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ArticleJournal of virology2025

Inflammatory, transcriptomic, and cell fate responses underlying the mammalian transmission of avian influenza viruses.

Mark Zanin, Timothy Flerlage, Sook-San Wong, Peter Vogel, Kristine Piza, Patrick Schreiner, Zhongshan Cheng, David F Boyd, Rabeh El-Shesheny, Jeremy C Jones and 4 more

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14 authors.

Mark ZaninSchool of Public Health, LKS Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China.ORCID 0000-0003-3158-1744
Timothy FlerlageDepartment of Infectious Diseases, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, USA.
Sook-San WongHKU-Pasteur Research Pole, LKS Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China.
Peter VogelVeterinary Pathology Core, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, USA.
Kristine PizaDepartment of Host-Pathogen Interactions, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, USA.
Patrick SchreinerCenter for Applied Bioinformatics, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, USA.
Zhongshan ChengCenter for Applied Bioinformatics, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, USA.
David F BoydDepartment of Molecular, Cell & Developmental Biology, University of California, Santa Cruz, California, USA.
Rabeh El-SheshenyCenter of Scientific Excellence for Influenza Viruses, National Research Centre, Cairo, Egypt.ORCID 0000-0002-8798-2240
Jeremy C JonesDepartment of Host-Pathogen Interactions, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, USA.
Ti-Cheng ChangCenter for Applied Bioinformatics, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, USA.
Paul ThomasDepartment of Immunology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, USA.
Robert WebsterDepartment of Host-Pathogen Interactions, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-1899-1856
Richard WebbyDepartment of Host-Pathogen Interactions, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-4397-7132

Funding

NIAID Centers of Excellence for Influenza Research and Response: Universal Influenza Vaccine Research Activities75N93021C00016 · NIAID · ST. JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL · PI WEBBY, RICHARD · 2021 to 2025
$91.4M
NIAID NIH HHS 75N93021C00016NIAID NIH HHS HHSN272201400006C
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Airborne transmissibility of avian influenza viruses (AIVs) in humans is considered an essential component of their pandemic risk. Although several viral factors regulating airborne transmission (AT) have been delineated, it is not known what, if any, responses at the respiratory epithelia are determinants of AIV AT. Using responses in the ferret nasal epithelium to a panel of H1N1 AIVs, we describe host responses that segregate with AT phenotypes. AIV infection upregulated interferon alpha and gamma responses and IL-6 JAK-STAT signaling and downregulated oxidative phosphorylation. Single-cell transcriptomics revealed that cellular genotoxic stress and NF-kB, interferon, and cell fate pathways differentiated host responses to AIVs with different transmissibilities. These responses culminated in greater AIV antigen-containing exudate and debris in the respiratory spaces of the nasal epithelium of ferrets inoculated with AT AIVs. More abundant CMPK2, SP100, and CXCL10 transcription in infected epithelia was a hallmark of AT viruses. Overall, our study reveals host responses associated with AIV infection and transmission in the nasal epithelium, the determinant anatomical site of influenza virus transmission.IMPORTANCEAirborne transmission (AT) is a critical component of the pandemic risks posed by avian influenza A viruses (AIVs). However, the host responses ultimately dictating transmissibility elicited by AIVs in the upper respiratory tract of mammals, the determinant site of influenza virus AT, are largely unknown. We identified host responses in the nasal epithelium of the upper respiratory tract differentially expressed in response to infection by AIVs of different mammalian ATs. Our data indicate that a definable host response was associated with AT of AIVs. These data would serve as an important basis for future mechanistic studies of AIV zoonosis and potentially have implications for understanding the mechanisms of transmission of respiratory viruses between humans.

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Influenza A Virus, H1N1 SubtypeInfluenza, HumanInfluenza in BirdsOrthomyxoviridae InfectionsTranscriptomeAnimalsFerretsHumansInflammationInfluenza A virusNasal MucosaSignal Transductionavian influenza virusferretnasal turbinatesingle-cell transcriptomicstransmissionzoonosis

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PMID40778772
PMCPMC12456136

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