PUBLICATION
A Model of Superinfection of Virus-Infected Zebrafish Larvae: Increased Susceptibility to Bacteria Associated With Neutrophil Death
- Authors
- Boucontet, L., Passoni, G., Thiry, V., Maggi, L., Herbomel, P., Levraud, J.P., Colucci-Guyon, E.
- ID
- ZDB-PUB-180609-19
- Date
- 2018
- Source
- Frontiers in immunology 9: 1084 (Journal)
- Registered Authors
- Boucontet, Laurent, Herbomel, Philippe, Levraud, Jean-Pierre, Passoni, Gabriella
- Keywords
- Shigella flexneri, Sindbis virus, co-infection, innate immune response, live imaging, neutrophils, zebrafish
- MeSH Terms
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- Animals
- Bacterial Load
- Biomarkers
- Cell Line
- Cytokines/genetics
- Cytokines/metabolism
- Disease Models, Animal*
- Disease Susceptibility*
- Gene Expression
- Larva
- Leukocyte Count
- Neutrophils/immunology*
- Neutrophils/metabolism
- Superinfection*
- Viral Load
- Zebrafish/genetics
- Zebrafish/metabolism
- Zebrafish/microbiology*
- Zebrafish/virology*
- PubMed
- 29881380 Full text @ Front Immunol
Citation
Boucontet, L., Passoni, G., Thiry, V., Maggi, L., Herbomel, P., Levraud, J.P., Colucci-Guyon, E. (2018) A Model of Superinfection of Virus-Infected Zebrafish Larvae: Increased Susceptibility to Bacteria Associated With Neutrophil Death. Frontiers in immunology. 9:1084.
Abstract
Enhanced susceptibility to bacterial infection in the days following an acute virus infection such as flu is a major clinical problem. Mouse models have provided major advances in understanding viral-bacterial superinfections, yet interactions of the anti-viral and anti-bacterial responses remain elusive. Here, we have exploited the transparency of zebrafish to study how viral infections can pave the way for bacterial co-infections. We have set up a zebrafish model of sequential viral and bacterial infection, using sublethal doses of Sindbis virus and Shigella flexneri bacteria. This virus induces a strong type I interferons (IFN) response, while the bacterium induces a strong IL1β and TNFα-mediated inflammatory response. We found that virus-infected zebrafish larvae showed an increased susceptibility to bacterial infection. This resulted in the death with concomitant higher bacterial burden of the co-infected fish compared to the ones infected with bacteria only. By contrast, infecting with bacteria first and virus second did not lead to increased mortality or microbial burden. By high-resolution live imaging, we showed that neutrophil survival was impaired in Sindbis-then-Shigella co-infected fish. The two types of cytokine responses were strongly induced in co-infected fish. In addition to type I IFN, expression of the anti-inflammatory cytokine IL10 was induced by viral infection before bacterial superinfection. Collectively, these observations suggest the zebrafish larva as a useful animal model to address mechanisms underlying increased bacterial susceptibility upon viral infection.
Genes / Markers
Expression
Phenotype
Mutations / Transgenics
Human Disease / Model
Sequence Targeting Reagents
Fish
Orthology
Engineered Foreign Genes
Mapping