Insights into the increasing virulence of the swine-origin pandemic H1N1/2009 influenza virus

Sci Rep. 2013:3:1601. doi: 10.1038/srep01601.

Abstract

Pandemic H1N1/2009 viruses have been stabilized in swine herds, and some strains display higher pathogenicity than the human-origin isolates. In this study, high-throughput RNA sequencing (RNA-seq) is applied to explore the systemic transcriptome responses of the mouse lungs infected by swine (Jia6/10) and human (LN/09) H1N1/2009 viruses. The transcriptome data show that Jia6/10 activates stronger virus-sensing signals, such as the toll-like receptor, RIG-I like receptor and NOD-like receptor signalings, as well as a stronger NF-κB and JAK-STAT signals, which play significant roles in inducing innate immunity. Most cytokines and interferon-stimulated genes show higher expression lever in Jia/06 infected groups. Meanwhile, virus Jia6/10 activates stronger production of reactive oxygen species, which might further promote higher mutation rate of the virus genome. Collectively, our data reveal that the swine-origin pandemic H1N1/2009 virus elicits a stronger innate immune reaction and pro-oxidation stimulation, which might relate closely to the increasing pathogenicity.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Humans
  • Influenza A Virus, H1N1 Subtype / pathogenicity*
  • Influenza, Human / immunology*
  • Influenza, Human / virology*
  • Lung / immunology*
  • Lung / virology*
  • Mice
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • Pandemics / statistics & numerical data
  • Swine
  • Transcriptome / immunology*
  • Virulence
  • Virulence Factors

Substances

  • Virulence Factors

Associated data

  • GENBANK/JX403975