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A Rahman NA, Balasubramaniam VRMT, Yap WB. Potential of Interleukin (IL)-12 Group as Antivirals: Severe Viral Disease Prevention and Management. Int J Mol Sci 2023; 24:ijms24087350. [PMID: 37108513 PMCID: PMC10138811 DOI: 10.3390/ijms24087350] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/13/2023] [Revised: 04/11/2023] [Accepted: 04/14/2023] [Indexed: 04/29/2023] Open
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The interleukin (IL)-12 family consists of pro- and anti-inflammatory cytokines that are able to signal the activation of host antiviral immunity while preventing over-reactive immune reactions due to active virus replication and viral clearance. Amongst others, IL-12 and IL-23 are produced and released by innate immune cells such as monocytes and macrophages to signal the proliferation of T cells and release of effector cytokines, which subsequently activate host defence against virus infections. Interestingly, the dualities of IL-27 and -35 are evidently shown in the course of virus infections; they regulate the synthesis of cytokines and antiviral molecules, proliferation of T cells, and viral antigen presentation in order to maximize virus clearance by the host immune system. In terms of anti-inflammatory reactions, IL-27 signals the formation of regulatory T cells (Treg) which in turn secrete IL-35 to control the scale of inflammatory response that takes place during virus infections. Given the multitasking of the IL-12 family in regards to the elimination of virus infections, its potential in antiviral therapy is unequivocally important. Thus, this work aims to delve deeper into the antiviral actions of the IL-12 family and their applications in antiviral therapies.
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- Nur Azizah A Rahman
- Center for Toxicology and Health Risk Studies, Faculty of Health Sciences, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Jalan Raja Muda Abdul Aziz, Kuala Lumpur 50300, Malaysia
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- Jeffrey Cheah School of Medicine & Health Sciences, Monash University Malaysia, Jalan Lagoon Selatan, Bandar Sunway 46150, Malaysia
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- Center for Toxicology and Health Risk Studies, Faculty of Health Sciences, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Jalan Raja Muda Abdul Aziz, Kuala Lumpur 50300, Malaysia
- Biomedical Science Program, Faculty of Health Sciences, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Jalan Raja Muda Abdul Aziz, Kuala Lumpur 50300, Malaysia
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Gao F, Pang J, Lu M, Liu Z, Wang M, Ke X, Yi M, Cao J. Nile tilapia TLR3 recruits MyD88 and TRIF as adaptors and is involved in the NF-κB pathway in the immune response. Int J Biol Macromol 2022; 218:878-890. [PMID: 35908672 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2022.07.201] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/10/2022] [Revised: 07/25/2022] [Accepted: 07/25/2022] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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TLR3 plays a crucial role in innate immunity. In the present study, OnTLR3 was identified in the Nile tilapia Oreochromis niloticus, with a conserved LRR domain and a C-terminal TIR domain. OnTLR3 was broadly expressed in all tissues tested, with the highest expression levels in the blood and the lowest in the kidney. TLR3 mRNA could be detected from pharyngula (2.5 dpf) to late larva (8.5 dpf) during embryonic and larval development. Moreover, the expression level of OnTLR3 was clearly altered in all five tissues after Streptococcus agalactiae infection in vivo and could be induced by LPS, poly(I:C), S. agalactiae WC1535 and △CPS in Nile tilapia macrophages. When OnTLR3 was overexpressed in 293 T cells, it was distributed in the cytoplasm and could significantly increase NF-κB activation. The pulldown assays showed that OnTLR3 interacted with both OnMyD88 and OnTRIF. The binding assays revealed the specificity of OnTLR3 for pathogen-associated molecular patterns (PAMPs) and bacteria that included S. agalactiae, Aeromonas hydrophila and poly(I:C), LPS and PGN. Taken together, these findings suggest that OnTLR3, as a pattern recognition receptor (PRR), might play an important role in the immune response to pathogen invasion.
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- Fengying Gao
- Key Laboratory of Tropical & Subtropical Fishery Resource Application & Cultivation, Ministry of Agriculture, Pearl River Fisheries Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Fishery Science, Guangzhou 510380, China; Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Aquatic Animal Immune Technology, Pearl River Fisheries Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Fishery Science, Guangzhou 510380, China
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- Key Laboratory of Tropical & Subtropical Fishery Resource Application & Cultivation, Ministry of Agriculture, Pearl River Fisheries Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Fishery Science, Guangzhou 510380, China; Shandong Vocational Animal Science and Veterinary College, Weifang 261021, Shandong Province, China
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- Key Laboratory of Tropical & Subtropical Fishery Resource Application & Cultivation, Ministry of Agriculture, Pearl River Fisheries Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Fishery Science, Guangzhou 510380, China; Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Aquatic Animal Immune Technology, Pearl River Fisheries Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Fishery Science, Guangzhou 510380, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Tropical & Subtropical Fishery Resource Application & Cultivation, Ministry of Agriculture, Pearl River Fisheries Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Fishery Science, Guangzhou 510380, China; Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Aquatic Animal Immune Technology, Pearl River Fisheries Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Fishery Science, Guangzhou 510380, China
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- Key Laboratory of Tropical & Subtropical Fishery Resource Application & Cultivation, Ministry of Agriculture, Pearl River Fisheries Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Fishery Science, Guangzhou 510380, China; Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Aquatic Animal Immune Technology, Pearl River Fisheries Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Fishery Science, Guangzhou 510380, China
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- Key Laboratory of Tropical & Subtropical Fishery Resource Application & Cultivation, Ministry of Agriculture, Pearl River Fisheries Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Fishery Science, Guangzhou 510380, China; Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Aquatic Animal Immune Technology, Pearl River Fisheries Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Fishery Science, Guangzhou 510380, China
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- Key Laboratory of Tropical & Subtropical Fishery Resource Application & Cultivation, Ministry of Agriculture, Pearl River Fisheries Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Fishery Science, Guangzhou 510380, China; Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Aquatic Animal Immune Technology, Pearl River Fisheries Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Fishery Science, Guangzhou 510380, China
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- Key Laboratory of Tropical & Subtropical Fishery Resource Application & Cultivation, Ministry of Agriculture, Pearl River Fisheries Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Fishery Science, Guangzhou 510380, China; Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Aquatic Animal Immune Technology, Pearl River Fisheries Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Fishery Science, Guangzhou 510380, China
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Xu X, Mann M, Qiao D, Li Y, Zhou J, Brasier AR. Bromodomain Containing Protein 4 (BRD4) Regulates Expression of its Interacting Coactivators in the Innate Response to Respiratory Syncytial Virus. Front Mol Biosci 2021; 8:728661. [PMID: 34765643 PMCID: PMC8577543 DOI: 10.3389/fmolb.2021.728661] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/21/2021] [Accepted: 09/24/2021] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Bromodomain-containing protein 4 plays a central role in coordinating the complex epigenetic component of the innate immune response. Previous studies implicated BRD4 as a component of a chromatin-modifying complex that is dynamically recruited to a network of protective cytokines by binding activated transcription factors, polymerases, and histones to trigger their rapid expression via transcriptional elongation. Our previous study extended our understanding of the airway epithelial BRD4 interactome by identifying over 100 functionally important coactivators and transcription factors, whose association is induced by respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) infection. RSV is an etiological agent of recurrent respiratory tract infections associated with exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Using a highly selective small-molecule BRD4 inhibitor (ZL0454) developed by us, we extend these findings to identify the gene regulatory network dependent on BRD4 bromodomain (BD) interactions. Human small airway epithelial cells were infected in the absence or presence of ZL0454, and gene expression profiling was performed. A highly reproducible dataset was obtained which indicated that BRD4 mediates both activation and repression of RSV-inducible gene regulatory networks controlling cytokine expression, interferon (IFN) production, and extracellular matrix remodeling. Index genes of functionally significant clusters were validated independently. We discover that BRD4 regulates the expression of its own gene during the innate immune response. Interestingly, BRD4 activates the expression of NFκB/RelA, a coactivator that binds to BRD4 in a BD-dependent manner. We extend this finding to show that BRD4 also regulates other components of its functional interactome, including the Mediator (Med) coactivator complex and the SWI/SNF-related, matrix-associated, actin-dependent regulator of chromatin (SMARC) subunits. To provide further insight into mechanisms for BRD4 in RSV expression, we mapped 7,845 RSV-inducible Tn5 transposase peaks onto the BRD4-dependent gene bodies. These were located in promoters and introns of cytostructural and extracellular matrix (ECM) formation genes. These data indicate that BRD4 mediates the dynamic response of airway epithelial cells to RNA infection by modulating the expression of its coactivators, controlling the expression of host defense mechanisms and remodeling genes through changes in promoter accessibility.
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- Xiaofang Xu
- Department of Medicine, University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Medicine and Public Health (SMPH), Madison, WI, United States
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- Department of Medicine, University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Medicine and Public Health (SMPH), Madison, WI, United States
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- Department of Medicine, University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Medicine and Public Health (SMPH), Madison, WI, United States
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- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX, United States
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- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX, United States
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- Department of Medicine, University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Medicine and Public Health (SMPH), Madison, WI, United States.,Institute for Clinical and Translational Research (ICTR), University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, United States
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Mann M, Brasier AR. Evolution of proteomics technologies for understanding respiratory syncytial virus pathogenesis. Expert Rev Proteomics 2021; 18:379-394. [PMID: 34018899 PMCID: PMC8277732 DOI: 10.1080/14789450.2021.1931130] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/05/2021] [Accepted: 05/14/2021] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Introduction: Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is a major human pathogen associated with long term morbidity. RSV replication occurs primarily in the epithelium, producing a complex cellular response associated with acute inflammation and long-lived changes in pulmonary function and allergic disease. Proteomics approaches provide important insights into post-transcriptional regulatory processes including alterations in cellular complexes regulating the coordinated innate response and epigenome.Areas covered: Peer-reviewed proteomics studies of host responses to RSV infections and proteomics techniques were analyzed. Methodologies identified include 1)." bottom-up" discovery proteomics, 2). Organellar proteomics by LC-gel fractionation; 3). Dynamic changes in protein interaction networks by LC-MS; and 4). selective reaction monitoring MS. We introduce recent developments in single-cell proteomics, top-down mass spectrometry, and photo-cleavable surfactant chemistries that will have impact on understanding how RSV induces extracellular matrix (ECM) composition and airway remodeling.Expert opinion: RSV replication induces global changes in the cellular proteome, dynamic shifts in nuclear proteins, and remodeling of epigenetic regulatory complexes linked to the innate response. Pathways discovered by proteomics technologies have led to deeper mechanistic understanding of the roles of heat shock proteins, redox response, transcriptional elongation complex remodeling and ECM secretion remodeling in host responses to RSV infections and pathological sequelae.
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- Morgan Mann
- Department of Internal Medicine, University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Medicine and Public Health (SMPH), Madison, WI, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine and Institute for Clinical and Translational Research (ICTR), University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA
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Alternative mRNA Processing of Innate Response Pathways in Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) Infection. Viruses 2021; 13:v13020218. [PMID: 33572560 PMCID: PMC7912025 DOI: 10.3390/v13020218] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/04/2021] [Revised: 01/27/2021] [Accepted: 01/28/2021] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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The innate immune response (IIR) involves rapid genomic expression of protective interferons (IFNs) and inflammatory cytokines triggered by intracellular viral replication. Although the transcriptional control of the innate pathway is known in substantial detail, little is understood about the complexity of alternative splicing (AS) and alternative polyadenylation (APA) of mRNAs underlying the cellular IIR. In this study, we applied single-molecule, real-time (SMRT) sequencing with mRNA quantitation using short-read mRNA sequencing to characterize changes in mRNA processing in the epithelial response to respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) replication. Mock or RSV-infected human small-airway epithelial cells (hSAECs) were profiled using SMRT sequencing and the curated transcriptome analyzed by structural and quality annotation of novel transcript isoforms (SQANTI). We identified 113,082 unique isoforms; 28,561 represented full splice matches, and 45% of genes expressed six or greater AS mRNA isoforms. Identification of differentially expressed AS isoforms was accomplished by mapping a short-read RNA sequencing expression matrix to the curated transcriptome, and 905 transcripts underwent differential polyadenylation site analysis enriched in protein secretion, translation, and mRNA degradation. We focused on 355 genes showing differential isoform utilization (DIU), indicating where a new AS isoform becomes a major fraction of mRNA isoforms expressed. In pathway and network enrichment analyses, we observed that DIU transcripts are substantially enriched in cell cycle control and IIR pathways. Interestingly, the RelA/IRF7 innate regulators showed substantial DIU where major transcripts included distinct isoforms with exon occlusion, intron inclusion, and alternative transcription start site utilization. We validated the presence of RelA and IRF7 AS isoforms as well as their induction by RSV using eight isoform-specific RT-PCR assays. These isoforms were identified in both immortalized and primary small-airway epithelial cells. We concluded that the cell cycle and IIR are differentially spliced in response to RSV. These data indicate that substantial post-transcriptional complexity regulates the antiviral response.
