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Hillesheim A, Nordhoff C, Boergeling Y, Ludwig S, Wixler V. β-catenin promotes the type I IFN synthesis and the IFN-dependent signaling response but is suppressed by influenza A virus-induced RIG-I/NF-κB signaling. Cell Commun Signal 2014; 12:29. [PMID: 24767605 PMCID: PMC4021428 DOI: 10.1186/1478-811x-12-29] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/25/2013] [Accepted: 04/15/2014] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND The replication cycle of most pathogens, including influenza viruses, is perfectly adapted to the metabolism and signal transduction pathways of host cells. After infection, influenza viruses activate several cellular signaling cascades that support their propagation but suppress those that interfere with viral replication. Accumulation of viral RNA plays thereby a central role. Its sensing by the pattern recognition receptors of the host cells leads to the activation of several signal transduction waves that result in induction of genes, responsible for the cellular innate immune response. Type I interferon (IFN) genes and interferon-stimulated genes (ISG) coding for antiviral-acting proteins, such as MxA, OAS-1 or PKR, are primary targets of these signaling cascades. β- and γ-catenin are closely related armadillo repeat-containing proteins with dual roles. At the cell membrane they serve as adapter molecules linking cell-cell contacts to microfilaments. In the cytosol and nucleus, the proteins form a transcriptional complex with the lymphoid enhancer factor/T-cell factor (LEF/TCF), regulating the transcription of many genes, thereby controlling different cellular functions such as cell cycle progression and differentiation. RESULTS In this study, we demonstrate that β- and γ-catenin are important regulators of the innate cellular immune response to influenza A virus (IAV) infections. They inhibit viral replication in lung epithelial cells by enhancing the virus-dependent induction of the IFNB1 gene and interferon-stimulated genes. Simultaneously, the prolonged infection counteracts the antiviral effect of β- and γ-catenin. Influenza viruses suppress β-catenin-dependent transcription by misusing the RIG-I/NF-κB signaling cascade that is induced in the course of infection by viral RNA. CONCLUSION We identified β- and γ-catenin as novel antiviral-acting proteins. While these factors support the induction of common target genes of the cellular innate immune response, their functional activity is suppressed by pathogen evasion.
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- Andrea Hillesheim
- Institute of Molecular Virology (IMV), Centre for Molecular Biology of Inflammation (ZMBE), Westfaelische Wilhelms-University Muenster, Von-Esmarch-Str. 56, 48149 Muenster, Germany
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- Institute of Molecular Virology (IMV), Centre for Molecular Biology of Inflammation (ZMBE), Westfaelische Wilhelms-University Muenster, Von-Esmarch-Str. 56, 48149 Muenster, Germany
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- Institute of Molecular Virology (IMV), Centre for Molecular Biology of Inflammation (ZMBE), Westfaelische Wilhelms-University Muenster, Von-Esmarch-Str. 56, 48149 Muenster, Germany
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- Institute of Molecular Virology (IMV), Centre for Molecular Biology of Inflammation (ZMBE), Westfaelische Wilhelms-University Muenster, Von-Esmarch-Str. 56, 48149 Muenster, Germany
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- Institute of Molecular Virology (IMV), Centre for Molecular Biology of Inflammation (ZMBE), Westfaelische Wilhelms-University Muenster, Von-Esmarch-Str. 56, 48149 Muenster, Germany
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Elia A, Powley IR, MacFarlane M, Clemens MJ. Modulation of the sensitivity of Jurkat T-cells to inhibition of protein synthesis by tumor necrosis factor α-related apoptosis-inducing ligand. J Interferon Cytokine Res 2014; 34:769-77. [PMID: 24731196 DOI: 10.1089/jir.2013.0061] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Tumor necrosis factor α-related apoptosis-inducing ligand (TRAIL) is a potent inducer of apoptosis in Jurkat T lymphoma cells. One of the characteristics of the phase preceding overt apoptosis is the marked downregulation of protein synthesis. We have investigated factors that can influence this response and have explored some of the signaling pathways involved. We show that interferon-α (IFNα) pretreatment desensitizes Jurkat cells to TRAIL-induced inhibition of protein synthesis, such that the concentration of TRAIL required for 50% inhibition is increased by 10-fold. The inhibition of translation is characterized by dephosphorylation of the eIF4E-binding protein 4E-BP1 and IFNα desensitizes Jurkat cells to this effect. IFNα also inhibits TRAIL-mediated dephosphorylation of the growth-promoting protein kinase B (Akt). Since Jurkat cells are defective for phosphatase and tensin homolog deleted on chromosome 10 (PTEN) and therefore have constitutive phosphoinositide 3-kinase (PI3K) activity, we investigated the consequences for protein synthesis of inhibiting PI3K using LY294002. Inhibition of PI3K partially inhibits translation, but also enhances the effect of a suboptimal concentration of TRAIL. However, LY294002 does not block the ability of IFNα to protect protein synthesis from TRAIL-induced inhibition. Data are presented suggesting that IFNα impairs the process of activation of caspase-8 within the TRAIL death-inducing signaling complex.
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- Androulla Elia
- 1 Translational Control Group, Molecular Cell Sciences Research Centre, St George's, University of London , London, United Kingdom
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Bertolusso R, Tian B, Zhao Y, Vergara L, Sabree A, Iwanaszko M, Lipniacki T, Brasier AR, Kimmel M. Dynamic cross talk model of the epithelial innate immune response to double-stranded RNA stimulation: coordinated dynamics emerging from cell-level noise. PLoS One 2014; 9:e93396. [PMID: 24710104 PMCID: PMC3977818 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0093396] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/27/2013] [Accepted: 03/04/2014] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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We present an integrated dynamical cross-talk model of the epithelial innate immune response (IIR) incorporating RIG-I and TLR3 as the two major pattern recognition receptors (PRR) converging on the RelA and IRF3 transcriptional effectors. bioPN simulations reproduce biologically relevant gene-and protein abundance measurements in response to time course, gene silencing and dose-response perturbations both at the population and single cell level. Our computational predictions suggest that RelA and IRF3 are under auto- and cross-regulation. We predict, and confirm experimentally, that RIG-I mRNA expression is controlled by IRF7. We also predict the existence of a TLR3-dependent, IRF3-independent transcription factor (or factors) that control(s) expression of MAVS, IRF3 and members of the IKK family. Our model confirms the observed dsRNA dose-dependence of oscillatory patterns in single cells, with periods of 1-3 hr. Model fitting to time series, matched by knockdown data suggests that the NF-κB module operates in a different regime (with different coefficient values) than in the TNFα-stimulation experiments. In future studies, this model will serve as a foundation for identification of virus-encoded IIR antagonists and examination of stochastic effects of viral replication. Our model generates simulated time series, which reproduce the noisy oscillatory patterns of activity (with 1-3 hour period) observed in individual cells. Our work supports the hypothesis that the IIR is a phenomenon that emerged by evolution despite highly variable responses at an individual cell level.
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- Roberto Bertolusso
- Department of Statistics, Rice University, Houston, Texas, United States of America
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- Department of Internal Medicine, University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB), Galveston, Texas, United States of America
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- Department of Internal Medicine, University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB), Galveston, Texas, United States of America
- Sealy Center for Molecular Medicine, UTMB, Galveston, Texas, United States of America
- Institute for Translational Sciences, UTMB, Galveston, Texas, United States of America
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- Center for Biomedical Engineering, UTMB, Galveston, Texas, United States of America
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- Department of Statistics, Rice University, Houston, Texas, United States of America
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- Systems Engineering Group, Silesian University of Technology, Gliwice, Poland
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- Institute of Fundamental Technological Research, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Internal Medicine, University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB), Galveston, Texas, United States of America
- Sealy Center for Molecular Medicine, UTMB, Galveston, Texas, United States of America
- Institute for Translational Sciences, UTMB, Galveston, Texas, United States of America
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- Department of Statistics, Rice University, Houston, Texas, United States of America
- Systems Engineering Group, Silesian University of Technology, Gliwice, Poland
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Zhang S, Sun Y, Chen H, Dai Y, Zhan Y, Yu S, Qiu X, Tan L, Song C, Ding C. Activation of the PKR/eIF2α signaling cascade inhibits replication of Newcastle disease virus. Virol J 2014; 11:62. [PMID: 24684861 PMCID: PMC3994276 DOI: 10.1186/1743-422x-11-62] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/05/2013] [Accepted: 03/27/2014] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Background Newcastle Disease virus (NDV) causes severe and economically significant disease in almost all birds. However, factors that affect NDV replication in host cells are poorly understood. NDV generates long double-stranded RNA (dsRNA) molecules during transcription of single-stranded genomic RNA. Protein kinase R (PKR) is activated by dsRNA. The aim of this study was to elucidate the role of PKR in NDV infection. Results NDV infection led to the activation of dsRNA-dependent PKR and phosphorylation of its substrate, translation initiation factor eIF2α, in a dose-dependent manner by either the lentogenic strain LaSota or a velogenic strain Herts/33. PKR activation coincided with the accumulation of dsRNA induced by NDV infection. PKR knockdown remarkably decreased eIF2α phosphorylation as well as IFN-β mRNA levels, leading to the augmentation of extracellular virus titer. Furthermore, siRNA knockdown or phosphorylation of eIF2α or okadaic acid treatment significantly impaired NDV replication, indicating the critical role of the PKR/eIF2α signaling cascade in NDV infection. Conclusion PKR is activated by dsRNA generated by NDV infection and inhibits NDV replication by eIF2α phosphorylation. This study provides insight into NDV-host interactions for the development of candidate antiviral strategies.
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- Shanghai Veterinary Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, No,518 Ziyue Road, Shanghai 200241, China.
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Hayashida C, Ito J, Nakayachi M, Okayasu M, Ohyama Y, Hakeda Y, Sato T. Osteocytes produce interferon-β as a negative regulator of osteoclastogenesis. J Biol Chem 2014; 289:11545-11555. [PMID: 24610813 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m113.523811] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/17/2023] Open
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Osteoclastogenesis is controlled by osteocytes; osteocytic osteoclastogenesis regulatory molecules are largely unknown. We searched for such factors using newly developed culture methods. Our culture system mimics the three-dimensional cellular structure of bone, consisting of collagen gel-embedded osteocytic MLO-Y4 cells, stromal ST2 cells on the gel as bone lining cells, and bone marrow cells. The gel-embedded MLO-Y4 cells inhibited the osteoclastogenesis induced by 1,25(OH)2D3 without modulating receptor activator of NF-κB ligand (RANKL) and osteoprotegerin (OPG) production by ST2 cells, despite MLO-Y4 cells supported osteoclastogenesis in the absence of ST2 cells. In the bone marrow cell culture, the conditioned medium from MLO-Y4 cells decreased the capability of osteoclastic differentiation from the cells induced by macrophage colony-stimulating factor. This decreased capability was concomitant with an increase in protein kinase R mRNA expression and an inhibition of c-Fos translation. These changes were partially normalized by the simultaneous addition of an anti-interferon (IFN)-β neutralizing antibody to MLO-Y4 cell conditioned medium. To study primary osteocytes, we prepared non-osteocytic cell-free osteocyte-enriched bone fragments (OEBFs). When osteoclast precursors were induced by macrophage colony-stimulating factor in the presence of OEBFs, the generated cells exhibited a diminished capacity for osteoclastogenesis. OEBFs prepared from OPG-knock-out mice exhibited a similar effect, indicating OPG-independent inhibition. The addition of anti-IFN-β neutralizing antibody during the co-culture with OEBFs partially recovered the osteoclastogenic potential of the generated cells. The MLO-Y4 cells and OEBFs expressed IFN-β mRNA. Although osteocytic RANKL is known to be important for osteoclastogenesis, our data suggest that osteocytes also produce IFN-β as an inhibitor of osteoclastogenesis.
