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JOURNAL OF VIROLOGY
卷 86, 期 23, 页码 12531-12543出版社
AMER SOC MICROBIOLOGY
DOI: 10.1128/JVI.01136-12
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- Major State Basic Research Development Program (973 Program) [2012CB518900, 2009CB522506]
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [81171525]
- National Mega Project on Major Infectious Diseases Prevention [2012ZX10002006-003, 2012ZX10004-207]
- National Mega Project on Major Drug Development [2011ZX09401-302-1]
- Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities [1102001]
- International Science and Technology Cooperation Program of China [2011DFA31030]
- Specialized Research Fund for the Doctoral Program of Higher Education [20090141110033]
Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection is associated with numerous liver diseases and causes serious global health problems, but the mechanisms underlying the pathogenesis of HCV infections remain largely unknown. In this study, we demonstrate that signal transducer and activator of transcription 3 (STAT3), matrix metalloproteinase-2 (MMP-2), and B-cell lymphoma 2 (Bcl-2) are significantly stimulated in HCV-infected patients. We further show that HCV activates STAT3, MMP-2, Bcl-2, extracellular regulated protein kinase (ERK), and c-Jun N-terminal kinase (JNK) in infected Huh7.5.1 cells. Functional screening of HCV proteins revealed that nonstructural protein 4B (NS4B) is responsible for the activation of MMP-2 and Bcl-2 by stimulating STAT3 through repression of the suppressor of cytokine signaling 3 (SOCS3). Our results also demonstrate that multiple signaling cascades, including several members of the protein kinase C (PKC) family, JNK, ERK, and STAT3, play critical roles in the activation of MMP-2 and Bcl-2 mediated by NS4B. Further studies revealed that the C-terminal domain (CTD) of NS4B is sufficient for the activation of STAT3, JNK, ERK, MMP-2, and Bcl-2. We also show that amino acids 227 to 250 of NS4B are essential for regulation of STAT3, JNK, ERK, MMP-2, and Bcl-2, and among them, three residues (237L, 239S, and 245L) are crucial for this regulation. Thus, we reveal a novel mechanism underlying HCV pathogenesis in which multiple intracellular signaling cascades are cooperatively involved in the activation of two important cellular factors, MMP-2 and Bcl-2, in response to HCV infection.
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