The inflammatory microenvironment of the lung at the time of infection governs innate control of SARS-CoV-2 replication

SARS-CoV-2 infection leads to vastly divergent clinical outcomes ranging from asymptomatic infection to fatal disease. Co-morbidities, sex, age, host genetics and vaccine status are known to affect disease severity. Yet, how the inflammatory milieu of the lung at the time of SARS-CoV-2 exposure impacts the control of viral replication remains poorly understood. We demonstrate here that immune events in the mouse lung closely preceding SARS-CoV-2 infection significantly impact viral control and we identify key innate immune pathways required to limit viral replication. A diverse set of pulmonary inflammatory stimuli, including resolved antecedent respiratory infections with S. aureus or influenza, ongoing pulmonary M. tuberculosis infection, ovalbumin/alum-induced asthma or airway administration of defined TLR ligands and recombinant cytokines, all establish an antiviral state in the lung that restricts SARS-CoV-2 replication upon infection. In addition to antiviral type I interferons, the broadly inducible inflammatory cytokines TNFα and IL-1 precondition the lung for enhanced viral control. Collectively, our work shows that SARS-CoV-2 may benefit from an immunologically quiescent lung microenvironment and suggests that heterogeneity in pulmonary inflammation that precedes or accompanies SARS-CoV-2 exposure may be a significant factor contributing to the population-wide variability in COVID-19 disease outcomes.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

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2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - year:2024

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bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology - (2024) vom: 27. März

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Englisch

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Baker, Paul J [VerfasserIn]
Bohrer, Andrea C [VerfasserIn]
Castro, Ehydel [VerfasserIn]
Amaral, Eduardo P [VerfasserIn]
Snow-Smith, Maryonne [VerfasserIn]
Torres-Juárez, Flor [VerfasserIn]
Gould, Sydnee T [VerfasserIn]
Queiroz, Artur T L [VerfasserIn]
Fukutani, Eduardo R [VerfasserIn]
Jordan, Cassandra M [VerfasserIn]
Khillan, Jaspal S [VerfasserIn]
Cho, Kyoungin [VerfasserIn]
Barber, Daniel L [VerfasserIn]
Andrade, Bruno B [VerfasserIn]
Johnson, Reed F [VerfasserIn]
Hilligan, Kerry L [VerfasserIn]
Mayer-Barber, Katrin D [VerfasserIn]

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Date Revised 25.04.2024

published: Electronic

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

doi:

10.1101/2024.03.27.586885

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NLM370752589