Long-Term Infection and Pathogenesis in a Novel Mouse Model of Human Respiratory Syncytial Virus

Intensive efforts have been made to develop models of hRSV infection or disease using various animals. However, the limitations such as semi-permissiveness and short duration of infection have impeded their applications in both the pathogenesis of hRSV and therapeutics development. Here, we present a mouse model based on a Rag2 gene knockout using CRISPR/Cas9 technology. Rag2-/- mice sustained high viral loads upon intranasal inoculation with hRSV. The average peak titer rapidly reached 1 × 109.8 copies/g and 1c106 TCID50 in nasal cavity, as well as 1 × 108 copies/g and 1 × 105 TCID50 in the lungs up to 5 weeks. Mild interstitial pneumonia, severe bronchopneumonia, elevated cytokines and NK cells were seen in Rag2-/- mice. A humanized monoclonal antibody showed strong antiviral activity in this animal model, implying that Rag2-/- mice that support long-term stable infection are a useful tool for studying the transmission and pathogenesis of human RSV, as well as evaluating therapeutics.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2022

Erschienen:

2022

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:14

Enthalten in:

Viruses - 14(2022), 8 vom: 09. Aug.

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Xiong, Rui [VerfasserIn]
Fu, Rui [VerfasserIn]
Wu, Yong [VerfasserIn]
Wu, Xi [VerfasserIn]
Cao, Yuan [VerfasserIn]
Qu, Zhe [VerfasserIn]
Yang, Yanwei [VerfasserIn]
Liu, Susu [VerfasserIn]
Huo, Guitao [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Sanlong [VerfasserIn]
Huang, Weijin [VerfasserIn]
Lyu, Jianjun [VerfasserIn]
Zhu, Xiang [VerfasserIn]
Liang, Chunnan [VerfasserIn]
Peng, Yihong [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Youchun [VerfasserIn]
Fan, Changfa [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

CRISPR/Cas9
Host immune response
Human respiratory syncytial virus
Journal Article
Rag2−/− mice
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
T and B cell deficiency

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 29.08.2022

Date Revised 02.09.2022

published: Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.3390/v14081740

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM345347560