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- Chiyomi Hayashida
- Division of Oral Anatomy and Meikai University School of Dentistry, Saitama 350-0283, Japan
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- Division of Oral Anatomy and Meikai University School of Dentistry, Saitama 350-0283, Japan
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- Division of Orthodontics, Department of Human Development and Fostering, and Meikai University School of Dentistry, Saitama 350-0283, Japan
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- Division of Orthodontics, Department of Human Development and Fostering, and Meikai University School of Dentistry, Saitama 350-0283, Japan
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- Division of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Department of Diagnostic and Therapeutic Sciences, Meikai University School of Dentistry, Saitama 350-0283, Japan
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- Division of Oral Anatomy and Meikai University School of Dentistry, Saitama 350-0283, Japan
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- Division of Oral Anatomy and Meikai University School of Dentistry, Saitama 350-0283, Japan.
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Kapil P, Stohlman SA, Hinton DR, Bergmann CC. PKR mediated regulation of inflammation and IL-10 during viral encephalomyelitis. J Neuroimmunol 2014; 270:1-12. [PMID: 24642385 PMCID: PMC4019976 DOI: 10.1016/j.jneuroim.2014.02.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/14/2014] [Revised: 02/24/2014] [Accepted: 02/25/2014] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Double-stranded RNA-dependent protein kinase (PKR) regulates antiviral activity, immune responses, apoptosis and neurotoxicity. Gliatropic coronavirus infection induced PKR activation in infected as well uninfected cells within the central nervous system (CNS). However, PKR deficiency only modestly increased viral replication and did not affect IFN-α/β or IL-1β expression. Despite reduced Il-6, Ccl5, and Cxcl10 mRNA, protein levels remained unaltered. Furthermore, PKR deficiency selectively reduced IL-10 production in CD4, but not CD8 T cells, without affecting CNS pathology. The results demonstrate the ability of PKR to balance neuroinflammation by selectively modulating key cytokines and chemokines in CNS resident and CD4 T cells.
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- Parul Kapil
- Department of Neurosciences, NC-30, Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, 9500 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44195, USA
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- Department of Neurosciences, NC-30, Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, 9500 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44195, USA
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- Department of Pathology, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90033, USA
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- Department of Neurosciences, NC-30, Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, 9500 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44195, USA.
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Witteveldt J, Blundell R, Maarleveld JJ, McFadden N, Evans DJ, Simmonds P. The influence of viral RNA secondary structure on interactions with innate host cell defences. Nucleic Acids Res 2014; 42:3314-29. [PMID: 24335283 PMCID: PMC3950689 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkt1291] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/25/2013] [Revised: 11/18/2013] [Accepted: 11/19/2013] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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RNA viruses infecting vertebrates differ fundamentally in their ability to establish persistent infections with markedly different patterns of transmission, disease mechanisms and evolutionary relationships with their hosts. Although interactions with host innate and adaptive responses are complex and persistence mechanisms likely multi-factorial, we previously observed associations between bioinformatically predicted RNA secondary formation in genomes of positive-stranded RNA viruses with their in vivo fitness and persistence. To analyse this interactions functionally, we transfected fibroblasts with non-replicating, non-translated RNA transcripts from RNA viral genomes with differing degrees of genome-scale ordered RNA structure (GORS). Single-stranded RNA transcripts induced interferon-β mediated though RIG-I and PKR activation, the latter associated with rapid induction of antiviral stress granules. A striking inverse correlation was observed between induction of both cellular responses with transcript RNA structure formation that was independent of both nucleotide composition and sequence length. The consistent inability of cells to recognize RNA transcripts possessing GORS extended to downstream differences from unstructured transcripts in expression of TNF-α, other interferon-stimulated genes and induction of apoptosis. This functional association provides novel insights into interactions between virus and host early after infection and provides evidence for a novel mechanism for evading intrinsic and innate immune responses.
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- Jeroen Witteveldt
- Infection and Immunity Division, Roslin Institute, University of Edinburgh, Easter Bush, Edinburgh, EH25 9RG and School of Life Sciences, University of Warwick, Coventry, CV4 7AL, UK
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- Infection and Immunity Division, Roslin Institute, University of Edinburgh, Easter Bush, Edinburgh, EH25 9RG and School of Life Sciences, University of Warwick, Coventry, CV4 7AL, UK
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- Infection and Immunity Division, Roslin Institute, University of Edinburgh, Easter Bush, Edinburgh, EH25 9RG and School of Life Sciences, University of Warwick, Coventry, CV4 7AL, UK
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- Infection and Immunity Division, Roslin Institute, University of Edinburgh, Easter Bush, Edinburgh, EH25 9RG and School of Life Sciences, University of Warwick, Coventry, CV4 7AL, UK
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- Infection and Immunity Division, Roslin Institute, University of Edinburgh, Easter Bush, Edinburgh, EH25 9RG and School of Life Sciences, University of Warwick, Coventry, CV4 7AL, UK
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- Infection and Immunity Division, Roslin Institute, University of Edinburgh, Easter Bush, Edinburgh, EH25 9RG and School of Life Sciences, University of Warwick, Coventry, CV4 7AL, UK
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Type 1 diabetes is a multifactorial disease resulting from a complex interplay between host genetics, the immune system and the environment, that culminates in the destruction of insulin-producing beta cells. The incidence of type 1 diabetes is increasing at an alarming rate, especially in children under the age of 5 (Gepts in Diabetes 14(10):619-613, 1965; Foulis et al. in Lancet 29(5):267-274, 1986; Gamble, Taylor and Cumming in British Medical Journal 4(5887):260-262 1973). Genetic predisposition, although clearly important, cannot explain this rise, and so, it has been proposed that changes in the 'environment' and/or changes in 'how we respond to our environment' must contribute to this rising incidence. In order to gain an improved understanding of the factors influencing the disease process, it is important, firstly, to focus on the organ at the centre of the illness-the pancreas. This review summarises our knowledge of the pathology of the endocrine pancreas in human type 1 diabetes and, in particular, explores the progression of this understanding over the past 25 years.
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- Sarah J Richardson
- Institute of Biomedical and Clinical Sciences, University of Exeter Medical School, RILD Building Barrack Road, Exeter, EX2 5DW, Devon, UK,
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Dobbelstein M, Moll U. Targeting tumour-supportive cellular machineries in anticancer drug development. Nat Rev Drug Discov 2014; 13:179-96. [DOI: 10.1038/nrd4201] [Citation(s) in RCA: 175] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Ferreyra GA, Elinoff JM, Demirkale CY, Starost MF, Buckley M, Munson PJ, Krakauer T, Danner RL. Late multiple organ surge in interferon-regulated target genes characterizes staphylococcal enterotoxin B lethality. PLoS One 2014; 9:e88756. [PMID: 24551153 PMCID: PMC3923834 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0088756] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/03/2013] [Accepted: 01/13/2014] [Indexed: 01/03/2023] Open
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Background Bacterial superantigens are virulence factors that cause toxic shock syndrome. Here, the genome-wide, temporal response of mice to lethal intranasal staphylococcal enterotoxin B (SEB) challenge was investigated in six tissues. Results The earliest responses and largest number of affected genes occurred in peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC), spleen, and lung tissues with the highest content of both T-cells and monocyte/macrophages, the direct cellular targets of SEB. In contrast, the response of liver, kidney, and heart was delayed and involved fewer genes, but revealed a dominant genetic program that was seen in all 6 tissues. Many of the 85 uniquely annotated transcripts participating in this shared genomic response have not been previously linked to SEB. Nine of the 85 genes were subsequently confirmed by RT-PCR in every tissue/organ at 24 h. These 85 transcripts, up-regulated in all tissues, annotated to the interferon (IFN)/antiviral-response and included genes belonging to the DNA/RNA sensing system, DNA damage repair, the immunoproteasome, and the ER/metabolic stress-response and apoptosis pathways. Overall, this shared program was identified as a type I and II interferon (IFN)-response and the promoters of these genes were highly enriched for IFN regulatory matrices. Several genes whose secreted products induce the IFN pathway were up-regulated at early time points in PBMCs, spleen, and/or lung. Furthermore, IFN regulatory factors including Irf1, Irf7 and Irf8, and Zbp1, a DNA sensor/transcription factor that can directly elicit an IFN innate immune response, participated in this host-wide SEB signature. Conclusion Global gene-expression changes across multiple organs implicated a host-wide IFN-response in SEB-induced death. Therapies aimed at IFN-associated innate immunity may improve outcome in toxic shock syndromes.
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- Gabriela A Ferreyra
- Functional Genomics and Proteomics Facility, Critical Care Medicine Department, Clinical Research Center, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
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- Functional Genomics and Proteomics Facility, Critical Care Medicine Department, Clinical Research Center, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
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- Mathematical and Statistical Computing Laboratory, Center for Information Technology, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
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- Division of Veterinary Resources, Office of Research Services, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
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- Integrated Toxicology Division, U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases, Fort Detrick, Maryland, United States of America
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- Mathematical and Statistical Computing Laboratory, Center for Information Technology, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
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- Integrated Toxicology Division, U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases, Fort Detrick, Maryland, United States of America
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- Functional Genomics and Proteomics Facility, Critical Care Medicine Department, Clinical Research Center, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
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Marchal JA, Lopez GJ, Peran M, Comino A, Delgado JR, García-García JA, Conde V, Aranda FM, Rivas C, Esteban M, Garcia MA. The impact of PKR activation: from neurodegeneration to cancer. FASEB J 2014; 28:1965-74. [PMID: 24522206 DOI: 10.1096/fj.13-248294] [Citation(s) in RCA: 81] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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An inverse association between cancer and neurodegeneration is plausible because these biological processes share several genes and signaling pathways. Whereas uncontrolled cell proliferation and decreased apoptotic cell death governs cancer, excessive apoptosis contributes to neurodegeneration. Protein kinase R (PKR), an interferon-inducible double-stranded RNA protein kinase, is involved in both diseases. PKR activation blocks global protein synthesis through eIF2α phosphorylation, leading to cell death in response to a variety of cellular stresses. However, PKR also has the dual role of activating the nuclear factor κ-B pathway, promoting cell proliferation. Whereas PKR is recognized for its negative effects on neurodegenerative diseases, in part, inducing high level of apoptosis, the role of PKR activation in cancer remains controversial. In general, PKR is considered to have a tumor suppressor function, and some clinical data show a correlation between suppressed or inactivated PKR and a poor prognosis for several cancers. However, other studies show high PKR expression and activation levels in various cancers, suggesting that PKR might contribute to neoplastic progression. Understanding the cellular factors and signals involved in the regulation of PKR in these age-related diseases is relevant and may have important clinical implications. The present review highlights the current knowledge on the role of PKR in neurodegeneration and cancer, with special emphasis on its regulation and clinical implications.
