防御素在抗病毒免疫中的作用

防御素是由粒性白细胞和上皮细胞产生、富含半胱氨酸的内源性抗微生物肽。越来越多的证据表明防御素在抗病毒免疫中发挥重要作用,包括抗病毒作用和免疫调节。深入理解防御素在抗病毒免疫中的作用有助于预防和治疗病毒病。因此。该文重点综述防御素的抗病毒活性和免疫调节作用。     

抗菌肽构效关系及其表达策略研究进展

抗菌肽(antim icrobial peptides)是一类具有抗菌活性短肽的总称,广泛分布于原核生物与包括人类在内的真核生物体内,是宿主免疫防御系统中的重要组成部分。研究表明,抗菌肽除具有抗病毒、抗细菌、抗真菌作用外,还具有抗肿瘤作用。现从抗菌肽的结构特点与抗菌机制出发,对其构效关系及表达策略进行综述。     

肽抗生素，控制感染的新希望

传统的抗生素都是由霉菌产生的 ,霉菌是寻找抗生素的传统领域。然而 ,新近的研究表明 ,动物、植物和人体的基因组中也有编码抗生素的基因。这些基因编码的多为一些短肽 ,富含带阳离子的氨基酸残基 ,称为肽抗生素 (ｐｅｐｔｉｄｅａｎｔｉｂｉｏｔｉｃｓ)或抗微生物肽 (ａｎｔｉｍｉｃｒｏｂｉａｌｐｅｐｔｉｄｅ) [1] 。肽抗生素和干扰素、补体等一样是宿主免疫防御系统的重要组成部分。因肽抗生素具有抗菌活性强 ,抗菌广谱性等特点 ,其研究受到广泛重视。1.肽抗生素的特点及其分类肽抗生素在自然界中广泛存在 ,代表宿主防御系统进化的古老…     

抗菌肽及其功能研究

抗菌肽是近年来发现的广泛存在于自然界的一类阳离子抗菌活性肽,越来越多的证据表明它们在宿主先天性免疫和适应性免疫中有着重要的作用。对抗菌肽的研究正不断深入。本文先从抗菌肽研究的历史背景出发,简要介绍了抗菌肽的一般特性;然后从抗菌肽的直接抗菌活性和免疫调节功能这两个方面重点阐述其在宿主防御过程中的作用,最后对抗菌肽的临床应用及前景做了一个概述。     

抗菌肽的作用机制、生物活性及应用研究进展

抗菌肽广泛存在于生物界,是辅助生物机体抵抗外来病原体入侵的重要防御分子。抗菌肽不仅能抑制、杀灭多种细菌,而且具有抗真菌、抗寄生虫、抗病毒、抗肿瘤和免疫调节等生物学活性。抗菌肽的作用机制与传统抗生素不同,不仅具有广谱抗微生物作用,而且不易诱导机体产生耐药性,因此,在治疗临床耐药菌株方面具有极大的开发潜力。     

乳蛋白生物活性肽的序列及其功能

乳蛋白经消化产生的肽类除了具有营养作用外,还具有多种生物活性,包括阿片肽和阿片拮抗肽活性及免疫调节,抗高血压、抗血栓、抗菌抗病毒,促进矿质元素吸收,防止腹泻等作用。本文对近几年发现的乳蛋白生物活性肽的序列结构及功能做了综述。     

Viperin抑制黄病毒属感染作用机制研究进展

Viperin是近年来发现的具有重要免疫活性的宿主蛋白之一,其在细胞内的表达在病毒感染或干扰素诱导后明显上升,显示出广泛的抗病毒活性。已证实它可以影响许多囊膜病毒在宿主细胞中的组装和释放,但在不同的病毒中所表现的具体抗病毒活性不同。黄病毒属病毒为单股正链具囊膜的RNA病毒,该种属病毒具有相似的结构特征。Viperin蛋白可以抑制多数黄病毒在细胞中的复制。就Viperin抗几种黄病毒属病毒作用机制进行综述,为相关研究提供参考。     