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Wang MM, Lu M, Zhang CL, Wu X, Chen JX, Lv WW, Sun T, Qiu H, Huang SH. Oxidative stress modulates the expression of toll‑like receptor 3 during respiratory syncytial virus infection in human lung epithelial A549 cells. Mol Med Rep 2018; 18:1867-1877. [PMID: 29845280 DOI: 10.3892/mmr.2018.9089] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/29/2017] [Accepted: 05/11/2018] [Indexed: 11/05/2022] Open
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Toll‑like receptor 3 (TLR3) can react with double stranded RNA and is involved in the inflammatory response to respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) infection. Also, oxidative stress has been reported to be involved in RSV infection. However, the correlation between oxidative stress and TLR3 activation during RSV infection is unclear. Therefore, the present study investigated the association between TLR3 expression and oxidative stress modulation during RSV infection in A549 cells. For comparison, seven treatment groups were established, including RSV‑treated cells, N‑acetyl‑L‑cysteine (NAC)+RSV‑treated cells, oxidant hydrogen peroxide (H2O2)+RSV‑treated cells, normal cell control, inactivated RSV control, NAC control and H2O2 control. The mRNA expression changes of TLR3, interferon regulatory factor‑3 (IRF3), nuclear factor‑κB (NF‑κB) and superoxide dismutase 1 (SOD1) were measured using semi‑quantitative reverse transcription‑polymerase chain reaction, and the protein changes of TLR3 and phospho‑NF‑κB p65 were determined using western blot in A549 cells from the different treatment groups. The present study also evaluated the differences in hydroxyl free radical (·OH), nitric oxide (NO) and total SOD activity in the different treatment groups. The results demonstrated that RSV infection of A549 cells increased the levels of ·OH and NO, while decreasing the activity of total SOD. Pretreatment of A549 cells with H2O2 prior to RSV infection upregulated the mRNA and protein expression of TLR3 and NF‑κB, and downregulated the mRNA expression of IRF3 and SOD1, as well as the total SOD activity. When the infected cells were pretreated with NAC, the mRNA and protein expression of these genes were reversed. These variations in the TLR3‑mediated signaling pathway molecules suggested that oxidative stress may be a key regulator for TLR3 activation during RSV infection. RSV‑induced oxidative stress may potentially activate TLR3 and enhance TLR3‑mediated inflammation. These results may provide better understanding of the RSV‑induced inflammatory and immune pathways, and may also contribute to the drug development and prevention of human RSV diseases.
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- Min-Min Wang
- Department of Microbiology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, Anhui 230032, P.R. China
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- Department of Laboratory, The First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei, Anhui 230032, P.R. China
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- Department of Pediatrics, The People's Hospital of Lu'an City, Lu'an, Anhui 237005, P.R. China
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- Department of Microbiology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, Anhui 230032, P.R. China
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- Department of Microbiology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, Anhui 230032, P.R. China
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- Department of Microbiology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, Anhui 230032, P.R. China
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- Department of Microbiology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, Anhui 230032, P.R. China
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- Department of Microbiology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, Anhui 230032, P.R. China
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- Department of Microbiology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, Anhui 230032, P.R. China
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Maroto R, Zhao Y, Jamaluddin M, Popov VL, Wang H, Kalubowilage M, Zhang Y, Luisi J, Sun H, Culbertson CT, Bossmann SH, Motamedi M, Brasier AR. Effects of storage temperature on airway exosome integrity for diagnostic and functional analyses. J Extracell Vesicles 2017; 6:1359478. [PMID: 28819550 PMCID: PMC5556670 DOI: 10.1080/20013078.2017.1359478] [Citation(s) in RCA: 163] [Impact Index Per Article: 23.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/22/2016] [Accepted: 07/16/2017] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
Abstract
Background: Extracellular vesicles contain biological molecules specified by cell-type of origin and modified by microenvironmental changes. To conduct reproducible studies on exosome content and function, storage conditions need to have minimal impact on airway exosome integrity. Aim: We compared surface properties and protein content of airway exosomes that had been freshly isolated vs. those that had been treated with cold storage or freezing. Methods: Mouse bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (BALF) exosomes purified by differential ultracentrifugation were analysed immediately or stored at +4°C or -80°C. Exosomal structure was assessed by dynamic light scattering (DLS), transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and charge density (zeta potential, ζ). Exosomal protein content, including leaking/dissociating proteins, were identified by label-free LC-MS/MS. Results: Freshly isolated BALF exosomes exhibited a mean diameter of 95 nm and characteristic morphology. Storage had significant impact on BALF exosome size and content. Compared to fresh, exosomes stored at +4°C had a 10% increase in diameter, redistribution to polydisperse aggregates and reduced ζ. Storage at -80°C produced an even greater effect, resulting in a 25% increase in diameter, significantly reducing the ζ, resulting in multilamellar structure formation. In fresh exosomes, we identified 1140 high-confidence proteins enriched in 19 genome ontology biological processes. After storage at room temperature, 848 proteins were identified. In preparations stored at +4°C, 224 proteins appeared in the supernatant fraction compared to the wash fractions from freshly prepared exosomes; these proteins represent exosome leakage or dissociation of loosely bound "peri-exosomal" proteins. In preparations stored at -80°C, 194 proteins appeared in the supernatant fraction, suggesting that distinct protein groups leak from exosomes at different storage temperatures. Conclusions: Storage destabilizes the surface characteristics, morphological features and protein content of BALF exosomes. For preservation of the exosome protein content and representative functional analysis, airway exosomes should be analysed immediately after isolation.
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- Rosario Maroto
- Sealy Center for Molecular Medicine, University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB), Galveston, TX, USA
- Institute for Translational Sciences, UTMB, Galveston, TX, USA
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- Sealy Center for Molecular Medicine, University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB), Galveston, TX, USA
- Institute for Translational Sciences, UTMB, Galveston, TX, USA
- Department of Internal Medicine, UTMB, Galveston, TX, USA
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- Institute for Translational Sciences, UTMB, Galveston, TX, USA
- Department of Internal Medicine, UTMB, Galveston, TX, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, UTMB, Galveston, TX, USA
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- Center for Biomedical Engineering, UTMB, Galveston, TX, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, UTMB, Galveston, TX, USA
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- Sealy Center for Molecular Medicine, University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB), Galveston, TX, USA
- Institute for Translational Sciences, UTMB, Galveston, TX, USA
- Department of Internal Medicine, UTMB, Galveston, TX, USA
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Zhao Y, Zhang Y, Sun H, Maroto R, Brasier AR. Selective Affinity Enrichment of Nitrotyrosine-Containing Peptides for Quantitative Analysis in Complex Samples. J Proteome Res 2017; 16:2983-2992. [PMID: 28714690 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jproteome.7b00275] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Protein tyrosine nitration by oxidative and nitrate stress is important in the pathogenesis of many inflammatory or aging-related diseases. Mass spectrometry analysis of protein nitrotyrosine is very challenging because the non-nitrated peptides suppress the signals of the low-abundance nitrotyrosine (NT) peptides. No validated methods for enrichment of NT-peptides are currently available. Here we report an immunoaffinity enrichment of NT-peptides for proteomics analysis. The effectiveness of this approach was evaluated using nitrated protein standards and whole-cell lysates in vitro. A total of 1881 NT sites were identified from a nitrated whole-cell extract, indicating that this immunoaffinity-MS method is a valid approach for the enrichment of NT-peptides, and provides a significant advance for characterizing the nitrotyrosine proteome. We noted that this method had higher affinity to peptides with N-terminal nitrotyrosine relative to peptides with other nitrotyrosine locations, which raises the need for future study to develop a pan-specific nitrotyrosine antibody for unbiased, proteome-wide analysis of tyrosine nitration. We applied this method to quantify the changes in protein tyrosine nitration in mouse lungs after intranasal poly(I:C) treatment and quantified 237 NT sites. This result indicates that the immunoaffinity-MS method can be used for quantitative analysis of protein nitrotyrosines in complex samples.
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- Yingxin Zhao
- Department of Internal Medicine, University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB) , Galveston, Texas 77555, United States.,Institute for Translational Sciences, UTMB , Galveston, Texas 77555, United States.,Sealy Center for Molecular Medicine, UTMB , Galveston, Texas 77555, United States
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- Department of Internal Medicine, University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB) , Galveston, Texas 77555, United States
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- Department of Internal Medicine, University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB) , Galveston, Texas 77555, United States
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- Institute for Translational Sciences, UTMB , Galveston, Texas 77555, United States.,Sealy Center for Molecular Medicine, UTMB , Galveston, Texas 77555, United States
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- Department of Internal Medicine, University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB) , Galveston, Texas 77555, United States.,Institute for Translational Sciences, UTMB , Galveston, Texas 77555, United States.,Sealy Center for Molecular Medicine, UTMB , Galveston, Texas 77555, United States
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Tian B, Yang J, Zhao Y, Ivanciuc T, Sun H, Garofalo RP, Brasier AR. BRD4 Couples NF-κB/RelA with Airway Inflammation and the IRF-RIG-I Amplification Loop in Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infection. J Virol 2017; 91:e00007-17. [PMID: 28077651 PMCID: PMC5331805 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.00007-17] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/03/2017] [Accepted: 01/04/2017] [Indexed: 01/09/2023] Open
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The airway mucosa expresses protective interferon (IFN) and inflammatory cytokines in response to respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) infection. In this study, we examine the role of bromodomain containing 4 (BRD4) in mediating this innate immune response in human small airway epithelial cells. We observe that RSV induces BRD4 to complex with NF-κB/RelA. BRD4 is functionally required for expression of the NF-κB-dependent inflammatory gene regulatory network (GRN), including the IFN response factor 1 (IRF1) and IRF7, which mediate a cross talk pathway for RIG-I upregulation. Mechanistically, BRD4 is required for cyclin-dependent kinase 9 (CDK9) recruitment and phospho-Ser 2 carboxy-terminal domain (CTD) RNA polymerase (Pol) II formation on the promoters of IRF1, IRF7, and RIG-I, producing their enhanced expression by transcriptional elongation. We also find that BRD4 independently regulates CDK9/phospho-Ser 2 CTD RNA Pol II recruitment to the IRF3-dependent IFN-stimulated genes (ISGs). In vivo, poly(I·C)-induced neutrophilia and mucosal chemokine production are blocked by a small-molecule BRD4 bromodomain inhibitor. Similarly, BRD4 inhibition reduces RSV-induced neutrophilia, mucosal CXC chemokine expression, activation of the IRF7-RIG-I autoamplification loop, mucosal IFN expression, and airway obstruction. RSV infection activates BRD4 acetyltransferase activity on histone H3 Lys (K) 122, demonstrating that RSV infection activates BRD4 in vivo These data validate BRD4 as a major effector of RSV-induced inflammation and disease. BRD4 is required for coupling NF-κB to expression of inflammatory genes and the IRF-RIG-I autoamplification pathway and independently facilitates antiviral ISG expression. BRD4 inhibition may be a strategy to reduce exuberant virus-induced mucosal airway inflammation.IMPORTANCE In the United States, 2.1 million children annually require medical attention for RSV infections. A first line of defense is the expression of the innate gene network by infected epithelial cells. Expression of the innate response requires the recruitment of transcriptional elongation factors to rapidly induce innate response genes through an unknown mechanism. We discovered that RSV infection induces a complex of bromodomain containing 4 (BRD4) with NF-κB and cyclin-dependent kinase 9 (CDK9). BRD4 is required for stable CDK9 binding, phospho-Ser 2 RNA Pol II formation, and histone acetyltransferase activity. Inhibition of BRD4 blocks Toll-like receptor 3 (TLR3)-dependent neutrophilia and RSV-induced inflammation, demonstrating its importance in the mucosal innate response in vivo Our study shows that BRD4 plays a central role in inflammation and activation of the IRF7-RIG-I amplification loop vital for mucosal interferon expression. BRD4 inhibition may be a strategy for modulating exuberant mucosal airway inflammation.
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- Bing Tian
- Department of Internal Medicine, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, USA
- Sealy Center for Molecular Medicine, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, USA
- Sealy Center for Molecular Medicine, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, USA
- Sealy Center for Molecular Medicine, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, USA
- Institute for Translational Sciences, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, USA
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- Sealy Center for Molecular Medicine, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, USA
- Department of Pediatrics, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, USA
- Sealy Center for Molecular Medicine, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, USA
- Institute for Translational Sciences, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, USA
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Zhao Y, Jamaluddin M, Zhang Y, Sun H, Ivanciuc T, Garofalo RP, Brasier AR. Systematic Analysis of Cell-Type Differences in the Epithelial Secretome Reveals Insights into the Pathogenesis of Respiratory Syncytial Virus-Induced Lower Respiratory Tract Infections. THE JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 2017; 198:3345-3364. [PMID: 28258195 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.1601291] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/26/2016] [Accepted: 01/23/2017] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Lower respiratory tract infections from respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) are due, in part, to secreted signals from lower airway cells that modify the immune response and trigger airway remodeling. To understand this process, we applied an unbiased quantitative proteomics analysis of the RSV-induced epithelial secretory response in cells representative of the trachea versus small airway bronchiolar cells. A workflow was established using telomerase-immortalized human epithelial cells that revealed highly reproducible cell type-specific differences in secreted proteins and nanoparticles (exosomes). Approximately one third of secretome proteins are exosomal; the remainder are from lysosomal and vacuolar compartments. We applied this workflow to three independently derived primary human cultures from trachea versus bronchioles. A total of 577 differentially expressed proteins from control supernatants and 966 differentially expressed proteins from RSV-infected cell supernatants were identified at a 1% false discovery rate. Fifteen proteins unique to RSV-infected primary human cultures from trachea were regulated by epithelial-specific ets homologous factor. A total of 106 proteins unique to RSV-infected human small airway epithelial cells was regulated by the transcription factor NF-κB. In this latter group, we validated the differential expression of CCL20/macrophage-inducible protein 3α, thymic stromal lymphopoietin, and CCL3-like 1 because of their roles in Th2 polarization. CCL20/macrophage-inducible protein 3α was the most active mucin-inducing factor in the RSV-infected human small airway epithelial cell secretome and was differentially expressed in smaller airways in a mouse model of RSV infection. These studies provide insights into the complexity of innate responses and regional differences in the epithelial secretome participating in RSV lower respiratory tract infection-induced airway remodeling.
