Activation of chemokine and inflammatory cytokine response in hepatitis C virus-infected hepatocytes depends on Toll-like receptor 3 sensing of hepatitis C virus double-stranded RNA intermediates.
Activation of chemokine and inflammatory cytokine response in hepatitis C virus-infected hepatocytes depends on Toll-like receptor 3 sensing of hepatitis C virus double-stranded RNA intermediates.
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10.1002/hep.24763
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发表时间：
2012-03
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13.5
通讯作者：
Pfeffer, Lawrence M.
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Li, Kui;Li, Nan L.;Wei, Dahai;Pfeffer, Susan R.;Fan, Meiyun;Pfeffer, Lawrence M.
Chemokines and inflammatory cytokines are key regulators of immunity and inflammation during viral infections. Hepatitis C virus (HCV) is a hepatotropic RNA virus frequently associated with chronic liver inflammation and hepatocellular carcinoma. Intrahepatic levels of chemokines and cytokines are elevated in chronic HCV infections, but the underlying mechanisms remain unclear. We find that Toll like receptor-3 (TLR3) senses HCV infection in cultured hepatoma cells, leading to NF-κB activation and the production of numerous chemokines and inflammatory cytokines, such as RANTES, MIP-1α, MIP-1β, IP-10 and IL-6. The chemokine/cytokine induction occurred late in HCV infection and was abrogated when HCV was UV-inactivated prior to infection, indicating a dependence on cellular recognition of HCV replication products. Gel shift and chromatin immunoprecipitation assays revealed that NF-κB plays a pivotal role in HCV-induced chemokine/cytokine transcription. Mutations specifically disrupting the dsRNA binding activity of TLR3 ablated the chemokine/cytokine response to HCV infection, indicating that HCV dsRNA was the pathogen associated molecular pattern triggering TLR3 signaling. In vitro synthesized HCV dsRNAs with a minimal length of ~80-100 bp activated TLR3-dependent chemokine expression, regardless of the genome position from which they derive. In contrast, HCV ssRNAs, including those derived from the structured 3′NTR highly potent for RIG-I activation, failed to do so. Moreover, robust production of chemokines and inflammatory cytokines was also observed in primary human hepatocytes following stimulation with extracellular poly-I:C, a TLR3 ligand. Our data suggest that TLR3-mediated chemokine and inflammatory cytokine responses may play an important role in host immune responses to HCV and the pathogenesis of HCV-associated liver diseases.
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