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Li Z, Li B, Liu M, Chen Z, Li P, Du R, Su M, Anirudhan V, Achi JG, Tian J, Rong L, Cui Q. Development of a virus-based affinity ultrafiltration method for screening virus-surface-protein-targeted compounds from complex matrixes: Herbal medicines as a case study. J Med Virol 2024; 96:e29517. [PMID: 38476091 DOI: 10.1002/jmv.29517] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/18/2023] [Revised: 02/13/2024] [Accepted: 02/27/2024] [Indexed: 03/14/2024]
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Herbal medicines (HMs) are one of the main sources for the development of lead antiviral compounds. However, due to the complex composition of HMs, the screening of active compounds within these is inefficient and requires a significant time investment. We report a novel and efficient virus-based screening method for antiviral active compounds in HMs. This method involves the centrifugal ultrafiltration of viruses, known as the virus-based affinity ultrafiltration method (VAUM). This method is suitable to identify virus specific active compounds from complex matrices such as HMs. The effectiveness of the VAUM was evaluated using influenza A virus (IAV) H1N1. Using this method, four compounds that bind to the surface protein of H1N1 were identified from dried fruits of Terminalia chebula (TC). Through competitive inhibition assays, the influenza surface protein, neuraminidase (NA), was identified as the target protein of these four TC-derived compounds. Three compounds were identified by high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) and liquid chromatography/mass spectrometry (LC/MS), and their anti-H1N1 activities were verified by examining the cytopathic effect (CPE) and by performing a virus yield reduction assay. Further mechanistic studies demonstrated that these three compounds directly bind to NA and inhibit its activity. In summary, we describe here a VAUM that we designed, one that can be used to accurately screen antiviral active compounds in HMs and also help improve the efficiency of screening antiviral drugs found in natural products.
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- Zhongyuan Li
- College of Pharmacy, Shandong University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Jinan, China
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- Innovative Institute of Chinse Medicine and Pharmacy, Shandong University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Jinan, China
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- College of Pharmacy, Shandong University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Jinan, China
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- Innovative Institute of Chinse Medicine and Pharmacy, Shandong University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Jinan, China
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- Key Laboratory of Chemical Biology (Ministry of Education), Department of Medicinal Chemistry, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Shandong University, Jinan, China
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- Innovative Institute of Chinse Medicine and Pharmacy, Shandong University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Jinan, China
- Qingdao Academy of Chinese Medicinal Sciences, Shandong University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Qingdao, China
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- Shandong Academy of Chinese Medicine, Jinan, China
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, College of Medicine, University of Illinois Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, College of Medicine, University of Illinois Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA
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- College of Pharmacy, Shandong University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Jinan, China
- Qingdao Academy of Chinese Medicinal Sciences, Shandong University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Qingdao, China
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, College of Medicine, University of Illinois Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA
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- Innovative Institute of Chinse Medicine and Pharmacy, Shandong University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Jinan, China
- Qingdao Academy of Chinese Medicinal Sciences, Shandong University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Qingdao, China
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Ktena D, Kourkouni E, Kontopidou F, Gkolfinopoulou K, Papadima K, Georgakopoulou T, Magaziotou I, Andreopoulou A, Tzanakaki G, Zaoutis T, Papaevangelou V. Population-based study of influenza and invasive meningococcal disease among Greek children during the COVID-19 pandemic. BMJ Paediatr Open 2022; 6:10.1136/bmjpo-2021-001391. [PMID: 36053653 PMCID: PMC8905915 DOI: 10.1136/bmjpo-2021-001391] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/2021] [Accepted: 01/21/2022] [Indexed: 11/04/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Aiming to the containment of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, governments worldwide have implemented a series of non-pharmaceutical interventions. Many of them and especially school closures have impacted the circulation of multiple airborne pathogens among children and adolescents. This study investigates the incidence of influenza and invasive meningococcal disease among children aged 0-14 years in Greece during the COVID-19 pandemic. METHODS Data regarding the number of influenza-like illness cases, influenza-related paediatric intensive care unit (PICU) admissions and invasive meningococcal disease cases among children 0-14 years old were obtained from the National Public Health Organization. The incidence of the two diseases during the COVID-19 pandemic period (2020/2021) was compared with that of the six preceding seasons (2014-2019). RESULTS A notable decrease was observed in both influenza and invasive meningococcal disease cases during the period 2020/2021 compared with the years 2014-2019. The mean annual rate of influenza-like illness cases and influenza-related PICU admissions in children 0-14 years old has reduced by 66.9% and 100%, respectively, while the mean annual invasive meningococcal disease rate has declined by 70%. Both weekly influenza-like illness and monthly invasive meningococcal disease rates were significantly decreased. CONCLUSIONS The activity of influenza and invasive meningococcal disease in the children and adolescents of Greece has decreased during the COVID-19 pandemic period. Reduced transmission is likely related to the public health measures that were implemented to control the pandemic. The value of these measures may have relevance to the future management of influenza or invasive meningococcal disease epidemics.
