MX GENES SHOW WEAKER PRIMARY RESPONSE TO VIRUS THAN OTHER INTERFERON-REGULATED GENES
MX GENES SHOW WEAKER PRIMARY RESPONSE TO VIRUS THAN OTHER INTERFERON-REGULATED GENES
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DOI:
10.1016/0042-6822(92)90069-2
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发表时间:
1992-01-01
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影响因子:
3.7
通讯作者:
STAEHELI, P
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作者:
BAZZIGHER, L;PAVLOVIC, J;STAEHELI, P
Some interferon (IFN)-regulated genes are induced as a primary response to virus as well as secondarily through virus-induced IFN. Here we investigated whether this dual control mechanism would also regulate the activity of the human and mouseMxgenes that encode proteins with intrinsic antiviral potentials. To distinguish between a primary response to virus and a secondary response to virus-induced IFN, we studied virus-inducedMxgene expression in cell lines that lack a functional IFN system and in cells with blocked protein synthesis. In contrast to the two IFN-regulated human genesISG56andISG15, the humanMxAgene showed almost no primary response to Newcastle disease virus (NDV) or influenza virus. Similarly, direct activation of the mouseMx1gene by NDV or influenza virus was not significant in mouse embryo cells or explanted peritoneal macrophages. A moderate primaryMx1response to NDV was observed in the permanent cell line L1210. Lack of a strong IFN-independentMxresponse to virus indicates that this mode of gene regulation does not play a significant role inMx-mediated resistance to viral disease.