在患有左心室功能障碍和临床怀疑心肌炎的患者的心肌中发生肠道病毒RNA复制
M Pauschinger1, M D Phan, A Doerner
1Medical Clinic II, University Hospital Benjamin Franklin, Freie Universität Berlin, FRG.
Circulation
|February 23, 1999
概括
研究人员在肌心炎患者中区分了活跃的肠道病毒复制和潜在的持久性. 在22%的患者中发现了活跃的病毒RNA复制,这与纯粹的病毒基因组持久性区分开来.
科学领域:
- 心脏病学 心脏病学
- 病毒学 病毒学
- 分子生物学分子生物学
背景情况:
- 之前在内心肌活检中对肠道病毒RNA的研究未能区分潜伏持久性和活跃复制.
- 肠道病毒与心肌炎的发展有关,活性复制涉及减链RNA合成.
研究的目的:
- 调查和区分肠道病毒RNA复制和持久性在怀疑心肌炎的患者内心肌瘤活检.
- 开发一种用于检测加链和减链肠道病毒RNA的敏感试验.
主要方法:
- 利用逆转录酶聚合酶链反应 (RT-PCR) 与南方斑点杂交相结合.
- 开发了一种高度敏感的测试方法,用于在内心肌活检中专门检测加链和减链肠道病毒RNA.
- 分析了45名患有左心室功能障碍和疑似心肌炎的患者的活检,以及26名对照人群.
主要成果:
- 在40% (18/45) 的患者中检测到加链肠道病毒RNA.
- 减链肠道病毒RNA,表明活跃复制,在56% (10/18) 的加链RNA患者中被发现.
- 在对照组 (n=26) 中没有检测到肠道病毒RNA.
结论:
- 活跃的肠道病毒RNA复制发生在怀疑心肌炎的患者中很大一部分 (22%) 的心肌中.
- 在未来的治疗策略中,区分活跃的复制和潜伏的持久性至关重要.
- 内心肌活检的分子遗传分析可以区分复制性和持久性肠道病毒.
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