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- Danai Ktena
- Third Department of Pediatrics, Attikon University Hospital, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Attica, Greece
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- Centre for Clinical Epidemiology and Outcomes Research (CLEO), Athens, Greece
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- Department of Healthcare-Associated Infections and Antimicrobial Resistance, Directorate of Epidemiological Surveillance and Intervention for Infectious Diseases, National Public Health Organization, Athens, Greece
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- Department of Surveillance Systems, Directorate of Epidemiological Surveillance and Interventions for Infectious Diseases, National Public Health Organization, Athens, Greece
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- Department of Respiratory Diseases, Directorate of Epidemiological Surveillance and Interventions for Infectious Diseases, National Public Health Organization, Athens, Greece
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- Department for Vaccine Preventable Diseases and Congenital Diseases, Directorate of Epidemiological Surveillance and Interventions for Infectious Diseases, National Public Health Organization, Athens, Greece
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- Department for Vaccine Preventable Diseases and Congenital Diseases, Directorate of Epidemiological Surveillance and Interventions for Infectious Diseases, National Public Health Organization, Athens, Greece
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- Department of Respiratory Diseases, Directorate of Epidemiological Surveillance and Interventions for Infectious Diseases, National Public Health Organization, Athens, Greece
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- National Meningitis Reference Laboratory, Department of Public Health Policy, University of West Attica, Athens, Greece
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- Second Department of Pediatrics, P&A Kyriakou Children's Hospital, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Attica, Greece.,National Public Health Organization, Athens, Greece
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- Third Department of Pediatrics, Attikon University Hospital, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Attica, Greece
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Zipfel CM, Colizza V, Bansal S. The missing season: The impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on influenza. Vaccine 2021; 39:3645-3648. [PMID: 34078554 DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2021.05.049] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/08/2021] [Revised: 05/14/2021] [Accepted: 05/18/2021] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, many have worried that the additional burden of seasonal influenza would create a devastating scenario, resulting in overwhelmed healthcare capacities and further loss of life. However, many were pleasantly surprised: the 2020 Southern Hemisphere and 2020-2021 Northern Hemisphere influenza seasons were entirely suppressed. The potential causes and impacts of this drastic public health shift are highly uncertain, but provide lessons about future control of respiratory diseases, especially for the upcoming influenza season.
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- Casey M Zipfel
- Department of Biology, Georgetown University, Washington DC, USA
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- INSERM, Sorbonne Université, Pierre Louis Institute of Epidemiology and Public Health, Paris, France
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- Department of Biology, Georgetown University, Washington DC, USA.
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Li P, Du R, Chen Z, Wang Y, Zhan P, Liu X, Kang D, Chen Z, Zhao X, Wang L, Rong L, Cui Q. Punicalagin is a neuraminidase inhibitor of influenza viruses. J Med Virol 2020; 93:3465-3472. [PMID: 32827314 DOI: 10.1002/jmv.26449] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/23/2020] [Accepted: 08/17/2020] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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Influenza A virus (IAV) causes great morbidity and mortality worldwide every year. However, there are only a limited number of drugs clinically available against IAV infection. Further, emergence of drug-resistant strains can render those drugs ineffective. Thus there is an unmet medical need to develop new anti-influenza agents. In this study, we show that punicalagin from plants possesses strong anti-influenza activity with a low micromolar IC50 value in tissue culture. Using a battery of bioassays such as single-cycle replication assay, neuraminidase (NA) inhibition assay, and virus yield reduction assay, we demonstrate that the primary mechanism of action (MOA) of punicalagin is the NA-mediated viral release. Moreover, punicalagin can inhibit replication of different strains of influenza A and B viruses, including oseltamivir-resistant virus (NA/H274Y), indicating that punicalagin is a broad spectrum antiviral against both IAV and IBV. Further, although punicalagin targets NA like oseltamivir, it has a different MOA. These results suggest that punicalagin is an influenza NA inhibitor that may be further developed as a novel antiviral against influenza viruses.