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- Juan A Marchal
- 1University Hospital Virgen de las Nieves, Azpitarte sn., Granada E-18012, Spain.
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Nayak MK, Agrawal AS, Bose S, Naskar S, Bhowmick R, Chakrabarti S, Sarkar S, Chawla-Sarkar M. Antiviral activity of baicalin against influenza virus H1N1-pdm09 is due to modulation of NS1-mediated cellular innate immune responses. J Antimicrob Chemother 2014; 69:1298-310. [DOI: 10.1093/jac/dkt534] [Citation(s) in RCA: 76] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023] Open
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Epstein-Barr virus (EBV), a ubiquitous human double stranded DNA virus, is associated with a variety of malignancies including Burkitt's lymphoma, Hodgkin's lymphoma, nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) and gastric carcinoma (GC). These EBV-associated cancers are characterized by the proliferation of monoclonal EBV-infected cells, and viral gene expression in these cells is limited to a subset of latent genes, indicating that EBV latent genes contribute to carcinogenesis. Here I describe the mechanisms of carcinogenesis by EBV, focusing on the function of two EBV latent gens, latent membrane protein 2A (LMP2A) and EBV-encoded small RNA (EBER). LMP2A, which is known to mimic the B cell receptor (BCR) signaling, has been reported to contribute to malignant lymphoma development through the modulation of immune signals. Also, it has been demonstrated that LMP2A-mediated intracellular signaling plays significant roles in epithelial carcinogenesis. On the other hand, it has been demonstrated that EBER, which is expected to form double stranded RNA (dsRNA) structure, triggers a signal transduction from host viral RNA sensors RIG-I and TLR3. Activation of innate immune signals by EBER has been reported to contribute to the pathogenesis of EBV-associated diseases, including cancers.
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- Dai Iwakiri
- Institute for Genetic Medicine Hokkaido University
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Liu Q, Ma J, Strayer DR, Mitchell WM, Carter WA, Ma W, Richt JA. Emergence of a novel drug resistant H7N9 influenza virus: evidence based clinical potential of a natural IFN-α for infection control and treatment. Expert Rev Anti Infect Ther 2013; 12:165-9. [PMID: 24350808 DOI: 10.1586/14787210.2014.870885] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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The novel avian H7N9 influenza virus has caused more than 130 human infections with 43 deaths (as of September, 2013) in China. Because of the lack of existing immunity against H7 subtype influenza viruses in the human population and the absence of a licensed commercial vaccine, antiviral drugs are critical tools for the treatment of infection with this novel H7N9. Both M2-ion channel blockers and neuraminidase inhibitors are used as antiviral drugs for influenza infections of humans. The emerging H7N9 viruses are resistant to the M2-ion channel blockers because of a S31N mutation in the M2 protein; additionally, some H7N9 isolates have gained neuraminidase R292K substitution resulting in broad resistance to neuraminidase inhibitors. In this study we report that Alferon N can inhibit wild type and 292K H7N9 viruses replication in vitro. Since Alferon N is approved for clinical use, this would allow a rapid regulatory approval process for this drug under pandemic threat.
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- Qinfang Liu
- Center of Excellence for Emerging and Zoonotic Animal Diseases (CEEZAD), Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506-5601, USA
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Hu YS, Li W, Li DM, Liu Y, Fan LH, Rao ZC, Lin G, Hu CY. Cloning, expression and functional analysis of PKR from grass carp (Ctenopharyngodon idellus). FISH & SHELLFISH IMMUNOLOGY 2013; 35:1874-1881. [PMID: 24084043 DOI: 10.1016/j.fsi.2013.09.024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/09/2013] [Revised: 09/12/2013] [Accepted: 09/16/2013] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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The interferon-induced, dsRNA-activated protein kinase (PKR) is considered as an important component of innate immune system and as a representative effector protein of interferon system. In the present study, PKR gene (CiPKR, JX511974) from grass carp (Ctenopharyngodon idellus) was isolated and identified using homology-based PCR. CiPKR shares high sequence identity with the counterparts of goldfish (Crucian carp) and zebrafish (Danio rerio). The full-length cDNA of CiPKR was found to be 2436 bp, with an ORF of 2067 bp that encodes a polypeptide of 688 amino acids. The deduced polypeptide CiPKR contains three tandem dsRNA-binding motifs (dsRBMs) at the N-terminus and a conserved Ser/Thr kinase domain at the C-terminus. CiPKR was expressed ubiquitously at a low-level under normal conditions, but it could be up-regulated after intraperitoneal (ip) injection with grass carp haemorrhagic virus (GCHV). CiPKR was dramatically up-regulated at 6 h post-injection and then recovered rapidly to normal levels within 24 h; however, it was obviously up-regulated once again at 48 h or 72 h post-injection. It seemed that CiPKR could respond to GCHV infection in an IFN-independent as well as an IFN-dependent pathway. To further investigate its mechanism of biological actions, we constructed a series of recombinant plasmids including pcDNA3.1/PKR-wt, pcDNA3.1/PKR-K430R, pcDNA3.1/PKR-C (deletion of dsRBD sequence) and pcDNA3.1/PKR-C-K430R, and then each recombinant plasmid was transfected into CIK cells. In comparison with those of controls, a 79% and a 64% decrease of luciferase activities were detected in the tested cells transfected with CiPKR and CiPKR-C, respectively; however, luciferase activities were increased in those cells transfected with PKR-K430R and PKR-C-K430R, with a 160% and 115% up-regulation, respectively. Similarly, MTT colorimetric assay indicated that cell viabilities of CIK cells transfected with pcDNA3.1/PKR-wt, pcDNA3.1/PKR-K430R, pcDNA3.1/PKR-C and pcDNA3.1/PKR-C-K430R were 49%, 90%, 54% and 100%, respectively. Our observations suggested that the expression of CiPKR could be up-regulated following viral infection, and then resulted in the inhibition of protein synthesis and the induction of potential apoptosis.
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- You-Sheng Hu
- Department of Bioscience, College of Life Science and Food Engineering, Nanchang University, Nanchang 330031, China; Medical College, Jinggangshan University, Ji'an 343009, China
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Chen MF, Xia YC, Lin Y, Sun C, Yang DL, Wu J. An IFN-γ knockout mouse model of HBV persistence. Shijie Huaren Xiaohua Zazhi 2013; 21:3394-3399. [DOI: 10.11569/wcjd.v21.i31.3394] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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AIM: To develop an interferon-γ (IFN-γ) knockout mouse model of HBV persistence.
METHODS: Nine IFN-γ knock-out (IFN-γ-/-) mice were injected hydrodynamically with 10 micrograms of pAAV/HBV1.2 DNA via the tail vein. Nine wild-type C57BL/6 mice were used as controls. After injection, blood samples were regularly taken to monitor serum levels of HBsAg, HBeAg and HBV DNA. HBsAg and HBeAg were determined by electrochemiluminescence immunoassay (ECLIA) on an E170 analyzer. Total DNA was extracted from serum samples and used for detection of HBV DNA by real-time PCR.
RESULTS: Serum HBsAg, HBeAg and HBV DNA in IFN-γ-/- mice were continuously positive until 40 days after the injection of the pAAV/HBV1.2 DNA. The levels and duration of serum HBsAg, HBeAg and HBV DNA in IFN-γ-/- mice were similar to those in control mice. Serum HBsAg levels in IFN-γ-/- mice were higher than those in wild-type C57BL/6 mice on day 40 post injection (P = 0.042). Serum HBV DNA levels in IFN-γ-/- mice were persistently higher than those in wild-type C57BL/6 mice (P = 0.012, on day 25; P = 0.039, on day 40). No significant difference was observed in serum HBeAg levels between IFN-γ-/- mice and control mice.
CONCLUSION: We have successfully developed an IFN-γ-/- mouse model of HBV persistence. Our data suggest that IFN-γ could suppress HBV replication during chronic HBV infection.
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Tronel C, Page G, Bodard S, Chalon S, Antier D. The specific PKR inhibitor C16 prevents apoptosis and IL-1β production in an acute excitotoxic rat model with a neuroinflammatory component. Neurochem Int 2013; 64:73-83. [PMID: 24211709 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuint.2013.10.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/11/2013] [Revised: 10/10/2013] [Accepted: 10/22/2013] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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The double-stranded RNA-dependent protein kinase (PKR), an apoptotic inducer, regulates much pro-inflammatory cytokine production. The purpose of this study was to evaluate in vivo the effects of the specific PKR inhibitor C16 in the striatum in an acute excitotoxic rat model with an important neuroinflammatory component. Inflammation was induced by unilateral striatal injection of quinolinic acid (QA) in 10-week-old normotensive rats. Animals were separated into groups receiving either vehicle or C16 for both sham and QA rats. The effects were assessed in ipsi- and contralateral striata by immunoblotting for PKR activation, by Luminex assay for cytokine levels and by immunofluorescent staining for cleaved caspase-3 to detect neuronal apoptosis. The highest dose of C16 (600μg/kg; C16-2) in QA rats reduced expression of the active catalytic domain of the PKR vs. that in vehicle-injected QA rats. A robust increase of IL-1β levels on the contralateral side of QA rats was prevented by C16-2 (97% inhibition). Macroscopic and microscopic observation of cerebral tissue (Hematoxylin & Eosin staining) revealed that tissue integrity was more preserved with C16-2 treatment than its vehicle in QA rats. Furthermore, C16-2 treatment decreased by 47% the neuronal loss and by 37% the number of positive cleaved caspase-3 neurons induced by QA injection. In conclusion, C16 prevented not only the PKR-induced neuronal loss but also the inflammatory response in this acute excitotoxic in vivo model, highlighting its promising neuroprotective properties to rescue acute brain lesions.
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- C Tronel
- INSERM U930, Tours, France; Université François Rabelais de Tours, UMR U930, Tours, France.
