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Diabetologia ; 67(5): 908-927, 2024 May.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-38409439

RESUMO

AIMS/HYPOTHESIS: The proinflammatory cytokines IFN-α, IFN-γ, IL-1ß and TNF-α may contribute to innate and adaptive immune responses during insulitis in type 1 diabetes and therefore represent attractive therapeutic targets to protect beta cells. However, the specific role of each of these cytokines individually on pancreatic beta cells remains unknown. METHODS: We used deep RNA-seq analysis, followed by extensive confirmation experiments based on reverse transcription-quantitative PCR (RT-qPCR), western blot, histology and use of siRNAs, to characterise the response of human pancreatic beta cells to each cytokine individually and compared the signatures obtained with those present in islets of individuals affected by type 1 diabetes. RESULTS: IFN-α and IFN-γ had a greater impact on the beta cell transcriptome when compared with IL-1ß and TNF-α. The IFN-induced gene signatures have a strong correlation with those observed in beta cells from individuals with type 1 diabetes, and the level of expression of specific IFN-stimulated genes is positively correlated with proteins present in islets of these individuals, regulating beta cell responses to 'danger signals' such as viral infections. Zinc finger NFX1-type containing 1 (ZNFX1), a double-stranded RNA sensor, was identified as highly induced by IFNs and shown to play a key role in the antiviral response in beta cells. CONCLUSIONS/INTERPRETATION: These data suggest that IFN-α and IFN-γ are key cytokines at the islet level in human type 1 diabetes, contributing to the triggering and amplification of autoimmunity.


Assuntos
Diabetes Mellitus Tipo 1 , Ilhotas Pancreáticas , Humanos , Citocinas/metabolismo , Diabetes Mellitus Tipo 1/metabolismo , Interferons/metabolismo , Fator de Necrose Tumoral alfa/metabolismo , Interferon gama/metabolismo , Ilhotas Pancreáticas/metabolismo
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Diabetes Obes Metab ; 22(10): 1827-1836, 2020 10.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-32476252

RESUMO

AIM: Type 1 diabetes (T1D) is a chronic autoimmune disease leading to progressive loss of pancreatic beta cells. Interferon (IFN)-α plays a critical role in the crosstalk between pancreatic beta cells and the immune system in early insulitis. In human beta cells IFNα signals through JAK1 and TYK2, leading to endoplasmic reticulum stress, inflammation and HLA class I overexpression. IFNα, acting synergistically with IL-1ß, induces apoptosis. Polymorphisms in TYK2 that decrease its activity are associated with protection against T1D, and we hypothesized that pharmacological inhibitors that specifically target TYK2 could protect human beta cells against the deleterious effects of IFNα. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Two TYK2 inhibitors provided by Nimbus Lakshmi were tested in human insulin-producing EndoC-ßH1 cells and human islets to evaluate their effect on IFNα signalling, beta-cell function and susceptibility to viral infection using RT-qPCR, western blot, immunofluorescence, ELISA and nuclear dyes. RESULTS: The two TYK2 inhibitors tested prevented IFNα-induced human beta-cell gene expression in a dose-dependent manner. They also protected human islets against IFNα + IL-1ß-induced apoptosis. Importantly, these inhibitors did not modify beta-cell function or their survival following infection with the potential diabetogenic coxsackieviruses CVB1 and CVB5. CONCLUSIONS: The two TYK2 inhibitors tested inhibit the IFNα signalling pathway in human beta cells, decreasing its pro-inflammatory and pro-apoptotic effects without sensitizing the cells to viral infection. The preclinical findings could pave the way for future clinical trials with TYK2 inhibitors for the prevention and treatment of type 1 diabetes.


Assuntos
Diabetes Mellitus Tipo 1 , Células Secretoras de Insulina , Apoptose , Citoproteção , Diabetes Mellitus Tipo 1/tratamento farmacológico , Estresse do Retículo Endoplasmático , Humanos , TYK2 Quinase/genética
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Diabetologia ; 60(4): 656-667, 2017 04.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-28062922

