Reovirus infection in rat lungs as a model to study the pathogenesis of viral pneumonia

We undertook the present study to elucidate the pathogenesis of the pathologic response to reovirus infection in the lungs and further understand the interactions of reoviruses with pulmonary cells. We found that reoviruses were capable of causing acute pneumonia in 25- to 28-day-old Sprague-Dawley rats following intratracheal inoculation with the reoviruses type 1 Lang (T1L) and type 3 Dearing (T3D). The onset of the pneumonia was rapid, marked by type I alveolar epithelial cell degeneration, type II alveolar epithelial cell hyperplasia, and the infiltration of leukocytes into the alveolar spaces. More neutrophils were recruited into the lungs during T3D infection than during T1L infection, and the serotype difference in the neutrophil response was mapped to the S1 gene of reovirus. Viral replication in the lungs was required for the development of pneumonia due to T1L and T3D infections, and replication occurred in type I alveolar epithelial cells. T1L grew to higher titers in the lungs than did either T3D or type 3 clone 9, and the S1 gene was found to play a role in determining the level of viral replication. We propose that experimental reovirus infection in the lungs can serve as a model for the pathogenesis of viral pneumonia in which pulmonary inflammation results following direct infection of lung epithelial cells.

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