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- Yingxin Zhao
- Institute for Translational Sciences, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX 77555.,Department of Internal Medicine, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX 77555.,Sealy Center for Molecular Medicine, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX 77555; and
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- Institute for Translational Sciences, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX 77555.,Department of Internal Medicine, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX 77555
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- Department of Internal Medicine, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX 77555
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- Department of Internal Medicine, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX 77555
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX 77555
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- Institute for Translational Sciences, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX 77555.,Sealy Center for Molecular Medicine, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX 77555; and.,Department of Pediatrics, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX 77555
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- Institute for Translational Sciences, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX 77555; .,Department of Internal Medicine, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX 77555.,Sealy Center for Molecular Medicine, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX 77555; and
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Targeting Chromatin Remodeling in Inflammation and Fibrosis. ADVANCES IN PROTEIN CHEMISTRY AND STRUCTURAL BIOLOGY 2016; 107:1-36. [PMID: 28215221 DOI: 10.1016/bs.apcsb.2016.11.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Mucosal surfaces of the human body are lined by a contiguous epithelial cell surface that forms a barrier to aerosolized pathogens. Specialized pattern recognition receptors detect the presence of viral pathogens and initiate protective host responses by triggering activation of the nuclear factor κB (NFκB)/RelA transcription factor and formation of a complex with the positive transcription elongation factor (P-TEFb)/cyclin-dependent kinase (CDK)9 and Bromodomain-containing protein 4 (BRD4) epigenetic reader. The RelA·BRD4·P-TEFb complex produces acute inflammation by regulating transcriptional elongation, which produces a rapid genomic response by inactive genes maintained in an open chromatin configuration engaged with hypophosphorylated RNA polymerase II. We describe recent studies that have linked prolonged activation of the RelA-BRD4 pathway with the epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) by inducing a core of EMT corepressors, stimulating secretion of growth factors promoting airway fibrosis. The mesenchymal state produces rewiring of the kinome and reprogramming of innate responses toward inflammation. In addition, the core regulator Zinc finger E-box homeodomain 1 (ZEB1) silences the expression of the interferon response factor 1 (IRF1), required for type III IFN expression. This epigenetic silencing is mediated by the Enhancer of Zeste 2 (EZH2) histone methyltransferase. Because of their potential applications in cancer and inflammation, small-molecule inhibitors of NFκB/RelA, CDK9, BRD4, and EZH2 have been the targets of medicinal chemistry efforts. We suggest that disruption of the RelA·BRD4·P-TEFb pathway and EZH2 methyltransferase has important implications for reversing fibrosis and restoring normal mucosal immunity in chronic inflammatory diseases.
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Guo X, Liu T, Shi H, Wang J, Ji P, Wang H, Hou Y, Tan RX, Li E. Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infection Upregulates NLRC5 and Major Histocompatibility Complex Class I Expression through RIG-I Induction in Airway Epithelial Cells. J Virol 2015; 89:7636-45. [PMID: 25972545 PMCID: PMC4505675 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.00349-15] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/16/2015] [Accepted: 05/06/2015] [Indexed: 01/11/2023] Open
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UNLABELLED Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is the leading cause of acute respiratory tract viral infection in infants, causing bronchiolitis and pneumonia. The host antiviral response to RSV acts via retinoic acid-inducible gene I (RIG-I). We show here that RSV infection upregulates major histocompatibility complex class I (MHC-I) expression through the induction of NLRC5, a NOD-like, CARD domain-containing intracellular protein that has recently been identified as a class I MHC transactivator (CITA). RSV infection of A549 cells promotes upregulation of NLRC5 via beta interferon (IFN-β) production, since the NLRC5-inducing activity in a conditioned medium from RSV-infected A549 cells was removed by antibody to IFN-β, but not by antibody to IFN-γ. RSV infection resulted in RIG-I upregulation and induction of NLRC5 and MHC-I. Suppression of RIG-I induction significantly blocked NLRC5, as well as MHC-I, upregulation and diminished IRF3 activation. Importantly, Vero cells deficient in interferon production still upregulated MHC-I following introduction of the RSV genome by infection or transfection, further supporting a key role for RIG-I. A model is therefore proposed in which the host upregulates MHC-I expression during RSV infection directly via the induction of RIG-I and NLRC5 expression. Since elevated expression of MHC-I molecules can sensitize host cells to T lymphocyte-mediated cytotoxicity or immunopathologic damage, the results have significant implications for the modification of immunity in RSV disease. IMPORTANCE Human respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is the leading cause of bronchiolitis and pneumonia in infants and young children worldwide. Infection early in life is linked to persistent wheezing and allergic asthma in later life, possibly related to upregulation of major histocompatibility class I (MHC-I) on the cell surface, which facilitates cytotoxic T cell activation and antiviral immunity. Here, we show that RSV infection of lung epithelial cells induces expression of RIG-I, resulting in induction of a class I MHC transactivator, NLRC5, and subsequent upregulation of MHC-I. Suppression of RIG-I induction blocked RSV-induced NLRC5 expression and MHC-I upregulation. Increased MHC-I expression may exacerbate the RSV disease condition due to immunopathologic damage, linking the innate immune response to RSV disease.
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- Xuancheng Guo
- State Key Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology and School of Medicine, Nanjing University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China Jiangsu Laboratory of Molecular Medicine, Nanjing University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China
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- Jiangsu Laboratory of Molecular Medicine, Nanjing University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China Jiangsu Province Blood Center, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology and School of Medicine, Nanjing University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China Jiangsu Laboratory of Molecular Medicine, Nanjing University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology and School of Medicine, Nanjing University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China College of Life Sciences, Nanjing University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology and School of Medicine, Nanjing University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China Jiangsu Province Blood Center, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China
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- Jiangsu Laboratory of Molecular Medicine, Nanjing University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology and School of Medicine, Nanjing University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China Jiangsu Laboratory of Molecular Medicine, Nanjing University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology and School of Medicine, Nanjing University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China College of Life Sciences, Nanjing University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology and School of Medicine, Nanjing University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China Jiangsu Laboratory of Molecular Medicine, Nanjing University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China
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Kebaabetswe LP, Haick AK, Gritsenko MA, Fillmore TL, Chu RK, Purvine SO, Webb-Robertson BJ, Matzke MM, Smith RD, Waters KM, Metz TO, Miura TA. Proteomic analysis reveals down-regulation of surfactant protein B in murine type II pneumocytes infected with influenza A virus. Virology 2015; 483:96-107. [PMID: 25965799 DOI: 10.1016/j.virol.2015.03.045] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/12/2014] [Revised: 01/13/2015] [Accepted: 03/18/2015] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Infection of type II alveolar epithelial (ATII) cells by influenza A viruses (IAV) correlates with severe respiratory disease in humans and mice. To understand pathogenic mechanisms during IAV infection of ATII cells, murine ATII cells were cultured to maintain a differentiated phenotype, infected with IAV-PR8, which causes severe lung pathology in mice, and proteomics analyses were performed using liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry. PR8 infection increased levels of proteins involved in interferon signaling, antigen presentation, and cytoskeleton regulation. Proteins involved in mitochondrial membrane permeability, energy metabolism, and chromatin formation had reduced levels in PR8-infected cells. Phenotypic markers of ATII cells in vivo were identified, confirming the differentiation status of the cultures. Surfactant protein B had decreased levels in PR8-infected cells, which was confirmed by immunoblotting and immunofluorescence assays. Analysis of ATII cell protein profiles will elucidate cellular processes in IAV pathogenesis, which may provide insight into potential therapies to modulate disease severity.
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- Lemme P Kebaabetswe
- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Idaho, Moscow, ID 83844, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Idaho, Moscow, ID 83844, USA
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- Biological Sciences Division, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA 99352, USA
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- Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA 99352, USA
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- Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA 99352, USA
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- Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA 99352, USA
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- Computational and Statistical Analytics Division, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA 99352, USA
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- Biological Sciences Division, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA 99352, USA
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- Biological Sciences Division, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA 99352, USA
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- Biological Sciences Division, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA 99352, USA
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- Biological Sciences Division, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA 99352, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Idaho, Moscow, ID 83844, USA.
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Fang L, Choudhary S, Tian B, Boldogh I, Yang C, Ivanciuc T, Ma Y, Garofalo RP, Brasier AR. Ataxia telangiectasia mutated kinase mediates NF-κB serine 276 phosphorylation and interferon expression via the IRF7-RIG-I amplification loop in paramyxovirus infection. J Virol 2015; 89:2628-42. [PMID: 25520509 PMCID: PMC4325710 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.02458-14] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/25/2014] [Accepted: 12/09/2014] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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UNLABELLED Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is a primary etiological agent of childhood lower respiratory tract disease. Molecular patterns induced by active infection trigger a coordinated retinoic acid-inducible gene I (RIG-I)-Toll-like receptor (TLR) signaling response to induce inflammatory cytokines and antiviral mucosal interferons. Recently, we discovered a nuclear oxidative stress-sensitive pathway mediated by the DNA damage response protein, ataxia telangiectasia mutated (ATM), in cytokine-induced NF-κB/RelA Ser 276 phosphorylation. Here we observe that ATM silencing results in enhanced single-strand RNA (ssRNA) replication of RSVand Sendai virus, due to decreased expression and secretion of type I and III interferons (IFNs), despite maintenance of IFN regulatory factor 3 (IRF3)-dependent IFN-stimulated genes (ISGs). In addition to enhanced oxidative stress, RSV replication enhances foci of phosphorylated histone 2AX variant (γH2AX), Ser 1981 phosphorylation of ATM, and IKKγ/NEMO-dependent ATM nuclear export, indicating activation of the DNA damage response. ATM-deficient cells show defective RSV-induced mitogen and stress-activated kinase 1 (MSK-1) Ser 376 phosphorylation and reduced RelA Ser 276 phosphorylation, whose formation is required for IRF7 expression. We observe that RelA inducibly binds the native IFN regulatory factor 7 (IRF7) promoter in an ATM-dependent manner, and IRF7 inducibly binds to the endogenous retinoic acid-inducible gene I (RIG-I) promoter. Ectopic IRF7 expression restores RIG-I expression and type I/III IFN expression in ATM-silenced cells. We conclude that paramyxoviruses trigger the DNA damage response, a pathway required for MSK1 activation of phospho Ser 276 RelA formation to trigger the IRF7-RIG-I amplification loop necessary for mucosal IFN production. These data provide the molecular pathogenesis for defects in the cellular innate immunity of patients with homozygous ATM mutations. IMPORTANCE RNA virus infections trigger cellular response pathways to limit spread to adjacent tissues. This "innate immune response" is mediated by germ line-encoded pattern recognition receptors that trigger activation of two, largely independent, intracellular NF-κB and IRF3 transcription factors. Downstream, expression of protective antiviral interferons is amplified by positive-feedback loops mediated by inducible interferon regulatory factors (IRFs) and retinoic acid inducible gene (RIG-I). Our results indicate that a nuclear oxidative stress- and DNA damage-sensing factor, ATM, is required to mediate a cross talk pathway between NF-κB and IRF7 through mediating phosphorylation of NF-κB. Our studies provide further information about the defects in cellular and innate immunity in patients with inherited ATM mutations.
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- Ling Fang
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, USA Sealy Center for Molecular Medicine, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, USA Institute for Translational Sciences, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, USA Sealy Center for Molecular Medicine, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, USA Institute for Translational Sciences, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, USA
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- Sealy Center for Molecular Medicine, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, USA Institute for Translational Sciences, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, USA Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, USA
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Houston Methodist Research Institute, Weill Cornell University, Houston, Texas, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, USA
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- Sealy Center for Molecular Medicine, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, USA Institute for Translational Sciences, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, USA Department of Pediatrics, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, USA Sealy Center for Molecular Medicine, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, USA Institute for Translational Sciences, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, USA
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Durbin RK, Kotenko SV, Durbin JE. Interferon induction and function at the mucosal surface. Immunol Rev 2014; 255:25-39. [PMID: 23947345 DOI: 10.1111/imr.12101] [Citation(s) in RCA: 166] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Interferons (IFNs) are produced in response to virus infection and induce an antiviral state in virtually all cell types. In addition to upregulating the transcription of genes that inhibit virus replication, type I (or -α/β) IFNs also act to orchestrate the adaptive immune response to virus infection. Recently a new family of antiviral cytokines, the type III (or -λ) IFNs, has been identified that activate the same antiviral pathways via a distinct receptor. Although the identical transcription factor, IFN-stimulated gene factor 3 is activated by either IFN-α/β or IFN-λ signaling, differences in the induction and action of these two cytokine families are beginning to be appreciated. In this article, we review this emerging body of literature on the differing roles these cytokines play in host defense of the mucosal surface. Although many viruses enter the body through the respiratory and gastrointestinal tracts, we have focused the discussion on influenza A virus, respiratory syncytial virus, and rotavirus, three ubiquitous human pathogens that target the epithelial lining and are associated with a major disease burden.
