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1 IMMUNITY TO INFLUENZA INFECTION Unit 7 Paul Thomas Paul.Thomas@stjude.org Department of Immunology St. Jude Children s Research Hospital

2 INFLUENZA A VIRUS Negative sense, segmented RNA virus Orthomyxoviridae Eight genes, 11 proteins (three alternate reading frames) Two non structural proteins (NS1 and PB1 F2) Surface proteins HA and NA determine serotype NA (Neuramini dase) (HA) Hemagglu tinin Modified from: Kaiser. Science 2006, 312:

3 Influenza A HA and NA Subtypes H1 H2 N1 N2 H3 Other Animals N3 H4 Other Animals N4 H5 Other Animals N5 H6 N6 H7 Other Animals N7 Other Animals H8 N8 Other Animals H9 H10 N9 H11 H12 H13 H14 H15 H16 3

4 DIVERSE HOST TROPISM ALLOWS RESTRICTION AND RECOMBINATION

5 INFLUENZA EVOLUTION

6 HUMAN INFLUENZA PANDEMICS

7 EVOLUTION OF HUMAN INFLUENZA FROM 1918 All current human influenza is majorityderived from the 1918 pandemic Distinct reservoirs have allowed evolution to occur with varying pressures, providing diverse sources for new gene introductions into the human pool

8 SWINE ORIGIN H1N1 INCIDENCE

9 H5N1 INCIDENCE

10 H7N9 IS A RECOMBINANT OF H9N2 WITH OTHER AVIAN VIRUSES The H9N2 cassette was also the basis of the H5N1 viruses emerging in 1997 and 2002 However, the theoretical parent H9N2 lineage has never been observed on its own

11 Cases Deceased Cases Alive Note: Total cases include an asymptomatically infected child in Beijing Source: Provincial CDC (China), National China CDC, WHO, and news reports

12 Pakistan India Location of H7N9 Influenza in China (2/26/14)* Nepal Russia XINJIANG XIZANG Bhutan Bangladesh Burma QINGHAI Mongolia SICHUAN YUNNAN Laos NINGXIA GANSU Vietnam SHAANXI CHONGQING GUIZHOU GUANGXI SHANXI INNER MONGOLIA HENAN HUBEI HUNAN BEIJING HEBEI TIANJIN SHANDONG JIANGXI GUANGDONG HAINAN ANHUI LIAONING JIANGSU FUJIAN ZHEJIANG HEILONGJIANG JILIN North Korea SHANGHAI Taiwan South Korea Philippines *373 total cases/114 deaths Province/ City Number of Cases Anhui 9 Beijing 5 Fujian 20 Guangdong 86 Guangxi 3 Hebei 1 Henan 4 Hunan 14 Jiangsu 43 Jiangxi 6 Jilin 1 Shandong 2 Shanghai 42 Zhejiang 137 Thailand Kilometers 500 Miles

13 Cases of H7N9 Influenza in China by Age-Group (2/26/14)* Cases Deceased Cases Alive Number of Cases Age Group *Total cases = 373 Note: ages of 3 cases are unknown and identity of 52 deaths also unknown

14 ANNUAL SEASONAL INCIDENCE, U.S. Annual number of deaths within the U.S. attributable to influenza: 41,400 (as of 2004)

15 EMERGENCE OF THE 2009 PANDEMIC

16 1918 (AND POSSIBLY SWORH1N1) MORTALITY CURVES SUGGEST PREVIOUS EXPOSURE The U shaped curve of regular influenza infection demonstrates the highest mortality among children (naïve) and the elderly (immunocomprimised) The 1918 pandemic had a W shaped curve, with a spike in deaths among young adults immunopathology or prior protection for ~40 year olds?

17 INFLUENZA LIFE CYCLE

18 HA IS REQUIRED FOR CELL ENTRY HA binding to sialic acid on the surface of cells mediates initial attachment Virus is endocytosed, where the endosome is acidified This triggers a conformational change in the virus, resulting in membrane fusion For HA to be active, it needs to be cleaved by a protease into two pieces this protease is generally restricted to the respiratory epithelium

19 NEURAMINIDASE ACTS TO CLEAVE THE SIALIC ACID RECEPTORS FROM THE CELL SURFACE IAV must balance the binding and entry activity of HA with the sialic acid cleavage activity of NA so that virus efficiently enters and buds from the cell surface thus HA and NA are often matched for activity

20 IMMUNE MECHANISMS OF PROTECTION Antibody mediated immunity exerts the most pressure on the virus, leading to seasonal antigenic drift and pandemic strains of antigenic shift Internal proteins are relatively conserved allowing heterologous cellular protection Mutation of dominant CD8 epitopes over time suggests that CTLs provide immunological pressure