RESUMO

AIMS/HYPOTHESIS: Three hallmarks of the pancreatic islets in early human type 1 diabetes are overexpression of HLA class I, endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress and beta cell apoptosis. The mediators of these phenomena remain to be defined. The type I interferon IFNα is expressed in human islets from type 1 diabetes patients and mediates HLA class I overexpression. We presently evaluated the mechanisms involved in IFNα-induced HLA class I expression in human beta cells and determined whether this cytokine contributes to ER stress and apoptosis. METHODS: IFNα-induced inflammation, ER stress and apoptosis were evaluated by RT-PCR, western blot, immunofluorescence and nuclear dyes, and proteins involved in type I interferon signalling were inhibited by small interfering RNAs. All experiments were performed in human islets or human EndoC-ßH1 cells. RESULTS: IFNα upregulates HLA class I, inflammation and ER stress markers in human beta cells via activation of the candidate gene TYK2, and the transcription factors signal transducer and activator of transcription 2 and IFN regulatory factor 9. Furthermore, it acts synergistically with IL-1ß to induce beta cell apoptosis. CONCLUSIONS/INTERPRETATION: The innate immune effects induced by IFNα may induce and amplify the adaptive immune response against human beta cells, indicating that IFNα has a central role in the early phases of diabetes.


Assuntos
Apoptose/fisiologia , Diabetes Mellitus Tipo 1/metabolismo , Estresse do Retículo Endoplasmático/fisiologia , Antígenos de Histocompatibilidade Classe I/metabolismo , Células Secretoras de Insulina/metabolismo , Interferon-alfa/farmacologia , Apoptose/efeitos dos fármacos , Apoptose/genética , Western Blotting , Linhagem Celular , Sobrevivência Celular/efeitos dos fármacos , Diabetes Mellitus Tipo 1/genética , Estresse do Retículo Endoplasmático/efeitos dos fármacos , Estresse do Retículo Endoplasmático/genética , Citometria de Fluxo , Imunofluorescência , Antígenos de Histocompatibilidade Classe I/genética , Humanos , Células Secretoras de Insulina/efeitos dos fármacos , Interleucina-1beta/farmacologia , Interferência de RNA , Reação em Cadeia da Polimerase em Tempo Real , Transdução de Sinais/efeitos dos fármacos , Transdução de Sinais/genética , Transdução de Sinais/fisiologia , Fatores de Transcrição/genética , Fatores de Transcrição/metabolismo
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PLoS Pathog ; 7(9): e1002267, 2011 Sep.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-21977009

RESUMO

The rise in type 1 diabetes (T1D) incidence in recent decades is probably related to modifications in environmental factors. Viruses are among the putative environmental triggers of T1D. The mechanisms regulating beta cell responses to viruses, however, remain to be defined. We have presently clarified the signaling pathways leading to beta cell apoptosis following exposure to the viral mimetic double-stranded RNA (dsRNA) and a diabetogenic enterovirus (Coxsackievirus B5). Internal dsRNA induces cell death via the intrinsic mitochondrial pathway. In this process, activation of the dsRNA-dependent protein kinase (PKR) promotes eIF2α phosphorylation and protein synthesis inhibition, leading to downregulation of the antiapoptotic Bcl-2 protein myeloid cell leukemia sequence 1 (Mcl-1). Mcl-1 decrease results in the release of the BH3-only protein Bim, which activates the mitochondrial pathway of apoptosis. Indeed, Bim knockdown prevented both dsRNA- and Coxsackievirus B5-induced beta cell death, and counteracted the proapoptotic effects of Mcl-1 silencing. These observations indicate that the balance between Mcl-1 and Bim is a key factor regulating beta cell survival during diabetogenic viral infections.


Assuntos
Proteínas Reguladoras de Apoptose/metabolismo , Apoptose , Infecções por Coxsackievirus/metabolismo , Enterovirus Humano B/metabolismo , Células Secretoras de Insulina/metabolismo , Proteínas de Membrana/metabolismo , Proteínas Proto-Oncogênicas c-bcl-2/metabolismo , Proteínas Proto-Oncogênicas/metabolismo , RNA de Cadeia Dupla/metabolismo , RNA Viral/metabolismo , Animais , Proteína 11 Semelhante a Bcl-2 , Linhagem Celular , Sobrevivência Celular , Infecções por Coxsackievirus/patologia , Diabetes Mellitus Tipo 1/etiologia , Diabetes Mellitus Tipo 1/metabolismo , Diabetes Mellitus Tipo 1/patologia , Diabetes Mellitus Tipo 1/virologia , Fator de Iniciação 2 em Eucariotos/metabolismo , Humanos , Células Secretoras de Insulina/patologia , Células Secretoras de Insulina/virologia , Masculino , Mitocôndrias/metabolismo , Proteína de Sequência 1 de Leucemia de Células Mieloides , Fosforilação , Ratos , Ratos Wistar
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Hepatology ; 55(4): 998-1007, 2012 Apr.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-22121002

