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PULMONARY PHARMACOLOGY & THERAPEUTICS
卷 33, 期 -, 页码 66-74出版社
ACADEMIC PRESS LTD- ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.pupt.2015.07.001
关键词
Airway epithelial cell; Camostat; Cell culture; Influenza; Interleukin; Serine protease
资金
- Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) [25293189]
- Ono Yakuhin Co., Ltd.
- Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research [25293189] Funding Source: KAKEN
Background: Serine proteases act through the proteolytic cleavage of the hemagglutinin (HA) of influenza viruses for the entry of influenza virus into cells, resulting in infection. However, the inhibitory effects of serine protease inhibitors on influenza virus infection of human airway epithelial cells, and on their production of inflammatory cytokines are unclear. Methods: Primary cultures of human tracheal epithelial cells were treated with four types of serine protease inhibitors, including camostat, and infected with A/Sendai-H/108/2009/(H1N1) pdm09 or A/New York/55/20 04(H3N2). Results: Camostat reduced the amounts of influenza viruses in the supernatants and viral RNA in the cells. It reduced the cleavage of an influenza virus precursor protein, HAO, into the subunit HA1. Camostat also reduced the concentrations of the cytokines interleukin (IL)-6 and tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-alpha in the supernatants. Gabexate and aprotinin reduced the viral titers and RNA levels in the cells, and aprotinin reduced the concentrations of TNF-alpha in the supernatants. The proteases transmembrane protease serine Si member (TMPRSS) 2 and HAT (human trypsin-like protease: TMPRSS11D), which are known to cleave HAO and to activate the virus, were detected at the cell membrane and in the cytoplasm. mRNA encoding TMPRSS2, TMPRSS4 and TMPRSS11D was detectable in the cells, and the expression levels were not affected by camostat. Conclusions: These findings suggest that human airway epithelial cells express these serine proteases and that serine protease inhibitors, especially camostat, may reduce influenza viral replication and the resultant production of inflammatory cytokines possibly through inhibition of activities of these proteases. (C) 2015 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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