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JOURNAL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES
卷 181, 期 3, 页码 1121-1128出版社
OXFORD UNIV PRESS INC
DOI: 10.1086/315330
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Leishmania infection causes marked down-regulation of interferon (IFN)-gamma-induced gene activity in macrophages, but the mechanism of the blockade has not been fully defined. The IFN-gamma signal transduction pathway was analyzed in Leishmania donovani-infected phorbol-differentiated U937 human promonocytic cells. IFN-gamma stimulation induced marked phosphorylation of its own receptor (IFN-gamma R)-alpha chain. Phosphorylation of the receptor subunit was significantly inhibited after 24 h of infection with the parasite, apparently because of decreased amounts of the receptor subunit, Formation of the IFN-gamma R complex, as assessed by tyrosine phosphorylation and association of Jak2, was strongly inhibited in cells infected for 24 h, Inhibition of the IFN-gamma R complex formation correlated with inhibition of STAT1 alpha binding to the IFN-gamma response region. Pretreatment with purified parasite lipophosphoglycan before IFN-gamma stimulation had no effect on tyrosine phosphorylation. Thus, inhibition of tyrosine phosphorylation of the IFN-gamma R-alpha chain and subsequent signal transduction are most likely due to the decreased amount of IFN-gamma R-alpha protein after infection.
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