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MICROBES AND INFECTION
Volume 16, Issue 3, Pages 178-186Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.micinf.2013.11.003
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Pandemic influenza A (H1N1) virus; Apoptosis; Bax; Fas; MAPK; Viral replication
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It is not well-known whether apoptosis signaling affects influenza virus infection and reproduction in human lung epithelial cells. Using A549 cell line, we studied the relationship of some apoptosis-associated molecules with novel pandemic influenza A (H1N1) virus, A/California/04/2009. Infected cells displayed upregulated Fas ligand, activated FADD and caspase-8, and downregulated FLIP in the extrinsic apoptotic pathway. p53 expression increased and Bcl-X-L, expression decreased in the intrinsic pathway. Expression of pre-apoptotic molecules (FasL, FADD, and p53) increased virus replication, while inhibition of activity of FADD, caspase-8 and caspase-3, and expression of anti-apoptotic proteins (FLIP and Bcl-X-L) decreased virus replication. p38, ERK and INK from MAPK pathways were activated in infected cells, and inhibition with their inhibitors diminished virus replication. In the p38 superfamily, p38 alpha expression increased viral RNA production, while expression of p38 beta and p38 gamma decreased. These data indicated that influenza virus induces apoptotic signaling pathways, which benefit virus replication. Published by Elsevier Masson SAS on behalf of Institut Pasteur.
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