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Non-pathogenic Sindbis virus causes hemorrhagic fever in the absence of alpha/beta and gamma interferons.

Abstract
The role of interferon-gamma (IFNgamma) in antiviral innate immune responses during acute alphavirus infection is not well defined. We examined the contribution of IFNgamma to the protection of adult mice from Sindbis virus (SB)-induced disease by comparing subcutaneous infection of mice lacking receptors for either IFNalpha/beta (A129), IFNgamma (G129) or both (AG129) to normal mice (WT129). While neither G129 nor WT129 mice exhibited clinical signs of disease, infection of A129 or AG129 mice was fatal with AG129 mice succumbing more rapidly. Furthermore, AG129 mice developed signs of viral hemorrhagic fever (VHF), including extensive hepatocellular damage, inflammatory infiltrates in multiple organs and vascular leakage, which were significantly delayed and/or partially ameliorated during fatal A129 infections. We conclude that: (i) IFNalpha/beta is the primary mediator of innate immunity to SB infection, however; (ii) IFNgamma is directly antiviral in vivo, acting before the adaptive immune response appears and; (iii) development of VHF may involve viral suppression of both IFNalpha/beta and IFNgamma responses.
AuthorsKate D Ryman, Kathryn C Meier, Christina L Gardner, Patrick A Adegboyega, William B Klimstra
JournalVirology (Virology) Vol. 368 Issue 2 Pg. 273-85 (Nov 25 2007) ISSN: 0042-6822 [Print] United States
PMID17681583 (Publication Type: Journal Article, Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural)
Chemical References
  • Interferon-alpha
  • Interferon-beta
  • Interferon-gamma
Topics
  • Alphavirus Infections (immunology, mortality, pathology, virology)
  • Animals
  • Cell Line
  • Cricetinae
  • Gene Deletion
  • Gene Expression Regulation
  • Hemorrhagic Fevers, Viral (immunology, mortality, pathology, virology)
  • Interferon-alpha (genetics, metabolism)
  • Interferon-beta (genetics, metabolism)
  • Interferon-gamma (genetics, metabolism)
  • Liver (pathology)
  • Lymphoid Tissue (pathology)
  • Mice
  • Sindbis Virus (pathogenicity)

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