RESUMO

UNLABELLED: Hepatitis C virus (HCV) particles are known to be in complex with lipoproteins. As a result of this interaction, the low-density lipoprotein (LDL) receptor (LDLR) has been proposed as a potential entry factor for HCV; however, its implication in virus entry remains unclear. Here, we reinvestigated the role of the LDLR in the HCV life cycle by comparing virus entry to the mechanism of lipoprotein uptake. A small interfering RNA targeting the LDLR in Huh-7 cells reduced HCV infectivity, confirming that this receptor plays a role in the life cycle of HCV generated in cell culture. However, kinetics of internalization were much faster for lipoproteins than for infectious HCV particles. Furthermore, a decrease in HCV RNA replication was observed by blocking the LDLR with a specific antibody, and this was associated with an increase in the ratio of phosphatidylethanolamine to phosphatidylcholine in host cells. Nevertheless, a soluble form of the LDLR inhibited both HCV entry into the hepatocytes and its binding to the LDLR expressed on Chinese hamster ovary cells, suggesting a direct interaction between the HCV particle and the LDLR. Finally, we showed that modification of HCV particles by lipoprotein lipase (LPL) reduces HCV infectivity and increases HCV binding to LDLR. Importantly, LPL treatment also induced an increase in RNA internalization, suggesting that LDLR, at least in some conditions, leads to nonproductive internalization of HCV. CONCLUSION: The LDLR is not essential for infectious HCV particle entry, whereas the physiological function of this receptor is important for optimal replication of the HCV genome.


Assuntos
Hepacivirus/crescimento & desenvolvimento , Hepacivirus/fisiologia , Estágios do Ciclo de Vida/fisiologia , Receptores de LDL/fisiologia , Animais , Anticorpos/farmacologia , Células CHO , Linhagem Celular Tumoral , Cricetinae , Cricetulus , Feminino , Células HEK293 , Hepacivirus/patogenicidade , Hepatócitos/patologia , Hepatócitos/virologia , Humanos , Rim/citologia , Rim/virologia , Ovário/citologia , Ovário/virologia , RNA Viral/metabolismo , Receptores de LDL/antagonistas & inibidores , Receptores de LDL/efeitos dos fármacos , Replicação Viral/fisiologia
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Sci Adv ; 8(37): eabn5732, 2022 09 16.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-36103539

RESUMO

IFNα is a key regulator of the dialogue between pancreatic ß cells and the immune system in early type 1 diabetes (T1D). IFNα up-regulates HLA class I expression in human ß cells, fostering autoantigen presentation to the immune system. We observed by bulk and single-cell RNA sequencing that exposure of human induced pluripotent-derived islet-like cells to IFNα induces expression of HLA class I and of other genes involved in antigen presentation, including the transcriptional activator NLRC5. We next evaluated the global role of NLRC5 in human insulin-producing EndoC-ßH1 and human islet cells by RNA sequencing and targeted gene/protein determination. NLRC5 regulates expression of HLA class I, antigen presentation-related genes, and chemokines. NLRC5 also mediates the effects of IFNα on alternative splicing, a generator of ß cell neoantigens, suggesting that it is a central player of the effects of IFNα on ß cells that contribute to trigger and amplify autoimmunity in T1D.


Assuntos
Diabetes Mellitus Tipo 1 , Células Secretoras de Insulina , Ilhotas Pancreáticas , Processamento Alternativo , Diabetes Mellitus Tipo 1/genética , Diabetes Mellitus Tipo 1/metabolismo , Humanos , Interferon-alfa/farmacologia , Peptídeos e Proteínas de Sinalização Intracelular/metabolismo , Ilhotas Pancreáticas/metabolismo , Transcrição Gênica
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Hepatology ; 50(1): 6-16, 2009 Jul.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-19437494

RESUMO

UNLABELLED: Statins are 3-hydroxyl-3-methylglutaryl coenzyme A (HMG CoA) reductase inhibitors used for the treatment of hypercholesterolemia. It was recently reported that statins inhibit in vitro hepatitis C virus (HCV) RNA replication. We here report that, of five statins studied, mevastatin and simvastatin exhibit the strongest in vitro anti-HCV activity, lovastatin and fluvastatin have moderate inhibitory effects, and pravastatin is devoid of an antiviral effect. A combination of statins with interferon-alpha (IFN-alpha) or HCV nonstructural (NS)5B polymerase or NS3 protease inhibitors results in an additive antiviral activity in short-term (3 days) antiviral assays. Neither statins, at a concentration of five-fold their median effective concentration (EC(50)) value, nor polymerase, protease inhibitors, or IFN-alpha, at concentrations 10- or 20-fold their EC(50) value, were able to clear cells from their replicon following four or six consecutive passages of antiviral pressure. However, the combination of HCV polymerase or protease inhibitors with mevastatin or simvastatin resulted in an efficient clearance of the cultures from their replicon. In colony formation experiments, mevastatin reduced the frequency or prevented the selection of HCV replicons resistant to the nonnucleoside inhibitor HCV-796. CONCLUSION: A combination of specific HCV inhibitors with statins may result in a more profound antiviral effect and may delay or prevent the development of resistance to such inhibitors.