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- EA 3808, University of Poitiers, "Molecular Targets and Therapeutics of Alzheimer's Disease (CiMoTheMA)", 6 rue de la Milétrie, BP 199, 86034 Poitiers, France
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- INSERM U930, Tours, France; Université François Rabelais de Tours, UMR U930, Tours, France
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- INSERM U930, Tours, France; Université François Rabelais de Tours, UMR U930, Tours, France
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- INSERM U930, Tours, France; Université François Rabelais de Tours, UMR U930, Tours, France
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Saresella M, Gatti A, Tortorella P, Marventano I, Piancone F, La Rosa F, Caputo D, Rovaris M, Biasin M, Clerici M. Toll-like receptor 3 differently modulates inflammation in progressive or benign multiple sclerosis. Clin Immunol 2013; 150:109-20. [PMID: 24334148 DOI: 10.1016/j.clim.2013.10.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/12/2013] [Revised: 10/08/2013] [Accepted: 10/24/2013] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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TLR-dependent signal transduction pathways were analyzed in patients with a diagnosis of either relapsing-remitting (RRMS), secondary progressive (PMS) or benign (BMS) MS and healthy controls (HC). Prototypical TLR molecules expressed either on the cell surface (TLR4) or intracellularly (TLR3) were stimulated with specific antigens (LPS and poly I:C, respectively). Expression of factors involved in TLR signaling cascades, production of downstream immune mediators and TLR expression were evaluated. Results showed that, whereas LPS-stimulation of TLR4 had a marginal effect on cell activation, poly I:C-stimulated TLR3 expression on immune cells was significantly increased in PMS and BMS compared to HC. This was associated with a higher responsiveness to poly I:C that resulted in the activation of the TLR3-mediated pathway and the production of inflammatory cytokines in PMS and, in contrast, in the up-regulation of a peculiar mosaic of inflammation-dampening genes in BMS. Results herein might explain different MS disease phenotypes.
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- Don C. Gnocchi Foundation, Pzza Morandi, 3, 20121 Milano, Italy
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- Don C. Gnocchi Foundation, Pzza Morandi, 3, 20121 Milano, Italy
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- Don C. Gnocchi Foundation, Pzza Morandi, 3, 20121 Milano, Italy
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- Department of Clinical Sciences, University of Milano, 20100 Milano, Italy
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- Don C. Gnocchi Foundation, Pzza Morandi, 3, 20121 Milano, Italy; Department of Physiopathology and Transplants, University of Milano, 20100 Milano, Italy.
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Shibata N, Carlin AF, Spann NJ, Saijo K, Morello CS, McDonald JG, Romanoski CE, Maurya MR, Kaikkonen MU, Lam MT, Crotti A, Reichart D, Fox JN, Quehenberger O, Raetz CRH, Sullards MC, Murphy RC, Merrill AH, Brown HA, Dennis EA, Fahy E, Subramaniam S, Cavener DR, Spector DH, Russell DW, Glass CK. 25-Hydroxycholesterol activates the integrated stress response to reprogram transcription and translation in macrophages. J Biol Chem 2013; 288:35812-23. [PMID: 24189069 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m113.519637] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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25-Hydroxycholesterol (25OHC) is an enzymatically derived oxidation product of cholesterol that modulates lipid metabolism and immunity. 25OHC is synthesized in response to interferons and exerts broad antiviral activity by as yet poorly characterized mechanisms. To gain further insights into the basis for antiviral activity, we evaluated time-dependent responses of the macrophage lipidome and transcriptome to 25OHC treatment. In addition to altering specific aspects of cholesterol and sphingolipid metabolism, we found that 25OHC activates integrated stress response (ISR) genes and reprograms protein translation. Effects of 25OHC on ISR gene expression were independent of liver X receptors and sterol-response element-binding proteins and instead primarily resulted from activation of the GCN2/eIF2α/ATF4 branch of the ISR pathway. These studies reveal that 25OHC activates the integrated stress response, which may contribute to its antiviral activity.
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Makovitzki-Avraham E, Daniel-Carmi V, Alteber Z, Farago M, Tzehoval E, Eisenbach L. The human ISG12a gene is a novel caspase dependent and p53 independent pro-apoptotic gene, that is overexpressed in breast cancer. CELL BIOLOGY INTERNATIONAL REPORTS 2013. [DOI: 10.1002/cbi3.10009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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- Department of Immunology; The Weizmann Institute of Science; Rehovot 76100 Israel
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- Department of Immunology; The Weizmann Institute of Science; Rehovot 76100 Israel
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- Department of Immunology; The Weizmann Institute of Science; Rehovot 76100 Israel
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- Department of Immunology; The Weizmann Institute of Science; Rehovot 76100 Israel
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- Department of Immunology; The Weizmann Institute of Science; Rehovot 76100 Israel
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Marchal JA, Carrasco E, Ramirez A, Jiménez G, Olmedo C, Peran M, Agil A, Conejo-García A, Cruz-López O, Campos JM, García MÁ. Bozepinib, a novel small antitumor agent, induces PKR-mediated apoptosis and synergizes with IFNα triggering apoptosis, autophagy and senescence. Drug Des Devel Ther 2013; 7:1301-13. [PMID: 24194639 PMCID: PMC3815003 DOI: 10.2147/dddt.s51354] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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Bozepinib [(RS)-2,6-dichloro-9-[1-(p-nitrobenzenesulfonyl)-1,2,3,5-tetrahydro-4,1-benzoxazepin-3-yl]-9H-purine] is a potent antitumor compound that is able to induce apoptosis in breast cancer cells. In the present study, we show that bozepinib also has antitumor activity in colon cancer cells, showing 50% inhibitory concentration (IC50) values lower than those described for breast cancer cells and suggesting great potential of this synthetic drug in the treatment of cancer. We identified that the double-stranded RNA-dependent protein kinase (PKR) is a target of bozepinib, being upregulated and activated by the drug. However, p53 was not affected by bozepinib, and was not necessary for induction of apoptosis in either breast or colon cancer cells. In addition, the efficacy of bozepinib was improved when combined with the interferon-alpha (IFNα) cytokine, which enhanced bozepinib-induced apoptosis with involvement of protein kinase PKR. Moreover, we report here, for the first time, that in combined therapy, IFNα induces a clear process of autophagosome formation, and prior treatment with chloroquine, an autophagy inhibitor, is able to significantly reduce IFNα/bozepinib-induced cell death. Finally, we observed that a minor population of caspase 3-deficient MCF-7 cells persisted during long-term treatment with lower doses of bozepinib and the bozepinib/IFNα combination. Curiously, this population showed β-galactosidase activity and a percentage of cells arrested in S phase, that was more evident in cells treated with the bozepinib/IFNα combination than in cells treated with bozepinib or IFNα alone. Considering the resistance of some cancer cells to conventional chemotherapy, combinations enhancing the diversity of the cell death outcome might succeed in delivering more effective and less toxic chemotherapy.
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- Juan Antonio Marchal
- Biopathology and Regenerative Medicine Institute, Centre for Biomedical Research, Spain ; Department of Human Anatomy and Embryology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Granada, Granada, Spain
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Paquette SG, Banner D, Chi LTB, Leόn AJ, Xu L, Ran L, Huang SSH, Farooqui A, Kelvin DJ, Kelvin AA. Pandemic H1N1 influenza A directly induces a robust and acute inflammatory gene signature in primary human bronchial epithelial cells downstream of membrane fusion. Virology 2013; 448:91-103. [PMID: 24314640 DOI: 10.1016/j.virol.2013.09.022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/09/2013] [Revised: 09/22/2013] [Accepted: 09/23/2013] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Pandemic H1N1 influenza A (H1N1pdm) elicits stronger pulmonary inflammation than previously circulating seasonal H1N1 influenza A (sH1N1), yet mechanisms of inflammatory activation in respiratory epithelial cells during H1N1pdm infection are unclear. We investigated host responses to H1N1pdm/sH1N1 infection and virus entry mechanisms in primary human bronchial epithelial cells in vitro. H1N1pdm infection rapidly initiated a robust inflammatory gene signature (3 h post-infection) not elicited by sH1N1 infection. Protein secretion inhibition had no effect on gene induction. Infection with membrane fusion deficient H1N1pdm failed to induce robust inflammatory gene expression which was rescued with restoration of fusion ability, suggesting H1N1pdm directly triggered the inflammatory signature downstream of membrane fusion. Investigation of intra-virion components revealed H1N1pdm viral RNA (vRNA) triggered a stronger inflammatory phenotype than sH1N1 vRNA. Thus, our study is first to report H1N1pdm induces greater inflammatory gene expression than sH1N1 in vitro due to direct virus-epithelial cell interaction.
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- Stéphane G Paquette
- Division of Experimental Therapeutics, Toronto General Hospital Research Institute, University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Institute of Medical Science, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Clerzius G, Shaw E, Daher A, Burugu S, Gélinas JF, Ear T, Sinck L, Routy JP, Mouland AJ, Patel RC, Gatignol A. The PKR activator, PACT, becomes a PKR inhibitor during HIV-1 replication. Retrovirology 2013; 10:96. [PMID: 24020926 PMCID: PMC3848765 DOI: 10.1186/1742-4690-10-96] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/05/2012] [Accepted: 09/06/2013] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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Background HIV-1 translation is modulated by the activation of the interferon (IFN)-inducible Protein Kinase RNA-activated (PKR). PKR phosphorylates its downstream targets, including the alpha subunit of the eukaryotic translation Initiation Factor 2 (eIF2α), which decreases viral replication. The PKR Activator (PACT) is known to activate PKR after a cellular stress. In lymphocytic cell lines, HIV-1 activates PKR only transiently and not when cells replicate the virus at high levels. The regulation of this activation is due to a combination of viral and cellular factors that have been only partially identified. Results PKR is transiently induced and activated in peripheral blood mononuclear cells after HIV-1 infection. The addition of IFN reduces viral replication, and induces both the production and phosphorylation of PKR. In lymphocytic Jurkat cells infected by HIV-1, a multiprotein complex around PKR contains the double-stranded RNA binding proteins (dsRBPs), adenosine deaminase acting on RNA (ADAR)1 and PACT. In HEK 293T cells transfected with an HIV-1 molecular clone, PACT unexpectedly inhibited PKR and eIF2α phosphorylation and increased HIV-1 protein expression and virion production in the presence of either endogenous PKR alone or overexpressed PKR. The comparison between different dsRBPs showed that ADAR1, TAR RNA Binding Protein (TRBP) and PACT inhibit PKR and eIF2α phosphorylation in HIV-infected cells, whereas Staufen1 did not. Individual or a combination of short hairpin RNAs against PACT or ADAR1 decreased HIV-1 protein expression. In the astrocytic cell line U251MG, which weakly expresses TRBP, PACT mediated an increased HIV-1 protein expression and a decreased PKR phosphorylation. In these cells, a truncated PACT, which constitutively activates PKR in non-infected cells showed no activity on either PKR or HIV-1 protein expression. Finally, PACT and ADAR1 interact with each other in the absence of RNAs. Conclusion In contrast to its previously described activity, PACT contributes to PKR dephosphorylation during HIV-1 replication. This activity is in addition to its heterodimer formation with TRBP and could be due to its binding to ADAR1. HIV-1 has evolved to replicate in cells with high levels of TRBP, to induce the expression of ADAR1 and to change the function of PACT for PKR inhibition and increased replication.
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- Guerline Clerzius
- Lady Davis Institute for Medical Research, 3999 Côte Ste Catherine, Montréal, QC H3T 1E2, Canada.
