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J Virol. 2014 Sep 10. pii: JVI.01571-14. [Epub ahead of print]
Human H7N9 and H5N1 influenza viruses differ in induction of cytokines and tissue tropism.
Meliopoulos VA1, Karlsson EA1, Kercher L2, Cline T1, Freiden P1, Duan S3, Vogel P4, Webby RJ1, Guan Y5, Peiris M5, Thomas PG2, Schultz-Cherry S6.
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Abstract
Since emerging in 2013, the avian-origin H7N9 influenza viruses have resulted in over 400 human infections leading to 115 deaths to date. Although the epidemiology differs from human highly pathogenic avian H5N1 influenza infections, there is a similar rapid progression to acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). The aim of these studies was to compare the pathological and immunological characteristics of a panel of human H7N9 and H5N1 viruses in vitro and in vivo. Although there were similarities between particular H5N1 and H7N9 viruses, including association between lethal disease and spread to the alveolar spaces and kidney, there were also strain-specific differences. Both H5N1 and H7N9 viruses are capable of causing lethal infections, with mortality correlating most strongly with wider distribution of viral antigen in the lungs, rather than with traditional measures of viral titer and host responses. Strain-specific differences included hypercytokinemia in H5N1 infections that was not seen with the H7N9 infections regardless of lethality. Conversely, H7N9 viruses showed a greater tropism for respiratory epithelium covering nasal passages and NALT than H5N1 viruses, which may explain the enhanced transmission in ferret models. Overall these studies highlight some distinctive properties of H5N1 and H7N9 viruses in different in vitro and in vivo models.
IMPORTANCE:
The novel avian-origin H7N9 pandemic represents a serious threat to public health. The ability of H7N9 to cause serious lung pathology leading in some cases to the development of acute respiratory distress syndrome is of particular concern. Initial reports of H7N9 infection compared them to infections caused by highly pathogenic avian (HPAI) H5N1 viruses. Thus, it is of critical importance to understand the pathology and immunological response to infection with H7N9 as compared to HPAI H5N1 viruses. We compared these responses in both in vitro and in vivo models, and found that H5N1 and H7N9 infections exhibit distinct pathological, immunological and tissue tropism differences that could explain differences in clinical disease and viral transmission.
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PMID:
25210188
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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25210188
Human H7N9 and H5N1 influenza viruses differ in induction of cytokines and tissue tropism.
Meliopoulos VA1, Karlsson EA1, Kercher L2, Cline T1, Freiden P1, Duan S3, Vogel P4, Webby RJ1, Guan Y5, Peiris M5, Thomas PG2, Schultz-Cherry S6.
Author information
Abstract
Since emerging in 2013, the avian-origin H7N9 influenza viruses have resulted in over 400 human infections leading to 115 deaths to date. Although the epidemiology differs from human highly pathogenic avian H5N1 influenza infections, there is a similar rapid progression to acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). The aim of these studies was to compare the pathological and immunological characteristics of a panel of human H7N9 and H5N1 viruses in vitro and in vivo. Although there were similarities between particular H5N1 and H7N9 viruses, including association between lethal disease and spread to the alveolar spaces and kidney, there were also strain-specific differences. Both H5N1 and H7N9 viruses are capable of causing lethal infections, with mortality correlating most strongly with wider distribution of viral antigen in the lungs, rather than with traditional measures of viral titer and host responses. Strain-specific differences included hypercytokinemia in H5N1 infections that was not seen with the H7N9 infections regardless of lethality. Conversely, H7N9 viruses showed a greater tropism for respiratory epithelium covering nasal passages and NALT than H5N1 viruses, which may explain the enhanced transmission in ferret models. Overall these studies highlight some distinctive properties of H5N1 and H7N9 viruses in different in vitro and in vivo models.
IMPORTANCE:
The novel avian-origin H7N9 pandemic represents a serious threat to public health. The ability of H7N9 to cause serious lung pathology leading in some cases to the development of acute respiratory distress syndrome is of particular concern. Initial reports of H7N9 infection compared them to infections caused by highly pathogenic avian (HPAI) H5N1 viruses. Thus, it is of critical importance to understand the pathology and immunological response to infection with H7N9 as compared to HPAI H5N1 viruses. We compared these responses in both in vitro and in vivo models, and found that H5N1 and H7N9 infections exhibit distinct pathological, immunological and tissue tropism differences that could explain differences in clinical disease and viral transmission.
Copyright ? 2014, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.
PMID:
25210188
[PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25210188