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ArticleJournal of neuroinflammation2025

Early control of cochlear viral load limits cochlear inflammation and prevents virus-induced sensorineural hearing loss.

Matthew D Smith, Maria C Seleme, Tatiana Marquez-Lago, Jiung-Wen Chen, Michael Mach, William J Britt

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Article in Journal of neuroinflammation, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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Matthew D SmithDepartment of Microbiology, Heersink School of Medicince, UAB, Birmingham, Ala, USA.
Maria C SelemeThe Raymond G. Perelman Center for Cellular and Molecular Therapeutics, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
Tatiana Marquez-LagoDepartment of Genetics, Heersink School of Medicince, UAB, Birmingham, Ala, USA.
Jiung-Wen ChenDepartment of Genetics, Heersink School of Medicince, UAB, Birmingham, Ala, USA.
Michael MachInstitute of Clinical and Molecular Virology, Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany.
William J BrittDepartment of Pediatrics, Microbiology, and Neurobiology, Heersink School of Medicince, UAB, Birmingham, Ala, USA. wbritt@uabmc.edu.

Funding

Congenital CMV and CNS Infection Mechanisms of Protective ImmunityR01AI089956 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM · PI William Jarvis Britt · 2011 to 2026
$7.7M
Inflammation and Hearing Loss Following Congenital CMV InfectionR01DC015980 · NIDCD · UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM · PI BRITT, WILLIAM JARVIS, HIROSE, KEIKO · 2017 to 2021
$3.1M
Blocking CMV transmission through the human milk metabolome and microbiomeR01HD102690 · NICHD · UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM · PI MARQUEZ-LAGO, TATIANA T. · 2021 to 2024
$2.2M
Inflammation and Hearing Loss Following Congenital CMV InfectionR56DC015980 · NIDCD · UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM · PI BRITT, WILLIAM JARVIS, HIROSE, KEIKO · 2016 to 2016
$100k
National Institutes of Health, United States NIAID AI089956National Institutes of Health, United States NIDCD DC015980NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI089956NICHD NIH HHS R01 HD102690NIDCD NIH HHS R01 DC015980NIDCD NIH HHS R56 DC015980
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Abstract

Human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) is the most common viral infection acquired in utero and a leading cause of neurodevelopmental abnormalities, including sensorineural hearing loss (SNHL). In previous studies using a murine model of HCMV induced SNHL, hearing loss was correlated with virus-induced cochlear inflammation but not cochlear viral load. However, these previous findings were determined at the time of auditory testing, a time poiont well past critical periods of auditory development. In the current study, cochlear virus load early in auditory development could be correlated with the magnitude of virus-induced cochlear inflammation, cochlear histopathology and the development of hearing loss. Transcriptional profiling at early times after infection revealed dysregulation of multiple well described deafness-related genes (DRG). Treatment with antiviral antibodies early after infection decreased cochlear virus load, cochlear inflammation, cochlear histopathology, and normalized DRG expression arguing that virus-induced cochlear inflammation can result in pleiotropic effects on the developing auditory system. Finally, this model also demonstrated that sterilizing immunity was unnecessary for prevention of SNHL, thus providing a rationale for inteventions that could limit, but not completely prevent HCMV infection of the developing auditory system.

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CochleaCytomegalovirus InfectionsHearing Loss, SensorineuralViral LoadAnimalsCytomegalovirusDisease Models, AnimalFemaleInflammationMiceMice, Inbred C57BLCongenital cytomegalovirus infectionHearing lossInner ear inflammationViral load

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PMID40122833
PMCPMC11931849

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