Yong, Shin Jie and Yong, Min Hooi and Teoh, Seong Lin and Soga, Tomoko and Parhar, Ishwar and Chew, Jactty and Lim, Wei Ling (2021) The Hippocampal Vulnerability to Herpes Simplex Virus Type I Infection: Relevance to Alzheimer’s Disease and Memory Impairment. Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience, 15. ISSN 1662-5102
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Abstract
Herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1) as a possible infectious etiology in Alzheimer’s disease (AD) has been proposed since the 1980s. The accumulating research thus far continues to support the association and a possible causal role of HSV-1 in the development of AD. HSV-1 has been shown to induce neuropathological and behavioral changes of AD, such as amyloid-beta accumulation, tau hyperphosphorylation, as well as memory and learning impairments in experimental settings. However, a neuroanatomical standpoint of HSV-1 tropism in the brain has not been emphasized in detail. In this review, we propose that the hippocampal vulnerability to HSV-1 infection plays a part in the development of AD and amnestic mild cognitive impairment (aMCI). Henceforth, this review draws on human studies to bridge HSV-1 to hippocampal-related brain disorders, namely AD and aMCI/MCI. Next, experimental models and clinical observations supporting the neurotropism or predilection of HSV-1 to infect the hippocampus are examined. Following this, factors and mechanisms predisposing the hippocampus to HSV-1 infection are discussed. In brief, the hippocampus has high levels of viral cellular receptors, neural stem or progenitor cells (NSCs/NPCs), glucocorticoid receptors (GRs) and amyloid precursor protein (APP) that support HSV-1 infectivity, as well as inadequate antiviral immunity against HSV-1. Currently, the established diseases HSV-1 causes are mucocutaneous lesions and encephalitis; however, this review revises that HSV-1 may also induce and/or contribute to hippocampal-related brain disorders, especially AD and aMCI/MCI.
Item Type: | Article |
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Subjects: | Middle East Library > Medical Science |
Depositing User: | Unnamed user with email support@middle-eastlibrary.com |
Date Deposited: | 13 Apr 2023 07:20 |
Last Modified: | 28 Aug 2024 14:07 |
URI: | http://editor.openaccessbook.com/id/eprint/522 |