Sprouty-Related Ena/Vasodilator-Stimulated Phosphoprotein Homology 1-Domain-Containing Protein-2 Critically Regulates Influenza A Virus-Induced Pneumonia.
Sprouty-Related Ena/Vasodilator-Stimulated Phosphoprotein Homology 1-Domain-Containing Protein-2 Critically Regulates Influenza A Virus-Induced Pneumonia.
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DOI:
10.1097/ccm.0000000000001562
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发表时间:
2016-07
影响因子:
8.8
通讯作者:
Matsukawa A
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作者:
Ito T;Itakura J;Takahashi S;Sato M;Mino M;Fushimi S;Yamada M;Morishima T;Kunkel SL;Matsukawa A
Influenza A virus causes acute respiratory infections that induce annual epidemics and occasional pandemics. While a number of studies indicated that the virus-induced intracellular signaling events are important in combating influenza virus infection, the mechanism how specific molecule plays a critical role among various intracellular signaling events remains unknown. Raf/MEK/ERK cascade is one of the key signaling pathways during influenza virus infection, and the Sprouty-related Ena/VASP homology 1-domain-containing protein (Spred) has recently been identified as a negative regulator of Raf-dependent ERK activation. Here we examined the role of Raf/MEK/ERK cascade through Spred in influenza A (H1N1) viral infection, because the expression of Spred-2 was significantly enhanced in human influenza viral-induced pneumonia autopsy samples. Prospective animal trial. Research laboratory Wild-type (WT) and Spred-2 knockout (KO) mice inoculated with H1N1 WT or Spred-2 KO mice were infected by intranasal inoculation of H1N1(A/PR/8). An equal volume of PBS was inoculated intranasally into mock-infected mice. H1N1 infection of Spred-2 KO mice led to higher mortality with greater viral load, excessive inflammation, and enhanced cytokine production compared with WT mice. Administration of MEK-inhibitor, U0126, improved mortality and reduced both viral load and cytokine levels. Moreover, bone marrow chimeras indicated that H1N1-induced lung pathology was most severe when Spred-2 expression was lacking in nonimmune cell populations. Furthermore, microarray analysis revealed knockdown of Spred-2 led to enhanced phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PI3K) signaling pathway, resulting that viral clearance was regulated by Spred-2 expression through the PI3K signaling pathway in murine lung epithelial cells. These data support an important function of Spred-2 in controlling influenza virus-induced pneumonia and viral replication. Spred-2 may be a novel therapeutic target for controlling the immune response against influenza H1N1 virus infection.