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- Russell K Durbin
- Department of Pathology, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY 10016, USA
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Schijf MA, Lukens MV, Kruijsen D, van Uden NOP, Garssen J, Coenjaerts FEJ, van’t Land B, van Bleek GM. Respiratory syncytial virus induced type I IFN production by pDC is regulated by RSV-infected airway epithelial cells, RSV-exposed monocytes and virus specific antibodies. PLoS One 2013; 8:e81695. [PMID: 24303065 PMCID: PMC3841124 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0081695] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/09/2013] [Accepted: 10/15/2013] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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Innate immune responses elicited upon virus exposure are crucial for the effective eradication of viruses, the onset of adaptive immune responses and for establishing proper immune memory. Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is responsible for a high disease burden in neonates and immune compromised individuals, causing severe lower respiratory tract infections. During primary infections exuberant innate immune responses may contribute to disease severity. Furthermore, immune memory is often insufficient to protect during RSV re-exposure, which results in frequent symptomatic reinfections. Therefore, identifying the cell types and pattern recognition receptors (PRRs) involved in RSV-specific innate immune responses is necessary to understand incomplete immunity against RSV. We investigated the innate cellular response triggered upon infection of epithelial cells and peripheral blood mononuclear cells. We show that CD14+ myeloid cells and epithelial cells are the major source of IL-8 and inflammatory cytokines, IL-6 and TNF-α, when exposed to live RSV Three routes of RSV-induced IFN-α production can be distinguished that depend on the cross-talk of different cell types and the presence or absence of virus specific antibodies, whereby pDC are the ultimate source of IFN-α. RSV-specific antibodies facilitate direct TLR7 access into endosomal compartments, while in the absence of antibodies, infection of monocytes or epithelial cells is necessary to provide an early source of type I interferons, required to engage the IFN-α,β receptor (IFNAR)-mediated pathway of IFN-α production by pDC. However, at high pDC density infection with RSV causes IFN-α production without the need for a second party cell. Our study shows that cellular context and immune status are factors affecting innate immune responses to RSV. These issues should therefore be addressed during the process of vaccine development and other interventions for RSV disease.
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- Marcel A. Schijf
- Department of Pediatrics, The Wilhelmina Children’s Hospital, University Medical Center, Utrecht, The Netherlands
- Department of Immunology, Danone Research - Centre for Specialised Nutrition, Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Pediatrics, The Wilhelmina Children’s Hospital, University Medical Center, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Pediatrics, The Wilhelmina Children’s Hospital, University Medical Center, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Pediatrics, The Wilhelmina Children’s Hospital, University Medical Center, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Immunology, Danone Research - Centre for Specialised Nutrition, Wageningen, The Netherlands
- Utrecht Institute for Pharmaceutical Sciences (UIPS), Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Pediatrics, The Wilhelmina Children’s Hospital, University Medical Center, Utrecht, The Netherlands
- Department of Immunology, Danone Research - Centre for Specialised Nutrition, Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Pediatrics, The Wilhelmina Children’s Hospital, University Medical Center, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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Lalwani P, Raftery MJ, Kobak L, Rang A, Giese T, Matthaei M, van den Elsen PJ, Wolff T, Krüger DH, Schönrich G. Hantaviral mechanisms driving HLA class I antigen presentation require both RIG-I and TRIF. Eur J Immunol 2013; 43:2566-76. [PMID: 23824566 DOI: 10.1002/eji.201243066] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/12/2012] [Revised: 05/24/2013] [Accepted: 06/12/2013] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Hantaviruses are emerging human pathogens. They induce an unusually strong antiviral response of human HLA class I (HLA-I) restricted CD8⁺ T cells that may contribute to tissue damage and hantavirus-associated disease. In this study, we analyzed possible hantaviral mechanisms that enhance the HLA-I antigen presentation machinery. Upon hantavirus infection of various human and primate cell lines, we observed transactivation of promoters controlling classical HLA molecules. Hantavirus-induced HLA-I upregulation required proteasomal activity and was associated with increased TAP expression. Intriguingly, human DCs acquired the capacity to cross-present antigen upon hantavirus infection. Furthermore, knockdown of TIR domain containing adaptor inducing IFN-β or retinoic acid inducible gene I abolished hantavirus-driven HLA-I induction. In contrast, MyD88-dependent viral sensors were not involved in HLA-I induction. Our results show that hantaviruses strongly boost the HLA-I antigen presentation machinery by mechanisms that are dependent on both retinoic acid inducible gene I and TIR domain containing adaptor inducing IFN-β.
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- Pritesh Lalwani
- Institute of Medical Virology, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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Lin K, Ge H, Lin Q, Wu J, He L, Fang Q, Zhou C, Sun M, Huang Z. Molecular characterization and functional analysis of Toll-like receptor 3 gene in orange-spotted grouper (Epinephelus coioides). Gene 2013; 527:174-82. [PMID: 23792060 DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2013.06.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/03/2012] [Revised: 05/16/2013] [Accepted: 06/07/2013] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Toll-like receptor 3 (TLR3) plays an important role in activating innate immune responses during viral infection. In this report, TLR3 (EcTLR3) was characterized and analyzed for the first time in Epinephelus coioides. The full-length EcTLR3 cDNA is predicted to encode a 909 amino acid polypeptide that contains a signal peptide sequence, 18 leucine-rich repeat (LRR) motifs, a transmembrane region and a Toll/interleukin-1 receptor (TIR) domain. Quantitative real-time PCR revealed that the EcTLR3 mRNA was much more abundant in the liver than in other immune organs, and that the expression levels were very low in hemocyte and muscle. During development of the grouper, the levels of EcTLR3 transcripts increased with age, with very low expression levels at the early stages of development. EcTLR3 mRNA levels were examined in the liver at different times after treatment with polyriboinosinic polyribocytidylic acid (Poly I:C), and in nervous necrosis virus (NNV)-infected larval groupers. The results suggested that EcTLR3 plays an important role in a fish's defense against viral infection.
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- Kebing Lin
- Fisheries Research Institute of Fujian, Xiamen 361012, China
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Tian B, Zhao Y, Kalita M, Edeh CB, Paessler S, Casola A, Teng MN, Garofalo RP, Brasier AR. CDK9-dependent transcriptional elongation in the innate interferon-stimulated gene response to respiratory syncytial virus infection in airway epithelial cells. J Virol 2013; 87:7075-92. [PMID: 23596302 PMCID: PMC3676079 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.03399-12] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/11/2012] [Accepted: 04/08/2013] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is a negative-sense single-stranded RNA virus responsible for lower respiratory tract infections. During infection, the presence of double-stranded RNA (dsRNA) activates the interferon (IFN) regulatory factor 3 (IRF3) transcription factor, an event triggering expression of immediate early, IFN-stimulated genes (ISGs). We examine the role of transcriptional elongation in control of IRF3-dependent ISG expression. RSV infection induces ISG54, ISG56, and CIG5 gene expression in an IRF3-dependent manner demonstrated by IRF3 small interfering RNA (siRNA) silencing in both A549 epithelial cells and IRF3(-/-) MEFs. ISG expression was mediated by the recruitment of IRF3, CDK9, polymerase II (Pol II), and phospho-Ser(2) carboxy-terminal domain (CTD) Pol II to the IFN-stimulated response element (ISRE) binding sites of the IRF3-dependent ISG promoters in native chromatin. We find that RSV infection enhances the activated fraction of cyclin-dependent kinase 9 (CDK9) by promoting its association with bromodomain 4 (BRD4) and disrupting its association with the inhibitory 7SK small nuclear RNA. The requirement of CDK9 activity for ISG expression was shown by siRNA-mediated silencing of CDK9 and by a selective CDK9 inhibitor in A549 cells. In contrast, RSV-induced beta interferon (IFN-β) expression is not influenced by CDK9 inhibition. Using transcript-selective quantitative real-time reverse transcription-PCR (Q-RT-PCR) assays for the ISG54 gene, we observed that RSV induces transition from short to fully spliced mRNA transcripts and that this transition is blocked by CDK9 inhibition in both A549 and primary human small airway epithelial cells. These data indicate that transcription elongation plays a major role in RSV-induced ISG expression and is mediated by IRF3-dependent recruitment of activated CDK9. CDK9 activity may be a target for immunomodulation in RSV-induced lung disease.
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- Department of Internal Medicine,
- Institute for Translational Sciences,
- Sealy Center for Molecular Medicine,
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- Institute for Translational Sciences,
- Sealy Center for Molecular Medicine,
- Pediatrics, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, USA
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- Joy McCann Culverhouse Airway Disease Research Center, Department of Internal Medicine, University of South Florida Morsani College of Medicine, Tampa, Florida, USA
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- Institute for Translational Sciences,
- Pediatrics, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine,
- Institute for Translational Sciences,
- Sealy Center for Molecular Medicine,
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Bustamante MF, Nurtdinov RN, Río J, Montalban X, Comabella M. Baseline gene expression signatures in monocytes from multiple sclerosis patients treated with interferon-beta. PLoS One 2013; 8:e60994. [PMID: 23637780 PMCID: PMC3630153 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0060994] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/01/2012] [Accepted: 03/05/2013] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Background A relatively large proportion of relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis (RRMS) patients do not respond to interferon-beta (IFNb) treatment. In previous studies with peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC), we identified a subgroup of IFNb non-responders that was characterized by a baseline over-expression of type I IFN inducible genes. Additional mechanistic experiments carried out in IFNb non-responders suggested a selective alteration of the type I IFN signaling pathway in the population of blood monocytes. Here, we aimed (i) to investigate whether the type I IFN signaling pathway is up-regulated in isolated monocytes from IFNb non-responders at baseline; and (ii) to search for additional biological pathways in this cell population that may be implicated in the response to IFNb treatment. Methods Twenty RRMS patients classified according to their clinical response to IFNb treatment and 10 healthy controls were included in the study. Monocytes were purified from PBMC obtained before treatment by cell sorting and the gene expression profiling was determined with oligonucleotide microarrays. Results and discussion Purified monocytes from IFNb non-responders were characterized by an over-expression of type I IFN responsive genes, which confirms the type I IFN signature in monocytes suggested from previous studies. Other relevant signaling pathways that were up-regulated in IFNb non-responders were related with the mitochondrial function and processes such as protein synthesis and antigen presentation, and together with the type I IFN signaling pathway, may also be playing roles in the response to IFNb.
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- Marta F. Bustamante
- Servei de Neurología/Neuroimmunología. Centre d’Esclerosi Múltiple de Catalunya, Cemcat. Hospital Universitari Vall dHebron (HUVH), Barcelona, Spain
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- Servei de Neurología/Neuroimmunología. Centre d’Esclerosi Múltiple de Catalunya, Cemcat. Hospital Universitari Vall dHebron (HUVH), Barcelona, Spain
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- Servei de Neurología/Neuroimmunología. Centre d’Esclerosi Múltiple de Catalunya, Cemcat. Hospital Universitari Vall dHebron (HUVH), Barcelona, Spain
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- Servei de Neurología/Neuroimmunología. Centre d’Esclerosi Múltiple de Catalunya, Cemcat. Hospital Universitari Vall dHebron (HUVH), Barcelona, Spain
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- Servei de Neurología/Neuroimmunología. Centre d’Esclerosi Múltiple de Catalunya, Cemcat. Hospital Universitari Vall dHebron (HUVH), Barcelona, Spain
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Günel A. Modelling the interactions between TLR4 and IFNβ pathways. J Theor Biol 2012; 307:137-48. [PMID: 22575970 DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2012.04.026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/26/2011] [Revised: 04/17/2012] [Accepted: 04/18/2012] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Bacterial lipopolysaccharide (LPS) association with their connate receptor TLR4 triggers Type I interferon signaling cascade through its MyD88 independent downstream. Compared to plethora of reported empirical data on both TLR4 and Type I interferon pathways, there is no known model to decipher crosstalk mechanisms between these two crucial innate immune pathogen activated pathways regulating vital transcriptional factors such as nuclear factor-κB (NFκB), IFNβ, the interferon-stimulated gene factor-3 (ISGF3) and an important cancer drug target protein kinase-R (PKR). Innate immune system is based on a sensitive balance of intricate interactions. In elucidating these interactions, in silico integration of pathways has great potential. Attempts confined to single pathway may not be effective in truly addressing source of real systems behavior. This is the first report combining toll-like receptor-4 (TLR4) and interferon beta (IFNβ) pathways in a single in silico model, analyzing their interactions, pinpointing the source of delay in PKR late phase activity and limiting the transcription of IFN and PKR by using a method including an statistical physics technique in reaction equations. The model quite successfully recapitulates published interferon regulatory factor-3 (IRF3) and IFNβ data from mouse macrophages and PKR data from mouse embryonic fibroblast cell lines. The simulations end up with an estimate of IRF3, IFNβ, ISGF3 dose dependent profiles mimicking nonlinear dose response characteristic of the system. Involvement of concomitant PKR downstream can unravel elusive mechanisms in specific profiles like NFκB regulation.
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- Aylin Günel
- Istanbul Technical University Informatics Institute, Maslak, 34469, Istanbul, Turkiye.
