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Kaneyasu K, Kita M, Ohkura S, Yamamoto T, Ibuki K, Enose Y, Sato A, Kodama M, Miura T, Hayami M. Protective Efficacy of Nonpathogenic Nef-Deleted SHIV Vaccination Combined with Recombinant IFN-γ Administration against a Pathogenic SHIV Challenge in Rhesus Monkeys. Microbiol Immunol 2013; 49:1083-94. [PMID: 16365534 DOI: 10.1111/j.1348-0421.2005.tb03706.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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We previously reported that a nef-deleted SHIV (SHIV-NI) is nonpathogenic and gave macaques protection from challenge infection with pathogenic SHIV-C2/1. To investigate whether IFN-gamma augments the immune response induced by this vaccination, we examined the antiviral and adjuvant effect of recombinant human IFN-gamma (rIFN-gamma) in vaccinated and unvaccinated monkeys. Nine monkeys were vaccinated with nef-deleted nonpathogenic SHIV-NI. Four of them were administered with rIFN-gamma and the other five monkeys were administered with placebo. After the challenge with pathogenic SHIV-C2/1, CD4(+) T-cell counts were maintained similarly in monkeys of both groups, while those of the unvaccinated monkeys decreased dramatically at 2 weeks after challenge. However, the peaks of plasma viral load were reduced to 100-fold in SHIV-NI vaccinated monkeys combined with rIFN-gamma compared with those in SHIV-NI vaccinated monkeys without rIFN-gamma. The peaks of plasma viral load were inversely correlated with the number of SIV Gag-specific IFN-gamma-producing cells. In SHIV-NI-vaccinated monkeys with rIFN-gamma, the number of SIV Gag-specific IFN-gamma-producing cells of PBMCs increased 2-fold compared with those in SHIV-NI-vaccinated monkeys without rIFN-gamma, and the NK activity and MIP-1alpha production of PBMCs were also enhanced. Thus, vaccination of SHIV-NI in combination with rIFN-gamma was more effective in modulating the antiviral immune system into a Th1 type response than SHIV-NI vaccination alone. These results suggest that IFN-gamma augmented the anti-viral effect by enhancing innate immunity and shifting the immune response to Th1.
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- Kentaro Kaneyasu
- Institute for Virus Research, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Kyoto 606-8507, Japan
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Dudaronek JM, Barber SA, Clements JE. CUGBP1 is required for IFNbeta-mediated induction of dominant-negative CEBPbeta and suppression of SIV replication in macrophages. THE JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 2008; 179:7262-9. [PMID: 18025168 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.179.11.7262] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Productive HIV replication in the CNS occurs very early after infection, yet HIV-associated cognitive disorders do not typically manifest until the development of AIDS, suggesting that mechanisms exist in the CNS to control HIV replication and associated virus-induced pathological changes during the acute and asymptomatic stages of disease. Using an established SIV/macaque model of HIV dementia, we recently demonstrated that the mechanisms regulating virus replication in the brain at these stages involve the production of IFNbeta, which induces the truncated, dominant-negative isoform of C/EBPbeta, also referred to as LIP (liver-enriched transcriptional inhibitory protein). Alternative translation of C/EBPbeta mRNA and increased production of LIP can be mediated by CUGBP1 (CUG-repeat RNA-binding protein 1). Because IFNbeta induces the inhibitory C/EBPbeta in macrophages, we considered the possibility that IFNbeta signaling regulates the activity of CUGBP1, resulting in increased expression of LIP and suppression of SIV replication. In this study, we report that IFNbeta induces LIP and suppresses active SIV replication in primary macrophages from rhesus macaques. Further, we demonstrate that IFNbeta induces the phosphorylation of CUGBP1 and the formation of CUGBP1-C/EBPbeta mRNA complexes in the human monocytic U937 cell line. Finally, we demonstrate that CUGBP1 is not only required for IFNbeta-mediated induction of LIP but also for IFNbeta-mediated suppression of SIV replication. These results suggest that CUGBP1 is a previously unrecognized downstream effector of IFNbeta signaling in primary macrophages that likely plays a pivotal role in innate immune responses that control acute HIV/SIV replication in the brain.