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Fann DYW, Lee SY, Manzanero S, Chunduri P, Sobey CG, Arumugam TV. Pathogenesis of acute stroke and the role of inflammasomes. Ageing Res Rev 2013; 12:941-66. [PMID: 24103368 DOI: 10.1016/j.arr.2013.09.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 253] [Impact Index Per Article: 23.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/21/2013] [Revised: 09/12/2013] [Accepted: 09/19/2013] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Inflammation is an innate immune response to infection or tissue damage that is designed to limit harm to the host, but contributes significantly to ischemic brain injury following stroke. The inflammatory response is initiated by the detection of acute damage via extracellular and intracellular pattern recognition receptors, which respond to conserved microbial structures, termed pathogen-associated molecular patterns or host-derived danger signals termed damage-associated molecular patterns. Multi-protein complexes known as inflammasomes (e.g. containing NLRP1, NLRP2, NLRP3, NLRP6, NLRP7, NLRP12, NLRC4, AIM2 and/or Pyrin), then process these signals to trigger an effector response. Briefly, signaling through NLRP1 and NLRP3 inflammasomes produces cleaved caspase-1, which cleaves both pro-IL-1β and pro-IL-18 into their biologically active mature pro-inflammatory cytokines that are released into the extracellular environment. This review will describe the molecular structure, cellular signaling pathways and current evidence for inflammasome activation following cerebral ischemia, and the potential for future treatments for stroke that may involve targeting inflammasome formation or its products in the ischemic brain.
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The protein kinase double-stranded RNA-dependent (PKR) enhances protection against disease cause by a non-viral pathogen. PLoS Pathog 2013; 9:e1003557. [PMID: 23990781 PMCID: PMC3749959 DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1003557] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/30/2012] [Accepted: 07/01/2013] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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PKR is well characterized for its function in antiviral immunity. Using Toxoplasma gondii, we examined if PKR promotes resistance to disease caused by a non-viral pathogen. PKR(-/-) mice infected with T. gondii exhibited higher parasite load and worsened histopathology in the eye and brain compared to wild-type controls. Susceptibility to toxoplasmosis was not due to defective expression of IFN-γ, TNF-α, NOS2 or IL-6 in the retina and brain, differences in IL-10 expression in these organs or to impaired induction of T. gondii-reactive T cells. While macrophages/microglia with defective PKR signaling exhibited unimpaired anti-T. gondii activity in response to IFN-γ/TNF-α, these cells were unable to kill the parasite in response to CD40 stimulation. The TRAF6 binding site of CD40, but not the TRAF2,3 binding sites, was required for PKR phosphorylation in response to CD40 ligation in macrophages. TRAF6 co-immunoprecipitated with PKR upon CD40 ligation. TRAF6-PKR interaction appeared to be indirect, since TRAF6 co-immunoprecipitated with TRAF2 and TRAF2 co-immunoprecipitated with PKR, and deficiency of TRAF2 inhibited TRAF6-PKR co-immunoprecipitation as well as PKR phosphorylation induced by CD40 ligation. PKR was required for stimulation of autophagy, accumulation the autophagy molecule LC3 around the parasite, vacuole-lysosomal fusion and killing of T. gondii in CD40-activated macrophages and microglia. Thus, our findings identified PKR as a mediator of anti-microbial activity and promoter of protection against disease caused by a non-viral pathogen, revealed that PKR is activated by CD40 via TRAF6 and TRAF2, and positioned PKR as a link between CD40-TRAF signaling and stimulation of the autophagy pathway.
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Barhoom S, Farrell I, Shai B, Dahary D, Cooperman BS, Smilansky Z, Elroy-Stein O, Ehrlich M. Dicodon monitoring of protein synthesis (DiCoMPS) reveals levels of synthesis of a viral protein in single cells. Nucleic Acids Res 2013; 41:e177. [PMID: 23965304 PMCID: PMC3794613 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkt686] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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The current report represents a further advancement of our previously reported technology termed Fluorescent transfer RNA (tRNA) for Translation Monitoring (FtTM), for monitoring of active global protein synthesis sites in single live cells. FtTM measures Förster resonance energy transfer (FRET) signals, generated when fluorescent tRNAs (fl-tRNAs), separately labeled as a FRET pair, occupy adjacent sites on the ribosome. The current technology, termed DiCodon Monitoring of Protein Synthesis (DiCoMPS), was developed for monitoring active synthesis of a specific protein. In DiCoMPS, specific fl-tRNA pair combinations are selected for transfection, based on the degree of enrichment of a dicodon sequence to which they bind in the mRNA of interest, relative to the background transcriptome of the cell in which the assay is performed. In this study, we used cells infected with the Epizootic Hemorrhagic Disease Virus 2-Ibaraki and measured, through DiCoMPS, the synthesis of the viral non-structural protein 3 (NS3), which is enriched in the AUA:AUA dicodon. fl-tRNAIleUAU-generated FRET signals were specifically enhanced in infected cells, increased in the course of infection and were diminished on siRNA-mediated knockdown of NS3. Our results establish an experimental approach for the single-cell measurement of the levels of synthesis of a specific viral protein.
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- Sima Barhoom
- Department of Cell Research and Immunology, George S. Wise Faculty of Life Sciences, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv 69978, Israel, Anima Cell Metrology, Inc., Bernardsville, NJ 07924-2270, USA and Department of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104-6323, USA
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Hendra and Nipah infection: emerging paramyxoviruses. Virus Res 2013; 177:119-26. [PMID: 23954578 DOI: 10.1016/j.virusres.2013.08.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/20/2013] [Revised: 08/01/2013] [Accepted: 08/02/2013] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Since their first emergence in mid 1990s henipaviruses continued to re emerge in Australia and South East Asia almost every year. In total there has been more than 12 Nipah and 48 Hendra virus outbreaks reported in South East Asia and Australia, respectively. These outbreaks are associated with significant economic and health damages that most high risks countries (particularly in South East Asia) cannot bear the burden of such economical threats. Up until recently, there were no actual therapeutics available to treat or prevent these lethal infections. However, an international collaborative research has resulted in the identification of a potential equine Hendra vaccine capable of providing antibody protection against Hendra virus infections. Consequently, with the current findings and after nearly 2 decades since their first detection, are we there yet? This review recaps the chronicle of the henipavirus emergence and briefly evaluates potential anti-henipavirus vaccines and antivirals.
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Ishikawa K, Ito K, Inoue JI, Semba K. Cell growth control by stable Rbg2/Gir2 complex formation under amino acid starvation. Genes Cells 2013; 18:859-72. [PMID: 23899355 DOI: 10.1111/gtc.12082] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/16/2013] [Accepted: 06/02/2013] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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The molecular fine-tuning mechanisms underlying adaptive responses to environmental stresses in eukaryotes remain largely unknown. Here, we report on a novel stress-induced cell growth control mechanism involving a highly conserved complex containing Rbg2 and Gir2 subunits, which are the budding yeast orthologs of human Drg2 and Dfrp2, respectively. We found that the complex is responsible for efficient cell growth under amino acid starvation. Using native PAGE analyses, we observed that, individually, Rbg2 and Gir2 were labile proteins. However, they formed a complex that stabilized each other, and this stability became significantly enhanced after amino acid starvation. We observed that the stabilization of the complex was strictly dependent on GDP or GTP binding to Rbg2. A point mutation (S77N) that inactivated nucleotide binding impaired formation of the complex and disrupted the stress-induced cell growth. Interestingly, the complex bound the translational activator Gcn1 in a dose-dependent manner according to the stress level, suggesting a dynamic association with the cellular translational machinery. We propose that the Rbg2/Gir2 complex is a modulator that maintains cellular homoeostasis, thus promoting the survival of eukaryotic organisms in stressful environments.
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- Kosuke Ishikawa
- Departments of Life Science & Medical Bio-Science, Waseda University, 2-2, Wakamatsu-cho, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, 162-8480, Japan
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Various pattern recognition receptors (PRRs) have been implicated in the detection of viral RNA and subsequent interferon (IFN) gene expression, including the double-stranded RNA-dependent proteinkinase R (PKR). Now, a novel role of PKR has been unveiled, as it was shown that, upon the infection with certain viruses, PKR is crucial for the integrity of newly synthesized IFN mRNA, thereby generating an optimal host antiviral immune response. There is a need of future studies to investigate additional roles of PKR in innate immunity and the molecular understanding of this novel function of PKR.
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- Muhammad Munir
- Department of Biomedical Sciences and Veterinary Public Health, Division of Virology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala, Sweden.
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Encephalomyocarditis virus disrupts stress granules, the critical platform for triggering antiviral innate immune responses. J Virol 2013; 87:9511-22. [PMID: 23785203 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.03248-12] [Citation(s) in RCA: 118] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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In response to stress, cells induce ribonucleoprotein aggregates, termed stress granules (SGs). SGs are transient loci containing translation-stalled mRNA, which is eventually degraded or recycled for translation. Infection of some viruses, including influenza A virus with a deletion of nonstructural protein 1 (IAVΔNS1), induces SG-like protein aggregates. Previously, we showed that IAVΔNS1-induced SGs are required for efficient induction of type I interferon (IFN). Here, we investigated SG formation by different viruses using green fluorescent protein (GFP)-tagged Ras-Gap SH3 domain binding protein 1 (GFP-G3BP1) as an SG probe. HeLa cells stably expressing GFP-G3BP1 were infected with different viruses, and GFP fluorescence was monitored live with time-lapse microscopy. SG formations by different viruses was classified into 4 different patterns: no SG formation, stable SG formation, transient SG formation, and alternate SG formation. We focused on encephalomyocarditis virus (EMCV) infection, which exhibited transient SG formation. We found that EMCV disrupts SGs by cleavage of G3BP1 at late stages of infection (>8 h) through a mechanism similar to that used by poliovirus. Expression of a G3BP1 mutant that is resistant to the cleavage conferred persistent formation of SGs as well as an enhanced induction of IFN and other cytokines at late stages of infection. Additionally, knockdown of endogenous G3BP1 blocked SG formation with an attenuated induction of IFN and potentiated viral replication. Taken together, our findings suggest a critical role of SGs as an antiviral platform and shed light on one of the mechanisms by which a virus interferes with host stress and subsequent antiviral responses.
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Influence of gut microbiota on subclinical inflammation and insulin resistance. Mediators Inflamm 2013; 2013:986734. [PMID: 23840101 PMCID: PMC3694527 DOI: 10.1155/2013/986734] [Citation(s) in RCA: 95] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/03/2013] [Accepted: 05/16/2013] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Obesity is the main condition that is correlated with the appearance of insulin resistance, which is the major link among its comorbidities, such as type 2 diabetes, nonalcoholic fatty liver disease, cardiovascular and neurodegenerative diseases, and several types of cancer. Obesity affects a large number of individuals worldwide; it degrades human health and quality of life. Here, we review the role of the gut microbiota in the pathophysiology of obesity and type 2 diabetes, which is promoted by a bacterial diversity shift mediated by overnutrition. Whole bacteria, their products, and metabolites undergo increased translocation through the gut epithelium to the circulation due to degraded tight junctions and the consequent increase in intestinal permeability that culminates in inflammation and insulin resistance. Several strategies focusing on modulation of the gut microbiota (antibiotics, probiotics, and prebiotics) are being experimentally employed in metabolic derangement in order to reduce intestinal permeability, increase the production of short chain fatty acids and anorectic gut hormones, and promote insulin sensitivity to counteract the inflammatory status and insulin resistance found in obese individuals.
