运动、自噬和瘦素抵抗

瘦素抵抗是人类肥胖症的主要危险因素,高瘦素水平未能抑制摄食和减轻体重,导致机体能量调节失衡。自噬是一种细胞质量控制机制,可对细胞内物质进行周转。许多人类重大疾病的发生与自噬过程有关,如肥胖症、糖尿病和神经退行性疾病等。当细胞自噬出现障碍即自噬缺陷时,会导致机体发生瘦素抵抗。研究发现,运动是维持细胞稳态的自噬有效诱导剂,机体瘦素敏感性的提高可能与运动促进细胞自噬有关,但目前尚缺乏直接证据。     

自噬在小RNA病毒感染中的作用

自噬是真核细胞所特有的一种高度保守的经溶酶体途径降解细胞内错误折叠或多余蛋白质、受损细胞器、胞内病原体的细胞代谢过程。小RNA病毒脱壳感染细胞时,快速激活自噬途径,诱导形成大量双层膜结构的自噬体。自噬能激活细胞表面的模式识别受体以及干扰素途径,增强组织相容性复合物对病毒抗原的提呈作用,发挥抑制小RNA病毒感染的天然免疫功能;此外,自噬体为小RNA病毒提供复制相关蛋白质和非细胞裂解性释放途径,促进感染细胞的胞内、胞外出现更多成熟的小RNA病毒粒子。该文对细胞自噬与小RNA病毒感染的研究概况与进展作一综述,为进一步开展解析不同小RNA病毒感染与自噬发生的时间、空间等的关系及阐明自噬作用于小RNA病毒感染的分子机制等研究提供参考。     

细胞病变型牛病毒性腹泻病毒对宿主细胞自噬作用的研究

细胞自噬(Autophagy)是一种真核生物细胞内损伤的细胞器和长寿命蛋白通过双层膜结构的自噬小泡包裹后,送入溶酶体或液泡中进行降解并得以循环利用的高度保守的分解代谢过程。本研究旨在了解细胞病变型(CEP)牛病毒性腹泻病毒(BVDV NM)对宿主细胞MDBK细胞自噬作用的影响。实验使用BVDV NM株感染宿主细胞MDBK,在不同时间点分别通过透射电镜观察自噬体形成、报告荧光GFP-LC3自噬底物检测以及Western blot方法鉴定细胞自噬标记物LC3-Ⅰ/LC3-Ⅱ和P62的表达等试验方法对自噬进行检测。结果显示,感染BVDV NM株的MDBK细胞出现了明显的细胞病变;透射电镜能观察到细胞中存在大量的双层膜结构的自噬泡;转染GFP-LC3荧光质粒后,在感染病毒的细胞内出现增多的聚集绿色荧光自噬小体;此外,随着BVDV NM株感染MDBK时间的延长可以发现LC3-Ⅰ/Ⅱ蛋白的量逐渐增加以及P62蛋白的降解。试验表明BVDV NM株感染MDBK可以促进细胞自噬的发生。     

鱼类细胞自噬与炎症反应

细胞自噬和炎症反应是先天性免疫的重要组成部分。细胞自噬是通过溶酶体降解自身组分以维持细胞稳态的一种高度保守的代谢过程，在降解受损的细胞器、抵抗病原感染、调节炎症反应等方面具有举足轻重的地位。在过去的几十年里，对酵母和哺乳动物自噬的研究显著增加了人们对自噬及其与人类疾病关系的理解：调节自噬水平可用于预防或治疗神经退行性疾病、炎症性疾病、肿瘤以及各种病原微生物感染。炎症反应是一个高度复杂的生物过程，是机体在受到紫外线、病原体感染、氧化应激以及机械性损伤等刺激下的一种自然防御反应。鱼类作为低等的脊椎动物，其获得性免疫功能较为低下，先天性免疫是其抵御病原体感染的主要防线。相较于高等动物，鱼类细胞自噬研究虽起步较晚，但近些年围绕病原感染引起的自噬现象及机制、自噬相关基因的表达调控等方面已取得较多进展。作为先天免疫的重要组成部分，自噬参与多种鱼类病原感染，而鱼类疾病通常伴随炎症反应的发生。基于此，本文对于鱼类病原感染引起的细胞自噬、炎症反应以及二者之间相关性研究进行系统阐述，以期深入理解鱼类细胞自噬的发生机制及其与炎症反应的相关关系，为全面解析鱼类的免疫机制提供指导，为制定鱼类疾病防控策略提供依据...     

细胞自噬与病毒感染关系的研究进展

细胞自噬是一种存在于真核细胞内的溶酶体依赖性降解途径,是细胞的一种先天免疫机制。该机制可帮助细胞对破损细胞器进行降解,并将降解后的生物大分子等营养物质重新提供给细胞进行物质的重新利用。病毒侵入宿主细胞后细胞启动自噬系统进行自我吞噬并以此来保护机体将病毒对机体的损害降到最低。但研究发现部分病毒在侵染宿主细胞后也可利用细胞的自噬机制来加速自身在胞内的复制。由此可见病毒与细胞自噬间的相互作用是一个复杂且多向化的过程。为对自噬与病毒感染之间的关系进行更进一步的探究,本综述从自噬的发生机制、自噬的检测方法、自噬与病毒感染的关系、病毒感染与抗肿瘤作用等方面进行了阐述。     

线粒体自噬进程及其受病毒感染的影响

线粒体自噬(mitophagy)属于巨自噬的范畴,即受损线粒体被一种双层膜结构(如粗面内质网的无核糖体附着区脱落的双层膜)包裹后形成自噬小体(autophagosome),接着自噬小体的外膜与溶酶体膜融合,底物蛋白进入溶酶体,最终被各类水解酶降解的一系列过程.然而,一些病毒的细胞感染过程与线粒体自噬的发生有着密切联系.本文对线粒体自噬发生的前提条件、起始与发展的全过程以及病毒感染对线粒体自噬的影响等进行综述,以期为进一步研究线粒体自噬提供新思路.     