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- Justyna M Dudaronek
- Department of Molecular and Comparative Pathobiology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
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Hultcrantz M, Hühn MH, Wolf M, Olsson A, Jacobson S, Williams BR, Korsgren O, Flodström-Tullberg M. Interferons induce an antiviral state in human pancreatic islet cells. Virology 2007; 367:92-101. [PMID: 17559902 DOI: 10.1016/j.virol.2007.05.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 76] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/22/2007] [Revised: 03/28/2007] [Accepted: 05/08/2007] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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Enterovirus infections, in particular those with Coxsackieviruses, have been linked to the development of type 1 diabetes (T1D). Although animal models have demonstrated that interferons (IFNs) regulate virus-induced T1D by acting directly on the beta cell, little is known on the human pancreatic islet response to IFNs. Here we show that human islet cells respond to IFNs by expressing signature genes of antiviral defense. We also demonstrate that they express three intracellular sensors for viral RNA, the toll like receptor 3 (TLR3) gene, the retinoic acid-inducible gene I (RIG-I) and the melanoma differentiation-associated gene-5 (MDA-5), which induce type I IFN production in infected cells. Finally, we show for the first time that the IFN-induced antiviral state provides human islets with a powerful protection from the replication of Coxsackievirus. This may be critical for beta cell survival and protection from virus-induced T1D in humans.
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- Monica Hultcrantz
- Center for Infectious Medicine F59, Department of Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Huddinge University Hospital, S-141 86 Stockholm, Sweden.
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Cole SW, Korin YD, Fahey JL, Zack JA. Norepinephrine Accelerates HIV Replication Via Protein Kinase A-Dependent Effects on Cytokine Production. THE JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 1998. [DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.161.2.610] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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To explore the role of sympathetic nervous system activation in HIV pathogenesis, we examined the effect of the neuroeffector molecule norepinephrine (NE) on HIV-1 replication in quiescently infected PBMCs that were subsequently activated with Abs to CD3 and CD28. NE accelerated HIV-1 replication at concentrations ranging from 10−8 to 10−5 M. This effect could be mimicked by protein kinase A (PKA) activators (forskolin or dibutyryl-cAMP) and abrogated by β-adrenoreceptor antagonists or the PKA inhibitor rp-cAMP, indicating transduction via the adrenoreceptor signaling pathway. NE reduced cellular activation and altered the production of several HIV-modulating cytokines: IL-10 and IFN-γ were markedly suppressed; TNF-α, IL-1β, IL-2, IL-4, and IL-6 were mildly suppressed; and levels of IL-12 were not significantly altered. The addition of either exogenous IFN-γ or IL-10 abrogated the effect of NE on virus production. Thus PKA-dependent suppression of cytokine production appears to mediate the enhancement of HIV-1 replication by NE.
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- Steve W. Cole
- *University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) AIDS Institute,
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- §Microbiology, Immunology, and Molecular Genetics, and
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- *University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) AIDS Institute,
- ¶Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, UCLA School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA 90095
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- *University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) AIDS Institute,
- †Center for Interdisciplinary Research in Immunology and Disease, and Departments of
- §Microbiology, Immunology, and Molecular Genetics, and
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- *University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) AIDS Institute,
- ‡Medicine,
- §Microbiology, Immunology, and Molecular Genetics, and
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Smith C, Sullenger BA. AIDS and HIV infection. MOLECULAR AND CELL BIOLOGY OF HUMAN DISEASES SERIES 1998; 5:195-236. [PMID: 9532568 DOI: 10.1007/978-94-011-0547-7_11] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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- C Smith
- Genzyme Corporation, Framingham, Massachusetts 01701-9322, USA
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Interferon alpha (IFN-α) is a mixture of closely related proteins, termed “subtypes,” expressed from distinct chromosomal genes. Interferon β (IFN-β) is a single protein species and is molecularly related to IFN-α subtypes, although it is antigenically distinct from them. IFN omega (IFN-ω) is antigenically distinct from IFN-α and IFN-β but is molecularly related to both. The genes of three IFN subtypes are tandemly arranged on the short arm of chromosome 9. They are transiently expressed following induction by various exogenous stimuli, including viruses. They are synthesized from their respective mRNAs for relatively short periods following gene activation and are secreted to act, via specific cell surface receptors, on other cells. IFN-α subtypes are secreted proteins and as such are transcribed from mRNAs as precursor proteins, pre-IFN-α, containing N-terminal signal polypeptides of 23 hydrophobic amino acids (aa) mainly. Pre-IFN-β contains 187 aa, of which 21 comprise the N-terminal signal polypeptide and 166 comprise the mature IFN-β protein. IFN-ω contains 195 aa—the N-terminal 23 comprising the signal sequence and the remaining 172, the mature IFN-ω protein. At the C-terminus, the aa sequence of IFN-ω is six residues longer than that of IFN-α or IFN-β proteins. IFN-α, as a mixture of subtypes, and IFN-ω may be produced together following viral infection of null lymphocytes or monocytes/macrophages. The biological activities of IFNs are mostly dependent upon protein synthesis with selective subsets of proteins mediating individual activities. IFNs can also stimulate indirect antiviral and antitumor mechanisms, depending upon cellular differentiation and the induction of cytotoxic activity.