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Huerfano S, Ryabchenko B, Forstová J. Nucleofection of expression vectors induces a robust interferon response and inhibition of cell proliferation. DNA Cell Biol 2013; 32:467-79. [PMID: 23745681 DOI: 10.1089/dna.2012.1950] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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The interferon (IFN) response, induced as a side effect after transfection of nucleic acids into mammalian cells, is known but inadequately described. We followed the IFN response, the fate of cells, and the possible mechanisms leading to this response in NIH3T3 mouse fibroblasts after DNA nucleofection. The gateway destination vector, phGf, and its derivatives encoding toxic and non-toxic variants of the minor structural proteins of polyomaviruses, VP2 and VP3, were used. DNA vector sequences induced in cells the production of high levels of IFN and the upregulation of the IFN-inducible genes, Mx-1, STAT1, IRF1, and IRF7. The IFN response was not restricted to phGf-derived plasmids. In nucleofected cells, upregulation of the modified γ-histone 2A.X indicating DNA damage and inhibition of cell proliferation were also observed. Although 3T3 cells expressed the Toll-like receptor-9 (TLR9) and vectors used for nucleofection contained unmethylated CpGs, signaling leading to IFN induction was found to be TLR9 independent. However, the early activation of nuclear factor-kappa B suggested the participation of this transcription factor in IFN induction. Surprisingly, in contrast to nucleofection, transfection using a cationic polymer induced only a poor IFN response. Together, the results point to a strong side effect of nucleofection.
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- Sandra Huerfano
- Department of Genetics and Microbiology, Charles University in Prague, Prague, Czech Republic
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Low nanomolar thapsigargin inhibits the replication of vascular smooth muscle cells through reversible endoplasmic reticular stress. Eur J Pharmacol 2013; 714:210-7. [PMID: 23751510 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejphar.2013.05.036] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/07/2013] [Revised: 05/13/2013] [Accepted: 05/29/2013] [Indexed: 01/23/2023]
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Thapsigargin (TG), an inhibitor of Ca(2+) ATPase pumps in the endoplasmic reticulum (ER), inhibits replication of human vascular smooth muscle cell (hVSMC) at low nM concentrations. TG blocks replication of other cell types through promotion of ER stress (ERS). In order to determine whether ERS may mediate the cytostatic effect of TG in hVSMCs, the effect of TG on ERS in hVSMCs was studied by assessing markers of ERS: Immunoglobulin Heavy Chain Binding Protein (BiP), growth inhibitory transcription factor, GADD153, phosphorlylated eukaryotic initiation factor 2α (p-eIF2α) and phosphorlylated protein kinase R (p-PKR). hVSMCs derived from saphenous veins were rendered quiescent with serum-free medium for 96 h incubated with 10 nM TG at 37 °C for 24 h, then washed free of TG and incubated with 10% foetal calf serum (FCS) for a further 24 h. At selected times, BiP, GADD153, p-eIF2α, p-PKR and cyclin D1 expression was assessed. TG promoted a marked increase in BiP and GADD153, but suppressed cyclin D1 mRNA and protein expression. Under serum-free conditions p-eIF2α and p-PKR expression was not enhanced by TG. 15-24 h After removal of TG all these factors returned to levels seen in control cells. These data demonstrate that the inhibitory effect of 10nM TG on hVSMC replication is mediated through induction of ERS and associated factors that cessate replication and is reversible. These observations have implications in the aetiology and treatment of diseases that include atherogenesis, vein graft failure and restenosis.
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Taghavi N, Samuel CE. RNA-dependent protein kinase PKR and the Z-DNA binding orthologue PKZ differ in their capacity to mediate initiation factor eIF2α-dependent inhibition of protein synthesis and virus-induced stress granule formation. Virology 2013; 443:48-58. [PMID: 23706307 DOI: 10.1016/j.virol.2013.04.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/06/2013] [Revised: 04/03/2013] [Accepted: 04/22/2013] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Protein kinase R (PKR), a regulator of translation in mammalian cells, possesses two ds-RNA binding domains responsible for kinase activation. Protein kinase Z (PKZ), a PKR-like kinase present in fish, possesses two Z-DNA binding domains. A complementation strategy with cells stably deficient in PKR was used to compare the functions of PKR and PKZ. We found reporter expression was inhibited by wildtype (WT) PKR but not by either catalytic (K296R) or RNA-binding (K64E) mutants. PKZ, like PKR, more potently inhibited 5' cap-dependent compared to IRES-dependent reporter expression. However, in contrast to PKR-expressing cells, phosphorylation of initiation factor eIF2α was not detectably increased in PKZ-expressing cells. Furthermore, virus-induced stress granule formation was observed in PKR-deficient cells complemented with WT PKR but not K296R mutant PKR or WT PKZ. These results suggest that PKR and PKZ function by distinguishable mechanisms to modulate host responses including protein synthesis inhibition and stress granule formation.
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- Nora Taghavi
- Department of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology, University of California, Santa Barbara, California 93106, USA
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Calton CM, Wade LK, So M. Upregulation of ATF3 inhibits expression of the pro-inflammatory cytokine IL-6 during Neisseria gonorrhoeae infection. Cell Microbiol 2013; 15:1837-50. [PMID: 23648135 DOI: 10.1111/cmi.12153] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/22/2012] [Revised: 04/12/2013] [Accepted: 03/28/2013] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Neisseria gonorrhoeae regulates the expression of epithelial cell genes, activates cytoprotective pathways in the infected cell and protects it from apoptosis. Many of these responses are enhanced by the Type IV pilus (Tfp). We tested the hypothesis that N. gonorrhoeae modulates the innate immune response by inducing expression of ATF3, a transcription factor that negatively regulates the expression of many cytokine genes. We further determined whether Tfp are involved in these events. We found that N. gonorrhoeae induces ATF3 expression in mucosal epithelial cells through activation of mitogen-activated protein kinases. Maximal ATF3 expression requires Tfp retraction. Knocking down endogenous levels of ATF3 results in higher levels of IL-6 transcript. Our findings strongly suggest that ATF3 is involved in suppressing cytokine expression during gonococcal infection. We propose a model for the role of ATF3 in the context of N. gonorrhoeae infection.
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- Christine M Calton
- Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, L220, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, OR, 97239, USA; The BIO5 Institute, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, 85721, USA; Department of Immunobiology, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, 85721, USA
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Systems to establish bunyavirus genome replication in the absence of transcription. J Virol 2013; 87:8205-12. [PMID: 23698297 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.00371-13] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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The L polymerase of bunyaviruses replicates and transcribes the viral genome. While replication products are faithful copies of the uncapped genomic RNA, transcription products contain capped 5' extensions which had been cleaved from host cell mRNAs. For La Crosse virus (LACV; genus Orthobunyavirus), the nuclease responsible for host cell mRNA cleavage is located at the N terminus of the L protein, with an active site of five conserved amino acids (H34, D52, D79, D92, and K94) surrounding two Mn(2+) ions (J. Reguera, F. Weber, and S. Cusack, PLoS Pathog. 6:e1001101, 2010). Here, we present reverse genetics systems and L mutants enabling us to study bunyaviral genome replication in the absence of transcription. Transcription was evaluated with an enhanced minigenome system consisting of the viral polymerase L, nucleocapsid protein N, a negative-sense minigenome, and--to alleviate antiviral host responses--a dominant-negative mutant (PKRΔE7) of the antiviral kinase protein kinase R (PKR). The transcriptional activity was strongly reduced by mutation of any of the five key amino acids, and the H34K, D79A, D92A, and K94A LACV L mutants were almost entirely silent in transcription. The replication activity of the L mutants was measured by packaging of progeny minigenomes into virus-like particles (VLPs). All mutant L proteins except K94A retained full replication activity. To test the broader applicability of our results, we introduced the homolog of mutation D79A (D111A) into the L sequence of Rift Valley fever virus (RVFV; genus Phlebovirus). As for LACV D79A, the RVFV D111A was incapable of transcription but fully active in replication. Thus, we generated mutants of LACV and RVFV L polymerases that are specifically deficient in transcription. Genome replication by bunyavirus polymerases can now be studied in the absence of transcription using convenient reverse genetics systems.
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Lee LR, Teng PN, Nguyen H, Hood BL, Kavandi L, Wang G, Turbov JM, Thaete LG, Hamilton CA, Maxwell GL, Rodriguez GC, Conrads TP, Syed V. Progesterone enhances calcitriol antitumor activity by upregulating vitamin D receptor expression and promoting apoptosis in endometrial cancer cells. Cancer Prev Res (Phila) 2013; 6:731-43. [PMID: 23682076 DOI: 10.1158/1940-6207.capr-12-0493] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Human studies suggest that progesterone and calcitriol may prove beneficial in preventing or inhibiting oncogenesis, but the underlying mechanism is not fully understood. The current study investigates the effects of progesterone, calcitriol, and their combination on immortalized human endometrial epithelial cells and endometrial cancer cells and identifies their targets of action. Combination treatment with both agents enhanced vitamin D receptor expression and inhibited cell proliferation through caspase-3 activation and induction of G0-G1 cell-cycle arrest with associated downregulation of cyclins D1 and D3 and p27 induction. We used mass spectrometry-based proteomics to measure protein abundance differences between calcitriol-, progesterone-, or combination-exposed endometrial cells. A total of 117 proteins showed differential expression among these three treatments. Four proteins were then selected for validation studies: histone H1.4 (HIST1H1E), histidine triad nucleotide-binding protein 2 (HINT2), IFN-induced, double-stranded RNA-activated protein kinase (EIF2AK2), and Bcl-2-associated X protein (BAX). Abundance levels of selected candidates were low in endometrial cancer cell lines versus the immortalized endometrial epithelial cell line. All four proteins displayed elevated expression in cancer cells upon exposure to calcitriol, progesterone, or the combination. Further BAX analysis through gain- or loss-of-function experiments revealed that upregulation of BAX decreased cell proliferation by changing the BAX:BCL-2 ratio. Knockdown of BAX attenuated progesterone- and calcitriol-induced cell growth inhibition. Our results showed that progesterone and calcitriol upregulate the expression of BAX along with other apoptosis-related proteins, which induce inhibition of endometrial cancer cell growth by apoptosis and cell-cycle arrest.
