Establishment of a mouse model by influenza virus-Staphylococcus aureus co-infection and intervention effect of Tamiflu
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1. College of Pharmacy, Shandong University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Jinan 250355, China. 2. Experimental Center, Shandong University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Jinan 250355. 3. Key Laboratory of Traditional Chinese Medicine Classical Theory, Ministry of Education, Jinan 250355. 4. Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Traditional Chinese Medicine for Basic Research, Jinan 250355. 5. Shandong Antiviral Engineering Research Center of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Jinan 250355

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    Objective A mouse model of influenza and Staphylococcus aureus co-infection was established to evaluate the efficacy of Tamiflu and its regulatory effect on lymphocytes and inflammatory factors. Methods (1) An influenza-Staphylococcus aureus co-infection mouse model was established by screening different titers of influenza A H1N1/PR8 virus and Staphylococcus aureus. (2) Male BALB/ c mice were selected and randomly divided into six groups. On day 0, mice were inoculated intranasally with 20 μL of influenza virus H1N1/ PR8 at a dose of 0. 25 TCID50. On day 3, mice were inoculated intranasally with 20 μL of Staphylococcus aureus at a dose of 2. 5 × 107 CFU. Twenty-four hours after infection with influenza virus, mice were given Tamiflu by gavage once daily for 7 days, and body weight changes were recorded every day. Mice were necropsied 24 h after the last dose. The organ index was calculated; the expression of influenza virus M gene was detected by RT-qPCR; and the contents of CD3+ , CD4+ , and CD8+ T lymphocytes were assessed. The levels of 13 inflammatory factors, including IL-6, were detected. The average and total pro-inflammatory values of inflammatory cytokines in each group were displayed in the form of bubble charts. Results (1) Weight loss in mice infected with 0. 25 TCID50 influenza virus was relatively subtle, and the mice survived. Mouse body weight decreased steadily after co-infection with 2. 5 × 107 CFU, and half of the group died; (2) thus 2. 5 × 107 CFU was used as the dose for the subsequent co-infection group. In co-infected mice, body weight and thymus index decreased significantly (P<0. 05), and lung index increased significantly (P<0. 05). (3) Compared with the influenza group, the co-infection group had significantly higher M gene expression (P<0. 05). Compared with the Staphylococcus aureus group, the co-infection group’s bacterial load was significantly increased (P<0. 05). Compared with the influenza group and Staphylococcus aureus group, the absolute content of lymphocytes was significantly lower, and the content of inflammatory factors significantly increased (P<0. 05). Tamiflu treatment delayed weight loss and significantly increased the thymus index (P<0. 05), and M gene expression and bacterial load were significantly decreased, while lymphocyte content significantly increased (P<0. 05). The expression of inflammatory factors was significantly decreased (P<0. 05). A bubble diagram showed much higher average and total amounts of proinflammatory factors in the co-infection group than the other groups, and Tamiflu had a good effect after timely intervention. Conclusions In this study, we established a co-infection mouse model that conformed to the clinical characteristics of the mixed virus-bacteria infection, and Tamiflu intervention reduced subsequential damage to the body.

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  • Received:September 04,2022
  • Online: June 16,2023
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