Assuntos
Antivirais/farmacologia , Farmacorresistência Viral/efeitos dos fármacos , Hepacivirus/efeitos dos fármacos , Inibidores de Hidroximetilglutaril-CoA Redutases/farmacologia , Células Cultivadas , Sinergismo Farmacológico , Fatores de Tempo
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Cell Microbiol ; 10(3): 606-17, 2008 Mar.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-17979982

RESUMO

Virus entry is a major step in which host-cell lipids can play an essential role. In this report, we investigated the importance of sphingolipids in hepatitis C virus (HCV) entry. For this purpose, sphingomyelin present in the plasma membrane of target cells was hydrolysed into ceramide by sphingomyelinase treatment. Interestingly, ceramide enrichment of the plasma membrane strongly inhibited HCV entry. To understand how ceramide affected HCV entry, we analysed the effect of ceramide enrichment of the plasma membrane on three cell-surface molecules identified as entry factors for HCV: CD81 tetraspanin, scavenger receptor BI and Claudin-1. These proteins, which we found to be mainly associated with detergent-soluble membranes in Huh-7 cells, were not relocated in detergent-resistant microdomains after sphingomyelin hydrolysis into ceramide. Importantly, ceramide enrichment of the plasma membrane led to a 50% decrease in cell-surface CD81, which was due to its ATP-independent internalization. Our results strongly suggest that the ceramide-induced internalization of CD81 is responsible for the inhibitory effect of ceramide on HCV entry. Together, these data indicate that some specific lipids of the plasma membrane are essential for HCV entry and highlight plasma membrane lipids as potential targets to block HCV entry.


Assuntos
Antígenos CD/metabolismo , Membrana Celular/metabolismo , Ceramidas/metabolismo , Hepacivirus/fisiologia , Internalização do Vírus , Linhagem Celular , Claudina-1 , Humanos , Proteínas de Membrana/metabolismo , Receptores Depuradores Classe B/metabolismo , Esfingomielina Fosfodiesterase/metabolismo , Esfingomielinas/metabolismo , Tetraspanina 28
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J Innate Immun ; 11(4): 375-390, 2019.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-30799417

RESUMO

Type 1 diabetes (T1D) is an autoimmune disease characterized by islet inflammation and progressive pancreatic ß cell destruction. The disease is triggered by a combination of genetic and environmental factors, but the mechanisms leading to the triggering of early innate and late adaptive immunity and consequent progressive pancreatic ß cell death remain unclear. The insulin-producing ß cells are active secretory cells and are thus particularly sensitive to endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress. ER stress plays an important role in the pathologic pathway leading to autoimmunity, islet inflammation, and ß cell death. We show here that group B coxsackievirus (CVB) infection, a putative causative factor for T1D, induces a partial ER stress in rat and human ß cells. The activation of the PERK/ATF4/CHOP branch is blunted while the IRE1α branch leads to increased spliced XBP1 expression and c-Jun N-terminal kinase (JNK) activation. Interestingly, JNK1 activation is essential for CVB amplification in both human and rat ß cells. Furthermore, a chemically induced ER stress preceding viral infection increases viral replication, in a process dependent on IRE1α activation. Our findings show that CVB tailors the unfolded protein response in ß cells to support their replication, preferentially triggering the pro-viral IRE1α/XBP1s/JNK1 pathway while blocking the pro-apoptotic PERK/ATF4/CHOP pathway.


Assuntos
Infecções por Coxsackievirus/metabolismo , Diabetes Mellitus Tipo 1/metabolismo , Enterovirus Humano B/fisiologia , Células Secretoras de Insulina/imunologia , Resposta a Proteínas não Dobradas/imunologia , Animais , Linhagem Celular , Infecções por Coxsackievirus/imunologia , Diabetes Mellitus Tipo 1/imunologia , Endorribonucleases/genética , Endorribonucleases/metabolismo , Humanos , Evasão da Resposta Imune , Células Secretoras de Insulina/virologia , MAP Quinase Quinase 4/metabolismo , Complexos Multienzimáticos/genética , Complexos Multienzimáticos/metabolismo , Proteínas Serina-Treonina Quinases/genética , Proteínas Serina-Treonina Quinases/metabolismo , Ratos , Transdução de Sinais , Replicação Viral , Proteína 1 de Ligação a X-Box/genética , Proteína 1 de Ligação a X-Box/metabolismo
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Trends Endocrinol Metab ; 29(3): 137-139, 2018 03.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-29326001

RESUMO

Enteroviruses are important environmental contributors to islet inflammation (insulitis) in type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM). A recent study characterized the proteomic alterations induced by Coxsackievirus type B (CVB) infection of human islets. This provides relevant information to decipher the words of the virus-induced 'dialog' between ß cells and the immune system that leads to autoimmunity.


