Murine coronavirus-induced subacute fatal peritonitis in C57BL/6 mice deficient in gamma interferon
Murine coronavirus-induced subacute fatal peritonitis in C57BL/6 mice deficient in gamma interferon
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DOI:
10.1128/jvi.72.11.9286-9290.1998
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发表时间:
1998-11-01
影响因子:
5.4
通讯作者:
Iwakura, Y
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作者:
Kyuwa, S;Tagawa, YI;Iwakura, Y
Gamma interferon-deficient (IFN-gamma-/-) mice with a C57BL/6 background were infected intraperitoneally with moose hepatitis virus strain JHM (JHMV). In contrast to IFN-gamma-+/- and IFN-gamma+/+ mice, JHMV persisted in IFN-gamma-/- mice and induced death duping the subacute phase of the infection. Unexpectedly, infected IFN-gamma-/- mice showed severe peritonitis accompanying the accumulation of a viscous fluid in the abdominal and thoracic cavities in the subacute phase. Destructive changes of hepatocytes were not observed. Administration of recombinant IFN-gamma protracted the survival time of IFN-gamma-/- mice after JHMV infection, These results demonstrate that IFN-gamma plays a critical role in viral clearance in JHMV infection. They also show that a resultant persistent JHMV infection induces another form of disease in IFN-gamma-/- mice, which bears a resemblance to feline infectious peritonitis in cats.