Journal of Antivirals & Antiretrovirals
Open Access
ISSN: 1948-5964
+44 1300 500008
ISSN: 1948-5964
+44 1300 500008
Cheng-Wen Lin and Tsung- Han Hsieh
Scientific Tracks Abstracts: J Antivir Antiretrovir
Japanese encephalitis virus (JEV) non-structural protein 5 (NS5) exhibits a type I interferon (IFN) antagonistic function. This study intends to characterize the type I IFN antagonism mechanism of JEV NS5 protein using proteomic approaches. TE- 671 human neuroblastoma cells transfected with the control vector and NS5-expressing plasmid were tested their responses to interferon (IFN)-β; the expression profiles of transfected cell lines were analyzed using two-dimensional electrophoresis (2-DE) and mass spectrometric (MS). JEV NS5 reduced IFNβ-induced responses, e.g. IFN-sensitive response element (ISRE) promoter activity, mRNA expression of PKR and OAS, phosphorylation of STAT1 and STAT3. Proteomic analysis and Western blotting demonstrated JEV NS5 up-regulating peroxiredoxin-1, heat shock protein 60, stress induced phosphoprotein 1, and cyclophilin A, and down-regulating heterogeneous nuclear ribonucleoprotein H3, prohibitin, thioredixin and calreticulin in human medulloblastoma TE671 cells in the presence of IFNβ. Calreticulin down-regulation and cyclophilin A up-regulation implied the activation of Ca2+-depedent phosphatase calcineurin. The calcineurin inhibitor, cyclosporin A (CsA), sensitized IFNβ-induced responses in NS5-expressing cells. Importantly, the combined treatment of CsA and IFNβ induced a time-dependent increase of STAT1, STAT3, mTOR and AKT phosphorylation in NS5-expressing cells. The combined treatment of CsA and IFNβ also activated mRNA expression of IFN-stimulated genes, showing more potently inhibitory effects on virus yield. JEV NS5 induced calreticulin down-regulation and cyclophilin A up-regulation, being associated with Type I interferon antagonism via the activation of Ca2+-depedent phosphatase calcineurin. This study shows insights into a possible mechanism of Type I interferon antagonism by JEV NS5, being applicable for elucidating JE pathogenesis.
Professor Cheng-Wen Lin has completed his Ph.D from National Tsing-Hua University in 2003. He is the Dean of Student Affairs in China Medical University since 2009. He has published more than 50 papers in reputed journals.