TY - JOUR
T1 - Characterization of lethal dengue virus type 4 (DENV-4) TVP-376 infection in mice lacking both IFN-α/β and IFN-γ receptors (AG129) and comparison with the DENV-2 AG129 mouse model
AU - Sarathy, Vanessa V.
AU - Infante, Ernesto
AU - Li, Li
AU - Campbell, Gerald A.
AU - Wang, Tian
AU - Paessler, Slobodan
AU - Beatty, P. Robert
AU - Harris, Eva
AU - Milligan, Gregg N.
AU - Bourne, Nigel
AU - Barrett, Alan D.T.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2015 The Authors.
PY - 2015/10
Y1 - 2015/10
N2 - Dengue is a mosquito-borne disease caused by four related but distinct dengue viruses, DENV-1 to DENV-4. Dengue is endemic in most tropical countries, and over a third of the world's population is at risk of being infected. Although the global burden is high, no vaccine or antiviral is licensed to combat this disease. An obstacle complicating dengue research is the lack of animal challenge models that mimic human disease. Advances in immunocompromised murine infection models resulted in development of lethal DENV-2, DENV-3 and DENV-4 models in AG129 mice, which are deficient in both the IFN-α/β receptor (IFN-α/βR) and the IFN-γ receptor (IFN-γR). These models mimic features of dengue disease in humans. Here, we characterized lethal infection of AG129 mice by DENV-4 strain TVP-376 and found that AG129 mice developed clinical signs of illness and high viral loads in multiple tissues and succumbed 5 days after infection. Moreover, the splenic and hepatic histopathology of TVP-376-infected mice demonstrated the presence of cell activation and destruction of tissue architecture. Furthermore, infected mice had heightened levels of circulating cytokines. Comparison of the virulence phenotypes of DENV-4 strain TVP-376 and DENV-2 strain D2S10 revealed that TVP-376-induced mortality occurred in the absence of both IFN-α/βR and IFN-γR signalling, but not with intact signalling from the IFN-γR, whereas D2S10 required the absence of IFN-α/βR signalling only, indicating that it is more virulent than TVP-376. In conclusion, TVP-376 is lethal in AG129 mice, and this model provides a useful platform to investigate vaccine candidates and antivirals against DENV-4.
AB - Dengue is a mosquito-borne disease caused by four related but distinct dengue viruses, DENV-1 to DENV-4. Dengue is endemic in most tropical countries, and over a third of the world's population is at risk of being infected. Although the global burden is high, no vaccine or antiviral is licensed to combat this disease. An obstacle complicating dengue research is the lack of animal challenge models that mimic human disease. Advances in immunocompromised murine infection models resulted in development of lethal DENV-2, DENV-3 and DENV-4 models in AG129 mice, which are deficient in both the IFN-α/β receptor (IFN-α/βR) and the IFN-γ receptor (IFN-γR). These models mimic features of dengue disease in humans. Here, we characterized lethal infection of AG129 mice by DENV-4 strain TVP-376 and found that AG129 mice developed clinical signs of illness and high viral loads in multiple tissues and succumbed 5 days after infection. Moreover, the splenic and hepatic histopathology of TVP-376-infected mice demonstrated the presence of cell activation and destruction of tissue architecture. Furthermore, infected mice had heightened levels of circulating cytokines. Comparison of the virulence phenotypes of DENV-4 strain TVP-376 and DENV-2 strain D2S10 revealed that TVP-376-induced mortality occurred in the absence of both IFN-α/βR and IFN-γR signalling, but not with intact signalling from the IFN-γR, whereas D2S10 required the absence of IFN-α/βR signalling only, indicating that it is more virulent than TVP-376. In conclusion, TVP-376 is lethal in AG129 mice, and this model provides a useful platform to investigate vaccine candidates and antivirals against DENV-4.
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U2 - 10.1099/jgv.0.000246
DO - 10.1099/jgv.0.000246
M3 - Article
C2 - 26296350
AN - SCOPUS:84944810918
SN - 0022-1317
VL - 96
SP - 3035
EP - 3048
JO - Journal of General Virology
JF - Journal of General Virology
IS - 10
ER -