Antiviral effect of Saccharomyces cerevisiae β-glucan to swine influenza virus by increased production of interferon-γ and nitric oxide
Antiviral effect of Saccharomyces cerevisiae β-glucan to swine influenza virus by increased production of interferon-γ and nitric oxide
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10.1111/j.1439-0450.2004.00732.x
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2004-03-01
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Chae, C
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Jung, K;Ha, Y;Chae, C
The aim of these experiments was to investigate the potential antiviral effect of Saccharomyces cerevisiae beta-glucan on the pneumonia induced by swine influenza virus (SIV). Forty colostrum-deprived 5-day-old piglets were randomly divided into four groups of 10. The 20 pigs in groups I and 2 were administered Saccharomyces cerevisiae P-glucan orally (50 mg/day/pig; En-Bio Technology Co., Ltd) for 3 days before SIN infection and those in groups 3 and 4 were given culture medium/diluent alone. Groups I and 3 were inoculated intranasally with 3 ml of tissue culture fluid containing 2 x 106 tissue culture infective doses 50% (TCID50)/ml Of SIV and those in groups 2 and 4 were exposed in the same manner to uninfected cell culture supernatant. The microscopic lung lesions induced by SIV infection (group I pigs) were significantly more severe than those induced by infection in animals pre-administered beta-glucan (group 3) (P < 0.05). Significantly more SIV nucleic acid was detected in the lungs of pigs experimentally infected with SIN only (group 1) at 5, 7 and 10 days post-inoculation (dpi) compared with lungs from pigs pre-administered P-glucan and infected with SIV (group 3) (P < 0.05). The concentrations of interferon-gamma (IFN-gamma) and nitric oxide (NO) in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid from pigs pre-administered beta-glucan and infected with SIV (group 3) were significantly higher than for any other group at 7 and 10 dpi for IFN-gamma, and at 5, 7 and 10 dpi for NO (P < 0.05). Saccharomyces cerevisiae beta-glucan reduced the pulmonary lesion score and viral replication rate in SIV-infected pigs. These findings support the potential application of beta-glucan as prophylactic/treatment agent in influenza virus infection.