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- Ping Li
- College of Pharmacy, Shandong University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Jinan, China
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- College of Pharmacy, Shandong University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Jinan, China.,Qingdao Academy of Chinese Medicinal Sciences, Shandong University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Qingdao, China.,Research Center, College of Medicine, Shandong University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Jinan, China
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- College of Pharmacy, Shandong University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Jinan, China
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- College of Pharmacy, Shandong University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Jinan, China
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry, Key Laboratory of Chemical Biology (Ministry of Education), School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Shandong University, Jinan, China
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry, Key Laboratory of Chemical Biology (Ministry of Education), School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Shandong University, Jinan, China
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry, Key Laboratory of Chemical Biology (Ministry of Education), School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Shandong University, Jinan, China
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- College of Pharmacy, Shandong University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Jinan, China
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- College of Pharmacy, Shandong University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Jinan, China
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- College of Pharmacy, Shandong University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Jinan, China
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, College of Medicine, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
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- College of Pharmacy, Shandong University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Jinan, China.,Qingdao Academy of Chinese Medicinal Sciences, Shandong University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Qingdao, China.,Research Center, College of Medicine, Shandong University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Jinan, China
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Koo HJ, Lim S, Choe J, Choi SH, Sung H, Do KH. Radiographic and CT Features of Viral Pneumonia. Radiographics 2018; 38:719-739. [PMID: 29757717 DOI: 10.1148/rg.2018170048] [Citation(s) in RCA: 396] [Impact Index Per Article: 66.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Viruses are the most common causes of respiratory infection. The imaging findings of viral pneumonia are diverse and overlap with those of other nonviral infectious and inflammatory conditions. However, identification of the underlying viral pathogens may not always be easy. There are a number of indicators for identifying viral pathogens on the basis of imaging patterns, which are associated with the pathogenesis of viral infections. Viruses in the same viral family share a similar pathogenesis of pneumonia, and the imaging patterns have distinguishable characteristics. Although not all cases manifest with typical patterns, most typical imaging patterns of viral pneumonia can be classified according to viral families. Although a definite diagnosis cannot be achieved on the basis of imaging features alone, recognition of viral pneumonia patterns may aid in differentiating viral pathogens, thus reducing the use of antibiotics. Recently, new viruses associated with recent outbreaks including human metapneumovirus, severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus, and Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus have been discovered. The imaging findings of these emerging pathogens have been described in a few recent studies. This review focuses on the radiographic and computed tomographic patterns of viral pneumonia caused by different pathogens, including new pathogens. Clinical characteristics that could affect imaging, such as patient age and immune status, seasonal variation and community outbreaks, and pathogenesis, are also discussed. The first goal of this review is to indicate that there are imaging features that should raise the possibility of viral infections. Second, to help radiologists differentiate viral infections, viruses in the same viridae that have similar pathogenesis and can have similar imaging characteristics are shown. By considering both the clinical and radiologic characteristics, radiologists can suggest the diagnosis of viral pneumonia. ©RSNA, 2018.
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- Hyun Jung Koo
- From the Department of Radiology and Research Institute of Radiology (H.J.K., J.C., K.H.D.), Division of Infectious Disease, Department of Internal Medicine (S.H.C.), and Department of Laboratory Medicine (H.S.), Asan Medical Center, Olympic-ro 43-gil, Songpa-gu, 05505 Seoul, South Korea; and Department of Radiology, Ulsan University Hospital, Ulsan University College of Medicine, Ulsan, South Korea (S.L.)
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- From the Department of Radiology and Research Institute of Radiology (H.J.K., J.C., K.H.D.), Division of Infectious Disease, Department of Internal Medicine (S.H.C.), and Department of Laboratory Medicine (H.S.), Asan Medical Center, Olympic-ro 43-gil, Songpa-gu, 05505 Seoul, South Korea; and Department of Radiology, Ulsan University Hospital, Ulsan University College of Medicine, Ulsan, South Korea (S.L.)
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- From the Department of Radiology and Research Institute of Radiology (H.J.K., J.C., K.H.D.), Division of Infectious Disease, Department of Internal Medicine (S.H.C.), and Department of Laboratory Medicine (H.S.), Asan Medical Center, Olympic-ro 43-gil, Songpa-gu, 05505 Seoul, South Korea; and Department of Radiology, Ulsan University Hospital, Ulsan University College of Medicine, Ulsan, South Korea (S.L.)
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- From the Department of Radiology and Research Institute of Radiology (H.J.K., J.C., K.H.D.), Division of Infectious Disease, Department of Internal Medicine (S.H.C.), and Department of Laboratory Medicine (H.S.), Asan Medical Center, Olympic-ro 43-gil, Songpa-gu, 05505 Seoul, South Korea; and Department of Radiology, Ulsan University Hospital, Ulsan University College of Medicine, Ulsan, South Korea (S.L.)
