INTERFERON-INDEPENDENT INCREASES IN CLASS-I MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX ANTIGEN EXPRESSION FOLLOW FLAVIVIRUS INFECTION
INTERFERON-INDEPENDENT INCREASES IN CLASS-I MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX ANTIGEN EXPRESSION FOLLOW FLAVIVIRUS INFECTION
复制标题
DOI:
10.1099/0022-1317-69-10-2535
复制
发表时间:
1988-10-01
影响因子:
3.8
通讯作者:
KESSON, AM
中科院分区:
文献类型:
--
作者:
KING, NJC;KESSON, AM
Infection of tertiary-passaged mouse embryo fibroblasts by four flaviviruses, West Nile (WNV), Kunjin, Murray Valley encephalitis and Japanese B encephalitis, resulted in a six- to 10-fold increase in the expression of individual H-2K and H-2D class I major histocompatibility complex (MHC) antigens 16 to 48 h after infection. The mechanism(s) by which flaviviruses increased antigen expression has not been fully elucidated, but appears to be mediated partly independently of interferon-.beta. (IFN-.beta.) secretion, as anti-IFN-.alpha..beta. antibodies partially inhibited the WNV-induced increase but totally prevented increases caused by the addition of (i) pure IFN-.beta., (ii) IFN-.beta.-containing supernatants from WNV-infected mouse embryo fibroblasts (MEF), or (iii) polyinosinic-polycytidylic acid. Actinomycin D treatment of MEF, which inhibited mRNA synthesis by > 90% as determined by [3H]uridine uptake, totally inhibited the increased MHC expression caused by WNV infection. Thus, the increase in class I MHC antigen expression following infection is dependent upon cellular RNA synthesis.