SARS-CoV S protein induces chemokine IP-10 expression in airway epithelial cells
- VernacularTitle:SARS-CoV的S蛋白诱导呼吸道上皮细胞合成释放IP-10的信号分子机制研究
- Author:
Guohua YAO
;
Xinyan YANG
;
Yong JIANG
;
Jun XU
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Severe acute respiratory syndrome;
Coronavirus;
S protein;
Airway epithelial-cells;
Interferon-gamma inducible protein 10
- From:
Chinese Journal of Pathophysiology
1986;0(03):-
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
AIM: To investigate the molecular mechanism by which the SARS-CoV S protein induces chemokine IP-10 in airway epithelial cells.METHODS: cDNA microarrays were used to screen the gene expression profiles of human bronchial epithelial cells(16HBEs) stimulated by SARS-CoV S protein.In addition,RT-PCR,EMSA,and Western blotting were performed to analyze the phosphorylation of JAK/STAT signal pathway.The changes of IRF-1 and IP10 gene expression and the influence by the corresponding inhibitors were analyzed.RESULTS: IRF-1,a key transcription factor of the JAK/STAT signal pathway,was activated in human bronchial epithelial cells after stimulation by the S protein of SARS-CoV.The IP-10 gene expression was detected 2 h following the phosphorylation of STAT1 after 15 min,which was blocked by STAT1or JAK2 inhibitors.Electrophoretic mobility shift assay(EMSA) demonstrated that the nuclear proteins bound to ISRE and GAS but not NF-?B DNA motif.CONCLUSION: The SARS-CoV S protein induces IP-10 gene expression in human bronchial epithelial cells through activation of the JAK/STAT signal pathway,suggesting that the JAK/STAT signal pathway activated by virus plays key roles in virus infection related acute lung injury.