Journal
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF RESPIRATORY CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY
Volume 56, Issue 2, Pages 202-212Publisher
AMER THORACIC SOC
DOI: 10.1165/rcmb.2016-0174OC
Keywords
influenza A virus; IFN-beta; IFN-lambda 2/3; acute viral lung infection
Funding
- National Research Foundation of Korea - Ministry of Education [2016R1D1A1B01014116]
- National Research Foundation of Korea [2016R1D1A1B01014116] Funding Source: Korea Institute of Science & Technology Information (KISTI), National Science & Technology Information Service (NTIS)
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Here, we studied the IFN-regulated innate immune response against influenza A virus (IAV) infection in the mouse lung and the therapeutic effect of IFN-lambda 2/3 in acute IAV lung infection. For viral infections, IAV (WS/33, H1N1, PR8 H1N1, H5N1) were inoculated into wild-type mice by intranasal delivery, and IAV mRNA level and viral titer were measured. To compare the antiviral effect of IFNs in vivo in the lung, neutralizing antibodies and recombinant IFNs were used. After intranasal inoculation of IAV into mice, viral infection peaked at 7 days postinfection, and the IAV titer also reached its peak at this time. We found that IFN-beta and IFN-lambda 2/3 were preferentially induced after IAV infection and the IFN lambda 2/3-mediated innate immune response was specifically required for the induction of IFN-stimulated genes (ISGs) transcription in the mouse respiratory tract. Neutralization of secreted IFN-lambda 2/3 aggravated acute IAV lung infection in mice with intact IFN-b induction; consistent with this finding, the transcription of ISGs was significantly reduced. Intranasal administration of IFN-lambda 2/3 significantly suppressed various strains of IAV infection, including WS/33 (H1N1), PR (H1N1), and H5N1 in the mouse lung, and was accompanied by greater up-regulation of ISGs. Taken together, our data indicate that the IFN-lambda 2/3-mediated innate immune response is necessary to protect the lungs from IAV infection, and intranasally delivered IFN-lambda 2/3 has the potential to be a useful therapeutic strategy for treating acute IAV lung infection.
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