@article{5791bdf14753499992d9e4210551e815,
title = "Extracellular Matrix Proteolysis by MT1-MMP Contributes to Influenza-Related Tissue Damage and Mortality",
abstract = "Mounting an effective immune response, while also protecting tissue integrity, is critical for host survival. We used a combined genomic and proteomic approach to investigate the role of extracellular matrix (ECM) proteolysis in achieving this balance in the lung during influenza virus infection. We identified the membrane-tethered matrix metalloprotease MT1-MMP as a prominent host-ECM-remodeling collagenase in influenza infection. Selective inhibition of MT1-MMP protected the tissue from infection-related structural and compositional tissue damage. MT1-MMP inhibition did not significantly alter the immune response or cytokine expression. The available flu therapeutic Oseltamivir did not prevent lung ECM damage and was less effective than anti-MT1-MMP in influenza virus Streptococcus pneumoniae coinfection paradigms. Combination therapy of Oseltamivir with anti-MT1-MMP showed a strong synergistic effect and resulted in complete recovery of infected mice. This study highlights the importance of tissue resilience in surviving infection and the potential of such host-pathogen therapy combinations for respiratory infections.",
keywords = "ECM remodeling, Influenza virus, MT1-MMP, host-pathogen gene regulation, immune genomics, matrix metalloproteinase inhibitors, viral-bacterial coinfection",
author = "Dalit Talmi-Frank and Zeev Altboum and Inna Solomonov and Yael Udi and Jaitin, {Diego Adhemar} and Mordehay Klepfish and Eyal David and Alina Zhuravlev and Hadas Keren-Shaul and Winter, {Deborah R.} and Irit Gat-Viks and Michal Mandelboim and Tamar Ziv and Ido Amit and Irit Sagi",
note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2016 Elsevier Inc.",
year = "2016",
month = oct,
day = "12",
doi = "10.1016/j.chom.2016.09.005",
language = "אנגלית",
volume = "20",
pages = "458--470",
journal = "Cell Host and Microbe",
issn = "1931-3128",
publisher = "Cell Press",
number = "4",
}