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Brasier AR, Tian B, Jamaluddin M, Kalita MK, Garofalo RP, Lu M. RelA Ser276 phosphorylation-coupled Lys310 acetylation controls transcriptional elongation of inflammatory cytokines in respiratory syncytial virus infection. J Virol 2011; 85:11752-69. [PMID: 21900162 PMCID: PMC3209292 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.05360-11] [Citation(s) in RCA: 77] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/09/2011] [Accepted: 08/22/2011] [Indexed: 02/03/2023] Open
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Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is a negative-sense single-stranded RNA virus responsible for lower respiratory tract infections (LRTIs) in humans. In experimental models of RSV LRTI, the actions of the nuclear factor κB (NF-κB) transcription factor mediate inflammation and pathology. We have shown that RSV replication induces a mitogen-and-stress-related kinase 1 (MSK-1) pathway that activates NF-κB RelA transcriptional activity by a process involving serine phosphorylation at serine (Ser) residue 276. In this study, we examined the mechanism by which phospho-Ser276 RelA mediates expression of the NF-κB-dependent gene network. RelA-deficient mouse embryonic fibroblasts (MEFs) complemented with the RelA Ser276Ala mutant are deficient in CXCL2/Groβ, KC, and interleukin-6 (IL-6) expression, but NFKBIA/IκBα is preserved. We show that RSV-induced RelA Ser276 phosphorylation is required for acetylation at Lys310, an event required for transcriptional activity and stable association of RelA with the activated positive transcriptional elongation factor (PTEF-b) complex proteins, bromodomain 4 (Brd4), and cyclin-dependent kinase 9 (CDK9). In contrast to gene loading pattern of PTEF-b proteins produced by tumor necrosis factor (TNF) stimulation, RSV induces their initial clearance followed by partial reaccumulation coincident with RelA recruitment. The RSV-induced binding patterns of the CDK9 substrate, phospho-Ser2 RNA polymerase (Pol) II, follows a similar pattern of clearance and downstream gene reaccumulation. The functional role of CDK9 was examined using CDK9 small interfering RNA (siRNA) and CDK inhibitors, where RSV-induced NF-κB-dependent gene expression was significantly inhibited. Finally, although RSV induces a transition from short transcripts to fully spliced mRNA in wild-type RelA (RelA WT)-expressing cells, this transition is not seen in cells expressing RelA Ser276Ala. We conclude that RelA Ser276 phosphorylation mediates RelA acetylation, Brd4/CDK9 association, and activation of downstream inflammatory genes by transcriptional elongation in RSV infection.
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- Allan R Brasier
- MRB 8.126, University of Texas Medical Branch, 301 University Blvd., Galveston, TX 77555-1060, USA.
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Liu P, Lu M, Tian B, Li K, Garofalo RP, Prusak D, Wood TG, Brasier AR. Expression of an IKKgamma splice variant determines IRF3 and canonical NF-kappaB pathway utilization in ssRNA virus infection. PLoS One 2009; 4:e8079. [PMID: 19956647 PMCID: PMC2778955 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0008079] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/21/2009] [Accepted: 11/05/2009] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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UNLABELLED Single stranded RNA (ssRNA) virus infection activates the retinoic acid inducible gene I (RIG-I)- mitochondrial antiviral signaling (MAVS) complex, a complex that coordinates the host innate immune response via the NF-kappaB and IRF3 pathways. Recent work has shown that the IkappaB kinase (IKK)gamma scaffolding protein is the final common adapter protein required by RIG-I.MAVS to activate divergent rate-limiting kinases downstream controlling the NF-kappaB and IRF3 pathways. Previously we discovered a ubiquitous IKKgamma splice-variant, IKKgammaDelta, that exhibits distinct signaling properties. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS We examined the regulation and function of IKKgamma splice forms in response to ssRNA virus infection, a condition that preferentially induces full length IKKgamma-WT mRNA expression. In IKKgammaDelta-expressing cells, we found increased viral translation and cytopathic effect compared to those expressing full length IKKgamma-WT. IKKgammaDelta fails to support viral-induced IRF3 activation in response to ssRNA infections; consequently type I IFN production and the induction of anti-viral interferon stimulated genes (ISGs) are significantly attenuated. By contrast, ectopic RIG-I.MAVS or TNFalpha-induced canonical NF-kappaB activation is preserved in IKKgammaDelta expressing cells. Increasing relative levels of IKKgamma-WT to IKKgammaDelta (while keeping total IKKgamma constant) results in increased type I IFN expression. Conversely, overexpressing IKKgammaDelta (in a background of constant IKKgamma-WT expression) shows IKKgammaDelta functions as a dominant-negative IRF3 signaling inhibitor. IKKgammaDelta binds both IKK-alpha and beta, but not TANK and IKKepsilon, indicating that exon 5 encodes an essential TANK binding domain. Finally, IKKgammaDelta displaces IKKgammaWT from MAVS explaining its domainant negative effect. CONCLUSIONS/SIGNIFICANCE Relative endogenous IKKgammaDelta expression affects cellular selection of inflammatory/anti-viral pathway responses to ssRNA viral infection.
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- Ping Liu
- Department of Medicine, University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB), Galveston, Texas, United States of America
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- Department of Medicine, University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB), Galveston, Texas, United States of America
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- Department of Medicine, University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB), Galveston, Texas, United States of America
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- Department of Molecular Sciences, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB), Galveston, Texas, United States of America
- Sealy Center for Molecular Medicine, University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB), Galveston, Texas, United States of America
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- Sealy Center for Molecular Medicine, University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB), Galveston, Texas, United States of America
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- Sealy Center for Molecular Medicine, University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB), Galveston, Texas, United States of America
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB), Galveston, Texas, United States of America
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- Department of Medicine, University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB), Galveston, Texas, United States of America
- Sealy Center for Molecular Medicine, University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB), Galveston, Texas, United States of America
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Activation of innate immune antiviral responses by Nod2. Nat Immunol 2009; 10:1073-80. [PMID: 19701189 PMCID: PMC2752345 DOI: 10.1038/ni.1782] [Citation(s) in RCA: 556] [Impact Index Per Article: 37.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/20/2009] [Accepted: 07/15/2009] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Pattern recognition receptors (PRRs) including Toll-like receptors (TLRs) and RIG like helicase (RLH) receptors are involved in innate immune antiviral responses. Here we show that nucleotide-binding oligomerization domain 2 (NOD2) can also function as a cytoplasmic viral PRR by triggering activation of interferon regulatory factor-3 (IRF3) and production of interferon-β (IFN). Following recognition of viral ssRNA genome, NOD2 utilized the adaptor protein MAVS (mitochondrial antiviral signaling) to activate IRF3. NOD2-deficient mice failed to produce IFN efficiently and exhibited enhanced susceptibility to virus-induced pathogenesis. Thus, the function of NOD2 as a viral PRR highlights the important role of NOD2 in host antiviral defense mechanisms.
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Respiratory syncytial virus infection induces a reactive oxygen species-MSK1-phospho-Ser-276 RelA pathway required for cytokine expression. J Virol 2009; 83:10605-15. [PMID: 19706715 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.01090-09] [Citation(s) in RCA: 80] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is a human pathogen that induces airway inflammation, at least in part, by modulating gene expression programs in airway epithelial cells. The presence of RSV replication is detected by the intracellular retinoic acid-inducible gene I (RIG-I) RNA helicase that forms a productive signaling complex with the mitochondrion-anchored MAVS protein, resulting in nuclear translocation of the NF-kappaB transcription factor. Although nuclear translocation is a prerequisite for activation of the innate inflammatory response, recent studies show that separate pathways governing RelA activation are also required for target gene expression. In this study, we examine the mechanism of RelA phosphorylation and its requirement for RSV-induced gene expression. RSV infection produced a time-dependent RelA phosphorylation on serine (Ser) residues Ser-276 and Ser-536 in parallel with enhanced reactive oxygen species (ROS) stress. Inhibition of RSV-induced ROS inhibited formation of phospho-Ser-276 RelA without affecting phospho-Ser-536 RelA formation. RSV potently induced activation of cytoplasmic mitogen- and stress-related kinase 1 (MSK1) in an ROS-dependent manner. Inhibition of MSK1 using H89 and small interfering RNA knockdown both reduced RSV-induced phospho-Ser-276 RelA formation and expression of a subset of NF-kappaB-dependent genes. Direct examination of the role of phospho-Ser-276 in target gene expression by expression of a RelA Ser-276-to-Ala site mutation in RelA(-/-) mouse embryonic fibroblasts showed that the mutation was unable to mediate RSV-induced NF-kappaB-dependent gene expression. We conclude that RSV induces RelA activation in the innate inflammatory response via a pathway separate from that controlling RelA cytoplasmic release, mediated by ROS signaling to cytoplasmic MSK1 activation and RelA Ser-276 phosphorylation.
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Peptide generation by the UPS (ubiquitin–proteasome system) is rate-limiting in MHC class I-restricted antigen presentation in response to virus-induced IFNs (interferons). In this process, the role of IFN-induced rapid remodelling of the UPS is less defined. IFN-mediated de novo formation of different proteasome compositions as i20S (immunoproteasomes) or m20S (mixed-type proteasomes) essentially supports the rapid adjustment of the mammalian immune system to pathogens. This adjustment is of particular importance for the immune response to rapidly replicating viruses. In agreement, i20S formation has been shown to be an accelerated and transient response. Moreover, i20S and/or PA28 (proteasome activator 28) are essentially required for the generation of certain viral epitopes. In the present paper, we discuss how IFNs consecutively regulate the UPS at different levels, thereby improving the immune responsiveness of target cells.
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Smieja J, Jamaluddin M, Brasier AR, Kimmel M. Model-based analysis of interferon-beta induced signaling pathway. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2008; 24:2363-9. [PMID: 18713791 DOI: 10.1093/bioinformatics/btn400] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022]
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MOTIVATION Interferon-beta induced JAK-STAT signaling pathways contribute to mucosal immune recognition and an anti-viral state. Though the main molecular mechanisms constituting these pathways are known, neither the detailed structure of the regulatory network, nor its dynamics has yet been investigated. The objective of this work is to build a mathematical model for the pathway that would serve two purposes: (1) to reproduce experimental results in simulation of both early and late response to Interferon-beta stimulation and (2) to explain experimental phenomena generating new hypotheses about regulatory mechanisms that cannot yet be tested experimentally. RESULTS Experimentally determined time dependent changes in the major components of this pathway were used to build a mathematical model describing pathway dynamics in the form of ordinary differential equations. The experimental results suggested existence of unknown negative control mechanisms that were tested numerically using the model. Together, experimental and numerical data show that the epithelial JAK-STAT pathway might be subjected to previously unknown dynamic negative control mechanisms: (1) activation of dormant phosphatases and (2) inhibition of nuclear import of IRF1.
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- Jaroslaw Smieja
- Institute of Automatic Control, Silesian University of Technology, Gliwice, Poland.
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Malone KE, Stohlman SA, Ramakrishna C, Macklin W, Bergmann CC. Induction of class I antigen processing components in oligodendroglia and microglia during viral encephalomyelitis. Glia 2008; 56:426-35. [PMID: 18205173 PMCID: PMC7165990 DOI: 10.1002/glia.20625] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Glia exhibit differential susceptibility to CD8 T cell mediated effector mechanisms during neurotropic coronavirus infection. In contrast to microglia, oligodendroglia are resistant to CD8 T cell perforin‐mediated viral control in the absence of IFNγ. Kinetic induction of MHC Class I expression by microglia and oligodendroglia in vivo was thus analyzed to assess responses to distinct inflammatory signals. Flow cytometry demonstrated delayed Class I surface expression by oligodendroglia compared with microglia. Distinct kinetics of Class I protein upregulation correlated with cell type specific transcription patterns of genes encoding Class I heavy chains and antigen processing components. Microglia isolated from naïve mice expressed high levels of these mRNAs, whereas they were near detection limits in oligodendroglia; nevertheless, Class I protein was undetectable on both cell types. Infection induced modest mRNA increases in microglia, but dramatic transcriptional upregulation in oligodendroglia coincident with IFNα or IFNγ mRNA increases in infected tissue. Ultimately mRNAs reached similar levels in both cell types at their respective time points of maximal Class I expression. Expression of Class I on microglia, but not oligodendroglia, in infected IFNγ deficient mice supported distinct IFN requirements for Class I presentation. These data suggest an innate immune preparedness of microglia to present antigen and engage CD8 T cells early following infection. The delayed, yet robust, IFNγ dependent capacity of oligodendroglia to express Class I suggests strict control of immune interactions to avoid CD8 T cell recognition and potential presentation of autoantigen to preserve myelin maintenance. © 2008 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.
