The Impact of Excessive Cytokine Production in the Body, Particularly in the Context of Virus Infection

Citation: Heba N Gad EL Hak. The Impact of Excessive Cytokine Production in the Body, Particularly in the Context of Virus Infection. Biomed J Sci & Tech Res 28(4)2020. BJSTR. MS.ID.004698. The present review attempted to summarize the results of studies that examined the effects of overreaction on cytokines in the body with an emphasis on their effects on popular viruses. In general, most of the studies reviewed suggested beneficial effects of cytokines on the improvement of the immune system by increasing the expression of anti-inflammatory cytokines while reducing the expression of proinflammatory cytokines. The purpose of the present review is to briefly describe the impact of excessive cytokine production in the body, particularly in the context of virus infection.


Mini Review
SARS -CoV-2; covid-19 and multiple influenza forms such as H5N1 influenza virus can be lethal to humans due to an overreaction of the body's immune system called a cytokine storm [1]. The term 'cytokine' arises from the Greek words for cell (cyto) and movement (kinos) [2]. Cytokines are small molecular proteins that express the need for various parts of the immune system to take action to organize the response of the body to infection and induce inflammation [3]. Inflammatory signs include redness (increased blood flow), swelling, pain and increased temperature [4]. Cytokines released act by binding receptors located either in neighboring cells or even in the same cell that released them [5].
Some cytokines can stimulate further cytokine release, create a positive feedback loop and intensify the inflammation. This often results in fever, a key inflammatory condition [6]. Cytokines include chemokines that cause immune system cells to transfer to a certain location; interferons that are central to antiviral defense and named for their ability to "interfere" with viral replication; lymphokines generated by immune system cells known as lymphocytes; and tumor necrosis factors named after their ability to destroy tumor cells [7]. Such reviews have attempted to synthesize the available knowledge and to concentrate on information on the response of the body to SARS virus infection and to assess the damage can be caused by the overreaction of cytokine, particularly seen in Covid 19.

The body's Response to Virus Infection
Sometimes the body's response to infection can go into overdrive. Viral infections of tissues with high renewal rates, such as epithelium, resulting in the development of Type-I IFNs (IFN-α and IFN-β), which induce the expression of more than 200 antiviral genes capable of interfering with multiple stages of the cycles of viral infection and sensitizing infected cells to cytotoxic NK cells and CD8 + T cells [8]. Type I IFNs also promote cytotoxic activity of against viral infections is to interfere with viral replication and spread and to destroyed infected cells, often with the aid of cytotoxic lymphocytes (NK cells and CD8+ T cells) [8].
The virus that causing SARS (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome) is a novel member of the coronavirus family.
Coronaviruses are single-stranded RNA viruses with asymmetric structure and surface spikes located in such a way that they resemble a crown. Most human coronaviruses relate only to mild respiratory disease. Thus, in early 2003, the world was caught off guard by the incidence of atypical pneumonia caused by the newly emerging Coronavirus SARS. In this initial outbreak, more than 8000 cases of infection that resulted in more than 700 deaths were although other tissues (such as eyes, heart, liver, kidneys) and other types of cell such as macrophages that may also be targeted [11].
Despite having recorded more than 200,000 deaths worldwide, scientists are only just beginning to understand the effect COVID-19 on the body. The virus not only affects the lungs and respiratory system but also induces cardiovascular, gastrointestinal, and neurological symptoms [12]. The fatal cases of COVID-19 result from a person's immune system with overactivated with excessive or uncontrolled cytokine levels [13]. Fanos, Pintus [14] and Zhang, Guo MERS. These also contribute to non-infectious diseases including multiple sclerosis and pancreatitis [17]. In many of these patients, excessive cytokines have induced severe acute respiratory distress syndrome, where the lungs are unable to supply adequate the body's vital organs with oxygen [18,19]. The phenomenon of excessive or uncontrolled cytokine rates became more widely known following the 2005 outbreak of the avian H5N1 influenza virus"bird flu", when correlate the high mortality rate was linked to an out of control cytokine response [20]. Suntharalingam, Perry [21] found in six healthy volunteer men were left in intensive care with multiple organ failure most notably early acute lung injury and marked lymphopenia after 90 minutes of received a new kind of drug as a result of an out of control cytokine immune response during a preclinical trial. Excessive or uncontrolled cytokine levels can explain the reason of some people have a serious coronavirus reaction while others suffer of only mild symptoms. They may also be the reason why younger people are less affected, since their immune systems are less evolved and thus produce lower rates of inflammation-driving cytokines [22].

Suggested Treatment for SARS -CoV-2; covid-19 and Multiple Influenza Virus Attack
Cytokines are host response regulators for virus infections, immune reactions, inflammation and trauma [23]. Some cytokines work to make injury worse (proinflammatory), while others work to decrease inflammation and facilitate healing (anti-inflammatory) [3]. Treatment may be suggested by reducing the biological activity of interleukin (IL)-1, IL-18 and Tumor Necrosis Factor (TNF) cytokines that are harmful to the host, especially during an overwhelming infection [24]. Reducing the biological activity of IL-1 and TNF is achieved through various, but highly specific, strategies involving neutralizing antibodies, soluble receptors, receptor antagonists, and protease inhibitors that convert inactive precursors into active, mature molecules [25]. IL-1 or TNF blockage has been very effective in patients with rheumatoid arthritis, inflammatory intestinal disease or graft-vs-host disease [3]. Oettinger, D'Souza [26] and Ulloa and Tracey [27] found in animal studies the cytokine neutralisation could prevent development of septic shock. Zhang, Gharaee-Kermani [28] found decrease cytokine may decrease the lung fibrosis. Kurokawa, Watanabe [29] suggested to suppress pneumonia induced in influenza virus infected mice by suppression of the cytokine produced by that virus [30]. Chen and Subbarao [30] found blocking the TNFα with a specific antibody In SARS-infected mice make them unable to respond to type 1 interferon, protect them from severe lung pathology and allows them to survive even after infection with an otherwise a mortality dose of the virus. In future, Ant cytokine therapy may be investigated with an infected patient with SARS -CoV-2; covid-19 and multiple influenza virus in control strategies may rescue the patient from death. The control strategy for not suffering the patient with reduction and functional decline in key immune cells.

Conclusion
Treatments look to use Ant cytokine therapy by reducing the activation of immune cells by interfering with cytokine production or blocking specific signalling pathways dependent on proinflammatory cytokines may be able to rescue the patient of SARS