Cathelicidins Have Direct Antiviral Activity against Respiratory Syncytial Virus In Vitro and Protective Function In Vivo in Mice and Humans

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作者
Currie, Silke M. [1 ]
Findlay, Emily Gwyer [1 ]
McFarlane, Amanda J. [1 ]
Fitch, Paul M. [1 ]
Boettcher, Bettina [2 ]
Colegrave, Nick [3 ]
Paras, Allan [4 ]
Jozwik, Agnieszka [4 ]
Chiu, Christopher [4 ]
Schwarze, Juergen [1 ]
Davidson, Donald J. [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Edinburgh, Queens Med Res Inst, MRC, Ctr Inflammat Res, 47 Little France Crescent, Edinburgh EH16 4TJ, Midlothian, Scotland
[2] Univ Edinburgh, Sch Biol Sci, Inst Quantitat Biol Biochem & Biotechnol, Edinburgh EH9 3BF, Midlothian, Scotland
[3] Univ Edinburgh, Sch Biol Sci, Inst Evolutionary Biol, Edinburgh EH9 3BF, Midlothian, Scotland
[4] Univ London Imperial Coll Sci Technol & Med, Natl Heart & Lung Inst, London W2 1PG, England
基金
英国惠康基金; 英国医学研究理事会;
关键词
ANTIMICROBIAL PEPTIDE LL-37; INVASIVE BACTERIAL-INFECTION; HOST-DEFENSE; EPITHELIAL-CELLS; VITAMIN-D; RSV BRONCHIOLITIS; IMMUNE-RESPONSES; INNATE IMMUNITY; VACCINIA VIRUS; ADULTS;
D O I
10.4049/jimmunol.1502478
中图分类号
R392 [医学免疫学]; Q939.91 [免疫学];
学科分类号
071005 [微生物学]; 100108 [医学免疫学];
摘要
Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is a leading cause of respiratory tract infection in infants, causing significant morbidity and mortality. No vaccine or specific, effective treatment is currently available. A more complete understanding of the key components of effective host response to RSV and novel preventative and therapeutic interventions are urgently required. Cathelicidins are host defense peptides, expressed in the inflamed lung, with key microbicidal and modulatory roles in innate host defense against infection. In this article, we demonstrate that the human cathelicidin LL-37 mediates an antiviral effect on RSV by inducing direct damage to the viral envelope, disrupting viral particles and decreasing virus binding to, and infection of, human epithelial cells in vitro. In addition, exogenously applied LL-37 is protective against RSV-mediated disease in vivo, in a murine model of pulmonary RSV infection, demonstrating maximal efficacy when applied concomitantly with virus. Furthermore, endogenous murine cathelicidin, induced by infection, has a fundamental role in protection against disease in vivo postinfection with RSV. Finally, higher nasal levels of LL-37 are associated with protection in a healthy human adult RSV infection model. These data lead us to propose that cathelicidins are a key, nonredundant component of host defense against pulmonary infection with RSV, functioning as a first point of contact antiviral shield and having additional later-phase roles in minimizing the severity of disease outcome. Consequently, cathelicidins represent an inducible target for preventative strategies against RSV infection and may inform the design of novel therapeutic analogs for use in established infection.
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页数:12
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