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Repeated Low-Dose Influenza Virus Infection Causes Severe Disease in Mice: a Model for Vaccine Evaluation.

AbstractUNLABELLED:
Influenza infection causes severe disease and death in humans. In traditional vaccine research and development, a single high-dose virus challenge of animals is used to evaluate vaccine efficacy. This type of challenge model may have limitations. In the present study, we developed a novel challenge model by infecting mice repeatedly in short intervals with low doses of influenza A virus. Our results show that compared to a single high-dose infection, mice that received repeated low-dose challenges showed earlier morbidity and mortality and more severe disease. They developed higher vial loads, more severe lung pathology, and greater inflammatory responses and generated only limited influenza A virus-specific B and T cell responses. A commercial trivalent influenza vaccine protected mice against a single high and lethal dose of influenza A virus but was ineffective against repeated low-dose virus challenges. Overall, our data show that the repeated low-dose influenza A virus infection mouse model is more stringent and may thus be more suitable to select for highly efficacious influenza vaccines.
IMPORTANCE:
Influenza epidemics and pandemics pose serious threats to public health. Animal models are crucial for evaluating the efficacy of influenza vaccines. Traditional models based on a single high-dose virus challenge may have limitations. Here, we describe a new mouse model based on repeated low-dose influenza A virus challenges given within a short period. Repeated low-dose challenges caused more severe disease in mice, associated with higher viral loads and increased lung inflammation and reduced influenza A virus-specific B and T cell responses. A commercial influenza vaccine that was shown to protect mice from high-dose challenge was ineffective against repeated low-dose challenges. Overall, our results show that the low-dose repeated-challenge model is more stringent and may therefore be better suited for preclinical vaccine efficacy studies.
AuthorsYufeng Song, Xiang Wang, Hongbo Zhang, Xinying Tang, Min Li, Jufang Yao, Xia Jin, Hildegund C J Ertl, Dongming Zhou
JournalJournal of virology (J Virol) Vol. 89 Issue 15 Pg. 7841-51 (Aug 2015) ISSN: 1098-5514 [Electronic] United States
PMID25995265 (Publication Type: Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't)
CopyrightCopyright © 2015, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.
Chemical References
  • Antibodies, Viral
  • Influenza Vaccines
Topics
  • Animals
  • Antibodies, Viral (immunology)
  • Chick Embryo
  • Disease Models, Animal
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Influenza A Virus, H1N1 Subtype (genetics, immunology, physiology)
  • Influenza Vaccines (administration & dosage, immunology)
  • Influenza, Human (immunology, pathology, prevention & control, virology)
  • Lung (immunology, pathology, virology)
  • Mice
  • Mice, Inbred C57BL

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