21 IMMUNE COURSE OF INFLUENZA INFECTION Influenza is initially controlled by antibody and CD8+ T cells Secondary infection with heterologous virus is cleared with CD8+ T cell activity much more rapidly Homologous infection can be prevented by antibody (sterilizing immunity)

22 PREDICTIONS OF THE 2009/H1N1 PANDEMIC The 2009 H1N1 pandemic emerged as a particularly novel threat: an antigenic shift event between two swine viruses, without the human virus component expected to be required The initial rapid spread bred fears of an equally high incidence of severe morbidity and mortality (~90,000 deaths in the US, ~1.8 million hospitalizations)

23 PRE EXISITNG CROSS REACTIVE IMMUNITY TO 2009/H1N1

24 TABLE CONTINUED

25 PEOPLEBORNPRIORTO1940 HAVE PROTECTIVE LEVELS OF ANTIBODY TO 2009/H1N1

26 INFLUENZA MORTALITY IS ASSOCIATED WITH SECONDARY BACTERIAL INFECTIONS Between August 2009 and March 2010, 276 influenzaassociated pediatric deaths were reported to the CDC 34% of the tested children had a bacterial co infection Strep 21% Staph 34% Rest apparently unidentified Several mechanisms for secondary infection susceptibility have been proposed, including action of the viral neuraminidase promoting bacterial colonization and immunological disruption

27 INFLUENZA INDUCED GLUCOCORTICOID MEDIATED SUPPRESSION? Influenza virus-induced glucocorticoids compromise innate host defense against a secondary bacterial infection. Jamieson AM, Yu S, Annicelli CH, Medzhitov R. Cell Host Microbe Feb 18;7(2):

28 GLUCOCORTICOID MEDIATED BACTERIAL SUSCEPTIBILITY Influenza virus-induced glucocorticoids compromise innate host defense against a secondary bacterial infection. Jamieson AM, Yu S, Annicelli CH, Medzhitov R. Cell Host Microbe Feb 18;7(2):

29 2009 PANDEMIC H1N1 2009/H1N1 resulted from the recombination of two viruses (American and Eurasian Swine) The American Swine virus was itself a recombinant of three viruses that established itself in 1998 These viruses are genetically distant from the human seasonal H1N1 (reference strain A/Brisbane/59/07) A/SW/NC18161/0 2 A/SW/Italy/ /95 A/CA/4/2009 A/TN/1-560/2009

30 EARLY PANDEMIC H1N1: APRIL JULY 2009 Reed C, Angulo FJ, Swerdlow DL, Lipsitch M, Meltzer MI, Jernigan D, et al. Estimates of the prevalence of pandemic (H1N1) 2009, United States, April July Emerg Infect Dis. 15 (12):

31 HUMAN INFECTIONS WITH TRIPLE REASSORTANT SWINE VIRUSES HAVE OCCURRED custom slaughter house helped hold and abduct the forelimbs of one (1) freshly killed pig while his brother eviscerated it. No facial or respiratory protection was worn father obtained a live chicken sacrificed during a ritual ceremony. patient was never within ten (10) feet of the chicken.. Newman et al., Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2008

32 H1N1 SWINE FLU STUDIES: RESPONSE IN HUMAN CELLS Measures: Infectivity and growth of virus (TCID 50, immunofluorescence) Secretion of inflammatory mediators from apical and basolateral surfaces (multiplexed immunoassay) Transcriptional response over the first 24 hours (Exon arrays, fluidigm analysis) Confirm results by swapped viruses made by reverse genetics EpiAirway TM, MatTek P

33 IN VITRO CULTURES OF HUMAN AIRWAY EPITHELIAL CELLS cilia-red/green Nucleus-blue

34 VIRAL GROWTH KINETICS IN HAE CELLS Human primary Swine primary Human primary 0.01 moi All continued shedding from healthy monolayers for >3 weeks

35 Influenza NP detection in 3D HAE cultures viral growth kinetics in HAE cells CA/04/2009 TN/1-560/2009 NC/2002 influenza NP DAPI (nucleus) ZO 1 (tight junctions) Italy/1995 Brisbane/ hr post infection 0.01 moi

36 MORE RAPID COLONIZATION OF CULTURE BY PANDEMIC AND ESW VIRUS By 12 hours, pandemic strains and Italy have infected ~50%-75% of the culture

37 Viral efficiency of spread in A549 CA/04/2009 NC/2002 Italy/1995 rgnc/ca M rgnc/ca NA rgnc/ca NAM influenza NP DAPI (nucleus)

