Interferon regulatory factor-1 protects from fatal neurotropic infection with vesicular stomatitis virus by specific inhibition of viral replication in neurons.
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Authors
Nair, SharmilaMichaelsen-Preusse, Kristin
Finsterbusch, Katja
Stegemann-Koniszewski, Sabine
Bruder, Dunja
Grashoff, Martina
Korte, Martin
Köster, Mario
Kalinke, Ulrich
Hauser, Hansjörg
Kröger, Andrea
Issue Date
2014-03
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The innate immune system protects cells against invading viral pathogens by the auto- and paracrine action of type I interferon (IFN). In addition, the interferon regulatory factor (IRF)-1 can induce alternative intrinsic antiviral responses. Although both, type I IFN and IRF-1 mediate their antiviral action by inducing overlapping subsets of IFN stimulated genes, the functional role of this alternative antiviral action of IRF-1 in context of viral infections in vivo remains unknown. Here, we report that IRF-1 is essential to counteract the neuropathology of vesicular stomatitis virus (VSV). IFN- and IRF-1-dependent antiviral responses act sequentially to create a layered antiviral protection program against VSV infections. Upon intranasal infection, VSV is cleared in the presence or absence of IRF-1 in peripheral organs, but IRF-1-/- mice continue to propagate the virus in the brain and succumb. Although rapid IFN induction leads to a decline in VSV titers early on, viral replication is re-enforced in the brains of IRF-1-/- mice. While IFN provides short-term protection, IRF-1 is induced with delayed kinetics and controls viral replication at later stages of infection. IRF-1 has no influence on viral entry but inhibits viral replication in neurons and viral spread through the CNS, which leads to fatal inflammatory responses in the CNS. These data support a temporal, non-redundant antiviral function of type I IFN and IRF-1, the latter playing a crucial role in late time points of VSV infection in the brain.Citation
Interferon regulatory factor-1 protects from fatal neurotropic infection with vesicular stomatitis virus by specific inhibition of viral replication in neurons. 2014, 10 (3):e1003999 PLoS Pathog.Affiliation
Research Group Innate Immunity and Infection, Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research, Braunschweig, GermanyJournal
PLoS pathogensPubMed ID
24675692Type
ArticleLanguage
enISSN
1553-7374ae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
10.1371/journal.ppat.1003999
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