病毒攻击泛素蛋白酶体逃逸先天免疫的策略

泛素蛋白酶体水解途径是蛋白质的选择性降解中一种非常重要的机制,它通过选择性地降解蛋白质控制着体内许多重要的生物学过程。病毒侵染宿主细胞后,细胞的泛素蛋白酶体途径与一些重要的病毒蛋白相互作用,参与调节病毒的生命周期。同时,病毒的某些蛋白也会影响泛素蛋白酶体途径,以逃避宿主的防御机制。     

Insights into a Viral Lytic Pathway from an Archaeal Virus-Host System

Archaeal host cells infected by Sulfolobus turreted icosahedral virus (STIV) and Sulfolobus islandicus rod-shaped virus 2 (SIRV2) produce unusual pyramid-like structures on the cell surface prior to virus-induced cell lysis. This viral lysis process is distinct from known viral lysis processes associated with bacterial or eukaryal viruses. The STIV protein C92 and the SIRV2 protein 98 are the only viral proteins required for the formation of the pyramid lysis structures of STIV and SIRV2, respectively. Since SIRV2 and STIV have fundamentally different morphotypes and genome sequences, it is surprising that they share this lysis system. In this study, we have constructed a collection of C92/P98 chimeric proteins and tested their abilities, both in the context of virus replication and alone, to form pyramid lysis structures in S. solfataricus. The results of this study illustrate that these proteins are functionally homologous when expressed as individual chimeric proteins but not when expressed in the context of complete STIV infection.     

Structure of Hepatitis E Virion-sized Particle Reveals an RNA-dependent Viral Assembly Pathway

Hepatitis E virus (HEV) induces acute hepatitis in humans with a high fatality rate in pregnant women. There is a need for anti-HEV research to understand the assembly process of HEV native capsid. Here, we produced a large virion-sized and a small T=1 capsid by expressing the HEV capsid protein in insect cells with and without the N-terminal 111 residues, respectively, for comparative structural analysis. The virion-sized capsid demonstrates a T=3 icosahedral lattice and contains RNA fragment in contrast to the RNA-free T=1 capsid. However, both capsids shared common decameric organization. The in vitro assembly further demonstrated that HEV capsid protein had the intrinsic ability to form decameric intermediate. Our data suggest that RNA binding is the extrinsic factor essential for the assembly of HEV native capsids.     

视网膜母细胞瘤结合蛋白6真核表达载体的构建及其对NF-κB信号通路的影响简

目的：研究视网膜母细胞瘤结合蛋白6（RbBP6）对TNF-α激活的NF-KB转录活性的影响。方法：构建RbBP6的真核表达载体并在293T细胞中过表达,或利用RNA干扰技术敲低RbBP6的表达,采用NF-KB双萤光素酶报告系统检测RbBP6对TNF-α激活的NF-KB转录活性的影响。结果：过表达RbBP6对NF-KB转录活性无明显影响,而瞬时干扰RbBP6能够明显抑制NF-KB的转录活性。结论：实验结果提示RbBP6在NF-KB信号通路中可能发挥重要调控作用。     

Interrelationships of Interferon and Immunity During Viral Infections

Interferon is one determinant of host resistance. The immune responses, cellular or humoral, are other components. Cell-mediated responses appear to be involved in host resistance to certain viral infections, particularly the herpesvirus group and vaccinia virus. It is suggested that immune and interferon responses may complement one another and contribute to host resistance. The relative importance of each component depends upon the virus-host interaction. Finally, evidence has been presented which suggests that production of interferon as a result of antigen-sensitized cell interaction may further link these two components of the host response.     

Intrinsic Immunity Shapes Viral Resistance of Stem Cells

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Metabolic Induction of Trained Immunity through the Mevalonate Pathway

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