防御素在免疫中的作用

哺乳动物的防御素是在体内形成的一种小分子杭菌性阳离子肽,是天然免疫中的一种类似抗生素的效应物质。防御素利用树突细胞和T细胞上的趋化因子受体,在微生物侵入后的获得性免疫调节上超重要作用。它也有一定的免疫佐剂活性。本文叙述了各种具有抗菌活性的防御素或抗菌肽的各项免疫活性。     

水溶性甘草多糖的分离纯化、结构及生物活性研究进展

甘草是广泛使用的中药材之一.甘草中含有多种活性物质,甘草多糖作为主要的活性大分子,具有抗肿瘤、抗病毒、抗氧化、抗补体以及免疫调节等生物活性.本文对近年来水溶性甘草多糖的分离纯化、结构解析以及生物活性研究的最新进展进行综述.     

哺乳动物β-防御素研究进展

哺乳动物β-防御素是一类小分子的阳离子抗菌多肽。其具有独特的抗菌机制和广谱抗菌、抗病毒活性,同时还可作为免疫调节剂来激活与调节机体的免疫系统,在医药开发或是动植物抗病育种等方面都具有很好的应用前景。就哺乳动物β-防御素的分布、分子结构、生物学活性、作用机制及其应用等方面的研究作一综述。     

肠道病毒调控固有免疫的分子机制研究进展

肠道病毒属于小核糖核酸病毒科,包括脊髓灰质炎病毒等多种重要人类病原体,已成为全球公共卫生安全的重大威胁之一。固有免疫是机体早期抵御病毒感染的重要防线。不同肠道病毒在进化中已经具备了多种途径躲避免疫识别或诱导固有免疫系统失活。本文重点对肠道病毒调控宿主固有免疫的相关分子机制进行综述,系统整理了肠道病毒逃避干扰素依赖与干扰素非依赖的抗病毒固有免疫防御的分子特征与作用规律,为肠道病毒致病机制的探究和抗病毒药物的研发提供参考。     

Effect of Cecropin B and a Synthetic Analogue on Propagation of Fish Viruses In Vitro

Abstract Cecropins and other natural antimicrobial peptides are widely distributed in animals from insects to mammals. These proteins have been shown to be major constituents of the innate immune systems of animals for nonspecific defense of the host against various bacteria and parasites. Therefore, exploitation of this natural innate defense system may lead to the development of effective methods for protecting fish from invasion by microbial pathogens. Recently, we have demonstrated that the introduction of cecropin transgenes into Japanese medaka (Oryzias latipes) conferred resistance to infection by fish bacterial pathogens. Aside from a few reports documenting the antiviral effect of antimicrobial peptides including cecropins against mammalian viruses, there is no evidence for the effect of these peptides against fish viruses. In this article we present results of in vitro characterization of native cecropin B and a synthetic analogue, CF17, against several important fish viral pathogens—namely, infectious hematopoietic necrosis virus (IHNV), viral hemorrhagic septicemia virus (VHSV), snakehead rhabdovirus (SHRV), and infectious pancreatic necrosis virus (IPNV). Upon coincubation of these peptides and viruses, the viral titers yielded in fish cells were reduced from several fold to 104-fold. Direct disruption of the viral envelope and disintegration of the viral capsids may be involved in the inhibition of viral replication by the peptides. Results of our studies demonstrate the potential of manipulating antimicrobial peptide genes by transgenesis to combat viral infection in fish.     

Defensins in innate antiviral immunity

Defensins are small antimicrobial peptides that are produced by leukocytes and epithelial cells, and that have an important role in innate immunity. Recent advances in understanding the mechanisms of the antiviral action(s) of defensins indicate that they have a dual role in antiviral defence, acting directly on the virion and on the host cell. This Review focuses on the antiviral activities and mechanisms of action of mammalian defensins, and on the clinical relevance of these activities. Understanding the complex function of defensins in innate immunity against viral infection has implications for the prevention and treatment of viral disease.     