38 SUMMARY DATA OF FOCAL INFECTION STUDY No. of infected cells 0 rgnc/cana rgnc/cam rgnc/canam rgca/09 rgca/ncha rgca/ncm rgca/ncnam Brisbane Italy rgnc/02 Both M and NA genes of CA/04/09 contribute to greater viral spread

39 HIGHER NA ACTIVITY IN PANDEMIC AND ESW NA activity measured as ability to convert sialic acid containing substrate Results normalized to functional viral titer, so NA activity/infectious virion Higher NA activity may relate to ability of virus to spread efficiently

40 GROWTH SUMMARY The pandemic virus acquired a rapid growth phenotype in human cells similar to the Esw virus This phenotype associates with both the NA and M of Esw virus The Esw virus transmits more efficiently in ferrets Titer and infected cell number can be de coupled across infections/individuals

41 ODE MODEL OF INFLUENZA INFECTION ANDREAS HANDEL, UGA Why wasn t the Esw virus a pandemic?

42 TRANSCRIPTOME ANALYSIS OF PANDEMIC VIRUS INFECTED HAE CULTURES mrna expression in hae cultures infected at MOI=0.01 BIC applied to k- means clustering: 2 clusters 271 upregulated in all 24 downregulated or differential Time (hours p.i.)

43 A TOP 9 MOST SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENTIALLY EXPRESSED GENES 12 HOURS POST INFECTION WITH A/BRISBANE/59/2007(H1N1)

44 TOP 9 MOST SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENTIALLY EXPRESSED GENES AT 12 HOURS POST INFECTION WITH A/CALIFORNIA/04/2009(H1N1) Does the TRIG backbone (Asw) induce a stealthy response? A

45 FLUIDIGM PLATFORM FOR ARRAY VERIFICATION Uses microfluidics to perform multiple qpcr reactions on one plate 48x48 (probes vs. targets) or 96x96 formats 1 48x48 plates=6 384 well plates Real time confirmation of arrays with a tiny amount of RNA For this project, selected 100 genes to track: Most up or down regulated Virus replication, IFN response, host response

46 HOST RESPONSE AS A FUNCTION OF VIRUS Brisbane California Italy North Carolina Fluidigm Real Time PCR from primary human cell infections (2 donors)

47 HOST RESPONSE AS A FUNCTION OF VIRUS II Brisbane Italy California North Carolina

48 SWAPS rgca/09 rgca/it HA rgca/it NP rgca/it M PB2 PB1 PA HA NP NA M NS CA IT BR N C rgca/it NAM rgca/it HANAM rgca/it NS rgca/br PA What s the mechanistic basis of the stealthy (or noisy) phenotype? rgca/br PB2PB1PA rgca/nc M rgca/nc NAM rgca/nc HANAM rgnc/02 rgnc/ca HA rgnc/ca NA rgnc/ca M rgnc/ca NAM PB2 PB1 PA HA NP NA M NS CA IT BR N C rgnc/ca HANAM rgnc/it PB2 rgnc/it HA rgnc/it NP rgnc/it NA rgnc/it M rgnc/it NAM rgnc/it HANAM rgnc/br NP

49 Average amplitude across all genes normalized to M-gene exptname rgit_ca.pb2.pb1.pa.96.2 rgit_ca.pb rgit_ca.pb rgit_ca.pb2.pb rgit_ca.pa.96.2 rgit_ca.m.96.2 rgca_it.ha.96.2 rgnc_it.m.48.1 rgnc_br.np.48.1 rgit.96.2 rgca_nc.na.m.96.2 rgnc.96.2 rgca_nc.na.m.48.1 rgnc_it.na.m.48.1 rgca_nc.m.96.2 rgnc_it.pb rgnc_it.na.48.1 IT.96.2 NC.SDG.48.1 rgca_it.ha.na.m.48.1 rgnc_ca.m.48.1 rgnc_ca.na.48.1 rgca_it.na.m.48.1 NC.48.1 rgca.96.2 rgca_it.ns.48.1 rgnc_ca.ha.48.1 rgca_it.ha.48.1 IT IT.48.1 rgnc_it.np.48.1 CA.96.2 rgca_nc.ha.na.m.48.1 rgca_it.m.48.1 BR.96.2 rgca_br.pa.48.1 rgca.48.1 rgnc_ca.na.m.48.1 rgnc_it.ha.48.1 NC.96.2 IT.SDG.48.1 CA.48.1 BR.48.1 rgnc.48.1 background BR CA IT NC AvgAMNorm