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Giavedoni L, Ahmad S, Jones L, Yilma T. Expression of gamma interferon by simian immunodeficiency virus increases attenuation and reduces postchallenge virus load in vaccinated rhesus macaques. J Virol 1997; 71:866-72. [PMID: 8995602 PMCID: PMC191133 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.71.2.866-872.1997] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023] Open
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Simian immunodeficiency virus (SIV) infection of macaques is a model for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection. We have previously reported the construction and characterization of an SIV vector with a deletion in the nef gene (SIV(delta nef)) and expressing gamma interferon (SIV(HyIFN)) (L. Giavedoni and T. Yilma, J. Virol. 70:2247-2251, 1996). We now show that rhesus macaques vaccinated with SIV(HyIFN) have a lower viral load than a group similarly immunized with SIV(delta nef). Viral loads remained low in the SIV(HyIFN)-vaccinated group even though SIV expressing gamma interferon could not be isolated after 6 weeks postimmunization in these animals. All immunized and two naive control macaques became infected when challenged with virulent SIV(mac251), at 25 weeks postvaccination. In contrast to the two naive controls that died by 12 and 18 weeks postchallenge, all vaccinated animals remained healthy for more than 32 weeks. In addition, postchallenge cell-associated virus load was significantly lower in SIV(HyIFN)-immunized animals than in the group vaccinated with SIV(delta nef). These findings indicate that cytokine-expressing viruses can provide a novel approach for development of safe and efficacious live attenuated vaccines for AIDS.
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- L Giavedoni
- International Laboratory of Molecular Biology for Tropical Disease Agents, Department of Veterinary Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Davis 95616, USA
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The terminal regions of hepatitis B virus (HBV) pregenomic RNA (pgRNA) harbors sites governing many essential functions in the viral life cycle, including polyadenylation, translation, RNA encapsidation, and DNA synthesis. We have examined the binding of host proteins to a 170-nucleotide region from the 5' end of HBV pgRNA; a large portion of this region is duplicated at the 3' end of this terminally redundant RNA. By UV cross-linking labeled RNA to HepG2 cell extracts, we have identified a 65-kDa factor (p65) of nuclear origin which can specifically bind to this region. Two discrete binding sites were identified within this region; in vitro cross-competition experiments suggest that the same factor binds to both elements. One binding site (termed UBS) overlaps a portion of the highly conserved stem-loop structure (epsilon), while the other site (termed DBS) maps 35 nucleotides downstream of the hexanucleotide polyadenylation sequence. Both binding sites are highly pyrimidine rich and map to regions previously found to be important in the regulation of viral polyadenylation. However, functional analysis of mutant binding sites in vivo indicates that p65 is not involved in the polyadenylation of HBV pgRNA. Potential roles for the factor in viral replication in vivo are discussed.
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- S Perri
- Department of Microbiology, University of California, San Francisco 94143-0414, USA
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Alber D, Staeheli P. Partial inhibition of vesicular stomatitis virus by the interferon-induced human 9-27 protein. J Interferon Cytokine Res 1996; 16:375-80. [PMID: 8727077 DOI: 10.1089/jir.1996.16.375] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023] Open
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To determine whether the interferon-induced 9-27 protein of human cells contributes to the antiviral state, we expressed the 9-27 cDNA under the control of a constitutive promoter and assayed transfected cells for enhanced virus resistance. The intracellular distribution of 9-27 resembled that of cytoskeleton-associated proteins. Analysis at the single-cell level by indirect immunofluorescence revealed that mouse cells expressing 9-27 were less permissive for vesicular stomatitis virus than control cells not expressing 9-27. No significant inhibition of influenza virus was observed. When tested in parallel, 9-27 was found to have less powerful antiviral activity toward vesicular stomatitis virus than the interferon-induced MxA protein. Thus, 9-27 joins the family of interferon-induced proteins with intrinsic antiviral activity.