Assuntos
Infecções por Coxsackievirus/imunologia , Diabetes Mellitus Tipo 1/imunologia , Ilhotas Pancreáticas/imunologia , Humanos , Proteômica
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EBioMedicine ; 36: 367-375, 2018 Oct.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-30269996

RESUMO

BACKGROUND: Antibodies targeting PD-1 and its ligand PDL1 are used in cancer immunotherapy but may lead to autoimmune diseases, including type 1 diabetes (T1D). It remains unclear whether PDL1 is expressed in pancreatic islets of people with T1D and how is it regulated. METHODS: The expression of PDL1, IRF1, insulin and glucagon was evaluated in samples of T1D donors by immunofluorescence. Cytokine-induced PDL1 expression in the human beta cell line, EndoC-ßH1, and in primary human pancreatic islets was determined by real-time RT-PCR, flow cytometry and Western blot. Specific and previously validated small interference RNAs were used to inhibit STAT1, STAT2, IRF1 and JAK1 signaling. Key results were validated using the JAK inhibitor Ruxolitinib. FINDINGS: PDL1 was present in insulin-positive cells from twelve T1D individuals (6 living and 6 deceased donors) but absent from insulin-deficient islets or from the islets of six non-diabetic controls. Interferons-α and -γ, but not interleukin-1ß, induced PDL1 expression in vitro in human islet cells and EndoC-ßH1 cells. Silencing of STAT1 or STAT2 individually did not prevent interferon-α-induced PDL1, while blocking of JAKs - a proposed therapeutic strategy for T1D - or IRF1 prevented PDL1 induction. INTERPRETATION: These findings indicate that PDL1 is expressed in beta cells from people with T1D, possibly to attenuate the autoimmune assault, and that it is induced by both type I and II interferons via IRF1.


Assuntos
Antígeno B7-H1/genética , Diabetes Mellitus Tipo 1/genética , Diabetes Mellitus Tipo 1/metabolismo , Regulação da Expressão Gênica , Fator Regulador 1 de Interferon/metabolismo , Interferon-alfa/metabolismo , Interferon gama/metabolismo , Ilhotas Pancreáticas/metabolismo , Adolescente , Adulto , Biomarcadores , Linhagem Celular , Criança , Pré-Escolar , Humanos , Células Secretoras de Insulina/metabolismo , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Adulto Jovem
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Mol Cancer Ther ; 5(2): 391-9, 2006 Feb.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-16505114

RESUMO

Non-small cell lung cancers (NSCLC) are associated with very dismal prognoses, and adjuvant chemotherapy, including irinotecan, taxanes, platin, and Vinca alkaloid derivatives, offers patients only slight clinical benefits. Part of the chemoresistance of NSCLCs results from the constitutive or anticancer drug-induced activation of the nuclear factor-kappaB (NF-kappaB) signaling pathways. The present study shows that human A549 NSCLC cells display highly activated cytoprotective NF-kappaB signaling pathways. UNBS1450, which is a cardenolide belonging to the same class of chemicals as ouabain and digitoxin, affected the expression and activation status of different constituents of the NF-kappaB pathways in these A549 tumor cells. The modifications brought about by UNBS1450 led to a decrease in both the DNA-binding capacity of the p65 subunit and the NF-kappaB transcriptional activity. Using the 3-(4,5-dimethylthiazol-2yl)-dephenyltetrazolium bromide colorimetric assay, we observed in vitro that UNBS1450 was as potent as taxol and SN38 (the active metabolite of irinotecan) in reducing the overall growth levels of the human A549 NSCLC cell line, and was more efficient than platin derivatives, including cisplatin, carboplatin, and oxaliplatin. The chronic in vivo i.p. and p.o. UNBS1450 treatments of human A549 orthotopic xenografts metastasizing to the brains and the livers of immunodeficient mice had a number of significant therapeutic effects on this very aggressive model.


