β—干扰及其临床应用

本文较全面地综述了β－干扰素国内外的研究现状和临床应用情况。首先介绍了β－干扰纱的来源、理化性质、基因定位、分子结构以及β－干扰素的受体,重点总结了β－干扰素生物学作用及当今国际市场上三种β－干扰素的研发思路和市场情况,同时介绍了几家制造厂家的产品在临床上的应用情况,由此可以看出,β－干扰素是近来开发的广泛用于病毒性感染、恶性肿瘤、多发性硬化症以及神经系统疾病的新型治疗药物。     

重组人干扰素α1b抗新型冠状病毒的基础和临床研究进展

干扰素是机体抗病毒的第一道天然防线,干扰素α1b是中国人干扰素家族中主要的抗病毒表达亚型。SARS-CoV-2通过多种途径抑制先天免疫关键分子干扰素的产生。已上市多年的重组人干扰素α1b显示出强大的体外抗SARS-CoV-2病毒活性。初步临床研究显示,包括重组人干扰素α1b在内的I型干扰素对COVID-19显示出积极的治疗和预防作用。全球多个国家正在开展干扰素治疗COVID-19的临床试验,我国自主知识产权的重组人干扰素α1b率先开展了验证性临床试验。     

玉米生物育种基础研究与关键技术

干扰素是机体抗病毒的第一道天然防线,干扰素α1b是中国人干扰素家族中主要的抗病毒表达亚型。SARS-CoV-2通过多种途径抑制先天免疫关键分子干扰素的产生。已上市多年的重组人干扰素α1b显示出强大的体外抗SARS-CoV-2病毒活性。初步临床研究显示,包括重组人干扰素α1b在内的I型干扰素对COVID-19显示出积极的治疗和预防作用。全球多个国家正在开展干扰素治疗COVID-19的临床试验,我国自主知识产权的重组人干扰素α1b率先开展了验证性临床试验。     

干扰素治疗肝纤维化的作用

干扰素治疗肝纤维化的作用余家宽白萍（安徽省芜湖市弋矶山医院传染科，２４１００１）（安徽省当涂县人民医院）干扰素具有多种生物作用，不仅具有抗病毒及免疫调节作用，而且对某些细胞有抑制作用，许多实验表明干扰素一定程度抑制成纤维细胞胶原合成。本文应用干扰素抗...     

干扰素

1957年,Isaacs等在研究流感病毒的干扰现象时,将灭活的流感病毒与鸡胚绒毛尿囊膜块一同培养,再用活的流感病毒攻击,发现病毒繁殖被抑制。说明灭活的流感病毒作用于细胞后,细胞产生了一种干扰病毒繁殖的物质,当时称此物质为干扰素。     

大剂量国产胸腺肽联合干扰素治疗慢性乙肝疗效及其机理初探

本文研究大剂量胸腺肽联合干扰素对慢性乙肝患者的治疗作用,发现胸腺肽联合干扰素治疗三个月后,患者的ＡＬＴ复常率、ＨＢｅＡｇ转阴率、ＨＢＶＤＮＡ阴转率和ＨＢＶＤＮＡ有效下降率分别为７６０％、４４０％、５６０％和９６０％。Ｔ淋巴细胞亚群分析结果表明,联合治疗后,患者外周血ＣＤ４＋淋巴细胞亚群上调,ＣＤ８＋亚群下调,二者比值趋于正常,说明国产胸腺肽联合干扰素治疗慢性乙肝的治疗机理与免疫调节作用有关。     

促进干扰素分泌酶有助肝炎治疗

日本东京都临床医学综合研究所藤田尚志研究员最近发现,一种名为“RIG-I”的酶可以促进干扰素的分泌,这一发现将有助于肝炎等疾病的治疗。正常情况下,人体组织或血清中不含干扰素,它是一种人体细胞在病毒、细菌及其产物的诱导下产生的可溶性糖蛋白,具有抗病毒、抗肿瘤和免疫调节作用。根据产生细胞类型等综合因素,干扰素可分为抗病毒干扰素和免疫干扰素两种。藤田等人对人体细胞分泌干扰素时起作用的基因进行了研究。结果发现,人体细胞感染病毒后,细胞中有基因合成了一种名为“RIG-I”的酶。这种酶在病毒增殖过程中可以与病毒基因结合,…     

小剂量干扰素与胸腺肽联合对慢性乙型肝炎抗病毒效应的追踪观察

本文报道小剂量干扰素与胸腺肽联合对慢性乙肝20例抗病毒效应的追踪观察结果,并与同期同批同剂量单纯干扰素治疗13例慢性乙肝作对照,追踪时间均为治后半年—2年,从HBeAg、HBcAg、DNAP、HBV DNA阴转率来看,治疗组分别为58.8％、60％、60％及66.6％、对照组分别为50％、50％、100％及50％。再从HBV四项复制指标改变来看,则治疗组4例全阴转,7例仅一项阳性,总有效率达61.1％(11/18),而对照组仅为20％(2/10),P<0.01,认为干扰素与胸腺肽联合治疗优于对照组,并扼要讨论增强干扰素抗病毒效应的各种措施,认为干扰素与胸腺肽联合,不论从前已报道近期疗效和本文远期追踪来看均较安全而有效,二者合用起到增强抗病毒效应的作用,值得进一步探索。     

