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Barriocanal M, Fortes P. Long Non-coding RNAs in Hepatitis C Virus-Infected Cells. Front Microbiol 2017; 8:1833. [PMID: 29033906 PMCID: PMC5625025 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2017.01833] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/29/2017] [Accepted: 09/06/2017] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
Abstract
Hepatitis C virus (HCV) often leads to a chronic infection in the liver that may progress to steatosis, fibrosis, cirrhosis, and hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). Several viral and cellular factors are required for a productive infection and for the development of liver disease. Some of these are long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) deregulated in infected cells. After HCV infection, the sequence and the structure of the viral RNA genome are sensed to activate interferon (IFN) synthesis and signaling pathways. These antiviral pathways regulate transcription of several cellular lncRNAs. Some of these are also deregulated in response to viral replication. Certain viral proteins and/or viral replication can activate transcription factors such as MYC, SP1, NRF2, or HIF1α that modulate the expression of additional cellular lncRNAs. Interestingly, several lncRNAs deregulated in HCV-infected cells described so far play proviral or antiviral functions by acting as positive or negative regulators of the IFN system, while others help in the development of liver cirrhosis and HCC. The study of the structure and mechanism of action of these lncRNAs may aid in the development of novel strategies to treat infectious and immune pathologies and liver diseases such as cirrhosis and HCC.
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- Department of Gene Therapy and Hepatology, Navarra Institute for Health Research (IdiSNA), Centro de Investigación Médica Aplicada, University of Navarra, Pamplona, Spain
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Kar P, Kumar D, Gumma PK, Chowdhury SJ, Karra VK. Down regulation of TRIF, TLR3, and MAVS in HCV infected liver correlates with the outcome of infection. J Med Virol 2017; 89:2165-2172. [PMID: 28480979 DOI: 10.1002/jmv.24849] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/20/2016] [Accepted: 04/18/2017] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
Abstract
In virus-infected cells, pattern recognition receptors (PRRs) recruits their specific adaptor molecules, mitochondrial antiviral signaling protein (MAVS), TIR-domain-containing adapter-inducing interferon-β (TRIF), and TNF receptor associated factor (TRAF6) which induces interferon. Toll-like receptor 3 (TLR3) induces activation of the NF-kappa B (NF-κB) for interferon production. The study has been designed to assess the correlation of TLR3, MAVS, TRIF, and TRAF6 outcome of HCV infection. The 46 chronic hepatitis C (CHC) patients were screened for LFT (Liver function test), HBsAg, Anti HCV, viral load, histology, and expression of TLR3, MAVS, TRIF, and TRAF6 genes. Out of 46 CHC patients, 7 were on therapy. The 12 healthy controls were screened for LFT, HBsAg, Anti HCV and gene expressions. The gene expressions were studied in liver tissue and measured using semi-quantitative analysis of Western blots. It has been observed that the expression of TRAF6 was independent of HCV infection. The expression of TRIF, TLR3, and MAVS were significantly (P < 0.05) down regulated in CHC (N = 46) compared to healthy controls (N = 12), in high viral load (N = 21) compared to low viral load (N = 25), in HAI (Histology activity index) 1-4 (N = 12), 5-8 (N = 16), 9-12 (N = 8), 13-18 (N = 5) compared to HAI 0 (N = 5) cases. The significant reduction in the expression of TRIF, TLR3, and MAVS was observed in non-responder (N = 3) compared to responder (N = 4) after treatment (P < 0.05). The HCV viral load was positively correlated with the disease severity. The down regulation of TRIF, TLR3, and MAVS expressions in CHC correlates with the disease severity and the outcome of HCV infection.