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- D Alber
- Abteilung Virologie, Universität Freiburg, Germany
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Kalvakolanu DV, Borden EC. An overview of the interferon system: signal transduction and mechanisms of action. Cancer Invest 1996; 14:25-53. [PMID: 8597888 DOI: 10.3109/07357909609018435] [Citation(s) in RCA: 108] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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- D V Kalvakolanu
- Department of Microbology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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Dandekar T, Koch G. DNA and mRNA sequence of the immune protective DNA ligase I gene match the rev response element of HIV. DNA SEQUENCE : THE JOURNAL OF DNA SEQUENCING AND MAPPING 1996; 6:119-21. [PMID: 8907308 DOI: 10.3109/10425179609010198] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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A motif search for DNA and mRNA sequences matching the rev response core element of HIV identified only DNA ligase I to display the element both in DNA and mRNA and to have phylogenetic conservation of it. Genetic impairment of DNA ligase I is already known to lead to severe immunodeficiency in man. A similar impairment may result from HIV rev protein binding to the DNA ligase I mRNA.
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- T Dandekar
- European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Heidelberg, Germany
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Wadler S, Burk RD, Neuberg D, Rameau R, Runowicz CD, Goldberg G, McGill F, Tachezy R, Comis R, Edmonson J. Lack of efficacy of interferon-alpha therapy in recurrent, advanced cervical cancer. J Interferon Cytokine Res 1995; 15:1011-6. [PMID: 8746781 DOI: 10.1089/jir.1995.15.1011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023] Open
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Human papillomavirus (HPV) is associated with 65-95% of in situ or early invasive squamous cell carcinomas of the cervix. A multiinstitutional, prospective phase II clinical trial was initiated by the Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) to study the activity of IFN-alpha 2b in women with metastatic or locally recurrent cervix cancer. The activity of IFN-alpha 2b was correlated with the presence of HPV as measured by Southern blot hybridization or polymerase chain reaction techniques in 17 patients. All patients had failed prior definitive therapy with surgery, radiation, and chemotherapy. IFN-alpha 2b was administered at 10 MU/m2 subcutaneously three times per week. Among 31 patients enrolled, 3 achieved a clinical response to treatment. Tumor was accessible for biopsy in 17 patients. The presence of HPV was assayed by Southern blot hybridization (2 of 17) and/or polymerase chain reaction (PCR) technology (15 of 17). Of the 17 assays, 16 were informative. HPV was detected in 5 of 16 patients. Of 5 HPV-positive women, 2 responded to treatment, versus 1 of 11 HPV-negative women, thus not permitting reliable statistical analysis. It is concluded that IFN-alpha 2b has only minimal activity against advanced, recurrent cervical cancer.
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- S Wadler
- Department of Oncology, Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY 10467, USA
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Depending on the stage of their intervention with the viral replicative cycle, human immunodeficiency virus inhibitors could be divided into the following groups: (i) adsorption inhibitors (i.e., CD4 constructs, polysulfates, polysulfonates, polycarboxylates, and polyoxometalates), (ii) fusion inhibitors (i.e., plant lectins, succinylated or aconitylated albumins, and betulinic acid derivatives), (iii) uncoating inhibitors (i.e., bicyclams), (iv) reverse transcription inhibitors acting either competitively with the substrate binding site (i.e., dideoxynucleoside analogs and acyclic nucleoside phosphonates) or allosterically with a nonsubstrate binding site (i.e., non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors), (v) integration inhibitors, (vi) DNA replication inhibitors, (vii) transcription inhibitors (i.e., antisense oligodeoxynucleotides and Tat antagonists), (viii) translation inhibitors (i.e., antisense oligodeoxynucleotides and ribozymes), (ix) maturation inhibitors (i.e., protease inhibitors, myristoylation inhibitors, and glycosylation inhibitors), and finally, (x) budding (assembly/release) inhibitors. Current knowledge, including the therapeutic potential, of these various inhibitors is discussed. In view of their potential clinical the utility, the problem of virus-drug resistance and possible strategies to circumvent this problem are also addressed.