英科学家合成人干扰素的基因获得成功

最近,英国帝国化学工业公司(ICI)和莱斯特大学联合组成的一个九人研究小组成功地把514个核苷酸连接在一起,合成一个迄今为止的最新的基因——人干扰素基因。干扰素是人体自然产生的物质。它可用于预防病毒感染,还可能用于治疗癌症。他们在连接成完整基因之前是分别合成15个或15个以上的核苷酸小片断,然后再组装成双链短片段,最后再连接成完整的基因。据称,这个完整基因已引入细菌载体上进行扩增。它究竟能否指使细菌合成干扰素还有待下一步的研究结果。     

干扰素的基础与应用进展

干扰素（IFNs）是宿主细胞在受到病原体例如病毒、微生物、寄生虫、肿瘤细胞的侵染后产生并释放的。干扰素属于糖蛋白的一种,干扰素具有干扰病毒在宿主体内复制的能力,它对于提高宿主免疫系统对病毒的识别和抵抗起到十分重要的作用,现在被广泛的运用在病毒引起的疾病和肿瘤的治疗中。本文从干扰素的分类、产生、功能、疗效等方面入手,对其基础和应用进展进行综述。     

NS1 Protein of Influenza A Virus Down-Regulates Apoptosis

Wild-type (WT) influenza A/PR/8/34 virus and its variant lacking the NS1 gene (delNS1) have been compared for their ability to mediate apoptosis in cultured cells and chicken embryos. Cell morphology, fragmentation of chromatin DNA, and caspase-dependent cleavage of the viral NP protein have been used as markers for apoptosis. Another marker was caspase cleavage of the viral M2 protein, which was also found to occur in an apoptosis-specific manner. In interferon (IFN)-competent host systems, such as MDCK cells, chicken fibroblasts, and 7-day-old chicken embryos, delNS1 virus induced apoptosis more rapidly and more efficiently than WT virus. As a consequence, delNS1 virus was also more lethal for chicken embryos than WT virus. In IFN-deficient Vero cells, however, apoptosis was delayed and developed with similar intensity after infection with both viruses. Taken together, these data indicate that the IFN antagonistic NS1 protein of influenza A viruses has IFN-dependent antiapoptotic potential.     

Interferon production in human T lymphoblastoid cells

Human T lymphoblastoid cell (RPMI 8402 cell) produced interferon (IFN) through the induction by Sendai virus. The priming effect on the interferon production in the RPMI 8402 cell could be found by the pretreatment of human leukocyte IFN (Hu IFN-alpha), but not by that of the IFN produced in the RPMI 8402 cell (T-IFN). The superinduction by the irradiation of ultraviolet rays or the treatment of antimetabolites (actinomycin D and cycloheximide) or 5-bromodeoxyuridine was not found. The T-IFN was completely neutralized by the anti-Hu IFN-beta serum, but not by the anti-Hu IFN-alpha serum at all. In conclusion, it was confirmed that the IFN produced in the RPMI 8402 cell through the induction by Sendai virus was antigenically identical to Hu IFN-beta.     

Interferon production potentials of various human lymphoblastoid cell lines

A number of human lymphoblastoid cells were examined concerning their ability to produce spontaneously liberated and virus-induced interferon (IFN). It was found that, in addition to B cells, various T and nonT-nonB lymphoblastoid cells responded well to Sendai virus infection to form IFN, the characterization of which has been recently reported (20). One B lymphoblastoid cell line from an infectious mononucleosis (IM) patient produced a large amount of IFN-alpha and might become an alternative source of IFN production. Among 68 cell lines examined, 35 cell lines liberated 10 U/ml or more of IFN spontaneously in culture fluid. The presence of Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) genome or its activation appears to have no correlation with the spontaneous liberation of IFN. Spontaneously produced IFN from three cell lines was characterized as IFN-alpha. Comparatively higher amounts of IFN were produced in cells from IM patients than those from Burkitt's lymphoma cases or healthy adults. Spontaneously produced IFN was detected more easily in cells transformed by EBV alone than in those transformed by EBV and a tumor promoter, TPA.     