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- Premashis Kar
- Department of Medicine, Maulana Azad Medical College, University of Delhi, New Delhi, India
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- Department of Biotechnology and Molecular Medicine, Pt. B. D. Sharma Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Rohtak, Haryana
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- Department of Medicine, Maulana Azad Medical College, University of Delhi, New Delhi, India
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- Department of Medicine, Maulana Azad Medical College, University of Delhi, New Delhi, India
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- Department of Medicine, Maulana Azad Medical College, University of Delhi, New Delhi, India
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Hamana A, Takahashi Y, Uchida T, Nishikawa M, Imamura M, Chayama K, Takakura Y. Evaluation of antiviral effect of type I, II, and III interferons on direct-acting antiviral-resistant hepatitis C virus. Antiviral Res 2017; 146:130-138. [PMID: 28864074 DOI: 10.1016/j.antiviral.2017.08.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/06/2017] [Revised: 06/27/2017] [Accepted: 08/28/2017] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
Abstract
Treatment of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection has greatly improved in the last 5 years because of the identification of direct-acting antivirals (DAAs). However, concerns exist regarding the emergence of drug resistance-associated substitutions (RASs). In this study, we evaluated the in vivo antiviral effect of three classes of interferons (IFNs), namely, types I, II, and III IFNs, on DAA-resistant HCVs. IFN-α2, IFN-γ, and IFN-λ1 were selected as typical types I, II, and III IFNs, respectively. Human hepatocyte-transplanted chimeric mice were infected with NS3-D168, NS5A-L31-, and NS5A-Y93-mutated HCVs, and the antiviral effect of IFN-α2, IFN-γ, and IFN-λ1 on these HCV RASs was examined. Chimeric mice infected with NS3- and NS5A-mutated HCVs were hydrodynamically injected with IFN-expressing plasmids to evaluate the antiviral effect of IFNs. Serum concentrations of IFNs were maintained for at least 42 days. We found that serum HCV level significantly decreased and serum and hepatic HCV levels reached below detection limit in 5/5 and 3/5 chimeric mice injected with IFN-γ- and IFN-λ1-expressing plasmids, respectively. The antiviral effect of IFN-α2 on DAA-resistant HCVs was weaker than that of IFN-γ and IFN-λ1. Serum ALT levels showed a small and transient increase in mice injected with the IFN-γ-expressing plasmid but not in mice injected with the IFN-λ1-expressing plasmid. However, no apparent histological damage was observed in the liver sections of mice injected with the IFN-γ-expressing plasmid. These results indicate that IFN-γ and IFN-λ1 are an attractive therapeutic option for treating infection caused by NS3- and NS5A-mutated HCV.
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- Atsushi Hamana
- Department of Biopharmaceutics and Drug Metabolism, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kyoto University, Japan
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- Department of Biopharmaceutics and Drug Metabolism, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kyoto University, Japan.
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- Department of Gastroenterology and Metabolism, Programs for Biomedical Research, Graduate School of Biomedical Science, Hiroshima University, Japan
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- Department of Biopharmaceutics and Drug Metabolism, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kyoto University, Japan
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- Department of Gastroenterology and Metabolism, Programs for Biomedical Research, Graduate School of Biomedical Science, Hiroshima University, Japan
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- Department of Gastroenterology and Metabolism, Programs for Biomedical Research, Graduate School of Biomedical Science, Hiroshima University, Japan
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- Department of Biopharmaceutics and Drug Metabolism, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kyoto University, Japan
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Takaki H, Oshiumi H, Shingai M, Matsumoto M, Seya T. Development of mouse models for analysis of human virus infections. Microbiol Immunol 2017; 61:107-113. [PMID: 28370181 DOI: 10.1111/1348-0421.12477] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/20/2017] [Accepted: 03/23/2017] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
Abstract
Viruses usually exhibit strict species-specificity as a result of co-evolution with the host. Thus, in mouse models, a great barrier exists for analysis of infections with human-tropic viruses. Mouse models are unlikely to faithfully reproduce the human immune response to viruses or viral compounds and it is difficult to evaluate human therapeutic efficacy with antiviral reagents in mouse models. Humans and mice essentially have different immune systems, which makes it difficult to extrapolate mouse results to humans. In addition, apart from immunological reasons, viruses causing human diseases do not always infect mice because of species tropism. One way to determine tropism would be a virus receptor that is expressed on affected cells. The development of gene-disrupted mice and Tg mice, which express human receptor genes, enables us to analyze several viral infections in mice. Mice are, indeed, susceptible to human viruses when artificially infected in receptor-supplemented mice. Although the mouse cells less efficiently permit viral replication than do human cells, the models for analysis of human viruses have been established in vivo as well as in vitro, and explain viral pathogenesis in the mouse systems. In most systems, however, nucleic acid sensors and type I interferon suppress viral propagation to block the appearance of infectious manifestation. We herein review recent insight into in vivo antiviral responses induced in mouse infection models for typical human viruses.