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- E De Clercq
- Rega Institute for Medical Research, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium
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Schein CH, Haugg M. Deletions at the C-terminus of interferon gamma reduce RNA binding and activation of double-stranded-RNA cleavage by bovine seminal ribonuclease. Biochem J 1995; 307 ( Pt 1):123-7. [PMID: 7717966 PMCID: PMC1136753 DOI: 10.1042/bj3070123] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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Recombinant interferon gamma (IFN-gamma) from three species activates the cleavage of double stranded (ds-) RNA by the dimeric RNAase isolated from bovine semen (BS-RNAase). Human and bovine IFN-gamma bind RNA tightly enough to inhibit cleavage by RNAase A [Schein, Haugg and Benner (1990) FEBS Lett. 270, 229-232]. Murine IFN-gamma and a proteolytic fragment of human IFN-gamma, both of which lack part of the positively charged C-terminus, bind RNA weakly and do not inhibit RNAase A. Their ability to activate BS-RNAase is proportional to their activity in the anti-viral assay. Two monoclonal antibodies that neutralize the anti-viral activity of human IFN-gamma inhibit the activation of BS-RNAase by both full-length and proteolysed human IFN-gamma. Our results demonstrate that the C-terminus of IFN-gamma contributes to RNA binding and activation of BS-RNAase, as well as to anti-viral activity.
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- C H Schein
- Swiss Institute for Alternatives to Animal Testing (SIAT), Zürich
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Interferons (IFNs) are a family of related proteins grouped in four species (alpha, beta, gamma and omega) according to their cellular origin, inducing agents and antigenic and functional properties. Their binding to specific receptors leads to the activation of signal transduction pathways that stimulate a defined set of genes, whose products are eventually responsible for the IFN antiviral effects. Their action against viruses is a complex phenomenon. It has been reported that IFNs restrict virus growth at the levels of penetration, uncoating, synthesis of mRNA, protein synthesis and assembly. This review will attempt to evaluate evidence of the involvement of the IFN-inducible proteins in the expression of the antiviral state against RNA or DNA viruses.
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- S Landolfo
- Institute of Microbiology, Medical School of Torino, University of Torino, Italy
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Shirazi Y, Popik W, Pitha PM. Modulation of interferon-mediated inhibition of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 by Tat. JOURNAL OF INTERFERON RESEARCH 1994; 14:259-63. [PMID: 7532202 DOI: 10.1089/jir.1994.14.259] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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Recently, we have shown that in acutely infected T cells interferons (IFNs) effectively inhibit the human immunodeficiency type 1 (HIV-1) proviral DNA synthesis during a single replication cycle. In the present study, we have evaluated the relative effectiveness of IFNs in restricting HIV-1 expression at post-transcriptional level. Treatment of HeLa cells with IFNs A* and B (up to 1,000 U/ml) did not result in a reduction in HIV-1 RNA and protein synthesis encoded by the transfected HIV-1 proviral clone. Interestingly, IFN treatment reduced significantly the HIV-1 mRNA levels encoded by the transfected tat-defective HIV-1 provirus, and this inhibition could be overcome by transfection with Tat- and Rev-expressing plasmids. These results suggest that HIV-1-encoded Tat and Rev can overcome the inhibitory effects of IFNs on HIV-1 replication.
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- Y Shirazi
- Oncology Center, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21231
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Dropulić B, Jeang KT. Gene therapy for human immunodeficiency virus infection: genetic antiviral strategies and targets for intervention. Hum Gene Ther 1994; 5:927-39. [PMID: 7948142 DOI: 10.1089/hum.1994.5.8-927] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023] Open
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Gene therapeutic strategies for the treatment of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) infection have received increased attention due to lack of chemotherapeutic drugs or vaccines that show long-term efficacy in vivo. An emerging group, referred to here as "genetic antivirals," is reviewed. Genetic antivirals are defined as DNA or RNA elements that are transferred into cells and affect their intracellular targets either directly, or after expression as RNA or proteins. They include antisense oligonucleotides, ribozymes, RNA decoys, transdominant mutants, toxins, and immunogens. They offer the possibility to target simultaneously multiple sites in the HIV genome, thereby minimizing the production of resistant viruses. We review the molecular mechanisms of genetic antivirals, their HIV molecular targets, and discuss issues concerning their application as anti-HIV agents.
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- B Dropulić
- Molecular Virology Section, National Institutes of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892
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In this review, I shall summarize the major findings about the effect of IFN on the replication of HIV-1 virus in model systems in vitro and will describe the known molecular mechanisms involved in the IFN-mediated inhibition of HIV-1 replication. Finally, I shall relate these findings to the unique features of the HIV-1 replication cycle.