Sendai virus C proteins must interact directly with cellular components to interfere with interferon action

Sendai virus (SeV) infection of interferon (IFN)-competent cells is one of the most efficient ways of inducing IFN production. Virus replication is nevertheless largely unaffected, since SeV infection also interfers with IFN action, a prerequisite for the establishment of an antiviral state. This property has been mapped by reverse genetics to the viral C gene, which is also known to act as a promoter-specific inhibitor of viral RNA synthesis. Using luciferase reporter plasmids containing IFN-responsive promoters, we have found that all four C proteins effectively interdict IFN signaling when expressed independently of SeV infection. The C proteins must therefore interact directly with cellular components to carry this out. The C gene in the context of an SeV infection was also found to induce STAT1 instability in some cells, whereas in other cells it apparently acts to prevent the synthesis of STAT1 in response to the virus infection or IFN treatment. The SeV C proteins appear to act in at least two ways to counteract the IFN induced by SeV infection.     

Sensitivity of influenza a viruses to human interferons in human diploid cells

Abstract The sensitivity of influenza virus to the action of natural human interferon (IFN)-α+β and -γ, and to the action of highly purified recombinant HuIFN-αB, -αD, and -αF, has been investigated. A plaque assay for the fowl-plague strain of influenza A virus has been established using human embryonic foreskin (HEF) cells. The sensitivity of influenza virus to all IFNs tested in this assay was comparable to that shown by vesicular stomatitis virus (VSV) which was taken as the reference standard. The high sensitivity to IFN action found for the fowl-plague strain was confirmed for the WSN strain of human origin in a yield reduction assay.     

The response of mammalian cells to double-stranded RNA

Double-stranded RNA (dsRNA) has long been recognized as a central component of the interferon (IFN) system. It was originally characterized as a key mediator of IFN induction in response to virus infection. Subsequently, it was identified as a prime activator of the antiviral response. In recent years the discovery of the RNA interference (RNAi) pathway in mammals has renewed interest in dsRNA-mediated cellular responses. This has coincided with the identification of key components of the IFN induction pathway. Here, we present an overview of the current knowledge of dsRNA-mediated pathways in mammalian cells and introduce a link between these pathways and application of RNAi.     

Activation of human macrophages by bacterial components relieves the restriction on replication of an interferon-inducing parainfluenza virus 5 (PIV5) P/V mutant

Macrophages regulate immune responses during many viral infections, and can be a major determinant of pathogenesis, virus replication and immune response to infection. Here, we have addressed the question of the outcome of infection of primary human macrophages with parainfluenza virus 5 (PIV5) and a PIV5 mutant (P/V-CPI-) that is unable to counteract interferon (IFN) responses. In cultures of na?ve monocyte-derived macrophages (MDMs), WT PIV5 established a highly productive infection, whereas the P/V-CPI- mutant was restricted for replication in MDMs by IFN-beta. Restricted replication in vitro was relieved in MDM that had been activated by prior exposure to heat killed Gram positive bacteria, including Listeria monocytogenes, Streptococcus pyogenes, and Bacillus anthracis. Enhanced replication of the P/V mutant in MDM previously activated by bacterial components correlated with a reduced ability to produce IFN-beta in response to virus infection, whereas IFN signaling was intact. Activated MDM were found to upregulate the synthesis of IRAK-M, which has been previously shown to negatively regulate factors involved in TLR signaling and IFN-beta production. We discuss these results in terms of the implications for mixed bacteria-virus infections and for the use of live RNA virus vectors that have been engineered to be attenuated for IFN sensitivity.     

Different effects of the immunostimulatory drug Stimforte on infections of hepatitis C virus and herpes simplex virus type 1

Stimforte, an immune response-stimulating preparation, is active with respect to hepatitis C virus (HCV) and herpes simplex virus type I (HSV-1). The effects of Stimforte in animals infected with either HCV or HSV-1 are fundamentally different. In mice with acute herpes virus infection, Stimforte administration leads to a higher activity of natural killer cells and cytotoxic lymphocytes, and the amount of interferon (IFN) λ grows. In mice infected with HCV, Stimforte administration results in a significant increase in IFN-β but not IFN-λ in blood and affected organs. Stimforte has been found to affect directly HCV reproduction that causes the infected cell death, but it does not affect HSV-1 reproduction in the Vero cells (V).     

Differential type I interferon induction by respiratory syncytial virus and influenza a virus in vivo

Type I interferon (IFN) induction is an immediate response to virus infection, and very high levels of these cytokines are produced when the Toll-like receptors (TLRs) expressed at high levels by plasmacytoid dendritic cells (pDCs) are triggered by viral nucleic acids. Unlike many RNA viruses, respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) does not appear to activate pDCs through their TLRs and it is not clear how this difference affects IFN-alpha/beta induction in vivo. In this study, we investigated type I IFN production triggered by RSV or influenza A virus infection of BALB/c mice and found that while both viruses induced IFN-alpha/beta production by pDCs in vitro, only influenza virus infection could stimulate type I IFN synthesis by pDCs in vivo. In situ hybridization studies demonstrated that the infected respiratory epithelium was a major source of IFN-alpha/beta in response to either infection, but in pDC-depleted animals only type I IFN induction by influenza virus was impaired.