There are no antiviral medications to cure infection with the JC virus. The main option is to discontinue the use of any drugs that may be contributing to PML and seek supportive treatment.
Some experts are currently investigating whether or not a drug called hexadecyloxypropyl-cidofovir can suppress the JC virus. Doctors use other drugs in specific cases. As the immune system recovers, some people have a reaction known as immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome IRIS. The JC virus is common in many people but usually remains dormant in the kidneys without causing any problems. This can cause the virus to become active, leading to a potentially fatal condition called PML.
PML occurs due to an attack on nerve cells that breaks down their myelin coating and causes them to die, damaging the white matter of the brain. PML is difficult to diagnose, and no treatment is currently available. People with MS who are using certain drugs to suppress the immune system should speak with their healthcare team about the risks of developing PML.
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Post mortem examination of a PML patient with chronic lymphocytic leukemia revealed occurrence of oligodentroglioma. This finding suggested that JCV might have a role in the development of such a neoplasm. Transgenic mouse was used as a model system to test the oncogenic potential of JCV and development of a variety of tumors in tissues derived from neuronal origin [ 96 - 98 ]. Histological and histochemical analysis of tumor masses clearly demonstrated the expression of JCV oncoprotein, LT-Ag.
It was also interesting to observe that transgenic mouse created with the early region of JCV archetype strain [ 97 ] did not show any sign of hypomyelination in the nervous system. This was a clear contrast with the results that were obtained by Small et al [ 99 ], in which a dysmyelination of neurons in the mouse brain was observed.
Transgenic mouse created with the JCV archetype DNA developed cerebellar tumors that resemble human medullablastomas [ 97 ]. Additional transgenic mouse models produced tumors originating from pituitary gland [ 98 ], peripheral nerve sheet [ ] and neuroectodermal tissue [ 96 ], but one unifying aspect of these tumors is that they are all originated from a neuronal tissue. Although JCV DNA is detected in a variety of human tumors, there is no concrete evidence suggesting that JCV, in part, is responsible for the development of such tumors.
However, it known now that JCV is able to transform cells in tissue culture, particularly, those of glial origin, including primary human fetal glial cells and JCV-transformed cells exhibit the characteristics of a transformed phenotype including anchorage-independent growth in soft agar and SCID mice [ ]. More importantly, JCV is the only polyomavirus shown to induce tumors in nonhuman primates such as monkeys.
Examination of tumor tissues by immunocytochemistry revealed that LT-Ag is not only expressed in tumor tissue but also found to be complexed with p53 [ ]. Collectively, all these findings suggest that this virus is able to induce a variety of tumors in experimental animals, and make it an attractive virus to further study its potential oncogenicity in humans as well. This number is steadily increasing and more than 12 PML cases have been reported for MS patients since [ - ]. Among this patient population, new PML cases are emerging Biogen.
Tysabri update. New PML cases have also been reported for the severe plaque psoriasis patients, who were treated another monoclonal antibody regimen, raptiva efalizumab. In addition, a large number of PML cases 57 cases have been encountered among lymphoma and rheumatoid arthritis patients [ ] who were treated with rituxan rituximab , a monoclonal antibody that targets the CD20 B cell marker. Because of this risk, raptiva efalizumab has been voluntarily withdrawn from the market by Genetech [ ].
Both complexes serve as attachment ligands for vascular cell adhesion molecules VCAM on endothelial cells and thus prevent T cells extravasation into the brain or gut. Efalizumab, on the other hand, binds to CD11a, an integrin molecule on B and T cells, and blocks the attachment of both cell types to the intracellular adhesion molecules ICAM on endothelial cells and prevents their infiltration into the layers of the skin.
In contrast to the clinical activity of natalizumab and efalizumab, rituximab targets CD20 receptor on B cells and causes their cytolysis through complement-dependent manner and thereby depletes them from peripheral circulation. The depletion of B cells by rituximab appears to be relatively rapid compared to the leukocytosis induced by natalixumab and efalizumab, which takes weeks to months.
However, in each case of the treatment, there is a clear negative impact of the drug treatment on either humoral or cellular arm of the immune system, which consequently leads to a severe immunosuppression. This provides an opportunity for JCV to reactivate and replicate its genome at the respective sites. At first glance, one might think that the loss of immune surveillance inherit in these therapies would be a determining factor for reactivation of JCV and onset of PML in a subset of autoimmune patients, who were treated with aforementioned treatments.