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- P M Pitha
- Oncology Center, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21231
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Poli G, Biswas P, Fauci AS. Interferons in the pathogenesis and treatment of human immunodeficiency virus infection. Antiviral Res 1994; 24:221-33. [PMID: 7526793 DOI: 10.1016/0166-3542(94)90069-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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There still remains several unanswered questions concerning the pathogenesis of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection. Interferons (IFNs), as well as other cytokines, are both dysregulated in HIV infection and serve as effector molecules that modulate the replicative capacity of HIV. Acid-labile IFN-alpha, an aberrant form of interferon earlier described in certain autoimmune diseases, has been detected in HIV-infected individuals. Conversely, a deficient expression of IFN-alpha may occur usually associated with HIV disease. Although conflicting findings have been reported on whether IFN-gamma, a product of activated T and natural killer (NK) cells, is elevated in the peripheral blood (PB) compartment, high levels of its expression have been observed in the germinal centers of the lymph nodes during HIV disease. IFN-alpha and IFN-beta have shown potent anti-retroviral effects in several in vitro systems of both acute and chronic HIV infection. These findings have served as the basis of the rationale for their therapeutic application, resulting in some positive effects at least in those patients with relatively high CD4+ T cell counts and healthy immune functions. Furthermore, IFN-alpha has shown important therapeutic effects on HIV-associated Kaposi's sarcoma (KS). Both suppressive and inductive effects on HIV replication in vitro have been described for IFN-gamma, whereas no clear clinical benefits have been reported following its administration to HIV-infected individuals. In conclusion, IFNs are involved in several pathogenic aspects of HIV infection and AIDS, and certain IFNs may serve as important tools to limit the spread of the virus and the progression of disease.
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- G Poli
- AIDS Immunopathogenesis Unit, DIBIT, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milano, Italy
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Kimura T, Nakayama K, Penninger J, Kitagawa M, Harada H, Matsuyama T, Tanaka N, Kamijo R, Vilcek J, Mak TW. Involvement of the IRF-1 transcription factor in antiviral responses to interferons. Science 1994; 264:1921-4. [PMID: 8009222 DOI: 10.1126/science.8009222] [Citation(s) in RCA: 250] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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The mechanisms underlying interferon (IFN)-induced antiviral states are not well understood. Interferon regulatory factor-1 (IRF-1) is an IFN-inducible transcriptional activator, whereas IRF-2 suppresses IRF-1 action. The inhibition of encephalomyocarditis virus (EMCV) replication by IFN-alpha and especially by IFN-gamma was impaired in cells from mice with a null mutation in the IRF-1 gene (IRF-1-/- mice). The IRF-1-/- mice were less resistant than normal mice to EMCV infection, as revealed by accelerated mortality and a larger virus titer in target organs. The absence of IRF-1 did not clearly affect replication of two other types of viruses. Thus, IRF-1 is necessary for the antiviral action of IFNs against some viruses, but IFNs activate multiple activation pathways through diverse target genes to induce the antiviral state.
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- T Kimura
- Institute for Molecular and Cellular Biology, Osaka University, Japan
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Park H, Davies MV, Langland JO, Chang HW, Nam YS, Tartaglia J, Paoletti E, Jacobs BL, Kaufman RJ, Venkatesan S. TAR RNA-binding protein is an inhibitor of the interferon-induced protein kinase PKR. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 1994; 91:4713-7. [PMID: 7515177 PMCID: PMC43858 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.91.11.4713] [Citation(s) in RCA: 173] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023] Open
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A cDNA encoding a double-stranded-RNA (dsRNA)-binding protein was isolated by screening a HeLa cell cDNA expression library for proteins that bind the HIV-1 Rev-responsive-element RNA. The cDNA encoded a protein that was identical to TRBP, the previously reported cellular protein that binds the transactivation response element (TAR) RNA of human immunodeficiency virus type 1. TRBP inhibited phosphorylation of the interferon-induced ribosome-associated protein kinase PKR and of the eukaryotic translation initiation factor eIF-2 alpha in a transient-expression system in which the translation of a reporter gene was inhibited by the localized activation of PKR. TRBP expression in HeLa cells complemented the growth and protein-synthesis defect of a vaccinia virus mutant lacking the expression of the dsRNA-binding protein E3L. These results implicate TRBP as a cellular regulatory protein that binds RNAs containing specific secondary structure(s) to mediate the inhibition of PKR activation and stimulate translation in a localized manner.