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- Karen E Malone
- Department of Pathology, University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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Pletneva LM, Haller O, Porter DD, Prince GA, Blanco JCG. Induction of type I interferons and interferon-inducible Mx genes during respiratory syncytial virus infection and reinfection in cotton rats. J Gen Virol 2008; 89:261-270. [PMID: 18089750 DOI: 10.1099/vir.0.83294-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is the primary cause of bronchiolitis in young children. In general, RSV is considered to be a poor inducer of type I (alpha/beta) interferons (IFNs). Measurement of active type I IFN production during infection in vivo is demanding, as multiple IFN subtypes with overlapping activities are produced. In contrast, Mx gene expression, which is tightly regulated by type I IFN expression, is easily determined. This study therefore measured Mx expression as a reliable surrogate marker of type I IFN activity during RSV infection in vivo in a cotton rat model. It was shown that expression of Mx genes was dramatically augmented in the lungs of infected animals in a dose- and virus strain-dependent manner. The expression of Mx genes in the lungs was paralleled by their induction in the nose and spleen, although in spleen no simultaneous virus gene expression was detected. Reinfection of RSV-immune animals leads to abortive virus replication in the lungs. Thus, type I IFN and Mx gene expression was triggered in reinfected animals, even though virus could not be isolated from their lungs. Furthermore, it was demonstrated that immunity to RSV wanes with time. Virus replication and Mx gene expression became more prominent with increasing intervals between primary infection and reinfection. These results highlight the role of type I IFN in modulation of the immune response to RSV.
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- Lioubov M Pletneva
- Virion Systems Inc., 9610 Medical Center Drive, Suite 100, Rockville, MD 20850, USA
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- Abteilung Virologie, Institut für Medizinische Mikrobiologie und Hygiene, Universität Freiburg, D-79008 Freiburg, Germany
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- Virion Systems Inc., 9610 Medical Center Drive, Suite 100, Rockville, MD 20850, USA
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- Virion Systems Inc., 9610 Medical Center Drive, Suite 100, Rockville, MD 20850, USA
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- Virion Systems Inc., 9610 Medical Center Drive, Suite 100, Rockville, MD 20850, USA
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Catic A, Fiebiger E, Korbel GA, Blom D, Galardy PJ, Ploegh HL. Screen for ISG15-crossreactive deubiquitinases. PLoS One 2007; 2:e679. [PMID: 17653289 PMCID: PMC1919423 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0000679] [Citation(s) in RCA: 80] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/20/2007] [Accepted: 07/04/2007] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
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Background The family of ubiquitin-like molecules (UbLs) comprises several members, each of which has sequence, structural, or functional similarity to ubiquitin. ISG15 is a homolog of ubiquitin in vertebrates and is strongly upregulated following induction by type I interferon. ISG15 can be covalently attached to proteins, analogous to ubiquitination and with actual support of ubiquitin conjugating factors. Specific proteases are able to reverse modification with ubiquitin or UbLs by hydrolyzing the covalent bond between their C-termini and substrate proteins. The tail regions of ubiquitin and ISG15 are identical and we therefore hypothesized that promiscuous deubiquitinating proteases (DUBs) might exist, capable of recognizing both ubiquitin and ISG15. Results We have cloned and expressed 22 human DUBs, representing the major clades of the USP protease family. Utilizing suicide inhibitors based on ubiquitin and ISG15, we have identified USP2, USP5 (IsoT1), USP13 (IsoT3), and USP14 as ISG15-reactive proteases, in addition to the bona fide ISG15-specific protease USP18 (UBP43). USP14 is a proteasome-associated DUB, and its ISG15 isopeptidase activity increases when complexed with the proteasome. Conclusions By evolutionary standards, ISG15 is a newcomer among the UbLs and it apparently not only utilizes the conjugating but also the deconjugating machinery of its more established relative ubiquitin. Functional overlap between these two posttranslational modifiers might therefore be more extensive than previously appreciated and explain the rather innocuous phenotype of ISG15 null mice.
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- André Catic
- Program in Immunology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America
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- GI Cell Biology, Children's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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- Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America
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- Merck, Rahway, New Jersey, United States of America
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- Mayo Clinic, Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine, Rochester, Minnesota, United States of America
- * To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: (PG); (HP)
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- Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America
- * To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: (PG); (HP)
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Morrison PT, Thomas LH, Sharland M, Friedland JS. RSV-infected airway epithelial cells cause biphasic up-regulation of CCR1 expression on human monocytes. J Leukoc Biol 2007; 81:1487-95. [PMID: 17389578 DOI: 10.1189/jlb.1006611] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) infection can cause extensive airway inflammation, which is orchestrated by chemokines and their receptors. RSV-infected epithelial cells secrete many cytokines and chemokines, but little is known about regulation of chemokine receptors on target cells. We investigated the effects of conditioned media (CM) from RSV-infected epithelial cells on monocyte CCR1, CCR2, and CCR5 expression. RSV-CM but not control-CM stimulated a biphasic increase in cell-surface CCR1, and levels peaked at 36 h and 96 h poststimulation. Similar CCR1 up-regulation occurred on monocyte-derived macrophages. Cytochlasin D and colchicine blocked both peaks of expression, demonstrating requirement of a functional cytoskeleton. Intracellular staining revealed little internal sequestration of CCR1 protein, and CCR1 up-regulation was inhibited by actinomycin D and cycloheximide, indicating that both waves of RSV-CM-induced surface CCR1 expression were dependent on de novo transcription and protein synthesis. Cytokine-neutralizing experiments showed that the effects of RSV-CM were decreased by blocking TNF-alpha (percent inhibition=51+/-2.3% at 36 h peak and 42+/-7.7% at 96 h peak) and to a lesser extent, IL-1 (percent inhibition=32+/-7.2% at 36 h and 23+/-2.9% at 96 h). In summary, RSV-CM causes a biphasic up-regulation of surface CCR1 on monocytes, which is dependent on an intact cytoskeleton, requires new gene transcription and protein synthesis, and is mediated in part by the proinflammatory cytokines TNF-alpha and IL-1.
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- Paul T Morrison
- Department of Infectious Diseases and Immunity, Imperial College, Hammersmith Campus, Du Cane Road, London, W12 0NN, UK
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Martínez I, Lombardía L, García-Barreno B, Domínguez O, Melero JA. Distinct gene subsets are induced at different time points after human respiratory syncytial virus infection of A549 cells. J Gen Virol 2007; 88:570-581. [PMID: 17251576 DOI: 10.1099/vir.0.82187-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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cDNA microarray technology was applied to time course analysis of differentially expressed genes in A549 cells following human respiratory syncytial virus (HRSV) infection. Both up- and down-regulation of cellular genes were observed in a time-dependent manner. However, gene up-regulation prevailed over gene down-regulation. Virus infectivity was required as UV-inactivated virus failed to up-regulate/down-regulate those genes. At early times post-infection (0-6 h p.i.) 85 genes were up-regulated. Some of those genes were involved in cell growth/proliferation, cellular protein metabolism and cytoskeleton organization. Among the most strongly up-regulated genes at that time were the urokinase plasminogen activator (PLAU) and its receptor (PLAUR), a pleiotropic system involved in many biological processes, including chemotaxis and inflammation. Functionally related genes encoding the alpha- and beta-chains of several integrins were also up-regulated within the first 12 h of infection. Genes up-regulated between 6 and 12 h p.i. included interferon-stimulated genes (ISGs), genes related to oxidative stress and genes of the non-canonical NF-kappaB pathway. At later times, genes involved in the immune response became predominant among the up-regulated genes, most of them being ISGs. Different up-regulation kinetics of cytokine and cytokine-signalling-related genes were also observed. These results highlight the dynamic interplay between the virus and the host cell and provide a general picture of changes in cellular gene expression along the HRSV replicative cycle.
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- Isidoro Martínez
- Unidad de Biología Viral, Centro Nacional de Microbiología, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain
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- Unidad de Genómica, Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Oncológicas, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain
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- Unidad de Biología Viral, Centro Nacional de Microbiología, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain
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- Unidad de Genómica, Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Oncológicas, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain
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- Unidad de Biología Viral, Centro Nacional de Microbiología, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain
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Liu P, Jamaluddin M, Li K, Garofalo RP, Casola A, Brasier AR. Retinoic acid-inducible gene I mediates early antiviral response and Toll-like receptor 3 expression in respiratory syncytial virus-infected airway epithelial cells. J Virol 2007; 81:1401-11. [PMID: 17108032 PMCID: PMC1797494 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.01740-06] [Citation(s) in RCA: 245] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/11/2006] [Accepted: 11/08/2006] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is one of the most common viral pathogens causing severe lower respiratory tract infections in infants and young children. Infected host cells detect and respond to RNA viruses using different mechanisms in a cell-type-specific manner, including retinoic acid-inducible gene I (RIG-I)-dependent and Toll-like receptor (TLR)-dependent pathways. Because the relative contributions of these two pathways in the recognition of RSV infection are unknown, we examined their roles in this study. We found that RIG-I helicase binds RSV transcripts within 12 h of infection. Short interfering RNA (siRNA)-mediated RIG-I "knockdown" significantly inhibited early nuclear factor-kappaB (NF-kappaB) and interferon response factor 3 (IRF3) activation 9 h postinfection (p.i.). Consistent with this finding, RSV-induced beta interferon (IFN-beta), interferon-inducible protein 10 (IP-10), chemokine ligand 5 (CCL-5), and IFN-stimulated gene 15 (ISG15) expression levels were decreased in RIG-I-silenced cells during the early phase of infection but not at later times (18 h p.i.). In contrast, siRNA-mediated TLR3 knockdown did not affect RSV-induced NF-kappaB binding but did inhibit IFN-beta, IP-10, CCL-5, and ISG15 expression at late times of infection. Further studies revealed that TLR3 knockdown significantly reduced NF-kappaB/RelA transcription by its ability to block the activating phosphorylation of NF-kappaB/RelA at serine residue 276. We further found that TLR3 induction following RSV infection was regulated by RIG-I-dependent IFN-beta secreted from infected airway epithelial cells and was mediated by both IFN response-stimulated element (ISRE) and signal transducer and activator of transcription (STAT) sites in its proximal promoter. Together these findings indicate distinct temporal roles of RIG-I and TLR3 in mediating RSV-induced innate immune responses, which are coupled to distinct pathways controlling NF-kappaB activation.
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- Ping Liu
- Departments of Medicine, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas 77555-1060, USA
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Peng T, Kotla S, Bumgarner RE, Gustin KE. Human rhinovirus attenuates the type I interferon response by disrupting activation of interferon regulatory factor 3. J Virol 2006; 80:5021-31. [PMID: 16641293 PMCID: PMC1472094 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.80.10.5021-5031.2006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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The type I interferon (IFN) response requires the coordinated activation of the latent transcription factors NF-kappaB, interferon regulatory factor 3 (IRF-3), and ATF-2, which in turn activate transcription from the IFN-beta promoter. Synthesis and subsequent secretion of IFN-beta activate the Jak/STAT signaling pathway, resulting in the transcriptional induction of the full spectrum of antiviral gene products. We utilized high-density microarrays to examine the transcriptional response to rhinovirus type 14 (RV14) infection in HeLa cells, with particular emphasis on the type I interferon response and production of IFN-beta. We found that, although RV14 infection results in altered levels of a wide variety of host mRNAs, induction of IFN-beta mRNA or activation of the Jak/STAT pathway is not seen. Prior work has shown, and our results have confirmed, that NF-kappaB and ATF-2 are activated following infection. Since many viruses are known to target IRF-3 to inhibit the induction of IFN-beta mRNA, we analyzed the status of IRF-3 in infected cells. IRF-3 was translocated to the nucleus and phosphorylated in RV14-infected cells. Despite this apparent activation, very little homodimerization of IRF-3 was evident following infection. Similar results in A549 lung alveolar epithelial cells demonstrated the biological relevance of these findings to RV14 pathogenesis. In addition, prior infection of cells with RV14 prevented the induction of IFN-beta mRNA following treatment with double-stranded RNA, indicating that RV14 encodes an activity that specifically inhibits this innate host defense pathway. Collectively, these results indicate that RV14 infection inhibits the host type I interferon response by interfering with IRF-3 activation.
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- Tao Peng
- Department of Microbiology, School Of Medicine, University of Washington, Moscow, Idaho 83844-3052, USA
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Satoh E, Mabuchi T, Satoh H, Asahara T, Nukui H, Naganuma H. Reduced expression of the transporter associated with antigen processing 1 molecule in malignant glioma cells, and its restoration by interferon-gamma and -beta. J Neurosurg 2006; 104:264-71. [PMID: 16509500 DOI: 10.3171/jns.2006.104.2.264] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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OBJECT It remains unclear whether malignant glioma cells can deliver tumor antigens efficiently to major histocompatibility complex (MHC) Class I molecules. To elucidate the mechanism of antigen presentation in malignant gliomas, the authors examined the expression of the transporter associated with antigen processing 1 (TAP1), which transports antigens to MHC Class I molecules, and low-molecular-mass polypeptide 2 (LMP2), which is a subunit of a proteasome. They also analyzed the effects of interferon (IFN)-gamma and IFN-beta on the expression of these molecules. METHODS Five glioma cells expressed undetectable or very low levels of TAP1 protein and did not express TAP1 messenger (m)RNA. Normal brain tissue and glioma tissue specimens also showed undetectable levels of TAP1 protein and the same levels of LMP2 protein as lymphoblastoid B cells. Treatments of the tumor cells with IFN-gamma, or -beta enhanced the expression of both TAP1 protein and mRNA as well as the expression of MHC Class I molecules. The expression of LMP2 protein was not altered by the IFN treatments. The authors analyzed structural alterations in the TAP1 promoter region in eight malignant glioma cell lines. Single nucleotide polymorphism was found in 446 bp up-stream of the translation start site of the TAP1 gene, and a point mutation was found in 34 bp upstream of the TAP1 gene. CONCLUSIONS Malignant glioma cells may be less immunogenic due to low levels of TAP1 expression. Upregulated expression of TAP1 and MHC Class I molecules by IFN-gamma and -beta may enhance antigen presentation in malignant glioma cells.
