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Inhibition of p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase impairs influenza virus-induced primary and secondary host gene responses and protects mice from lethal H5N1 infection

Publié dansThe Journal of biological chemistry, vol. 289, no. 1, p. 13-27
Date de publication2014
Résumé

Highly pathogenic avian influenza viruses (HPAIV) induce severe inflammation in poultry and men. One characteristic of HPAIV infections is the induction of a cytokine burst that strongly contributes to viral pathogenicity. This cell-intrinsic hypercytokinemia seems to involve hyperinduction of p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase. Here we investigate the role of p38 MAPK signaling in the antiviral response against HPAIV in mice as well as in human endothelial cells, the latter being a primary source of cytokines during systemic infections. Global gene expression profiling of HPAIV-infected endothelial cells in the presence of the p38-specific inhibitor SB 202190 revealed that inhibition of p38 MAPK leads to reduced expression of IFNβ and other cytokines after H5N1 and H7N7 infection. More than 90% of all virus-induced genes were either partially or fully dependent on p38 signaling. Moreover, promoter analysis confirmed a direct impact of p38 on the IFNβ promoter activity. Furthermore, upon treatment with IFN or conditioned media from HPAIV-infected cells, p38 controls interferon-stimulated gene expression by coregulating STAT1 by phosphorylation at serine 727. In vivo inhibition of p38 MAPK greatly diminishes virus-induced cytokine expression concomitant with reduced viral titers, thereby protecting mice from lethal infection. These observations show that p38 MAPK acts on two levels of the antiviral IFN response. Initially the kinase regulates IFN induction and, at a later stage, p38 controls IFN signaling and thereby expression of IFN-stimulated genes. Thus, inhibition of MAP kinase p38 may be an antiviral strategy that protects mice from lethal influenza by suppressing excessive cytokine expression.

Mots-clés
  • Animals
  • Cercopithecus aethiops
  • Cytokines/biosynthesis/genetics
  • Dogs
  • Enzyme Inhibitors/pharmacology
  • Female
  • Gene Expression Regulation/drug effects/genetics
  • Humans
  • Imidazoles/pharmacology
  • Influenza A Virus, H5N1 Subtype/genetics/metabolism
  • Influenza A Virus, H7N7 Subtype
  • Interferon-beta/biosynthesis/genetics
  • MAP Kinase Signaling System/drug effects/genetics
  • Madin Darby Canine Kidney Cells
  • Male
  • Mice
  • Mice, Inbred BALB C
  • Orthomyxoviridae Infections/enzymology/genetics/pathology/prevention & control
  • Phosphorylation/drug effects/genetics
  • Promoter Regions, Genetic/genetics
  • Pyridines/pharmacology
  • STAT1 Transcription Factor/genetics/metabolism
  • Vero Cells
  • P38 Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases/antagonists & inhibitors/genetics/metabolism
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Citation (format ISO)
BÖRGELING, Yvonne et al. Inhibition of p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase impairs influenza virus-induced primary and secondary host gene responses and protects mice from lethal H5N1 infection. In: The Journal of biological chemistry, 2014, vol. 289, n° 1, p. 13–27. doi: 10.1074/jbc.M113.469239
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