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- Laura R Lee
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD 20814, USA
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Singh VV, Chauhan SK, Rai R, Kumar A, Singh SM, Rai G. Decreased pattern recognition receptor signaling, interferon-signature, and bactericidal/permeability-increasing protein gene expression in cord blood of term low birth weight human newborns. PLoS One 2013; 8:e62845. [PMID: 23626859 PMCID: PMC3633842 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0062845] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/08/2012] [Accepted: 03/28/2013] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Background Morbidity and mortality rates of low birth weight (LBW) newborns at term are higher than rates in normal birth weight (NBW) newborns. LBW newborns are at greater risk to acquire recurrent bacterial and viral infections during their first few weeks of life possibly as an outcome of compromised innate immune functions. As adaptive immunity is in a naive state, increased risk of infection of LBW as compared to NBW newborns may reflect impairments in innate immunity. Methodology To characterize the increased susceptibility to infections in LBW newborns we used microarray technology to identify differences in gene expression in LBW newborns (n = 8) compared to NBW newborns (n = 4) using cord blood. The results obtained from the microarray study were validated on a larger number of samples using real time RT-PCR (LBW = 22, NBW = 18) and western blotting (LBW = 12, NBW = 12). The Interferome database was used to identify interferon (IFN) signature genes and ingenuity pathway analysis identified canonical pathways and biological functions associated with the differentially expressed genes in LBW newborns. ELISAs for IFNs and bactericidal/permeability-increasing protein were performed in both LBW and NBW newborns and in adults (LBW = 18, NBW = 18, Adults = 8). Principal Findings Upon microarray analysis, we identified 1,391 differentially expressed genes, of which, 1,065 genes were down-regulated and 326 genes were up-regulated in the LBW compared to NBW newborns. Of note, 70 IFN-signature genes were found to be significantly down-regulated in LBW compared to NBW newborns. Ingenuity pathway analysis revealed pattern recognition receptors signaling including Toll-Like Receptors (TLRs) -1, -5, and -8 genes and IFN signaling as the most significantly impacted pathways. Respiratory infectious diseases were the most significantly affected bio-functions in LBW newborns. Conclusion and Significance Diminished PRRs, IFN-signature, and BPI gene expression raises the possibility that impairments in these pathways contribute to the susceptibility of LBW term infants to infection.
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- Vikas Vikram Singh
- Department of Molecular and Human Genetics, Faculty of Science, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India
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- Department of Molecular and Human Genetics, Faculty of Science, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India
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- Department of Molecular and Human Genetics, Faculty of Science, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India
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- Department of Pediatrics, Institute of Medical Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India
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- Department of Biology, The University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Molecular and Human Genetics, Faculty of Science, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India
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Chemical genetics reveals a kinase-independent role for protein kinase R in pyroptosis. Nat Chem Biol 2013; 9:398-405. [PMID: 23603659 DOI: 10.1038/nchembio.1236] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/02/2012] [Accepted: 03/21/2013] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Formation of the inflammasome, a scaffolding complex that activates caspase-1, is important in numerous diseases. Pyroptotic cell death induced by anthrax lethal toxin (LT) is a model for inflammasome-mediated caspase-1 activation. We discovered 7-desacetoxy-6,7-dehydrogedunin (7DG) in a phenotypic screen as a small molecule that protects macrophages from LT-induced death. Using chemical proteomics, we identified protein kinase R (PKR) as the target of 7DG and show that RNAi knockdown of PKR phenocopies treatment with 7DG. Further, we show that PKR's role in ASC assembly and caspase-1 activation induced by several different inflammasome stimuli is independent of PKR's kinase activity, demonstrating that PKR has a previously uncharacterized role in caspase-1 activation and pyroptosis that is distinct from its reported kinase-dependent roles in apoptosis and inflammasome formation in lipopolysaccharide-primed cells. Remarkably, PKR has different roles in two distinct cell death pathways and has a broad role in inflammasome function relevant in other diseases.
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Attenuated and replication-competent vaccinia virus strains M65 and M101 with distinct biology and immunogenicity as potential vaccine candidates against pathogens. J Virol 2013; 87:6955-74. [PMID: 23596295 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.03013-12] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023] Open
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Replication-competent poxvirus vectors with an attenuation phenotype and with a high immunogenic capacity of the foreign expressed antigen are being pursued as novel vaccine vectors against different pathogens. In this investigation, we have examined the replication and immunogenic characteristics of two vaccinia virus (VACV) mutants, M65 and M101. These mutants were generated after 65 and 101 serial passages of persistently infected Friend erythroleukemia (FEL) cells. In cultured cells of different origins, the mutants are replication competent and have growth kinetics similar to or slightly reduced in comparison with those of the parental Western Reserve (WR) virus strain. In normal and immune-suppressed infected mice, the mutants showed different levels of attenuation and pathogenicity in comparison with WR and modified vaccinia Ankara (MVA) strains. Wide genome analysis after deep sequencing revealed selected genomic deletions and mutations in a number of viral open reading frames (ORFs). Mice immunized in a DNA prime/mutant boost regimen with viral vectors expressing the LACK (Leishmania homologue for receptors of activated C kinase) antigen of Leishmania infantum showed protection or a delay in the onset of cutaneous leishmaniasis. Protection was similar to that triggered by MVA-LACK. In immunized mice, both polyfunctional CD4(+) and CD8(+) T cells with an effector memory phenotype were activated by the two mutants, but the DNA-LACK/M65-LACK protocol preferentially induced CD4(+) whereas DNA-LACK/M101-LACK preferentially induced CD8(+) T cell responses. Altogether, our findings showed the adaptive changes of the WR genome during long-term virus-host cell interaction and how the replication competency of M65 and M101 mutants confers distinct biological properties and immunogenicity in mice compared to those of the MVA strain. These mutants could have applicability for understanding VACV biology and as potential vaccine vectors against pathogens and tumors.
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Bierle CJ, Semmens KM, Geballe AP. Double-stranded RNA binding by the human cytomegalovirus PKR antagonist TRS1. Virology 2013; 442:28-37. [PMID: 23601785 DOI: 10.1016/j.virol.2013.03.024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/18/2013] [Revised: 02/15/2013] [Accepted: 03/25/2013] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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Protein Kinase R (PKR) inhibits translation initiation following double-stranded RNA (dsRNA) binding and thereby represses viral replication. Human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) encodes two noncanonical dsRNA binding proteins, IRS1 and TRS1, and the expression of at least one of these PKR antagonists is essential for HCMV replication. In this study, we investigated the role of dsRNA binding by TRS1 in PKR inhibition. We found that purified TRS1 binds specifically to dsRNA with an affinity lower than that of PKR. Point mutants in the TRS1 dsRNA binding domain that were deficient in rescuing the replication of vaccinia virus lacking its PKR antagonist E3L were unable to bind to dsRNA but retained the ability bind to PKR. Thus TRS1 binding to dsRNA and to PKR are separable. Overall, our results are most consistent with a model in which TRS1 binds simultaneously to both dsRNA and PKR to inhibit PKR activation.
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- Craig J Bierle
- Program in Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98115, United States.
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Handy I, Patel RC. STAT1 requirement for PKR-induced cell cycle arrest in vascular smooth muscle cells in response to heparin. Gene 2013; 524:15-21. [PMID: 23597922 DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2013.03.124] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/23/2012] [Revised: 03/18/2013] [Accepted: 03/27/2013] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Interferons (IFNs) are a family of cytokines that exhibit antiviral, antiproliferative, and immunomodulatory properties. PKR (protein kinase, RNA activated) is of central importance in mediating the antiproliferative actions of IFNs. Our research has established that PKR inhibits vascular smooth muscle cell (VSMC) proliferation by regulating G1 to S transition. Many cardiovascular diseases result from complications of atherosclerosis, a chronic and progressive inflammatory condition often characterized by excessive proliferation of VSMC. Thus, an effective method for inhibiting VSMC proliferation is likely to arrest atherosclerosis and restenosis at early stages. Our research establishes that PKR activation in VSMC leads to a G1 arrest brought about by an inhibition of cyclin-dependent kinase 2 (Cdk2) activity by p27(kip1). In quiescent VSMC, p27(kip1) levels are high and when stimulated by serum/growth factors, p27(kip1) levels drop by destabilization of the protein. Under conditions that lead to activation of PKR, there is a marked inhibition of p27(kip1) down-regulation due to increased stability of p27(kip1) protein. In order to understand the mechanism of heparin-induced stabilization of p27(kip1) in VSMC, we examined the involvement of the Signal Transducer and Activator of Transcription-1 (STAT1), which is an important player in mediating antiproliferative effects of IFNs. Our results demonstrate that PKR overexpression in VSMC leads to an increase in p27(kip1) protein levels and this increase requires the catalytic activity of PKR. PKR activation induced by antiproliferative agent heparin leads to phosphorylation of STAT1 on serine 727, which is essential for the cell cycle block. STAT1 null VSMCs are largely defective in heparin-induced cell cycle arrest and in PKR null cells the STAT1 phosphorylation in response to heparin was absent. These results establish that heparin causes STAT1 phosphorylation on serine 727 via activation of PKR and that this event is required for the G1 arrest in VSMC.
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- Indhira Handy
- Department of Biological Sciences, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 29208,USA
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Lloyd RE. Regulation of stress granules and P-bodies during RNA virus infection. WILEY INTERDISCIPLINARY REVIEWS-RNA 2013; 4:317-31. [PMID: 23554219 PMCID: PMC3652661 DOI: 10.1002/wrna.1162] [Citation(s) in RCA: 90] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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RNA granules are structures within cells that play major roles in gene expression and homeostasis. Two principle kinds of RNA granules are conserved from yeast to mammals: stress granules (SGs), which contain stalled translation initiation complexes, and processing bodies (P‐bodies, PBs), which are enriched with factors involved in RNA turnover. Since RNA granules are associated with silenced transcripts, viruses subvert RNA granule function for replicative advantages. This review, focusing on RNA viruses, discusses mechanisms that manipulate stress granules and P‐bodies to promote synthesis of viral proteins. Three main themes have emerged for how viruses manipulate RNA granules; (1) cleavage of key host factors, (2) control of protein kinase R (PKR) activation, and (3) redirecting RNA granule components for new or parallel roles in viral reproduction, at the same time disrupting RNA granules. Viruses utilize one or more of these routes to achieve robust and productive infection. WIREs RNA 2013, 4:317–331. doi: 10.1002/wrna.1162 This article is categorized under:
RNA in Disease and Development > RNA in Disease
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- Richard E Lloyd
- Department of Molecular Virology and Microbiology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA.
