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Prion Protein is a Novel Modulator of Influenza: Potential Implications for Anti-Influenza Therapeutics.
朊蛋白是一种新型流感调节剂: 对抗流感治疗的潜在意义。
- 影响因子:2.71
- DOI:10.21775/cimb.037.021
- 作者列表:"Sakaguchi S","Chida J
- 发表时间:2020-01-01
Abstract
:Worldwide spread of influenza A virus (IAV) strains, which are resistant to currently available anti- influenza agents such as viral neuraminidase inhibitors, has encouraged identification of new target molecules for anti-influenza agents. Reactive oxygen species (ROS) causing oxidative stress play a pivotal role in the pathogenesis of lung injuries induced by infection with IAVs, therefore suggesting that anti-oxidative therapeutics targeting cellular molecules could be beneficial against IAV infection without inducing drug-resistant IAV strains. We recently found that the normal cellular prion protein, PrPC, whose conformational conversion into the amyloidogenic isoform, PrPSc, in the brain is a key pathogenic event in prion diseases, is expressed by lung epithelial cells and exerts a protective role against IAV infection in mice by reducing ROS in infected lungs. The Cu content and activity of anti- oxidative enzyme Cu/Zn-superoxide dismutase, or SOD1, were lower in the lungs of PrPC-knockout mice, suggesting that the anti-oxidative activity of PrPC is probably attributable to its function of activating SOD1 through regulating Cu content in lungs. Here, we introduce PrPC as a novel modulator of influenza and its potential implication for anti-oxidative therapies for IAV infection. We also introduce other candidate targets reported for anti- oxidative anti-influenza therapies.
摘要
: 甲型流感病毒 (IAV) 菌株在世界范围内传播,对目前可用的抗流感药物如病毒神经氨酸酶抑制剂耐药, 鼓励鉴定抗流感药物的新靶点分子。活性氧 (Reactive oxygen species,ROS) 引起的氧化应激在 IAVs 感染引起的肺损伤的发病机制中起着关键作用, 因此,提示以细胞分子为靶点的抗氧化治疗药物可以在不诱导耐药 IAV 菌株的情况下对 IAV 感染有益。我们最近发现大脑中正常细胞朊蛋白 PrPC 的构象转换成淀粉样蛋白亚型 PrPSc 是朊病毒病的关键致病事件, 由肺上皮细胞表达,通过减少感染肺中的 ROS 对小鼠 IAV 感染发挥保护作用。PrPC 基因敲除小鼠肺内 Cu 含量和抗氧化酶 Cu/Zn-超氧化物歧化酶或 SOD1 活性较低, 提示 PrPC 的抗氧化活性可能与其通过调节肺内 Cu 含量激活 SOD1 的功能有关。在此,我们介绍 PrPC 作为一种新型流感调节剂及其对 IAV 感染抗氧化治疗的潜在意义。我们还介绍了其他报道的抗氧化抗流感治疗的候选靶点。
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