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JOURNAL OF VIROLOGY
Volume 79, Issue 22, Pages 13875-13881Publisher
AMER SOC MICROBIOLOGY
DOI: 10.1128/JVI.79.22.13875-13881.2005
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- Canadian Institutes of Health Research [63854-1, 64358-1] Funding Source: Medline
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Stress-activated protein kinases (SAPKs), consisting of c-jun N-terminal kinase (JNK) and p38 mitogenactivated protein kinase (p38 MAPK), are activated upon various environmental stimuli, including viral infections. Cellular survival and death signaling events following coxsackievirus B3 (CVB3) infection have been studied in relationship to viral replication, but the role of SAPKs has not been scrutinized. In this study, we found that the phosphorylation of JNK1/2 and p38 MAPK was increased during active replication of CVB3 and that their phosphorylation was independent of CVB3-induced caspase activation or production of reactive oxygen species. The roles of these kinases in CVB3 infection were further evaluated using specific inhibitors: SP600125 for JNKI/2 and SB203580 for p38 MAPK. JNKI/2 inhibitors reduced CV133-induced phosphorylation of activating transcription factor 2, and the p38 MAPK inhibitor reduced CVB3-induced phosphorylation of heat shock protein 27. Although inhibition of these kinases by specific inhibitors did not affect CVB3 viral protein synthesis, inhibition of p38 MAPK but not of JNKI/2 resulted in significant reduction of viral progeny release, suppression of CVB3-induced cell death, and blockage of CV133-induced caspase-3 activation in infected cells. We conclude that SAPK pathways play critical roles in the life cycle of CVB3, particularly in viral progeny release.
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