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- Hiromi Takaki
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Graduate School of Medicine, Hokkaido University, Sapporo
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- Department of Immunology, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto
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- Laboratory for Biologics Development, Research Center for Zoonosis Control, GI-CoRE Global Station for Zoonosis Control, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Graduate School of Medicine, Hokkaido University, Sapporo
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Graduate School of Medicine, Hokkaido University, Sapporo
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Popik OV, Ivanisenko TV, Saik OV, Petrovskiy ED, Lavrik IN, Ivanisenko VA. NACE: A web-based tool for prediction of intercompartmental efficiency of human molecular genetic networks. Virus Res 2016; 218:79-85. [PMID: 27109913 DOI: 10.1016/j.virusres.2015.11.029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/18/2015] [Revised: 10/25/2015] [Accepted: 11/23/2015] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
Abstract
Molecular genetic processes generally involve proteins from distinct intracellular localisations. Reactions that follow the same process are distributed among various compartments within the cell. In this regard, the reaction rate and the efficiency of biological processes can depend on the subcellular localisation of proteins. Previously, the authors proposed a method of evaluating the efficiency of biological processes based on the analysis of the distribution of protein subcellular localisation (Popik et al., 2014). Here, NACE is presented, which is an open access web-oriented program that implements this method and allows the user to evaluate the intercompartmental efficiency of human molecular genetic networks. The method has been extended by a new feature that provides the evaluation of the tissue-specific efficiency of networks for more than 2800 anatomical structures. Such assessments are important in cases when molecular genetic pathways in different tissues proceed with the participation of various proteins with a number of intracellular localisations. For example, an analysis of KEGG pathways, conducted using the developed program, showed that the efficiencies of many KEGG pathways are tissue-specific. Analysis of efficiencies of regulatory pathways in the liver, linking proteins of the hepatitis C virus with human proteins involved in the KEGG apoptosis pathway, showed that intercompartmental efficiency might play an important role in host-pathogen interactions. Thus, the developed tool can be useful in the study of the effectiveness of functioning of various molecular genetic networks, including metabolic, regulatory, host-pathogen interactions and others taking into account tissue-specific gene expression. The tool is available via the following link: http://www-bionet.sscc.ru/nace/.
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- Olga V Popik
- The Federal Research Center Institute of Cytology and Genetics, The Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Prospekt Lavrentyeva 10, Novosibirsk, 630090, Russia
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- The Federal Research Center Institute of Cytology and Genetics, The Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Prospekt Lavrentyeva 10, Novosibirsk, 630090, Russia; PB-soft, LLC, Novosibirsk, Prospekt Lavrentyeva 10, Novosibirsk, 630090, Russia; Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk-90, Novosibirsk, 630090, Russia
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- The Federal Research Center Institute of Cytology and Genetics, The Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Prospekt Lavrentyeva 10, Novosibirsk, 630090, Russia; PB-soft, LLC, Novosibirsk, Prospekt Lavrentyeva 10, Novosibirsk, 630090, Russia
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- The Federal Research Center Institute of Cytology and Genetics, The Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Prospekt Lavrentyeva 10, Novosibirsk, 630090, Russia; International Tomography Center SB RAS, Institutskaya 3A, Novosibirsk, 630090, Russia
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- The Federal Research Center Institute of Cytology and Genetics, The Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Prospekt Lavrentyeva 10, Novosibirsk, 630090, Russia; Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg, Medical Faculty, Department Translational Inflammation Research, Pfälzer Platz Building 28, Magdeburg, 39106, Germany
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- The Federal Research Center Institute of Cytology and Genetics, The Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Prospekt Lavrentyeva 10, Novosibirsk, 630090, Russia; PB-soft, LLC, Novosibirsk, Prospekt Lavrentyeva 10, Novosibirsk, 630090, Russia.