Assuntos
Antineoplásicos/farmacologia , Carcinoma Pulmonar de Células não Pequenas/metabolismo , Cardenolídeos/farmacologia , Citoproteção/efeitos dos fármacos , Neoplasias Pulmonares/metabolismo , NF-kappa B/metabolismo , Animais , Antineoplásicos/uso terapêutico , Carcinoma Pulmonar de Células não Pequenas/tratamento farmacológico , Cardenolídeos/uso terapêutico , DNA/metabolismo , Humanos , Neoplasias Pulmonares/tratamento farmacológico , Camundongos , Fator de Transcrição RelA/metabolismo , Transcrição Gênica , Regulação para Cima , Ensaios Antitumorais Modelo de Xenoenxerto
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Nat Rev Endocrinol ; 12(5): 263-273, 2016 05.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-27020257

RESUMO

Type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM) is caused by progressive autoimmune-mediated loss of pancreatic ß-cell mass via apoptosis. The onset of T1DM depends on environmental factors that interact with predisposing genes to induce an autoimmune assault against ß cells. Epidemiological, clinical and pathology studies in humans support viral infection--particularly by enteroviruses (for example, coxsackievirus)--as an environmental trigger for the development of T1DM. Many candidate genes for T1DM, such as MDA5, PTPN2 and TYK2, regulate antiviral responses in both ß cells and the immune system. Cellular permissiveness to viral infection is modulated by innate antiviral responses that vary among different tissues or cell types. Some data indicate that pancreatic islet α cells trigger a more efficient antiviral response to infection with diabetogenic viruses than do ß cells, and so are able to eradicate viral infections without undergoing apoptosis. This difference could account for the varying ability of islet-cell subtypes to clear viral infections and explain why chronically infected pancreatic ß cells, but not α cells, are targeted by an autoimmune response and killed during the development of T1DM. These issues and attempts to target viral infection as a preventive therapy for T1DM are discussed in the present Review.


Assuntos
Diabetes Mellitus Tipo 1/complicações , Diabetes Mellitus Tipo 1/patologia , Células Secretoras de Insulina/patologia , Viroses/complicações , Viroses/patologia , Animais , Diabetes Mellitus Tipo 1/genética , Diabetes Mellitus Tipo 1/prevenção & controle , Humanos , Viroses/genética
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Diabetes ; 64(11): 3808-17, 2015 Nov.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-26239055

RESUMO

Pancreatic ß-cells are destroyed by an autoimmune attack in type 1 diabetes. Linkage and genome-wide association studies point to >50 loci that are associated with the disease in the human genome. Pathway analysis of candidate genes expressed in human islets identified a central role for interferon (IFN)-regulated pathways and tyrosine kinase 2 (TYK2). Polymorphisms in the TYK2 gene predicted to decrease function are associated with a decreased risk of developing type 1 diabetes. We presently evaluated whether TYK2 plays a role in human pancreatic ß-cell apoptosis and production of proinflammatory mediators. TYK2-silenced human ß-cells exposed to polyinosinic-polycitidilic acid (PIC) (a mimick of double-stranded RNA produced during viral infection) showed less type I IFN pathway activation and lower production of IFNα and CXCL10. These cells also had decreased expression of major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class I proteins, a hallmark of early ß-cell inflammation in type 1 diabetes. Importantly, TYK2 inhibition prevented PIC-induced ß-cell apoptosis via the mitochondrial pathway of cell death. The present findings suggest that TYK2 regulates apoptotic and proinflammatory pathways in pancreatic ß-cells via modulation of IFNα signaling, subsequent increase in MHC class I protein, and modulation of chemokines such as CXCL10 that are important for recruitment of T cells to the islets.


Assuntos
Apoptose/genética , Diabetes Mellitus Tipo 1/genética , Imunidade Inata/genética , Células Secretoras de Insulina/metabolismo , TYK2 Quinase/genética , Apoptose/imunologia , Linhagem Celular , Sobrevivência Celular/genética , Quimiocina CXCL10/genética , Quimiocina CXCL10/metabolismo , Diabetes Mellitus Tipo 1/metabolismo , Genes MHC Classe I/fisiologia , Estudo de Associação Genômica Ampla , Humanos , Células Secretoras de Insulina/imunologia , Interferon-alfa/genética , Interferon-alfa/metabolismo , Fosforilação , Polimorfismo de Nucleotídeo Único , TYK2 Quinase/metabolismo
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Elife ; 4: e06990, 2015 Jun 10.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-26061776

RESUMO

Type 1 diabetes (T1D) is an autoimmune disease caused by loss of pancreatic ß cells via apoptosis while neighboring α cells are preserved. Viral infections by coxsackieviruses (CVB) may contribute to trigger autoimmunity in T1D. Cellular permissiveness to viral infection is modulated by innate antiviral responses, which vary among different cell types. We presently describe that global gene expression is similar in cytokine-treated and virus-infected human islet cells, with up-regulation of gene networks involved in cell autonomous immune responses. Comparison between the responses of rat pancreatic α and ß cells to infection by CVB5 and 4 indicate that α cells trigger a more efficient antiviral response than ß cells, including higher basal and induced expression of STAT1-regulated genes, and are thus better able to clear viral infections than ß cells. These differences may explain why pancreatic ß cells, but not α cells, are targeted by an autoimmune response during T1D.


