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JOURNAL OF INTERFERON AND CYTOKINE RESEARCH
Volume 27, Issue 8, Pages 675-680Publisher
MARY ANN LIEBERT INC
DOI: 10.1089/jir.2007.0021
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The interferon-alpha (IFN-alpha)-inducible protein IFI44 is associated with hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection, and its function is unknown. We show here in two human melanoma cell lines (ME15 and D10) that transcription starts 4 h after induction, and peak protein levels are reached 24 h after stimulation. We show by immunofluorescence, viral overexpression, and cellular fractionation that IFI44 is a cytoplasmic protein. Overexpression of IFI44 cDNA induces an antiproliferative state in vitro, even in cells that are not responsive to IFN-alpha. IFI44 contains a perfect GTP binding site but has no homology to known GTPases or G proteins. Based on these results, we propose a model in which IFI44 binds intracellular GTP, and this depletion abolishes extracellular signal-regulated kinase (ERK) signaling and results finally in cell cycle arrest.
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