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Inhaled Nitric Oxide Therapy Fails to Improve Outcome in Experimental Severe Influenza

Ilyse Darwish1,2, Chris Miller3, Kevin C. Kain1,2,4, W. Conrad Liles1,2,4 ✉

1. Institute of Medical Science, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada;
2. Sandra A. Rotman Laboratories, McLaughlin-Rotman Centre for Global Health, University Health Network-Toronto General Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto;
3. Division of Respiratory Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada;
4. Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada.

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Darwish I, Miller C, Kain KC, Liles WC. Inhaled Nitric Oxide Therapy Fails to Improve Outcome in Experimental Severe Influenza. Int J Med Sci 2012; 9(2):157-162. doi:10.7150/ijms.3880. https://www.medsci.org/v09p0157.htm
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Abstract

In vitro, nitric oxide (NO) has been shown to have antimicrobial activity against a wide range of viruses, including influenza A virus. Therefore, we hypothesized that inhaled nitric oxide (iNO) would increase survival in vivo by reducing the viral load in C57Bl/6 mice infected with a lethal dose of influenza A/WSN/33 (H1N1; WSN/33) virus. NO was delivered to influenza-infected mice either continuously or intermittently at 80 or 160 ppm, respectively, using both prophylactic and post-infection treatment strategies. Murine survival and weight loss were assessed, and lung viral load was quantified via plaque assay. Here, we report that iNO administered prophylactically or post-influenza infection failed to improve survival of infected mice. No difference in lung viral load was observed between experimental groups. Although NO has antiviral activity against influenza A virus in vitro, iNO therapy provided no apparent benefit when used for treatment of influenza A virus infection in vivo.

Keywords: nitric oxide, severe influenza, influenza A/WSN/33


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Darwish, I., Miller, C., Kain, K.C., Liles, W.C. (2012). Inhaled Nitric Oxide Therapy Fails to Improve Outcome in Experimental Severe Influenza. International Journal of Medical Sciences, 9(2), 157-162. https://doi.org/10.7150/ijms.3880.

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Darwish, I.; Miller, C.; Kain, K.C.; Liles, W.C. Inhaled Nitric Oxide Therapy Fails to Improve Outcome in Experimental Severe Influenza. Int. J. Med. Sci. 2012, 9 (2), 157-162. DOI: 10.7150/ijms.3880.

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Darwish I, Miller C, Kain KC, Liles WC. Inhaled Nitric Oxide Therapy Fails to Improve Outcome in Experimental Severe Influenza. Int J Med Sci 2012; 9(2):157-162. doi:10.7150/ijms.3880. https://www.medsci.org/v09p0157.htm

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Darwish I, Miller C, Kain KC, Liles WC. 2012. Inhaled Nitric Oxide Therapy Fails to Improve Outcome in Experimental Severe Influenza. Int J Med Sci. 9(2):157-162.

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