Assuntos
Infecções por Coxsackievirus/imunologia , Infecções por Coxsackievirus/virologia , Células Secretoras de Glucagon/imunologia , Células Secretoras de Glucagon/virologia , Imunidade Inata , Células Secretoras de Insulina/imunologia , Células Secretoras de Insulina/virologia , Animais , Perfilação da Expressão Gênica , Regulação da Expressão Gênica , Humanos , Ratos Wistar
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Vet J ; 196(3): 381-7, 2013 Jun.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-23159676

RESUMO

Parvoviruses depend on initiation of host cell division for their replication. Undefined parvoviral proteins have been detected in Purkinje cells of the cerebellum after experimental feline panleukopenia virus (FPV) infection of neonatal kittens and in naturally occurring cases of feline cerebellar hypoplasia. In this study, a parvoviral protein in the nucleus of Purkinje cells of kittens with cerebellar hypoplasia was shown by immunoprecipitation to be the FPV viral capsid protein VP2. In PCR-confirmed, FPV-associated feline cerebellar hypoplasia, expression of the FPV VP2 protein was demonstrated by immunohistochemistry in Purkinje cell nuclei in 4/10 cases and expression of the FPV non-structural protein NS1 was demonstrated in Purkinje cell nuclei in 5/10 cases. Increased nuclear ERK1 expression was observed in several Purkinje cells in 1/10 kittens. No expression of the G1 and S mitotic phase marker proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA) was evident in Purkinje cell nuclei. These results support the hypothesis that FPV is able to proceed far into its replication cycle in post-mitotic Purkinje cells.


Assuntos
Doenças do Gato/virologia , Cerebelo/anormalidades , Vírus da Panleucopenia Felina/metabolismo , Regulação Viral da Expressão Gênica/fisiologia , Malformações do Sistema Nervoso/veterinária , Células de Purkinje/virologia , Proteínas Virais/metabolismo , Animais , Anticorpos Monoclonais , Anticorpos Antivirais , Especificidade de Anticorpos , Doenças do Gato/patologia , Gatos , Cerebelo/citologia , Cerebelo/metabolismo , Cerebelo/virologia , Deficiências do Desenvolvimento/metabolismo , Deficiências do Desenvolvimento/virologia , Vírus da Panleucopenia Felina/genética , Imuno-Histoquímica/veterinária , Malformações do Sistema Nervoso/metabolismo , Malformações do Sistema Nervoso/virologia , Proteínas Virais/genética
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J Biol Chem ; 280(9): 7793-9, 2005 Mar 04.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-15632171

RESUMO

The scavenger receptor class B type I (SR-BI) has recently been shown to interact with hepatitis C virus (HCV) envelope glycoprotein E2, suggesting that it might be involved at some step of HCV entry into host cells. However, due to the absence of a cell culture system to efficiently amplify HCV, it is not clear how SR-BI contributes to HCV entry. Here, we sought to determine how high density lipoproteins (HDLs), the natural ligand of SR-BI, affect HCV entry. By using the recently described infectious HCV pseudotyped particles (HCVpps) that display functional E1E2 glycoprotein complexes, we showed that HDLs are able to markedly enhance HCVpp entry. We did not find any evidence of HDL association with HCVpps, suggesting that HCVpps do not enter into target cells using HDL as a carrier to bind to its receptor. Interestingly, lipid-free apoA-I and apoA-II, the major HDL apolipoproteins, were unable to enhance HCVpp infectivity. In addition, drugs inhibiting HDL cholesteryl transfer (block lipid transport (BLT)-2 and BLT-4) reduced HDL enhancement of HCVpp entry, suggesting a role for lipid transfer in facilitating HCVpp entry. Importantly, silencing of SR-BI expression in target cells by RNA interference markedly reduced HDL-mediated enhancement of HCVpp entry. Finally, enhancement of HCVpp entry was also suppressed when the SR-BI binding region on HCV glycoprotein E2 was deleted. Altogether, these data indicate that HDL-mediated enhancement of HCVpp entry involves a complex interplay between SR-BI, HDL, and HCV envelope glycoproteins, and they highlight the active role of HDLs in HCV entry.