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- From the Department of Radiology and Research Institute of Radiology (H.J.K., J.C., K.H.D.), Division of Infectious Disease, Department of Internal Medicine (S.H.C.), and Department of Laboratory Medicine (H.S.), Asan Medical Center, Olympic-ro 43-gil, Songpa-gu, 05505 Seoul, South Korea; and Department of Radiology, Ulsan University Hospital, Ulsan University College of Medicine, Ulsan, South Korea (S.L.)
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- From the Department of Radiology and Research Institute of Radiology (H.J.K., J.C., K.H.D.), Division of Infectious Disease, Department of Internal Medicine (S.H.C.), and Department of Laboratory Medicine (H.S.), Asan Medical Center, Olympic-ro 43-gil, Songpa-gu, 05505 Seoul, South Korea; and Department of Radiology, Ulsan University Hospital, Ulsan University College of Medicine, Ulsan, South Korea (S.L.)
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Pandemic Risk Assessment Model (PRAM): a mathematical modeling approach to pandemic influenza planning. Epidemiol Infect 2016; 144:3400-3411. [PMID: 27545901 DOI: 10.1017/s0950268816001850] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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The Pandemic Risk Assessment Model (PRAM) is a mathematical model developed to analyse two pandemic influenza control measures available to public health: antiviral treatment and immunization. PRAM is parameterized using surveillance data from Alberta, Canada during pandemic H1N1. Age structure and risk level are incorporated in the compartmental, deterministic model through a contact matrix. The model characterizes pandemic influenza scenarios by transmissibility and severity properties. Simulating a worst-case scenario similar to the 1918 pandemic with immediate stockpile release, antiviral demand is 20·3% of the population. With concurrent, effective and timely immunization strategies, antiviral demand would be significantly less. PRAM will be useful in informing policy decisions such as the size of the Alberta antiviral stockpile and can contribute to other pandemic influenza planning activities and scenario analyses.
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Intranasal Introduction of Fc-Fused Interleukin-7 Provides Long-Lasting Prophylaxis against Lethal Influenza Virus Infection. J Virol 2015; 90:2273-84. [PMID: 26656713 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.02768-15] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/02/2015] [Accepted: 12/03/2015] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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UNLABELLED Influenza A virus (IAV) infection frequently causes hospitalization and mortality due to severe immunopathology. Annual vaccination and antiviral drugs are the current countermeasures against IAV infection, but they have a limited efficacy against new IAV variants. Here, we show that intranasal pretreatment with Fc-fused interleukin-7 (IL-7-mFc) protects mice from lethal IAV infections. The protective activity of IL-7-mFc relies on transcytosis via neonatal Fc receptor (FcRn) in the lung and lasts for several weeks. Introduction of IL-7-mFc alters pulmonary immune environments, leading to recruitment of T cells from circulation and their subsequent residency as tissue-resident memory-like T (TRM-like) cells. IL-7-mFc-primed pulmonary TRM-like cells contribute to protection upon IAV infection by dual modes. First, TRM-like cells, although not antigen specific but polyclonal, attenuate viral replication at the early phase of IAV infection. Second, TRM-like cells augment expansion of IAV-specific cytotoxic T lymphocytes (CTLs), in particular at the late phase of infection, which directly control viruses. Thus, accelerated viral clearance facilitated by pulmonary T cells, which are either antigen specific or not, alleviates immunopathology in the lung and mortality from IAV infection. Depleting a subset of pulmonary T cells indicates that both CD4 and CD8 T cells contribute to protection from IAV, although IL-7-primed CD4 T cells have a more prominent role. Collectively, we propose intranasal IL-7-mFc pretreatment as an effective means for generating protective immunity against IAV infections, which could be applied to a potential prophylaxis for influenza pandemics in the future. IMPORTANCE The major consequence of a highly pathogenic IAV infection is severe pulmonary inflammation, which can result in organ failure and death at worst. Although vaccines for seasonal IAVs are effective, frequent variation of surface viral proteins hampers development of protective immunity. In this study, we demonstrated that intranasal IL-7-mFc pretreatment protected immunologically naive mice from lethal IAV infections. Intranasal pretreatment with IL-7-mFc induced an infiltration of T cells in the lung, which reside as effector/memory T cells with lung-retentive markers. Those IL-7-primed pulmonary T cells contributed to development of protective immunity upon IAV infection, reducing pulmonary immunopathology while increasing IAV-specific cytotoxic T lymphocytes. Since a single treatment with IL-7-mFc was effective in the protection against multiple strains of IAV for an extended period of time, our findings suggest a possibility that IL-7-mFc treatment, as a potential prophylaxis, can be developed for controlling highly pathogenic IAV infections.
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