Cytomegalovirus and Cardiovascular Disease: A Hypothetical Role for Viral G-Protein-Coupled Receptors in Hypertension

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  • Gisele F. Bomfim
  • Fernanda Priviero
  • Emma Poole
  • Rita C. Tostes
  • John H. Sinclair
  • Stamou, Dimitrios
  • Mark J. Uline
  • Mark R. Wills
  • R. Clinton Webb
Cytomegalovirus (CMV) is a member of the β-herpesviruses and is ubiquitous, infecting 50%–99% of the human population depending on ethnic and socioeconomic conditions. CMV establishes lifelong, latent infections in their host. Spontaneous reactivation of CMV is usually asymptomatic, but reactivation events in immunocompromised or immunosuppressed individuals can lead to severe morbidity and mortality. Moreover, herpesvirus infections have been associated with several cardiovascular and post-transplant diseases (stroke, atherosclerosis, post-transplant vasculopathy, and hypertension). Herpesviruses, including CMV, encode viral G-protein-coupled receptors (vGPCRs) that alter the host cell by hijacking signaling pathways that play important roles in the viral life cycle and these cardiovascular diseases. In this brief review, we discuss the pharmacology and signaling properties of these vGPCRs, and their contribution to hypertension. Overall, these vGPCRs can be considered attractive targets moving forward in the development of novel hypertensive therapies.
OriginalsprogEngelsk
TidsskriftAmerican Journal of Hypertension
Vol/bind36
Udgave nummer9
Sider (fra-til)471-480
Antal sider10
ISSN0895-7061
DOI
StatusUdgivet - 2023

Bibliografisk note

Funding Information:
R.C.W.: RO1 awards from the National Institute of Health - USA (DK132948 and HL134604), a PO1 award (HL13604), and a pilot award from the NIDDK Diabetic Complication Consortium; G.F.B.: Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico - Brazil (402664/2022-1).

Publisher Copyright:
© 2023 The Author(s). Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of American Journal of Hypertension, Ltd. All rights reserved.

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