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- Eiji Satoh
- Department of Neurosurgery, University of Yamanashi, Faculty of Medicine, Yamanashi, Japan.
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Rudd BD, Burstein E, Duckett CS, Li X, Lukacs NW. Differential role for TLR3 in respiratory syncytial virus-induced chemokine expression. J Virol 2005; 79:3350-7. [PMID: 15731229 PMCID: PMC1075725 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.79.6.3350-3357.2005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 206] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is the leading cause of lower respiratory tract infection in young infants worldwide. Previous studies have reported that the induction of interleukin-8/CXCL8 and RANTES/CCL5 correlates with disease severity in humans. The production of these chemokines is elicited by viral replication and is NF-kappaB dependent. RSV, a negative-sense single-stranded RNA virus, requires full-length positive-sense RNA for synthesis of new viral RNA. The aim of our studies was to investigate whether active viral replication by RSV could evoke chemokine production through TLR3-mediated signaling pathways. In TLR3-transfected HEK 293 cells, live RSV preferentially activated chemokines in both a time- and dose-dependent manner compared to vector controls. RSV was also shown to upregulate TLR3 in human lung fibroblasts and epithelial cells (MRC-5 and A549). Targeting the expression of TLR3 with small interfering RNA decreased synthesis of IP-10/CXCL10 and CCL5 but did not significantly reduce levels of CXCL8. Blocking the expression of the adapter protein MyD88 established a role for MyD88 in CXCL8 production, whereas CCL5 synthesis was found to be MyD88 independent. Production of CCL5 by RSV was induced directly through TLR3 signaling pathways and did not require interferon (IFN) signaling through the IFN-alpha/beta receptor. TLR3 did not affect viral replication, since equivalent viral loads were recovered from RSV-infected cells despite altered TLR3 expression. Taken together, our studies indicate that TLR3 mediates inflammatory cytokine and chemokine production in RSV-infected epithelial cells.
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- Brian D Rudd
- Department of Pathology, University of Michigan Medical School, 1301 Catherine St., 5214 Medical Science 1, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA
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Kloetzel PM. The proteasome and MHC class I antigen processing. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-MOLECULAR CELL RESEARCH 2005; 1695:225-33. [PMID: 15571818 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamcr.2004.10.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 134] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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By generating peptides from intracellular antigens, which are then presented to T cells, the ubiquitin/26S proteasome system plays a central role in the cellular immune response. Under the control of interferon-gamma the proteolytic properties of the proteasome are adapted to the requirements of the immune system. Interferon-gamma induces the formation of immunoproteasomes and the synthesis of the proteasome activator PA28. Both alter the proteolytic properties of the proteasome complex and enhance proteasomal function in antigen presentation. Thus, a combination of several of regulatory events tunes the proteasome system for maximal efficiency in the generation of MHC class I antigens.
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- Peter-M Kloetzel
- Institut für Biochemie, Charité, Medizinische Fakultät der Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Monbijoust.2, 10117 Berlin, Germany.
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Brasier AR, Spratt H, Wu Z, Boldogh I, Zhang Y, Garofalo RP, Casola A, Pashmi J, Haag A, Luxon B, Kurosky A. Nuclear heat shock response and novel nuclear domain 10 reorganization in respiratory syncytial virus-infected a549 cells identified by high-resolution two-dimensional gel electrophoresis. J Virol 2004; 78:11461-76. [PMID: 15479789 PMCID: PMC523268 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.78.21.11461-11476.2004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 72] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
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The pneumovirus respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is a leading cause of epidemic respiratory tract infection. Upon entry, RSV replicates in the epithelial cytoplasm, initiating compensatory changes in cellular gene expression. In this study, we have investigated RSV-induced changes in the nuclear proteome of A549 alveolar type II-like epithelial cells by high-resolution two-dimensional gel electrophoresis (2DE). Replicate 2D gels from uninfected and RSV-infected nuclei were compared for changes in protein expression. We identified 24 different proteins by peptide mass fingerprinting after matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization-time of flight mass spectrometry (MS), whose average normalized spot intensity was statistically significant and differed by +/-2-fold. Notable among the proteins identified were the cytoskeletal cytokeratins, RNA helicases, oxidant-antioxidant enzymes, the TAR DNA binding protein (a protein that associates with nuclear domain 10 [ND10] structures), and heat shock protein 70- and 60-kDa isoforms (Hsp70 and Hsp60, respectively). The identification of Hsp70 was also validated by liquid chromatography quadropole-TOF tandem MS (LC-MS/MS). Separate experiments using immunofluorescence microscopy revealed that RSV induced cytoplasmic Hsp70 aggregation and nuclear accumulation. Data mining of a genomic database showed that RSV replication induced coordinate changes in Hsp family proteins, including the 70, 70-2, 90, 40, and 40-3 isoforms. Because the TAR DNA binding protein associates with ND10s, we examined the effect of RSV infection on ND10 organization. RSV induced a striking dissolution of ND10 structures with redistribution of the component promyelocytic leukemia (PML) and speckled 100-kDa (Sp100) proteins into the cytoplasm, as well as inducing their synthesis. Our findings suggest that cytoplasmic RSV replication induces a nuclear heat shock response, causes ND10 disruption, and redistributes PML and Sp100 to the cytoplasm. Thus, a high-resolution proteomics approach, combined with immunofluorescence localization and coupled with genomic response data, yielded unexpected novel insights into compensatory nuclear responses to RSV infection.
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- Allan R Brasier
- Division of Endocrinology, MRB 8.138, The University of Texas Medical Branch, 301 University Blvd., Galveston, TX 77555-1060, USA.
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Ramaswamy M, Shi L, Monick MM, Hunninghake GW, Look DC. Specific Inhibition of Type I Interferon Signal Transduction by Respiratory Syncytial Virus. Am J Respir Cell Mol Biol 2004; 30:893-900. [PMID: 14722224 DOI: 10.1165/rcmb.2003-0410oc] [Citation(s) in RCA: 96] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/12/2023] Open
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Respiratory viruses often express mechanisms to resist host antiviral systems, but the biochemical basis for evasion of interferon effects by respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is poorly defined. In this study, we identified RSV effects on interferon (IFN)-dependent signal transduction and gene expression in human airway epithelial cells. Initial experiments demonstrated inhibition of antiviral gene expression induced by IFN-alpha and IFN-beta, but not IFN-gamma, in epithelial cells infected with RSV. Selective viral effects on type I IFN-dependent signaling were confirmed when we observed impaired type I, but not type II, IFN-induced activation of the transcription factor Stat1 in RSV-infected cells. RSV infection of airway epithelial cells resulted in decreased Stat2 expression and function with preservation of upstream signaling events, providing a molecular mechanism for viral inhibition of the type I IFN JAK-STAT pathway. Furthermore, nonspecific pharmacologic inhibition of proteasome function in RSV-infected cells restored Stat2 levels and IFN-dependent activation of Stat1. The results indicate that RSV acts on epithelial cells in the airway to directly modulate the type I IFN JAK-STAT pathway, and this effect is likely mediated though proteasome-dependent degradation of Stat2. Decreased antiviral gene expression in RSV-infected airway epithelial cells may allow RSV replication and establishment of a productive viral infection through subversion of IFN-dependent immunity.
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- Murali Ramaswamy
- University of Iowa Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, 200 Hawkins Drive, C33-GH, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA
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Spann KM, Tran KC, Chi B, Rabin RL, Collins PL. Suppression of the induction of alpha, beta, and lambda interferons by the NS1 and NS2 proteins of human respiratory syncytial virus in human epithelial cells and macrophages [corrected]. J Virol 2004; 78:4363-9. [PMID: 15047850 PMCID: PMC374276 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.78.8.4363-4369.2004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 342] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Wild-type human respiratory syncytial virus (HRSV) is a poor inducer of alpha/beta interferons (IFN-alpha/beta). However, recombinant HRSV lacking the NS1 and NS2 genes (Delta NS1/2) induced high levels of IFN-alpha and -beta in human pulmonary epithelial cells (A549) as well as in macrophages derived from primary human peripheral blood monocytes. Results with NS1 and NS2 single- and double-gene-deletion viruses indicated that the two proteins function independently as well as coordinately to achieve the full inhibitory effect, with NS1 having a greater independent role. The relative contributions of the individual NS proteins were the converse of that recently described for bovine RSV (J. F. Valarcher, J. Furze, S. Wyld, R. Cook, K. K. Conzelmann, and G. Taylor, J. Virol. 77:8426-8439, 2003). This pattern of inhibition by HRSV NS1 and NS2 also extended to the newly described antiviral cytokines IFN-lambda 1, -2 and -3.
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- Kirsten M Spann
- Laboratory of Infectious Diseases, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892-8007, USA
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Easton AJ, Domachowske JB, Rosenberg HF. Animal pneumoviruses: molecular genetics and pathogenesis. Clin Microbiol Rev 2004; 17:390-412. [PMID: 15084507 PMCID: PMC387412 DOI: 10.1128/cmr.17.2.390-412.2004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 126] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Pneumoviruses are single-stranded, negative-sense, nonsegmented RNA viruses of the family Paramyxoviridae, subfamily Pneumovirinae, and include pathogens that infect humans (respiratory syncytial virus and human metapneumovirus), domestic mammals (bovine, ovine, and caprine respiratory syncytial viruses), rodents (pneumonia virus of mice), and birds (avian metapneumovirus). Among the topics considered in this review are recent studies focused on the roles of the individual virus-encoded components in promoting virus replication as well as in altering and evading innate antiviral host defenses. Advances in the molecular technology of pneumoviruses and the emergence of recombinant pneumoviruses that are leading to improved virus-based vaccine formulations are also discussed. Since pneumovirus infection in natural hosts is associated with a profound inflammatory response that persists despite adequate antiviral therapy, we also review the recent experimental treatment strategies that have focused on combined antiviral, anti-inflammatory, and immunomodulatory approaches.
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Krüger E, Kuckelkorn U, Sijts A, Kloetzel PM. The components of the proteasome system and their role in MHC class I antigen processing. Rev Physiol Biochem Pharmacol 2004; 148:81-104. [PMID: 12687403 DOI: 10.1007/s10254-003-0010-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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By generating peptides from intracellular antigens which are then presented to T cells, the ubiquitin/26S proteasome system plays a central role in the cellular immune response. The proteolytic properties of the proteasome are adapted to the requirements of the immune system by proteasome components whose synthesis is under the control of interferon-gamma. Among these are three subunits with catalytic sites that are incorporated into the enzyme complex during its de novo synthesis. Thus, the proteasome assembly pathway and the formation of immunoproteasomes play a critical regulatory role in the regulation of the proteasome's catalytic properties. In addition, interferon-gamma also induces the synthesis of the proteasome activator PA28 which, as part of the so-called hybrid proteasome, exerts a more selective function in antigen presentation. Consequently, the combination of a number of regulatory events tunes the proteasome system to gain maximal efficiency in the generation of peptides with regard to their quality and quantity.
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- E Krüger
- Institut für Biochemie, Medizinische Fakultät, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Charité, Monbijoust 2, 10117 Berlin, Germany
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Schwarze J, O'Donnell DR, Rohwedder A, Openshaw PJM. Latency and persistence of respiratory syncytial virus despite T cell immunity. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2004; 169:801-5. [PMID: 14742302 DOI: 10.1164/rccm.200308-1203oc] [Citation(s) in RCA: 122] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) causes bronchiolitis in infants, which is associated with recurrent wheezing in later childhood. There is mounting evidence that the virus becomes latent or persists in vivo, but little is known about the mechanisms of its latency, persistence, and immune evasion. We therefore infected BALB/c mice intranasally with human RSV, analyzed sequential tissue samples by direct culture and polymerase chain reaction for viral and messenger RNA, and monitored antiviral immune responses. Virus could not be detected in bronchoalveolar lavage samples beyond Day 14, but viral genomic and messenger RNA was present in lung homogenates for 100 days or more; combined depletion of CD4 and CD8 T cells allowed infective virus to be recovered. Neutralizing antibody and memory cytotoxic T cell responses were intact in mice with latent infections, and latent viral genome contained an authentic nonmutated M2 82-91 K(d) cytotoxic T lymphocyte epitope. A mutation of this epitope, detected in one clone, did not assist evasion. We suggest that RSV latency depends on persistence in privileged sites rather than on viral mutation.
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- Jurgen Schwarze
- Children's Clinic, St. Joseg-Hospital, Department of Medical Microbiology and Virology, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Germany
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Le Bon A, Etchart N, Rossmann C, Ashton M, Hou S, Gewert D, Borrow P, Tough DF. Cross-priming of CD8+ T cells stimulated by virus-induced type I interferon. Nat Immunol 2003; 4:1009-15. [PMID: 14502286 DOI: 10.1038/ni978] [Citation(s) in RCA: 638] [Impact Index Per Article: 30.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/11/2003] [Accepted: 08/18/2003] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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CD8+ T cell responses can be generated against antigens that are not expressed directly within antigen-presenting cells (APCs), through a process known as cross-priming. To initiate cross-priming, APCs must both capture extracellular antigen and receive specific activation signals. We have investigated the nature of APC activation signals associated with virus infection that stimulate cross-priming. We show that infection with lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus induces cross-priming by a mechanism dependent on type I interferon (IFN-alpha/beta). Activation of cross-priming by IFN-alpha/beta was independent of CD4+ T cell help or interaction of CD40 and CD40 ligand, and involved direct stimulation of dendritic cells. These data identify expression of IFN-alpha/beta as a mechanism for the induction of cross-priming during virus infections.
