Recombinant Duck Interferon Gamma Inhibits H5N1 Influenza Virus Replication In Vitro and In Vivo

Journal of Interferon & Cytokine Research : the Official Journal of the International Society for Interferon and Cytokine Research
Pei GaoTao Ren

Abstract

The highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza virus (AIV) is widespread in waterfowl, causing enormous economic losses and posing a significant threat to public health. An increasing number of reagents have been identified to prevent the spread of influenza; however, there have been no reports on the anti-H5N1 effects of duck interferons, which exhibit antiviral activity against other viruses. Our aim was to investigate the antiviral effects of purified duck interferons. In this study, we successfully cloned and expressed duck interferon gamma (IFN-γ) in Escherichia coli. The antiviral effects of this recombinant duck IFN-γ (rDuIFN-γ) was assessed in vitro and in vivo. rDuIFN-γ displayed antiviral activity against vesicular stomatitis virus and AIV in duck embryo fibroblasts. Pretreating ducks with 3.4 × 104 U rDuIFN-γ also partially decreased mortality from 70% to 30% and delayed onset in 2-day-old Peking ducks. Virus titers in tissues and viral shedding decreased, and the expression of interferon-stimulated genes increased in brain and spleen in rDuIFN-γ-treated ducks. These results indicate that duck IFN-γ has the potential to inhibit viral replication in ducks.

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