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Wang G, Wang H, Singh S, Zhou P, Yang S, Wang Y, Zhu Z, Zhang J, Chen A, Billiar T, Monga SP, Wang Q. ADAR1 Prevents Liver Injury from Inflammation and Suppresses Interferon Production in Hepatocytes. THE AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PATHOLOGY 2015; 185:3224-37. [PMID: 26453800 PMCID: PMC4729276 DOI: 10.1016/j.ajpath.2015.08.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/12/2014] [Revised: 07/15/2015] [Accepted: 08/11/2015] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
Abstract
Adenosine deaminase acting on RNA 1 (ADAR1) is an essential protein for embryonic liver development. ADAR1 loss is embryonically lethal because of severe liver damage. Although ADAR1 is required in adult livers to prevent liver cell death, as demonstrated by liver-specific conditional knockout (Alb-ADAR1(KO)) mice, the mechanism remains elusive. We systematically analyzed Alb-ADAR1(KO) mice for liver damage. Differentiation genes and inflammatory pathways were examined in hepatic tissues from Alb-ADAR1(KO) and littermate controls. Inducible ADAR1 KO mice were used to validate regulatory effects of ADAR1 on inflammatory cytokines. We found that Alb-ADAR1(KO) mice showed dramatic growth retardation and high mortality because of severe structural and functional damage to the liver, which showed overwhelming inflammation, cell death, fibrosis, fatty change, and compensatory regeneration. Simultaneously, Alb-ADAR1(KO) showed altered expression of key differentiation genes and significantly higher levels of hepatic inflammatory cytokines, especially type I interferons, which was also verified by inducible ADAR1 knockdown in primary hepatocyte cultures. We conclude that ADAR1 is an essential molecule for maintaining adult liver homeostasis and, in turn, morphological and functional integrity. It inhibits the production of type I interferons and other inflammatory cytokines. Our findings may provide novel insight in the pathogenesis of liver diseases caused by excessive inflammatory responses, including autoimmune hepatitis.
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- Guoliang Wang
- Department of Surgery, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; Department of General Surgery, Union Hospital, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Medical Genetics, School of Basic Medicine, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Pathology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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- Department of Surgery, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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- Department of Surgery, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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- Department of Surgery, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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- Department of Surgery, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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- Department of General Surgery, Union Hospital, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Surgery, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; Department of Cardiology, Center for Vascular Disease and Translational Medicine, Third Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China
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- Department of Surgery, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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- Department of Pathology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
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- Department of Surgery, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; Department of Cardiology, Center for Vascular Disease and Translational Medicine, Third Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China.
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Nakai M, Oshiumi H, Funami K, Okamoto M, Matsumoto M, Seya T, Sakamoto N. Interferon (IFN) and Cellular Immune Response Evoked in RNA-Pattern Sensing During Infection with Hepatitis C Virus (HCV). SENSORS 2015; 15:27160-73. [PMID: 26512676 PMCID: PMC4634469 DOI: 10.3390/s151027160] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/26/2015] [Revised: 10/10/2015] [Accepted: 10/19/2015] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infects hepatocytes but not dendritic cells (DCs), but DCs effectively mature in response to HCV-infected hepatocytes. Using gene-disrupted mice and hydrodynamic injection strategy, we found the MAVS pathway to be crucial for induction of type III interferons (IFNs) in response to HCV in mouse. Human hepatocytes barely express TLR3 under non-infectious states, but frequently express it in HCV infection. Type I and III IFNs are induced upon stimulation with polyI:C, an analog of double-stranded (ds)RNA. Activation of TLR3 and the TICAM-1 pathway, followed by DC-mediated activation of cellular immunity, is augmented during exposure to viral RNA. Although type III IFNs are released from replication-competent human hepatocytes, DC-mediated CTL proliferation and NK cell activation hardly occur in response to the released type III IFNs. Yet, type I IFNs and HCV-infected hepatocytes can induce maturation of DCs in either human or mouse origin. In addition, mouse CD8+ DCs mature in response to HCV-infected hepatocytes unless the TLR3/TICAM-1 pathway is blocked. We found the exosomes containing HCV RNA in the supernatant of the HCV-infected hepatocytes act as a source of TLR3-mediated DC maturation. Here we summarize our view on the mechanism by which DCs mature to induce NK and CTL in a status of HCV infection.
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- Masato Nakai
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Graduate School of Medicine, Hokkaido University, Kita-ku, Sapporo 060-8638, Japan.
- Department of Gastroenterology, Graduate School of Medicine, Hokkaido University, Kita-ku, Sapporo 060-8638, Japan.
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Graduate School of Medicine, Hokkaido University, Kita-ku, Sapporo 060-8638, Japan.
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Graduate School of Medicine, Hokkaido University, Kita-ku, Sapporo 060-8638, Japan.