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- H Park
- Laboratory of Molecular Microbiology, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Bethesda, MD 20892
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Blumberg BM, Gelbard HA, Epstein LG. HIV-1 infection of the developing nervous system: central role of astrocytes in pathogenesis. Virus Res 1994; 32:253-67. [PMID: 8067056 DOI: 10.1016/0168-1702(94)90044-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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Recent studies in our laboratory and that of Dr. Howard Gendelman have revealed two important pathways for neuronal damage during HIV-1 encephalopathy in children. First, substantial numbers of astrocytes are actively or latently infected with HIV-1. Astrocyte infection may lead to neuronal dysfunction through loss of supporting growth factors, excitotoxicity due to dysregulation of neurotransmitter reuptake, and loosening of the blood-brain barrier permitting further seeding of HIV-1 in the CNS. Significantly, infection of astrocytes is marked by near-exclusive synthesis of early regulatory gene products of HIV-1, while structural proteins characteristic of productive infection are found in macrophages, microglia and multinucleated giant cells. We propose the term 'restricted' to denote the non-productive infection found in astrocytes. Second, HIV-1-infected macrophages initiate inflammatory processes which are amplified through cell-cell interactions with astrocytes. Macrophage-astrocyte interactions produce arachidonic metabolites and potentially neurotoxic cytokines (TNF-alpha and IL-1 beta), leading to astroglial activation and proliferation which then amplifies these cellular processes. These new findings suggest that two major pathways leading to neurotoxicity in pediatric AIDS encephalopathy are linked to HIV-1 infection through astrocyte-mediated processes, and help explain how small numbers of productivity infected cells indirectly cause widespread tissue pathology and elicit profound neurological impairment.
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- B M Blumberg
- Department of Neurology, University of Rochester, NY 14642
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Shukla RR, Kimmel PL, Kumar A. Human immunodeficiency virus type 1 Rev-responsive element RNA binds to host cell-specific proteins. J Virol 1994; 68:2224-9. [PMID: 8139007 PMCID: PMC236698 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.68.4.2224-2229.1994] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023] Open
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RNase protection-gel retention studies show human host cell-specific ribonucleoprotein complexes with human immunodeficiency virus type 1 Rev-responsive element (RRE) RNA. Nuclear proteins from rodent or murine cells appear to lack the ability to form these complexes. Human-mouse somatic cell hybrids retaining a single human chromosome, either 6 or 12, form the RRE-nuclear-protein complexes. One of the complexes requires the entire RRE RNA, while the other needs RRE RNA stem-loops 1 and 2 only. Two major proteins with molecular masses of 120 and 62 kDa specifically bind to RRE RNA. Rodent cells (CHO) either lack or contain small amounts of these RRE-binding proteins.
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- R R Shukla
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, George Washington University Medical Center, Washington, D.C. 20037
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- R T Chung
- Gastrointestinal Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston 02114
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Cytokines are soluble proteins that allow for communication between cells and the external environment. Interferon (IFN) alpha, the first cytokine to be produced by recombinant DNA technology, has emerged as an important regulator of growth and differentiation, affecting cellular communication and signal transduction pathways as well as immunological control. This review focuses on the biological and clinical activities of the cytokine. Originally discovered as an antiviral substance, the efficacy of IFN-alpha in malignant, viral, immunological, angiogenic, inflammatory, and fibrotic diseases suggests a spectrum of interrelated pathophysiologies. The principles learned from in vivo studies will be discussed, particularly hairy cell leukemia, chronic myelogenous leukemia, certain angiogenic diseases, and hepatitis. After the surprising discovery of activity in a rare B-cell neoplasm, IFN-alpha emerged as a prototypic tumor suppressor protein that represses the clinical tumorigenic phenotype in some malignancies capable of differentiation. Regulatory agencies throughout the world have approved IFN-alpha for treatment of 13 malignant and viral disorders. The principles established with this cytokine serve as a paradigm for future development of natural proteins for human disease.
