Type I interferons are essential while type II interferon is dispensable for protection against St. Louis encephalitis virus infection in the mouse brain

Autor: Juliana Helena Costa Smetana, Giovanni Freitas Gomes, Mariana Piccoli Gonçalves, Rafael Elias Marques, Mauro M. Teixeira, Daniele G. Souza, Milene Alvarenga Rachid, Rebeca Rocha, Juliana L. Del Sarto
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: Virulence, Vol 12, Iss 1, Pp 244-259 (2021)
Virulence
article-version (VoR) Version of Record
ISSN: 2150-5608
2150-5594
Popis: St. Louis encephalitis virus (SLEV) is a neglected mosquito-borne flavivirus that causes severe neurological disease in humans. SLEV replication in the central nervous system (CNS) induces the local production of interferons (IFNs), which are attributed to host protection. The antiviral response to SLEV infection in the CNS is not completely understood, which led us to characterize the roles of IFNs using mouse models of St. Louis encephalitis. We infected mice deficient in type I IFN receptor (ABR−/-) or deficient in Type II IFN (IFNγ−/-) and assessed the contribution of each pathway to disease development. We found that type I and II IFNs play different roles in SLEV infection. Deficiency in type I IFN signaling was associated to an early and increased mortality, uncontrolled SLEV replication and impaired ISG expression, leading to increased proinflammatory cytokine production and brain pathology. Conversely, IFNγ−/- mice were moderately resistant to SLEV infection. IFNγ deficiency caused no changes to viral load or SLEV-induced encephalitis and did not change the expression of ISGs in the brain. We found that type I IFN is essential for the control of SLEV replication whereas type II IFN was not associated with protection in this model.
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