after infection. In summary, CVA2 infection leads to heart injury in a neonatal mouse model, which might be related to viral replication, increased expression levels of MMP-related enzymes and excessive inflammatory responses. FAU - Ji, Wangquan AU - Ji W AD - Department of Epidemiology, College of Public Health, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450001, China. FAU - Zhu, Peiyu AU - Zhu P AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-2447-0827 AD - Department of Epidemiology, College of Public Health, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450001, China. FAU - Liang, Ruonan AU - Liang R AD - Department of Epidemiology, College of Public Health, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450001, China. FAU - Zhang, Liang AU - Zhang L AD - Department of Epidemiology, College of Public Health, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450001, China. FAU - Zhang, Yu AU - Zhang Y AD - Department of Epidemiology, College of Public Health, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450001, China. FAU - Wang, Yuexia AU - Wang Y AD - Department of Epidemiology, College of Public Health, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450001, China. FAU - Zhang, Weiguo AU - Zhang W AD - Department of Immunology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710, USA. FAU - Tao, Ling AU - Tao L AD - School of Public Health, Xinxiang Medical University, Xinxiang 453003, China. FAU - Chen, Shuaiyin AU - Chen S AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-6129-0310 AD - Department of Epidemiology, College of Public Health, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450001, China. FAU - Yang, Haiyan AU - Yang H AD - Department of Epidemiology, College of Public Health, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450001, China. FAU - Jin, Yuefei AU - Jin Y AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-1523-0808 AD - Department of Epidemiology, College of Public Health, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450001, China. FAU - Duan, Guangcai AU - Duan G AD - Department of Epidemiology, College of Public Health, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450001, China. AD - Henan Key Laboratory of Molecular Medicine, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450001, China. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20210811 PL - Switzerland TA - Viruses JT - Viruses JID - 101509722 RN - 0 (Cytokines) RN - EC 3.4.24.- (Matrix Metalloproteinases) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Animals, Newborn MH - Apoptosis MH - Coxsackievirus Infections/*complications MH - Cytokines/classification/genetics/immunology MH - Disease Models, Animal MH - Enterovirus/classification/*pathogenicity MH - Heart/*virology MH - Heart Injuries/*virology MH - Inflammation/immunology/*virology MH - Matrix Metalloproteinases/classification/genetics/immunology MH - Mice MH - Mice, Inbred BALB C MH - Signal Transduction PMC - PMC8402683 OTO - NOTNLM OT - coxsackievirus A2 OT - hand, foot and mouth disease OT - heart injury OT - matrix metalloproteinase COIS- The authors declare no conflict of interest. EDAT- 2021/08/29 06:00 MHDA- 2022/01/28 06:00 PMCR- 2021/08/11 CRDT- 2021/08/28 01:06 PHST- 2021/06/07 00:00 [received] PHST- 2021/07/30 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2021/08/02 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2021/08/28 01:06 [entrez] PHST- 2021/08/29 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2022/01/28 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2021/08/11 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - v13081588 [pii] AID - viruses-13-01588 [pii] AID - 10.3390/v13081588 [doi] PST - epublish SO - Viruses. 2021 Aug 11;13(8):1588. doi: 10.3390/v13081588.