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- J U Gutterman
- Department of Clinical Immunology and Biological Therapy, University of Texas, M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston 77030
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Bevec D, Volc-Platzer B, Zimmermann K, Dobrovnik M, Hauber J, Veres G, Böhnlein E. Constitutive expression of chimeric neo-Rev response element transcripts suppresses HIV-1 replication in human CD4+ T lymphocytes. Hum Gene Ther 1994; 5:193-201. [PMID: 8186299 DOI: 10.1089/hum.1994.5.2-193] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023] Open
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We have previously reported that chimeric neomycin phosphotransferase (neo)-Rev response element (RRE) transcripts suppress the function of the human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) Rev trans-activator protein in HeLa cells. In an extension of these experiments, human CD4+ CEM cells (G418-resistant cell populations and clonal isolates) stably expressing chimeric neo-RRE genes (2, 3, or 6 RRE copies) were generated using retroviral-mediated gene transfer. The transduced CEM clones were infected with the HIV-1 HTLVIIIB isolate and the following three phenotypes were observed: (i) the transduced CEM cells were readily infected with HIV-1 indistinguishable from the control CEM cells; (ii) the appearance of HIV-1 replication markers was significantly delayed; (iii) no signs of HIV-1 replication were detectable although proviral HIV-1 DNA sequences could be detected in these cells. Furthermore, HIV antigen expression was limited in neo-resistant CEM cell populations inoculated with the HIV-1 HTLVIIIB isolate. Only 10% of the CEM-pX17-3xRRE cells and 20% of the CEM-pX17-2xRRE cells displayed HIV-1 antigens 43 days after challenge and had retained CD4 surface expression on 47% and 64% of the cells, respectively. In sharp contrast, 80% of the CEM-pX17 or the CEM-pX17-6xRRE cells expressed HIV-1 antigens but no CD4 antigens were detectable in these cultures. These results clearly indicate that RRE decoys could be developed into an effective somatic gene therapy approach against HIV-1 induced acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS).
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- D Bevec
- ART Department, Sandoz Research Institute, Vienna, Austria
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Jeang KT, Gatignol A. Comparison of regulatory features among primate lentiviruses. Curr Top Microbiol Immunol 1994; 188:123-44. [PMID: 7924423 DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-78536-8_7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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- K T Jeang
- Laboratory of Molecular Microbiology, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892
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Antoni BA, Stein SB, Rabson AB. Regulation of human immunodeficiency virus infection: implications for pathogenesis. Adv Virus Res 1994; 43:53-145. [PMID: 8191958 DOI: 10.1016/s0065-3527(08)60047-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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- B A Antoni
- Center for Advanced Biotechnology and Medicine, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Piscataway 08854
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Morinet F. Virologie en 1993. Med Mal Infect 1994. [DOI: 10.1016/s0399-077x(05)80205-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Fischer DG, Tal N, Novick D, Barak S, Rubinstein M. An antiviral soluble form of the LDL receptor induced by interferon. Science 1993; 262:250-3. [PMID: 8211145 DOI: 10.1126/science.8211145] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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Interferons, which induce several intracellular antiviral proteins, also induce an extracellular soluble protein that inhibits vesicular stomatitis virus (VSV) infection. This 28-kilodalton soluble protein was purified to homogeneity and identified by protein sequencing as the ligand-binding domain of the human 160-kilodalton low density lipoprotein receptor (LDLR). The existence of an antiviral soluble LDLR was confirmed by immunoaffinity chromatography with monoclonal antibody to LDLR. This soluble receptor mediates most of the interferon-triggered antiviral activity against VSV, apparently by interfering with virus assembly or budding, and not by inhibiting virus attachment to cells.
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- D G Fischer
- Department of Molecular Genetics and Virology, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel
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The heterogeneity of the biological responses to alpha/beta and gamma interferons, the degree of overlap, synergy and antagonism appear to reflect functional interactions between these two signalling pathways. Recent biochemical and genetic experimental approaches have identified some of the effector proteins involved in interferon signalling, and have advanced our understanding of the crosstalk between these signalling networks.
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- S Pellegrini
- Unité INSERM 276, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France
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Kisselev L, Frolova L, Haenni AL. Interferon inducibility of mammalian tryptophanyl-tRNA synthetase: new perspectives. Trends Biochem Sci 1993; 18:263-7. [PMID: 7692626 DOI: 10.1016/0968-0004(93)90178-p] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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Mammalian aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases are indispensible components of the cell's protein-synthesizing machinery. Surprisingly, recent experiments have demonstrated that synthesis of tryptophanyl-tRNA synthetase (WRS) is markedly enhanced after incubation of human cells with interferons. Why is this housekeeping enzyme interferon-inducible? Several hypotheses have been suggested. One hypothesis, that premature termination of protein synthesis was involved, was boosted by the discovery that the deduced amino acid sequence of the mammalian peptide chain release factor (RF) closely resembled that of WRS. Further investigation, however, suggests that the DNA encoding RF was wrongly identified and in fact encodes a rabbit WRS subunit. Other hypotheses on the interferon-inducibility of WRS, including the possibility that the protein performs other, regulatory functions in addition to its core enzymic activity, remain to be explored.
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