PMID- 34665110 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20211119 LR - 20211123 IS - 1465-2099 (Electronic) IS - 0022-1317 (Print) IS - 0022-1317 (Linking) VI - 102 IP - 10 DP - 2021 Oct TI - Viperin is anti-viral in vitro but is dispensable for restricting dengue virus replication or induction of innate and inflammatory responses in vivo. LID - 10.1099/jgv.0.001669 [doi] LID - 001669 AB - Viperin has antiviral function against many viruses, including dengue virus (DENV), when studied in cells in culture. Here, the antiviral actions of viperin were defined both in vitro and in a mouse in vivo model of DENV infection. Murine embryonic fibroblasts (MEFs) derived from mice lacking viperin (vip(-/-)) showed enhanced DENV infection, accompanied by increased IFN-beta and induction of ISGs; IFIT1 and CXCL-10 but not IRF7, when compared to wild-type (WT) MEFs. In contrast, subcutaneous challenge of immunocompetent WT and vip(-/-) mice with DENV did not result in enhanced infection. Intracranial infection with DENV resulted in body weight loss and neurological disease with a moderate increase in mortality in vip(-/-) compared with WT mice, although this was not accompanied by altered brain morphology, immune cell infiltration or DENV RNA level in the brain. Similarly, DENV induction of IFN-beta, IFIT1, CXCL-10, IRF7 and TNF-alpha was not significantly different in WT and vip(-/-) mouse brain, although there was a modest but significant increase in DENV induction of IL-6 and IfI27la in the absence of viperin. NanoString nCounter analysis confirmed no significant difference in induction of a panel of inflammatory genes in WT compared to vip(-/-) DENV-infected mouse brains. Further, polyI:C stimulation of bone marrow-derived macrophages (BMDMs) induced TNF-alpha, IFN-beta, IL-6 and Nos-2, but responses were not different in BMDMs generated from WT or vip(-/-) mice. Thus, while there is significant evidence of anti-DENV actions of viperin in some cell types in vitro, for DENV infection in vivo a lack of viperin does not affect systemic or brain susceptibility to DENV or induction of innate and inflammatory responses. FAU - Al Shujairi, Wisam-Hamzah AU - Al Shujairi WH AD - College of Medicine and Public Health, Flinders University, Adelaide, SA, Australia. AD - Department of Clinical Laboratory Sciences, College of Pharmacy, University of Babylon, 51001 Hilla, Iraq. FAU - Kris, Luke P AU - Kris LP AD - College of Medicine and Public Health, Flinders University, Adelaide, SA, Australia. FAU - van der Hoek, Kylie AU - van der Hoek K AD - School of Biological Sciences, Research Centre for Infectious Diseases, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA 5005, Australia. FAU - Cowell, Evangeline AU - Cowell E AD - College of Medicine and Public Health, Flinders University, Adelaide, SA, Australia. FAU - Bracho-Granado, Gustavo AU - Bracho-Granado G AD - College of Medicine and Public Health, Flinders University, Adelaide, SA, Australia. FAU - Woodgate, Tahlia AU - Woodgate T AD - College of Medicine and Public Health, Flinders University, Adelaide, SA, Australia. FAU - Beard, Michael R AU - Beard MR AD - School of Biological Sciences, Research Centre for Infectious Diseases, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA 5005, Australia. FAU - Carr, Jillian M AU - Carr JM AD - College of Medicine and Public Health, Flinders University, Adelaide, SA, Australia. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PL - England TA - J Gen Virol JT - The Journal of general virology JID - 0077340 RN - 0 (Antiviral Agents) RN - 0 (Interferon Regulatory Factor-7) RN - 0 (Irf7 protein, mouse) RN - 0 (Proteins) RN - 0 (Rsad2 protein, mouse) RN - 77238-31-4 (Interferon-beta) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - *Antiviral Agents MH - Brain/immunology/virology MH - Cells, Cultured MH - Dengue/*immunology/*virology MH - Dengue Virus/*immunology/*physiology MH - *Immunity, Innate MH - Inflammation MH - Interferon Regulatory Factor-7/genetics MH - Interferon-beta/biosynthesis/genetics MH - Macrophages/immunology/metabolism MH - Mice MH - Proteins/genetics/*physiology MH - Virus Replication PMC - PMC8604189 OTO - NOTNLM OT - dengue virus OT - inflammatory response OT - interferon response OT - neurovirulence OT - viperin COIS- The authors declare that there are no conflicts of interest. EDAT- 2021/10/20 06:00 MHDA- 2021/11/20 06:00 PMCR- 2021/10/19 CRDT- 2021/10/19 12:19 PHST- 2021/10/19 12:19 [entrez] PHST- 2021/10/20 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2021/11/20 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2021/10/19 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 001669 [pii] AID - 10.1099/jgv.0.001669 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - J Gen Virol. 2021 Oct;102(10):001669. doi: 10.1099/jgv.0.001669.