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EMERGING MICROBES & INFECTIONS
Volume 10, Issue 1, Pages 1739-1750Publisher
TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
DOI: 10.1080/22221751.2021.1967705
Keywords
Reporter virus; in vivo imaging; yellow fever virus; mouse model; nano-luciferase
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- National Natural Science Foundation of China [81871632, 31900669, 31770190]
- National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholar [81925025]
- Innovation Fund for Medical Sciences [2019RU040]
- Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences (CAMS)
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The research team developed a reporter yellow fever 17D virus expressing nano-luciferase, successfully establishing a series of mouse models for evaluating antiviral drugs and new vaccine candidates. Especially, infection of this virus in mice lacking type I interferon receptors resulted in outcomes resembling yellow fever vaccine-associated viscerotropic disease and neurotropic disease.
Yellow fever virus (YFV) is a re-emerging flavivirus, which can lead to severe clinical manifestations and high mortality, with no specific antiviral therapies available. The live-attenuated yellow fever vaccine 17D (YF17D) has been widely used for over eighty years. However, the emergence of yellow fever vaccine-associated viscerotropic disease (YFL-AVD) and yellow fever vaccine-associated neurotropic disease (YFL-AND) raised non-negligible concerns. Additionally, the attenuation mechanism of YF17D is still unclear. Thus, the development of convenient models is crucial to understand the mechanisms behind YF17D attenuation and its adverse effects. In this work, we generated a reporter YF17D expressing nano-luciferase (NLuc). In vitro and in vivo characterization demonstrated that the NLuc-YF17D shared similar biological properties with its parental strain and the NLuc activity can reflect viral infectivity reliably. Combined with in vivo bioluminescence imaging, a series of mice models of YF17D infection was established, which will be useful for the evaluation of antiviral medicines and novel vaccine candidates. Especially, we demonstrated that intraperitoneally (i.p.) infection of NLuc-YF17D in type I interferon receptor-deficient mice A129 resulted in outcomes resembling YEL-AVD and YEL-AND, evidenced by viral replication in multiple organs and invasion of the central neuronal system. Finally, in vitro and in vivo assays based on this reporter virus were established to evaluate the antiviral activities of validated antiviral agents. In conclusion, the bioluminescent reporter virus described herein provides a powerful platform to study YF17D attenuation and vaccine-associated diseases as well as to develop novel countermeasures against YFV.
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