Bovine Herpesvirus 1 Productive Infection Stimulates Inflammosome Formation and Caspase 1 Activity

Authors

Jianlin Wang, Qingdao University
Jeffrey Alexander, University of Nebraska-LincolnFollow
Matthew S. Wiebe, University of Nebraska-LincolnFollow
Clinton J. Jones, University of Nebraska-LincolnFollow

Document Type

Article

Date of this Version

2014

Citation

Virus Research (2014) 185: 72-76.

Comments

Copyright 2014, Elsevier. Used by permission.

Abstract

Bovine herpesvirus 1 (BoHV-1), a significant viral pathogen of cattle, causes inflammation in affected tissue during acute infection. Consequently, we tested whether productively infected bovine cells stimulate inflammasome formation. Expression of two components required for inflammasome formation, the DNA sensor IFI16 (gamma-interferon-inducible protein 16) and NLRP3 (NOD-like receptor family, pyrin domain containing 3), were induced in bovine kidney cells by eight hours after infection. IFI16 was detected in punctate granules localized to the cytoplasm and nucleus. During productive infection, more than ten times more cells were caspase 1 positive, which is activated following inflammasome formation. Two caspase 1 inhibitors had no effect on productive infection. Conversely, another caspase 1 inhibitor, glyburide, significantly inhibited virus infection suggesting it had off-target effects on related enzymes or interfered with infection via non-enzymatic mechanisms. Collectively, these studies demonstrated that BoHV-1 infection stimulated inflammasome formation, which we predict is important for clinical symptoms in cattle.