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Graduate School of Medicine, Hokkaido University, Kita-ku, Sapporo 060-8638, Japan.
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Graduate School of Medicine, Hokkaido University, Kita-ku, Sapporo 060-8638, Japan.
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Graduate School of Medicine, Hokkaido University, Kita-ku, Sapporo 060-8638, Japan.
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Graduate School of Medicine, Hokkaido University, Kita-ku, Sapporo 060-8638, Japan.
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Osna NA, Ganesan M, Kharbanda KK. Hepatitis C, innate immunity and alcohol: friends or foes? Biomolecules 2015; 5:76-94. [PMID: 25664450 PMCID: PMC4384112 DOI: 10.3390/biom5010076] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/12/2014] [Revised: 01/19/2015] [Accepted: 01/24/2015] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
Abstract
Hepatitis C and alcohol are the most widespread causes of liver disease worldwide. Approximately 80% of patients with a history of hepatitis C and alcohol abuse develop chronic liver injury. Alcohol consumption in hepatitis C virus (HCV)-infected patients exacerbates liver disease leading to rapid progression of fibrosis, cirrhosis and even hepatocellular carcinoma. Hepatocytes are the main sites of HCV-infection and ethanol metabolism, both of which generate oxidative stress. Oxidative stress levels affect HCV replication and innate immunity, resulting in a greater susceptibility for HCV-infection and virus spread in the alcoholic patients. In this review paper, we analyze the effects of ethanol metabolism and other factors on HCV replication. In addition, we illustrate the mechanisms of how HCV hijacks innate immunity and how ethanol exposure regulates this process. We also clarify the effects of HCV and ethanol metabolism on interferon signaling-a crucial point for activation of anti-viral genes to protect cells from virus-and the role that HCV- and ethanol-induced impairments play in adaptive immunity which is necessary for recognition of virally-infected hepatocytes. In conclusion, ethanol exposure potentiates the suppressive effects of HCV on innate immunity, which activates viral spread in the liver and finally, leads to impairments in adaptive immunity. The dysregulation of immune response results in impaired elimination of HCV-infected cells, viral persistence, progressive liver damage and establishment of chronic infection that worsens the outcomes of chronic hepatitis C in alcoholic patients.
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- Natalia A Osna
- Research Service, Veterans Affairs Nebraska-Western Iowa Health Care System, 4101 Woolworth Ave, Omaha, NE 68105, USA.
- Department of Internal Medicine, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE 68105, USA.
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- Research Service, Veterans Affairs Nebraska-Western Iowa Health Care System, 4101 Woolworth Ave, Omaha, NE 68105, USA.
- Department of Internal Medicine, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE 68105, USA.
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- Research Service, Veterans Affairs Nebraska-Western Iowa Health Care System, 4101 Woolworth Ave, Omaha, NE 68105, USA.
- Department of Internal Medicine, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE 68105, USA.
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Upadya MH, Aweya JJ, Tan YJ. Understanding the interaction of hepatitis C virus with host DEAD-box RNA helicases. World J Gastroenterol 2014; 20:2913-2926. [PMID: 24659882 PMCID: PMC3961968 DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v20.i11.2913] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/27/2013] [Revised: 12/06/2013] [Accepted: 01/20/2014] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
Abstract
The current therapeutic regimen to combat chronic hepatitis C is not optimal due to substantial side effects and the failure of a significant proportion of patients to achieve a sustained virological response. Recently developed direct-acting antivirals targeting hepatitis C virus (HCV) enzymes reportedly increase the virologic response to therapy but may lead to a selection of drug-resistant variants. Besides direct-acting antivirals, another promising class of HCV drugs in development include host targeting agents that are responsible for interfering with the host factors crucial for the viral life cycle. A family of host proteins known as DEAD-box RNA helicases, characterized by nine conserved motifs, is known to play an important role in RNA metabolism. Several members of this family such as DDX3, DDX5 and DDX6 have been shown to play a role in HCV replication and this review will summarize our current knowledge on their interaction with HCV. As chronic hepatitis C is one of the leading causes of hepatocellular carcinoma, the involvement of DEAD-box RNA helicases in the development of HCC will also be highlighted. Continuing research on the interaction of host DEAD-box proteins with HCV and the contribution to viral replication and pathogenesis could be the panacea for the development of novel therapeutics against HCV.
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