Ketogenic diet restrains aging-induced exacerbation of coronavirus infection in mice.
Elife
; 102021 06 21.
Artigo
em Inglês
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1278699
ABSTRACT
Increasing age is the strongest predictor of risk of COVID-19 severity and mortality. Immunometabolic switch from glycolysis to ketolysis protects against inflammatory damage and influenza infection in adults. To investigate how age compromises defense against coronavirus infection, and whether a pro-longevity ketogenic diet (KD) impacts immune surveillance, we developed an aging model of natural murine beta coronavirus (mCoV) infection with mouse hepatitis virus strain-A59 (MHV-A59). When inoculated intranasally, mCoV is pneumotropic and recapitulates several clinical hallmarks of COVID-19 infection. Aged mCoV-A59-infected mice have increased mortality and higher systemic inflammation in the heart, adipose tissue, and hypothalamus, including neutrophilia and loss of γδ T cells in lungs. Activation of ketogenesis in aged mice expands tissue protective γδ T cells, deactivates the NLRP3 inflammasome, and decreases pathogenic monocytes in lungs of infected aged mice. These data establish harnessing of the ketogenic immunometabolic checkpoint as a potential treatment against coronavirus infection in the aged.
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Assunto principal:
Infecções por Coronavirus
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Vírus da Hepatite Murina
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Dieta Cetogênica
Tipo de estudo:
Estudo prognóstico
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Animais
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Humanos
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Masculino
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Inglês
Ano de publicação:
2021
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Artigo
País de afiliação:
ELife.66522
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