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51 Amplitude ( A ) normalized to M-gene rgit_ca.pb2.pb1.pa.96.2 rgit_ca.pb2.pb rgit_ca.pa.96.2 rgit_ca.pb rgit_ca.pb rgit_ca.m.96.2 rgit.96.2 IT.SDG.48.1 IT IT.96.2 IT.48.1 rgca_br.pa.48.1 rgca_it.ns.48.1 rgca_it.ha.na.m.48.1 rgca_it.na.m.48.1 rgca_it.m.48.1 rgca_it.ha.96.2 rgca_it.ha.48.1 rgca_nc.ha.na.m.48.1 rgca_nc.na.m.96.2 rgca_nc.na.m.48.1 rgca_nc.m.96.2 rgca.96.2 rgca.48.1 CA.96.2 CA.48.1 rgnc_br.np.48.1 rgnc_ca.na.m.48.1 rgnc_ca.m.48.1 rgnc_ca.na.48.1 rgnc_ca.ha.48.1 rgnc_it.pb rgnc_it.np.48.1 rgnc_it.na.m.48.1 rgnc_it.m.48.1 rgnc_it.na.48.1 rgnc_it.ha.48.1 rgnc.96.2 rgnc.48.1 NC.SDG.48.1 NC.96.2 NC.48.1 BR.96.2 BR.48.1 ADAR IFITM3 Mx1 IRF1 STAT1 OAS2 OAS3 CX3CL1 ISG15 CXCL10 IFI35 DDx58 IFIH1 TRIM25 IL6 RASGRP3 IFIT2 USP18 RSAD2 IFIT3 MOV10 ZC3HAV1 Mgene AMaxNorm log10(amaxnorm)

52 THE PANDEMIC STRAIN IS EFFICIENT AND STEALTHY Rapid + stealthy growth = Pandemic The set of genes induced by diverse viruses is largely equivalent in the first 24 hours the flu program The pandemic strategy is distinct from the well adapted human seasonal virus Kinetic differences in the first ~18 hours of infection are critical to the quality and quantity of the later response The stealthy phenotype ismediated by contriubtions of the P gene complex, with potential roles for NP and NS

53 ODE MODEL OF INFLUENZA INFECTION

54 AICCVALUESOF8 DIFFERENT MODELS 1. No IR and no cell regrowth 2. No IR, with cell regrowth 3. With IR reducing virus production, no cellregrowth 4. With IR reducing infection rate, no cellregrowth 5. With IR prolonging latency, no cellregrowth 6. With IR reducing virus production, with cell regrowth 7. With IR reducing infection rate, with cellregrowth 8. With IR prolonging latency, with cellregrowth

55 FITS FOR MODEL 6 IR REDUCES VIRUS PRODUCTION AND CELLS REGROW BR CA IT NC

56 DRUG TARGETS FOR INFLUENZATREATMENT The two approved drug families target the M2 ion channel and NA

57 NEURAMINIDASE INHIBITORS PREVENT VIRAL SPREAD

58 NEURAMINIDASE INHIBITOR RESISTANCE HAS EMERGED IN SEASONAL H1N1 INFLUENZA, AMANTAIDNE RESISTANCE IN H3N2 Isolates tested (n) Resistant Viruses, Number (%) Isolates tested (n) Resistant Viruses, Number (%) Oseltamivir Zanamivir Adamantanes Seasonal Influenza A (H1N1) (99.4%) 0 (0) (0.5%) Influenza A (H3N2) (0) 0 (0) (100%) Influenza B (0) 0 (0) N/A* N/A* Novel Influenza A (H1N1) 68 0 (0) 0 (0) (100%)

59 MUTATIONS ASSOCIATEDWITH NA INHIBITOR RESISTANCE Group 1 (green) and group 2 (yellow) neuraminadase inhibtors and their associated mutations Top panel: Group 2 mutation Arg 292 Lys (Group 1 viruses still have the Tyr347 interaction to stabilize) Bottom panel: Group 1 mutation His274Tyr disrupts interaction with Tyr252

60 POINTS FOR DISCUSSION How would a cellular based vaccine work and what types of effects would it have across a population? NA Inhibitor resistance mutations often need to be balanced by changes in the HA change in NA activity requires matching change in HA activity Can restrict the ability of the NA to mutate, but can also make mutations more cryptic if the HA has acquired the necessary changes the NA resistance mutations may actually be favored (likely the case in the previous seasonal H1N1 situation) Points for modeling: how early does anti viral treatment need to be given to stop spread? What is the appropriate use of prophylaxis given symptoms follow the contagious period?

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