2001
DOI: 10.1128/jvi.75.1.351-361.2001
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Calpain Inhibition Protects against Virus-Induced Apoptotic Myocardial Injury

Abstract: Viral myocarditis is an important cause of human morbidity and mortality for which reliable and effective therapy is lacking. Using reovirus strain 8B infection of neonatal mice, a well-characterized experimental model of direct virus-induced myocarditis, we now demonstrate that myocardial injury results from apoptosis. Proteases play a critical role as effectors of apoptosis. The activity of the cysteine protease calpain increases in reovirus-infected myocardiocytes and can be inhibited by the dipeptide alpha… Show more

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“…4,[32][33][34][35] We have previously shown that apoptosis is a key mechanism by which reovirus induces myocarditic cell death and tissue injury in infected animals. 4,31 We now show that in contrast to results in HEK293 cells, activation of NF-κB is not required for reovirus-induced apoptosis in primary cardiac myocytes ( Figure 6).…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…4,[32][33][34][35] We have previously shown that apoptosis is a key mechanism by which reovirus induces myocarditic cell death and tissue injury in infected animals. 4,31 We now show that in contrast to results in HEK293 cells, activation of NF-κB is not required for reovirus-induced apoptosis in primary cardiac myocytes ( Figure 6).…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Reovirus infection results in the release of TRAIL from infected HEK293 cells and reovirus sensitizes these cells to TRAIL-induced killing . In neonatal mice, reovirus also induces apoptosis in infected tissues in vivo (Oberhaus et al, 1997(Oberhaus et al, , 1998DeBiasi et al, 2001). However, reovirus infection is not associated with signi®cant disease in adult mice or in humans.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…1 ± 3 Apoptosis also plays a critical role during reovirus infection in vivo, and is the mechanism of virus-induced tissue injury in key target organs, including the central nervous system and heart. 1,4,5 Inhibition of apoptosis dramatically reduces the extent of reovirus-induced tissue injury in vivo. 5 It has been shown recently that reovirus-induced apoptosis requires interaction with its cell surface receptors including junction adhesion molecule (JAM).…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…1,4,5 Inhibition of apoptosis dramatically reduces the extent of reovirus-induced tissue injury in vivo. 5 It has been shown recently that reovirus-induced apoptosis requires interaction with its cell surface receptors including junction adhesion molecule (JAM). 6 Apoptosis involves the tumor necrosis factor (TNF) superfamily of cell surface death receptors, specifically DR4, DR5 and their ligand, TNF-related apoptosis-inducing ligand (TRAIL), 7 and is inhibited by anti-TRAIL antibodies or soluble forms of DR4 or DR5 which inhibit interaction of TRAIL with functional cell surface DR4 and DR5.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%