Polyinosinic-Polycytidylic Acid Induces the Expression of Interferon-Stimulated Gene 20 in Mesangial Cells
Polyinosinic-Polycytidylic Acid Induces the Expression of Interferon-Stimulated Gene 20 in Mesangial Cells
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10.1159/000328923
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2011-01-01
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Satoh, Kei
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作者:
Imaizumi, Tadaatsu;Tanaka, Hiroshi;Satoh, Kei
Background/Aims: Interferon (IFN)-stimulated gene 20 (ISG20) is a 3'-to-5' exonuclease specific for single-stranded RNA and involved in host defense reactions against RNA viruses. The expression and the role of ISG20 in mesangial cells have not been reported. Methods: Normal human mesangial cells were cultured and treated with polyinosinic-polycytidylic acid (poly (I:C)), an authentic double-stranded RNA which mimics viral infection to cells. The effect of RNA interference of Toll-like receptor 3 (TLR3) or IFN-beta on the ISG20 expression was examined. The effect of a blocking antibody against the receptor for IFN-beta or anti-inflammatory steroid dexamethasone was also examined. Results: Treatment of cells with poly (I:C) induced the expression of ISG20. The poly (I:C)-induced expression of ISG20 was inhibited by knockdown of TLR3, IFN regulatery factor 3 (IRF3) or IFN-beta. Blocking of the receptor for IFN-beta suppressed and overexpression of IFN-beta enhanced ISG20 expression. The poly (I:C)-induced expressions of IFN-beta and ISG20 were inhibited by dexamethasone. Transfection of mesangial cells with poly (I:C) or 5'-triphosphate single-stranded RNA as a complex with cationic lipid also induced the expression of ISG20, and this was inhibited by knockdown of retinoic acid-inducible gene-I (RIG-I). Conclusion: Poly (I:C) induces the expression of ISG20 in mesangial cells. ISG20 may be involved in anti-viral reactions in renal mesangial cells. TLR3, IRF3 and de novo synthesized IFN-beta may mediate the poly (I:C)-induced expression of ISG20, and RIG-I may mediate ISG20 expression induced by poly (I:C)/cationic lipid complex. Copyright (C) 2011 S. Karger AG, Basel