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Sanz MA, Redondo N, García-Moreno M, Carrasco L. Phosphorylation of eIF2α is responsible for the failure of the picornavirus internal ribosome entry site to direct translation from Sindbis virus replicons. J Gen Virol 2013; 94:796-806. [DOI: 10.1099/vir.0.049064-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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Translation directed by the poliovirus (PV) or encephalomyocarditis virus (EMCV) internal ribosome entry site (IRES) is very inefficient when expressed from Sindbis virus (SV) replicons. This inhibition can be rescued by co-expression of PV 2A protease (2Apro). Inhibition correlates with the extensive phosphorylation of eukaryotic initiation factor (eIF) 2α induced by SV replication. Confirmation that PV or EMCV IRES-driven translation can function when eIF2α is not phosphorylated was obtained in dsRNA-activated protein kinase knockout mouse embryonic fibroblasts (PKR−/− MEFs), where SV replication cannot induce eIF2α phosphorylation, and in variant S51A MEFs that express an unphosphorylatable eIF2α. In these cells, PV or EMCV IRES-dependent translation operated more efficiently than in wild-type MEFs. However, this translation was potently blocked when eIF2α was phosphorylated by the addition of thapsigargin to PKR−/− MEFs. In addition, when wild-type eIF2α was expressed in S51A MEFs or PKR was expressed in PKR−/− MEFs, PV IRES-dependent translation decreased. In both cases, the decrease in PV IRES-dependent translation correlated with the phosphorylation of eIF2α. Notably, PV 2Apro expression rescued PV IRES-driven translation in thapsigargin-treated PKR−/− MEFs. Taken together, these results demonstrated that PV IRES-driven translation can take place from SV replicons if eIF2α remains unphosphorylated. Remarkably, PV IRES-dependent translation was fully functional in this system when PV 2Apro was present, even if eIF2α was phosphorylated.
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- Miguel Angel Sanz
- Centro de Biología Molecular Severo Ochoa, CSIC-UAM, c/Nicolás Cabrera, 1, Cantoblanco, 28049 Madrid, Spain
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- Centro de Biología Molecular Severo Ochoa, CSIC-UAM, c/Nicolás Cabrera, 1, Cantoblanco, 28049 Madrid, Spain
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- Centro de Biología Molecular Severo Ochoa, CSIC-UAM, c/Nicolás Cabrera, 1, Cantoblanco, 28049 Madrid, Spain
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- Centro de Biología Molecular Severo Ochoa, CSIC-UAM, c/Nicolás Cabrera, 1, Cantoblanco, 28049 Madrid, Spain
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Punga T, Kamel W, Akusjärvi G. Old and new functions for the adenovirus virus-associated RNAs. Future Virol 2013. [DOI: 10.2217/fvl.13.19] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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Adenovirus type 5 encodes two short, highly structured noncoding RNAs, the virus-associated (VA) RNAI and VA RNAII. These RNAs are expressed in large amounts late during a lytic infection. Early studies established an important role for VA RNAI in maintaining efficient translation in late virus-infected cells by blocking activation of the key interferon-induced PKR protein kinase. More recent studies have demonstrated that the VA RNAs also target the RNAi/miRNA pathway. Collectively, available data suggest that the VA RNAs are multifunctional RNAs suppressing the activity of three dsRNA-sensing enzyme systems in human cells. Here, the known functions of the VA RNAs are summarized and the interplay between VA RNA expression and the activity of the interferon and RNAi pathways are discussed in more detail.
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- Tanel Punga
- Department of Medical Biochemistry & Microbiology, Uppsala University, Husargatan 3, BMC Box 582, 75123 Uppsala, Sweden
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- Department of Medical Biochemistry & Microbiology, Uppsala University, Husargatan 3, BMC Box 582, 75123 Uppsala, Sweden
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- Department of Medical Biochemistry & Microbiology, Uppsala University, Husargatan 3, BMC Box 582, 75123 Uppsala, Sweden.
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Yang C, Shogren KL, Goyal R, Bravo D, Yaszemski MJ, Maran A. RNA-dependent protein kinase is essential for 2-methoxyestradiol-induced autophagy in osteosarcoma cells. PLoS One 2013; 8:e59406. [PMID: 23527187 PMCID: PMC3602192 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0059406] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/27/2012] [Accepted: 02/16/2013] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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Osteosarcoma is the most common primary malignant bone tumor in children and young adults. Surgical resection and adjunctive chemotherapy are the only widely available options of treatment for this disease. Anti-tumor compound 2-Methoxyestradiol (2-ME) triggers cell death through the induction of apoptosis in osteosarcoma cells, but not in normal osteoblasts. In this report, we have investigated whether autophagy plays a role in 2-ME actions on osteosarcoma cells. Transmission electron microscopy imaging shows that 2-ME treatment leads to the accumulation of autophagosomes in human osteosarcoma cells. 2-ME induces the conversion of the microtubule-associated protein LC3-I to LC3-II, a biochemical marker of autophagy that is correlated with the formation of autophagosomes. Conversion to LC3-II is accompanied by protein degradation in 2-ME-treated cells. 2-ME does not induce autophagosome formation in normal primary human osteoblasts. In addition, 2-ME-dependent autophagosome formation in osteosarcoma cells requires ATG7 expression. Furthermore, 2-ME does not induce accumulation of autophagosomes in osteosarcoma cells that express dominant negative mutant RNA-dependent protein kinase (PKR) and are resistant to anti-proliferative and anti-tumor effects of 2-ME. Taken together, our study shows that 2-ME treatment induces PKR-dependent autophagy in osteosarcoma cells, and that autophagy could play an important role in 2-ME-mediated anti-tumor actions and in the control of osteosarcoma.
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- Caihong Yang
- Department of Orthopedics, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, United States of America
- Department of Orthopedic, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Orthopedics, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, United States of America
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- Department of Orthopedics, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, United States of America
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- Department of Orthopedics, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, United States of America
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- Department of Orthopedics, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, United States of America
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- Department of Orthopedics, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, United States of America
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He Y, Franchi L, Núñez G. The protein kinase PKR is critical for LPS-induced iNOS production but dispensable for inflammasome activation in macrophages. Eur J Immunol 2013; 43:1147-52. [PMID: 23401008 DOI: 10.1002/eji.201243187] [Citation(s) in RCA: 74] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/24/2012] [Revised: 01/08/2013] [Accepted: 02/06/2013] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Inflammasomes are multi-protein platforms that drive the activation of caspase-1 leading to the processing and secretion of biologically active IL-1β and IL-18. Different inflammasomes including NOD-like receptor (NLR) family pyrin domain-containing 3 (NLRP3), NLR caspase-recruitment domain-containing 4 (NLRC4) and absent in melanoma 2 (AIM2) are activated and assembled in response to distinct microbial or endogenous stimuli. However, the mechanisms by which upstream stimuli trigger inflammasome activation remain poorly understood. Double-stranded RNA-activated protein kinase (PKR), a protein kinase activated by viral infection, has been recently shown to be required for the activation of the inflammasomes. Using macrophages from two different mouse strains deficient in PKR, we found that PKR is important for the induction of the inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS). However, PKR was dispensable for caspase-1 activation, processing of pro-IL-1β/IL-18 and secretion of IL-1β induced by stimuli that trigger the activation of NLRP3, NLRC4 and AIM2. These results indicate that PKR is not required for inflammasome activation in macrophages.
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- Yuan He
- Department of Pathology and Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA
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Nallagatla SR, Jones CN, Ghosh SKB, Sharma SD, Cameron CE, Spremulli LL, Bevilacqua PC. Native tertiary structure and nucleoside modifications suppress tRNA's intrinsic ability to activate the innate immune sensor PKR. PLoS One 2013; 8:e57905. [PMID: 23483938 PMCID: PMC3587421 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0057905] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/25/2012] [Accepted: 01/28/2013] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Interferon inducible protein kinase PKR is an essential component of innate immunity. It is activated by long stretches of dsRNA and provides the first line of host defense against pathogens by inhibiting translation initiation in the infected cell. Many cellular and viral transcripts contain nucleoside modifications and/or tertiary structure that could affect PKR activation. We have previously demonstrated that a 5'-end triphosphate-a signature of certain viral and bacterial transcripts-confers the ability of relatively unstructured model RNA transcripts to activate PKR to inhibit translation, and that this activation is abrogated by certain modifications present in cellular RNAs. In order to understand the biological implications of native RNA tertiary structure and nucleoside modifications on PKR activation, we study here the heavily modified cellular tRNAs and the unmodified or the lightly modified mitochondrial tRNAs (mt-tRNA). We find that both a T7 transcript of yeast tRNA(Phe) and natively extracted total bovine liver mt-tRNA activate PKR in vitro, whereas native E. coli, bovine liver, yeast, and wheat tRNA(Phe) do not, nor do a variety of base- or sugar-modified T7 transcripts. These results are further supported by activation of PKR by a natively folded T7 transcript of tRNA(Phe)in vivo supporting the importance of tRNA modification in suppressing PKR activation in cells. We also examine PKR activation by a T7 transcript of the A14G pathogenic mutant of mt-tRNA(Leu), which is known to dimerize, and find that the misfolded dimeric form activates PKR in vitro while the monomeric form does not. Overall, the in vitro and in vivo findings herein indicate that tRNAs have an intrinsic ability to activate PKR and that nucleoside modifications and native RNA tertiary folding may function, at least in part, to suppress such activation, thus serving to distinguish self and non-self tRNA in innate immunity.
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- Subba Rao Nallagatla
- Department of Chemistry and Center for RNA Molecular Biology, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, USA
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Rath E, Haller D. PKR-signaling in DSS-induced colitis: detrime-N-tal or prote-C-tive? Inflamm Bowel Dis 2013; 19:E48-9. [PMID: 22508681 DOI: 10.1002/ibd.22975] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/09/2022]
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Gibbert K, Schlaak JF, Yang D, Dittmer U. IFN-α subtypes: distinct biological activities in anti-viral therapy. Br J Pharmacol 2013; 168:1048-58. [PMID: 23072338 PMCID: PMC3594665 DOI: 10.1111/bph.12010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 125] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/18/2012] [Revised: 08/15/2012] [Accepted: 09/07/2012] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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During most viral infections, the immediate host response is characterized by an induction of type I IFN. These cytokines have various biological activities, including anti-viral, anti-proliferative and immunomodulatory effects. After induction, they bind to their IFN-α/β receptor, which leads to downstream signalling resulting in the expression of numerous different IFN-stimulated genes. These genes encode anti-viral proteins that directly inhibit viral replication as well as modulate immune function. Thus, the induction of type I IFN is a very powerful tool for the host to fight virus infections. Many viruses evade this response by various strategies like the direct suppression of IFN induction or inhibition of the IFN signalling pathway. Therefore, the therapeutic application of exogenous type I IFN or molecules that induce strong IFN responses should be of great potential for future immunotherapies against viral infections. Type I IFN is currently used as a treatment in chronic hepatitis B and C virus infection, but as yet is not widely utilized for other viral infections. One reason for this restricted clinical use is that type I IFN belongs to a multigene family that includes 13 different IFN-α subtypes and IFN-β, whose individual anti-viral and immunomodulatory properties have so far not been investigated in detail to improve IFN therapy against viral infections in humans. In this review, we summarize the recent achievements in defining the distinct biological functions of type I IFN subtypes in cell culture and in animal models of viral infection as well as their clinical usage in chronic hepatitis virus infections.
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- K Gibbert
- Department of Virology, University Hospital Essen, Essen, Germany.
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