病毒感染引起的炎症反应：宿主对抗病毒的“双刃剑”

先天性免疫系统作为宿主抵抗外来病原入侵的第一道防线,也是最迅速的防御系统。宿主先天性免疫系统中的模式识别受体识别入侵信号并激活炎症信号通路,诱导产生大量促炎性细胞因子,引起炎症反应。病毒感染是激活炎症反应的条件之一,诱导机体产生强烈的免疫应答,强大的炎症反应调控网络在宿主抗病毒过程中发挥关键作用,以维持机体的平衡。本文综述了病毒感染引起的炎症反应,重点介绍了宿主对炎症反应的调控网络,以及DNA和RNA病毒对炎症反应的调节机制,为病毒感染引起的免疫性疾病的治疗提供参考。     

Maneuvering for advantage: the genetics of mouse susceptibility to virus infection

Genetic studies of host susceptibility to infection contribute to our understanding of an organism's response to pathogens at the immunological, cellular, and molecular levels. In this review we describe how the study of host genetics in mouse models has helped our understanding of host defense mechanisms against viral infection, and how this knowledge can be extended to human infections. We focus especially on the innate mechanisms that function as the host's first line of defense against infection. We also discuss the main issues that confront this field, as well as its future.     

Viral induction and suppression of RNA silencing in plants

RNA silencing in plants and insects can function as a defence mechanism against invading viruses. RNA silencing-based antiviral defence entails the production of virus-derived small interfering RNAs which guide specific antiviral effector complexes to inactivate viral genomes. As a response to this defence system, viruses have evolved viral suppressors of RNA silencing (VSRs) to overcome the host defence. VSRs can act on various steps of the different silencing pathways. Viral infection can have a profound impact on the host endogenous RNA silencing regulatory pathways; alterations of endogenous short RNA expression profile and gene expression are often associated with viral infections and their symptoms. Here we discuss our current understanding of the main steps of RNA-silencing responses to viral invasion in plants and the effects of VSRs on endogenous pathways. This article is part of a Special Issue entitled: MicroRNAs in viral gene regulation.     

Staphylococcal resistance to antimicrobial peptides of mammalian and bacterial origin

Antimicrobial host defense peptides, such as defensins, protegrins, and platelet microbicidal proteins are deployed by mammalian skin, epithelia, phagocytes, and platelets in response to Staphylococcus aureus infection. In addition, staphylococcal products with similar structures and activities, called bacteriocins, inhibit competing microorganisms. Staphylococci have developed resistance mechanisms, which are either highly specific for certain host defense peptides or bacteriocins or which broadly protect against a range of cationic antimicrobial peptides. Experimental infection models can be used to study the molecular mechanisms of antimicrobial peptides, the peptide resistance strategies of S. aureus, and the therapeutic potential of peptides in staphylococcal diseases.     

植物抗病毒分子机制

在与植物病毒的长期斗争中,植物进化出多种抗病毒机制,其中RNA沉默和R基因介导的病毒抗性是最受人们关注的两种机制.一方面,RNA沉默是植物抵抗病毒侵染的重要手段.植物在病毒侵染过程中可形成病毒来源的双链RNA,经过DCL蛋白的切割、加工形成sRNA,与AGO蛋白结合形成RISC指导病毒RNA的沉默,用于清除病毒.相应地,病毒在与植物的竞争中进化出RNA沉默抑制子,抑制宿主RNA沉默系统以逃避宿主RNA沉默抗病毒反应,增强致病能力.另一方面,植物也进化出R基因介导植物对包括病毒在内的多类病原的抗性.R蛋白直接或间接识别病毒因子,通过一系列的信号转导途径激活植物防御反应,限制病毒的进一步侵染.对植物抗病毒的研究有助于人们对植物抗病分子基础的理解,有重要的科学意义和潜在应用价值.本文综述了植物抗病毒分子机制的重要进展.