Assuntos
Hepacivirus/metabolismo , Lipoproteínas HDL/metabolismo , Receptores Imunológicos/metabolismo , Proteínas do Envelope Viral/química , Antígenos CD36 , Linhagem Celular , Centrifugação com Gradiente de Concentração , Relação Dose-Resposta a Droga , Regulação para Baixo , Inativação Gênica , Glicoproteínas/química , Humanos , Imunoprecipitação , Ligantes , Lipídeos/química , Lipoproteínas HDL/química , Ligação Proteica , Interferência de RNA , RNA Interferente Pequeno/metabolismo , Receptores Depuradores , Receptores Depuradores Classe B , Sacarose/farmacologia , Proteínas do Envelope Viral/metabolismo
19.
Rev Med Virol ; 13(4): 233-41, 2003.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-12820185

RESUMO

Hepatitis C virus encodes two envelope glycoproteins, E1 and E2, that are released from a polyprotein precursor after cleavage by host signal peptidase(s). These proteins contain a large N-terminal ectodomain and a C-terminal transmembrane domain, and they assemble as a noncovalent heterodimer. The transmembrane domains of hepatitis C virus envelope glycoproteins have been shown to be multifunctional: (1) they are membrane anchors, (2) they bear ER retention signals, (3) they contain a signal sequence function, and (4) they are involved in E1-E2 heterodimerisation. Due to these multiple functions, the topology adopted by these transmembrane domains has given rise to much controversy. They are less than 30 amino acid residues long and are composed of two stretches of hydrophobic residues separated by a short segment containing one or two fully conserved positively charged residues. The presence of a signal sequence function in the C-terminal half of the transmembrane domains of E1 and E2 had suggested that these domains are composed of two membrane spanning segments. However, the two hydrophobic stretches are too short to make two membrane spanning alpha-helices. These discrepancies can now be explained by a dynamic model, based on experimental data, describing the early steps of the biogenesis of hepatitis C virus envelope glycoproteins. In this model, the transmembrane domains of E1 and E2 form a hairpin structure before cleavage by a signal peptidase, and a reorientation of the second hydrophobic stretch occurs after cleavage to produce a single membrane spanning domain.


Assuntos
Hepacivirus/química , Proteínas do Envelope Viral/química , Sequência de Aminoácidos , Dimerização , Hepacivirus/genética , Hepacivirus/metabolismo , Modelos Moleculares , Dados de Sequência Molecular , Estrutura Terciária de Proteína , Proteínas do Envelope Viral/genética , Proteínas do Envelope Viral/metabolismo
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J Virol ; 78(22): 12591-602, 2004 Nov.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-15507646

RESUMO

The immature flavivirus particle contains two envelope proteins, prM and E, that are associated as a heterodimer. Virion morphogenesis of the flaviviruses occurs in association with endoplasmic reticulum (ER) membranes, suggesting that there should be accumulation of the virion components in this compartment. This also implies that ER localization signals must be present in the flavivirus envelope proteins. In this work, we looked for potential subcellular localization signals in the yellow fever virus envelope proteins. Confocal immunofluorescence analysis of the subcellular localization of the E protein in yellow fever virus-infected cells indicated that this protein accumulates in the ER. Similar results were obtained with cells expressing only prM and E. Chimeric proteins containing the ectodomain of CD4 or CD8 fused to the transmembrane domains of prM or E were constructed, and their subcellular localization was studied by confocal immunofluorescence and by analyzing the maturation of their associated glycans. Although a small fraction was detected in the ER-to-Golgi intermediate and Golgi compartments, these chimeric proteins were located mainly in the ER. The C termini of prM and E form two antiparallel transmembrane alpha-helices. Interestingly, the first transmembrane passage contains enough information for ER localization. Taken altogether, these data indicate that, besides their role as membrane anchors, the transmembrane domains of yellow fever virus envelope proteins are ER retention signals. In addition, our data show that the mechanisms of ER retention of the flavivirus and hepacivirus envelope proteins are different.


Assuntos
Retículo Endoplasmático/metabolismo , Proteínas do Envelope Viral/metabolismo , Vírus da Febre Amarela/química , Sequência de Aminoácidos , Antígenos CD4/análise , Membrana Celular/química , Células HeLa , Humanos , Dados de Sequência Molecular , Proteínas Recombinantes de Fusão/análise , Proteínas do Envelope Viral/química
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