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- Agnes Le Bon
- The Edward Jenner Institute for Vaccine Research, Compton, Newbury, Berkshire RG20 7NN, England
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We have analyzed changes in approximately 4000 lung mRNAs, with GeneChips, in mice exposed to 1 ppm O(3) for three consecutive nights (8 h per night). Differential gene expression analysis identified approximately 260 O(3) sensitive genes; approximately 80% of these were repressed and approximately 20% were induced in O(3)-exposed mice compared to the air-exposed controls. A 20-fold induction of serum amyloid A3 mRNA by O(3) suggested activation of NF-kappaB and CCAAT/enhancer binding protein-mediated pathways by inflammatory cytokines. Induction (up to 14-fold) of 12 genes that increase DNA synthesis and cell cycle progression, and increase (approximately 7-fold) in CD44 mRNA and macrophage metalloelastase suggested a state of O(3)-induced hyperplasia and lung remodeling. Several mRNAs encoding enzymes of xenobiotic metabolism and cytoskeletal functions were repressed and may suggest cytokine mediated suppression of cytochrome P450 expression and cachexia-like inflammatory state in ozone-exposed lungs. The expressions of approximately 30 genes of immune response were also repressed. Collectively this genome-wide analysis of lungs identified ozone-induced disruption of gene transcriptional profile indicative of increased cellular proliferation under suppressed immune surveillance and xenobiotic metabolism.
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- Kishorchandra Gohil
- Center for Comparative Respiratory and Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, University of California, Davis, CA 95616, USA.
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Young VA, Parks GD. Simian virus 5 is a poor inducer of chemokine secretion from human lung epithelial cells: identification of viral mutants that activate interleukin-8 secretion by distinct mechanisms. J Virol 2003; 77:7124-30. [PMID: 12768033 PMCID: PMC156154 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.77.12.7124-7130.2003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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We have compared chemokine secretion from human lung A549 cells infected with simian virus 5 (SV5) with other members of the Rubulavirus genus of paramyxoviruses. High levels of the chemokines interleukin-8 (IL-8) and macrophage chemoattractant protein-1 (MCP-1) were secreted from A549 cells infected with Human parainfluenza virus type 2 (HPIV-2) but not from cells infected with wild-type (WT) SV5. The lack of IL-8 secretion from SV5-infected cells was not due to a global block in all signal transduction pathways leading to IL-8 secretion, since SV5-infected A549 cells secreted IL-8 after stimulation with exogenously added tumor necrosis factor alpha or by coinfection with HPIV-2. A previously described, recombinant SV5 containing substitutions in the shared region of the P/V gene (rSV5-P/V-CPI-) induced IL-8 secretion by a mechanism that was dependent on viral gene expression. By contrast, an SV5 variant isolated from persistently infected cells (Wake Forest strain of Canine parainfluenza virus) induced IL-8 secretion by a mechanism that was largely not affected by inhibitors of viral gene expression. Together, these data demonstrate that SV5 is unusual compared to other closely related paramyxoviruses, since SV5 is a very poor inducer of the cytokines IL-8 and MCP-1. The isolation of two recombinant SV5 mutants that are defective in preventing chemokine induction will allow an identification of mechanisms utilized by WT SV5 to avoid activation of host cell innate immune responses to infection.
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- Virginia A Young
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina 27157-1064, USA
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Zhang Y, Jamaluddin M, Wang S, Tian B, Garofalo RP, Casola A, Brasier AR. Ribavirin treatment up-regulates antiviral gene expression via the interferon-stimulated response element in respiratory syncytial virus-infected epithelial cells. J Virol 2003; 77:5933-47. [PMID: 12719586 PMCID: PMC154027 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.77.10.5933-5947.2003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 80] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is a mucosa-restricted virus that is a leading cause of epidemic respiratory tract infections in children. RSV replication is a potent activator of the epithelial-cell genomic response, influencing the expression of a spectrum of cellular pathways, including proinflammatory chemokines of the CC, CXC, and CX(3)C subclasses. Ribavirin (1-beta-D-ribofuranosyl-1,2,4-triazole-3-carboxamide) is a nontoxic antiviral agent currently licensed for the treatment of severe RSV lower respiratory tract infections. Because ribavirin treatment reduces the cytopathic effect in infected cells, we used high-density microarrays to investigate the hypothesis that ribavirin modifies the virus-induced epithelial genomic response to replicating virus. Ribavirin treatment administered in concentrations of 10 to 100 micro g/ml potently inhibited RSV transcription, thereby reducing the level of RSV N transcripts to approximately 13% of levels in nontreated cells. We observed that in both the absence and the presence of ribavirin, RSV infection induced global alterations in the host epithelial cell, affecting approximately 49% of the approximately 6,650 expressed genes detectable by the microarray. Ribavirin influences the expression of only 7.5% of the RSV-inducible genes (total number of genes, 272), suggesting that the epithelial-cell genetic program initiated by viral infection is independent of high-level RSV replication. Hierarchical clustering of the ribavirin-regulated genes identified four expression patterns. In one group, ribavirin inhibited the expression of the RSV-inducible CC chemokines MIP-1 alpha and -1 beta, which are important in RSV-induced pulmonary pathology, and interferon (IFN), a cytokine important in the mucosal immune response. In a second group, ribavirin further up-regulated a set of RSV- and IFN-stimulated response genes (ISGs) encoding antiviral proteins (MxA and p56), complement products, acute-phase response factors, and the STAT and IRF transcription factors. Because IFN-beta expression itself was reduced in the ribavirin-treated cells, we further investigated the mechanism for up-regulation of the IFN-signaling pathway. Enhanced expression of IFI 6-16, IFI 9-27, MxA/p78, STAT-1 alpha, STAT-1 beta, IRF-7B, and TAP-1-LMP2 transcripts were independently reproduced by Northern blot analysis. Ribavirin-enhanced TAP-1-LMP2 expression was a transcriptional event where site mutations of the IFN-stimulated response element (ISRE) blocked RSV and ribavirin-inducible promoter activity. Furthermore, ribavirin up-regulated the transcriptional activity of a reporter gene selectively driven by the ISRE. In specific DNA pull-down assays, we observed that ribavirin enhanced RSV-induced STAT-1 binding to the ISRE. We conclude that ribavirin potentiates virus-induced ISRE signaling to enhance the expression of antiviral ISGs, suggesting a mechanism for the efficacy of combined treatment with ribavirin and IFN in other chronic viral diseases.
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- Yuhong Zhang
- Department of Medicine, The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas 77555-1060, USA
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Wieland SF, Vega RG, Müller R, Evans CF, Hilbush B, Guidotti LG, Sutcliffe JG, Schultz PG, Chisari FV. Searching for interferon-induced genes that inhibit hepatitis B virus replication in transgenic mouse hepatocytes. J Virol 2003; 77:1227-36. [PMID: 12502840 PMCID: PMC140855 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.77.2.1227-1236.2003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 94] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/12/2023] Open
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We have previously shown that alpha/beta interferon (IFN-alpha/beta) and IFN-gamma inhibit hepatitis B virus (HBV) replication noncytopathically in the livers of HBV transgenic mice and in hepatocyte cell lines derived from these mice. The present study was designed to identify transcriptionally controlled hepatocellular genes that are tightly associated with the inhibition of HBV replication and that might, therefore, mediate the antiviral effect of these cytokines. Twenty-nine genes were identified, many of which have known or potential antiviral activity. Notably, multiple components of the immunoproteasome and ubiquitin-like proteins were strongly induced by both IFN-alpha/beta and IFN-gamma, as were a number of GTP-binding proteins, including GTPases with known antiviral activity, chemokines, signaling molecules, and miscellaneous genes associated with antigen processing, DNA-binding, or cochaperone activity and several expressed sequence tags. The results suggest that one or more members of this relatively small subset of genes may mediate the antiviral effect of IFN-alpha/beta and IFN-gamma against HBV. We have already exploited this information by demonstrating that the antiviral activity of IFN-alpha/beta and IFN-gamma is proteasome dependent.
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- Stefan F Wieland
- Department of Molecular and Experimental Medicine, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, California 92037, USA.
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Wansley EK, Parks GD. Naturally occurring substitutions in the P/V gene convert the noncytopathic paramyxovirus simian virus 5 into a virus that induces alpha/beta interferon synthesis and cell death. J Virol 2002; 76:10109-21. [PMID: 12239285 PMCID: PMC136585 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.76.20.10109-10121.2002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 69] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/21/2023] Open
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The V protein of the paramyxovirus simian virus 5 (SV5) is responsible for targeted degradation of STAT1 and the block in alpha/beta interferon (IFN-alpha/beta) signaling that occurs after SV5 infection of human cells. We have analyzed the growth properties of a recombinant SV5 that was engineered to be defective in targeting STAT1 degradation. A recombinant SV5 (rSV5-P/V-CPI-) was engineered to contain six naturally occurring P/V protein mutations, three of which have been shown in previous transfection experiments to disrupt the V-mediated block in IFN-alpha/beta signaling. In contrast to wild-type (WT) SV5, human cells infected with rSV5-P/V-CPI- had STAT1 levels similar to those in mock-infected cells. Cells infected with rSV5-P/V-CPI- were found to express higher-than-WT levels of viral proteins and mRNA, suggesting that the P/V mutations had disrupted the regulation of viral RNA synthesis. Despite the inability to target STAT1 for degradation, single-step growth assays showed that the rSV5-P/V-CPI- mutant virus grew better than WT SV5 in all cell lines tested. Unexpectedly, cells infected with rSV5-P/V-CPI- but not WT SV5 showed an activation of a reporter gene that was under control of the IFN-beta promoter. The secretion of IFN from cells infected with rSV5-P/V-CPI- but not WT SV5 was confirmed by a bioassay for IFN. The rSV5-P/V-CPI- mutant grew to higher titers than did WT rSV5 at early times in multistep growth assays. However, rSV5-P/V-CPI- growth quickly reached a final plateau while WT rSV5 continued to grow and produced a final titer higher than that of rSV5-P/V-CPI- by late times postinfection. In contrast to WT rSV5, infection of a variety of cell lines with rSV5-P/V-CPI- induced cell death pathways with characteristics of apoptosis. Our results confirm a role for the SV5 V protein in blocking IFN signaling but also suggest new roles for the P/V gene products in controlling viral gene expression, the induction of IFN-alpha/beta synthesis, and virus-induced apoptosis.
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- Elizabeth K Wansley
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC 27157-1064, USA
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Tian B, Zhang Y, Luxon BA, Garofalo RP, Casola A, Sinha M, Brasier AR. Identification of NF-kappaB-dependent gene networks in respiratory syncytial virus-infected cells. J Virol 2002; 76:6800-14. [PMID: 12050393 PMCID: PMC136270 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.76.13.6800-6814.2002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 111] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is a mucosa-restricted virus that is a leading cause of epidemic respiratory tract infections in children. In epithelial cells, RSV replication activates nuclear translocation of the inducible transcription factor nuclear factor kappaB (NF-kappaB) through proteolysis of its cytoplasmic inhibitor, IkappaB. In spite of a putative role in mediating virus-inducible gene expression, the spectrum of NF-kappaB-dependent genes induced by RSV infection has not yet been determined. To address this, we developed a tightly regulated cell system expressing a nondegradable, epitope-tagged IkappaBalpha isoform (Flag-IkappaBalpha Mut) whose expression could be controlled by exogenous addition of nontoxic concentrations of doxycycline. Flag-IkappaBalpha Mut expression potently inhibited IkappaBalpha proteolysis, NF-kappaB binding, and NF-kappaB-dependent gene transcription in cells stimulated with the prototypical NF-kappaB-activating cytokine tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-alpha) and in response to RSV infection. High-density oligonucleotide microarrays were then used to profile constitutive and RSV-induced gene expression in the absence or presence of Flag-IkappaBalpha Mut. Comparison of these profiles revealed 380 genes whose expression was significantly changed by the dominant-negative NF-kappaB. Of these, 236 genes were constitutive (not RSV regulated), and surprisingly, only 144 genes were RSV regulated, representing numerically approximately 10% of the total population of RSV-inducible genes at this time point. Hierarchical clustering of the 144 RSV- and Flag-IkappaBalpha Mut-regulated genes identified two discrete gene clusters. The first group had high constitutive expression, and its expression levels fell in response to RSV infection. In this group, constitutive mRNA expression was increased by Flag-IkappaBalpha Mut expression, and the RSV-induced decrease in expression was partly inhibited. In the second group, constitutive expression was very low (or undetectable) and, after RSV infection, expression levels strongly increased. In this group, NF-kappaB was required for RSV-inducible expression because Flag-IkappaBalpha Mut expression blocked their induction by RSV. This latter cluster includes chemokines, transcriptional regulators, intracellular proteins regulating translation and proteolysis, and secreted proteins (complement components and growth factor regulators). These data suggest that NF-kappaB action induces global cellular responses after viral infection.
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- Bing Tian
- Department of Medicine, Sealy Center for Structural Biology, The University of Texas Medical Branch, 301 University Boulevard, Galveston, TX 77555-1060, USA
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