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Front Immunol
. 2023 Sep 13;14:1272920.
doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2023.1272920. eCollection 2023. Immune predisposition drives susceptibility to pneumococcal pneumonia after mild influenza A virus infection in mice
Sunil Palani[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Md Bashir Uddin[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Michael McKelvey[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Shengjun Shao[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Keer Sun[SUP] 1 [/SUP]
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Introduction: A frequent sequela of influenza A virus (IAV) infection is secondary bacterial pneumonia. Therefore, it is clinically important to understand the genetic predisposition to IAV and bacterial coinfection.
Methods: BALB/c and C57BL/6 (B6) mice were infected with high or low-pathogenic IAV and Streptococcus pneumoniae (SPn). The contribution of cellular and molecular immune factors to the resistance/susceptibility of BALB/c and B6 mice were dissected in nonlethal and lethal IAV/SPn coinfection models.
Results: Low-virulent IAV X31 (H3N2) rendered B6 mice extremely susceptible to SPn superinfection, while BALB/c mice remained unaffected. X31 infection alone barely induces IFN-γresponse in two strains of mice; however, SPn superinfection significantly enhances IFN-γ production in the susceptible B6 mice. As a result, IFN-γ signaling inhibits neutrophil recruitment and bacterial clearance, leading to lethal X31/SPn coinfection in B6 mice. Conversely, the diminished IFN-γ and competent neutrophil responses enable BALB/c mice highly resistant to X31/SPn coinfection.
Discussion: The results establish that type 1 immune predisposition plays a key role in lethal susceptibility of B6 mice to pneumococcal pneumonia after mild IAV infection.
Keywords: Streptococcus pneumoniae; coinfection; genetic predisposition; influenza; pneumonia.
. 2023 Sep 13;14:1272920.
doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2023.1272920. eCollection 2023. Immune predisposition drives susceptibility to pneumococcal pneumonia after mild influenza A virus infection in mice
Sunil Palani[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Md Bashir Uddin[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Michael McKelvey[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Shengjun Shao[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Keer Sun[SUP] 1 [/SUP]
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- PMID: 37771584
- PMCID: PMC10525308
- DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2023.1272920
Introduction: A frequent sequela of influenza A virus (IAV) infection is secondary bacterial pneumonia. Therefore, it is clinically important to understand the genetic predisposition to IAV and bacterial coinfection.
Methods: BALB/c and C57BL/6 (B6) mice were infected with high or low-pathogenic IAV and Streptococcus pneumoniae (SPn). The contribution of cellular and molecular immune factors to the resistance/susceptibility of BALB/c and B6 mice were dissected in nonlethal and lethal IAV/SPn coinfection models.
Results: Low-virulent IAV X31 (H3N2) rendered B6 mice extremely susceptible to SPn superinfection, while BALB/c mice remained unaffected. X31 infection alone barely induces IFN-γresponse in two strains of mice; however, SPn superinfection significantly enhances IFN-γ production in the susceptible B6 mice. As a result, IFN-γ signaling inhibits neutrophil recruitment and bacterial clearance, leading to lethal X31/SPn coinfection in B6 mice. Conversely, the diminished IFN-γ and competent neutrophil responses enable BALB/c mice highly resistant to X31/SPn coinfection.
Discussion: The results establish that type 1 immune predisposition plays a key role in lethal susceptibility of B6 mice to pneumococcal pneumonia after mild IAV infection.
Keywords: Streptococcus pneumoniae; coinfection; genetic predisposition; influenza; pneumonia.