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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
12
pubmed:dateCreated
2005-6-9
pubmed:abstractText
The immunopathogenesis mechanism of dengue virus (DV) infection remains elusive. We previously showed that the target of DV in humans is dendritic cells (DCs), the primary sentinels of immune system. We also observed that despite the significant amount of IFN-alpha induced; DV particles remain massively produced from infected DCs. It suggests that DV may antagonize the antiviral effect of IFN-alpha. Recent work in animal studies demonstrated the differential critical roles of antiviral cytokines, namely IFN-alpha/IFN-beta and IFN-gamma, in blocking early viral production and in preventing viral-mediated disease, respectively. In this study, we examined the effects of IFN-alpha and IFN-gamma in DV infection of monocyte-derived DCs. We showed that the preinfection treatment with either IFN-alpha or IFN-gamma effectively armed DCs and limited viral production in infected cells. However, after infection, DV developed mechanisms to counteract the protection from lately added IFN-alpha, but not IFN-gamma. Such a selective antagonism on antiviral effect of IFN-alpha, but not IFN-gamma, correlated with down-regulated tyrosine-phosphorylation and DNA-binding activities of STAT1 and STAT3 transcription factors by DV. Furthermore, subsequent studies into the underlying mechanisms revealed that DV attenuated IFN-alpha-induced tyrosine-phosphorylation of Tyk2, an upstream molecule of STAT activation, but had no effect on expression of both IFN-alpha receptor 1 and IFN-alpha receptor 2. Moreover, DV infection by itself could activate STAT1 and STAT3 through IFN-alpha-dependent and both IFN-alpha-dependent and IFN-alpha-independent mechanisms, respectively. These observations provide very useful messages with physiological significance in investigation of the pathogenesis, the defense mechanisms of human hosts and the therapeutic considerations in DV infection.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:chemical
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pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jun
pubmed:issn
0022-1767
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
15
pubmed:volume
174
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
8163-72
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-19
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:15944325-Antiviral Agents, pubmed-meshheading:15944325-Cells, Cultured, pubmed-meshheading:15944325-DNA-Binding Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:15944325-Dendritic Cells, pubmed-meshheading:15944325-Dengue Virus, pubmed-meshheading:15944325-Down-Regulation, pubmed-meshheading:15944325-Flow Cytometry, pubmed-meshheading:15944325-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:15944325-Interferon-alpha, pubmed-meshheading:15944325-Interferon-gamma, pubmed-meshheading:15944325-Phosphorylation, pubmed-meshheading:15944325-Protein-Tyrosine Kinases, pubmed-meshheading:15944325-Receptor, Interferon alpha-beta, pubmed-meshheading:15944325-Receptors, Interferon, pubmed-meshheading:15944325-STAT1 Transcription Factor, pubmed-meshheading:15944325-STAT3 Transcription Factor, pubmed-meshheading:15944325-Signal Transduction, pubmed-meshheading:15944325-TYK2 Kinase, pubmed-meshheading:15944325-Time Factors, pubmed-meshheading:15944325-Trans-Activators, pubmed-meshheading:15944325-Tyrosine
pubmed:year
2005
pubmed:articleTitle
Dengue virus type 2 antagonizes IFN-alpha but not IFN-gamma antiviral effect via down-regulating Tyk2-STAT signaling in the human dendritic cell.
pubmed:affiliation
Division of Gerontology Research, National Health Research Institute, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't