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Sandfly saliva reprogrammes skin fibroblasts to enhance arbovirus infection

ABSTRACT: Arbovirus transmission by sand flies is a growing public health concern, yet the early skin events shaping infection outcomes remain undefined. We establish a new mouse model of Toscana virus (TOSV) infection that incorporates sand fly salivary factors to mimic natural transmission. Saliva from two distinct sand fly genera significantly enhanced infection and promoted neurological signs and joint inflammation, recapitulating key features of human TOSV disease. In the skin, dermal macrophages and fibroblasts were the main infected cell types, but only fibroblasts generated infectious virus. Saliva reprogrammed fibroblasts into a wound-healing state permissive to viral replication, driving local viral amplification, systemic spread, and thereby clinical disease. These findings identify skin fibroblasts as central determinants of host susceptibility and reveal that sand fly saliva actively remodels the skin to exacerbate viral pathogenesis. This work redefines the skin’s role in sand fly-transmitted infection and highlights new targets for therapeutic and vaccine development.

ORGANISM(S): Mus musculus

PROVIDER: GSE297255 | GEO | 2025/12/10

REPOSITORIES: GEO

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