However, there appears to be additional critical unknown factors contributing to the onset of the disease, one of which could be the genetic makeup of an individual patient. PML is a rare but fatal CNS disease characterized by demylelination of the neuronal cells leading to severe neurological impairments.
Currently, there is no effective drug treatment for PML. The disease is caused by a human polyomavirus, JCV, which was isolated for nearly 38 years ago and latently infects the majority of the human population. Virulent form of the virus appears to emerge when viral DNA undergoes certain arrangements in its regulatory region in a small population of immunesuppressed individuals.
Although considerable progress has been made with respect to understanding its biology, further studies are required to fully characterize its life cycle, concentrating on studies of the regulatory roles of viral specific regulatory proteins. Particularly characterization of the role of agnoprotein and Sm t-Ag in viral replication and virion biogenesis will shed further light on the understanding of JCV biology, particularly on the viral reactivation process and the onset of PML.
Findings from these studies will further enhance our understanding of the relationship between JCV and PML and may lead the way to discover effective drugs to curb or alleviate the symptoms of this fatal CNS disease.
PML occurs in a small population of immunocompromised patients with an underlying disease such as lymphoproliferative disease, AIDS etc. The most common symptoms of PML are visual and mental deficit and motor weakness. Currently, there is no effective treatment for JCV infection.
Treatment of autoimmune diseases with immunomodulatory drugs poses a risk factor for the development of PML. National Center for Biotechnology Information , U. Future Virol. Author manuscript; available in PMC Jul 1. Author information Copyright and License information Disclaimer. Copyright notice. See other articles in PMC that cite the published article.
Clinical features of PML PML is a subcortical white matter disease of the brain and exhibits signs and symptoms indicative of involvement in multiple regions of the brain Fig. Open in a separate window. Diagnosis and treatment of PML Although PML lesions, caused by both lytic infection of oligodendrocytes and neuronal loss, can be detected by magnetic resonance imaging MRI system [ 33 ], some other CNS related viral infections may make this diagnosis difficult.
Viral genome organization The genome of JCV is composed of bidirectional regulatory elements and coding regions Fig. Oncogenic potential of JCV Following its isolation, oncogenicity of JCV has been demonstrated not only in experimental animals but also in tissue culture [ 10 ]. Conclusions and future perspectives PML is a rare but fatal CNS disease characterized by demylelination of the neuronal cells leading to severe neurological impairments. Hallervorden J. Eigennartige and nicht rubriziebare prozesse.
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For about 30 percent of those who are exposed to JC virus, it will remain latent in their kidneys, notes Dr. Generally and for most people, after an initial, usually mild, infection, the virus does not lead to any further health problems.
However, a small percentage of people go on to develop PML at a future time, Cortese says. This development occurs when the immune system is suppressed and JC virus can cause an opportunistic infection , Cortese explains. Being immunosuppressed may cause the necessary rearrangements, but there are other factors that can contribute to the rearrangements, such as certain medications that have been shown to favor the development of PML, Cortese says.
The incidence of PML has historically been quite low, and then there was an "incredible" increase of PML with the introduction of Tysabri, implying that the drug does more than cause immunosuppression. It favors the development of a neurotropic virus, or a virus that tends to attack the nervous system, Cortese says. Tysabri was introduced in , pulled from the market, and then reinstated in under a special prescription program. There is a black box warning about PML, Cortese says.
In people who are treated with Tysabri for two years who are antibody positive to JC virus and have a history of prior immune suppression treatments, the risk is now 1 in As of mid, the total number of PML cases was — with approximately six to eight new cases per month in people taking Tysabri. They are Gilenya fingolimod , introduced in , and Tecfidera dimethyl fumarate , introduced in , although the risks are much lower for them than for Tysabri.
With Gilenya and Tecfidera, it appears to be the lymphopenia a low number of lymphocytes, a type of white blood cell that drives the risk of PML, Cortese says. Lymphopenia's effects are probably similar to what happens when the body becomes weakened by an immunosuppressive drug, leading to greater risk of infection, she adds. Skip to navigation.
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