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ARCHIVES OF VIROLOGY
卷 146, 期 9, 页码 1655-1666出版社
SPRINGER WIEN
DOI: 10.1007/s007050170054
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To investigate whether the tumor suppressor p53 protein, an indicator of DNA damage and cell stress, accumulates in the course of influenza-virus-induced murine pneumonia at the site of inflammation, female BALB/c mice were infected each with 5 x 10(4) infectious units of influenza virus A, strain Puerto Rico (PR) 8, by instillation into the nose and the pharynx. Two days later the mice became sick. Three and 6 days after infection the lungs of sacrificed infected and uninfected mice were examined. We assessed the presence and localisation of inflammation, the expression of influenza viral and p53 protein, as well as of the WAF1/Cip1/SDI gene product p21. Further, the appearance of nitrotyrosine, as an indicator of the formation of peroxynitrite, and eventually of apoptotic cells was examined. No significant nuclear p53 accumulation was found in influenza virus-infected murine cells in vitro. The results show, that in the course of influenza A virus-mediated murine pneumonia inflammatory bystander cells may cause activation of the tumor suppressor protein p53, due to oxidative stress and DNA damage, with ensuing p53-dependent upregulation of p21. Apoptosis is then mainly due to these indirect processes, with possible involvement of p53.
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