Tao Mei-Ting, Xie Ya-Ping, Liu Shu-Ping, Chen Hao-Feng, Huang Han, Chen Min, Zhong Li-Li
Children's Medical Center, Hunan Provincial People's Hospital, Changsha 410005, China.
Zhongguo Dang Dai Er Ke Za Zhi. 2017 Jun;19(6):677-681. doi: 10.7499/j.issn.1008-8830.2017.06.013.
To investigate the expression of IFN-λ1 in respiratory epithelial cells of children with respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) infection and its relationship with RSV load.
The nasopharyngeal swabs were collected from the children who were hospitalized with respiratory tract infection from June 2015 to June 2016. A direct immunofluorescence assay was used to detect the antigens of seven common respiratory viruses (including RSV) in the nasopharyngeal swabs. A total of 120 children who were only RSV positive were selected as the RSV infection group. A total of 50 children who had negative results in the detection of all viral antigens were selected as the healthy control group. Fluorescence quantitative real-time PCR was used to determine the RSV load and the expression of IFN-λ1 mRNA in the nasopharyngeal swabs of children in the two groups.
The expression of IFN-λ1 in the RSV infection group was significantly higher than that in the healthy control group (P<0.05). The expression of IFN-λ1 was positively correlated with RSV load (r=0.56, P<0.05).
RSV can induce the expression of IFN-λ1 in respiratory epithelial cells, suggesting that IFN-λ1 may play an important role in anti-RSV infection.
探讨呼吸道合胞病毒(RSV)感染患儿呼吸道上皮细胞中IFN-λ1的表达及其与RSV载量的关系。
收集2015年6月至2016年6月因呼吸道感染住院患儿的鼻咽拭子。采用直接免疫荧光法检测鼻咽拭子中7种常见呼吸道病毒(包括RSV)的抗原。选取120例仅RSV阳性患儿作为RSV感染组。选取50例所有病毒抗原检测均为阴性的患儿作为健康对照组。采用荧光定量实时PCR法检测两组患儿鼻咽拭子中RSV载量及IFN-λ1 mRNA的表达。
RSV感染组IFN-λ1的表达明显高于健康对照组(P<0.05)。IFN-λ1的表达与RSV载量呈正相关(r=0.56,P<0.05)。
RSV可诱导呼吸道上皮细胞中IFN-λ1的表达,提示IFN-λ1可能在抗RSV感染中发挥重要作用。