细胞自噬在病毒感染与免疫调节中的作用机制

细胞自噬(autophagy)是一种主要由溶酶体介导的降解通路,作为细胞维持内环境稳态的一种保护性机制,不仅通过将长寿命蛋白和衰老细胞器降解为小肽或氨基酸为细胞提供再生资源,而且也可作为防御机制抵抗病原微生物感染和寄生. 自噬缺失与许多疾病如癌症、心血管疾病等的发生关系密切,在机体生理、病理过程中发挥重要作用. 本文拟就细胞自噬与病毒感染、机体免疫的关系加以综述,以期为研究细胞自噬的发生、参与机体免疫、发挥抗病毒感染作用及其分子机制提供参考,也为进一步研究抗病毒治疗的靶标提供新思路.     

肠道病毒感染诱导宿主细胞自噬的研究进展

细胞自噬是一种高度保守的生理代谢途径,是维持细胞稳态的重要过程。一些病毒已经进化出逃逸自噬依赖性降解的方法,甚至进化出利用自噬以促进自身复制的机制。肠道病毒感染细胞时,能激活自噬途径,诱导自噬体的形成。本文对肠道病毒感染与细胞自噬的研究概况与进展作一综述,为进一步解析肠道病毒感染与细胞自噬之间相互作用的机制提供参考。     

细胞自噬发生的表观遗传调节

细胞自噬是一种进化上保守的, 通过吞噬降解自身大分子物质或细胞器来维持细胞生存的活动。自噬与多种生命活动息息相关, 其功能的紊乱往往会导致肿瘤发生、神经退行性疾病、微生物感染等疾病。研究表明, 表观遗传修饰可以调控细胞自噬的发生, 并在细胞自噬的生物学功能调节过程中发挥重要作用, 但具体调控机制尚需进一步探究。文章综述了细胞自噬发生过程中存在的表观遗传效应, 包括组蛋白乙酰化对细胞自噬激活或抑制的负反馈调控, 通过DNA甲基化调节自噬相关基因活性来影响细胞自噬的发生, miRNA通过靶向调节自噬相关基因表达来影响组蛋白修饰, 从而调控细胞自噬的发生及作用过程等, 旨在为人们进一步研究细胞自噬发生过程中的表观遗传修饰及其机制提供信息依据。     

乙肝病毒感染对细胞基本自噬的影响

【目的】慢性乙肝病毒(Hepatitis B virus,HBV)感染在肝硬化和肝癌的发生过程中起着重要的作用,通过研究HBV感染对细胞基本自噬的影响,为HBV感染诱发肝癌以及HBV的免疫逃逸机理研究提供新的思路。【方法】本研究利用乙肝病毒表达质粒瞬时或稳定转染不同肝细胞,通过计数绿色荧光蛋白(greenfluorescent protein,GFP)聚集数目检测自噬小体形成,western blot检测LC3(microtubule-associated proteinlight chain 3,微管相关蛋白质轻链3)脂酰化和p62的降解,通过构建HBV B型和C型X蛋白(HBx)的表达质粒并瞬时转染肝癌细胞和正常肝细胞,对不同基因型X蛋白对细胞自噬的影响进行了分析。【结果】乙肝病毒感染后促进了LC3的脂酰化和p62的降解,增加了自噬小体的形成,增强了细胞的基本自噬。进一步研究发现,HBV感染增强的细胞基本自噬水平由HBx所引发,且C型HBx比B型对细胞基本自噬的增加更加显著。【结论】HBV通过HBx增强细胞的基本自噬,且不同基因型HBx对细胞基本自噬的增强程度不同,为进一步阐明HBV感染机理奠定了基础。     

Viroporin-mediated calcium-activated autophagy

Autophagy is a cellular response activated by many pathogens, but the mechanism of activation is largely unknown. Recently we showed for the first time that rotavirus initiates the autophagy pathway through a calcium-mediated mechanism. Expression of the rotavirus-encoded NSP4, a pore-forming protein (viroporin), elicits the release of endoplasmic reticulum (ER) lumenal calcium into the cytoplasm of the infected cell. The increased cytoplasmic calcium activates a calcium signaling pathway involving calcium/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase kinase 2 (CAMKK2) and 5′ adenosine monophosphate-activated protein kinase (AMPK) to trigger autophagy. Rotavirus further manipulates autophagy membrane trafficking to transport viral ER-associated proteins to viroplasms, sites of viral genome replication and immature particle assembly. Transport of viral proteins to viroplasms is required for assembly of infectious virus. Thus, NSP4, a multifunctional viral protein known to regulate infectious particle assembly, also modulates membrane trafficking by orchestrating the activation of autophagy to benefit viral replication.     

Analysis of the role of autophagy inhibition by two complementary human cytomegalovirus BECN1/Beclin 1-binding proteins

Autophagy is activated early after human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) infection but, later on, the virus blocks autophagy. Here we characterized 2 HCMV proteins, TRS1 and IRS1, which inhibit autophagy during infection. Expression of either TRS1 or IRS1 was able to block autophagy in different cell lines, independently of the EIF2S1 kinase, EIF2AK2/PKR. Instead, TRS1 and IRS1 interacted with the autophagy protein BECN1/Beclin 1. We mapped the BECN1-binding domain (BBD) of IRS1 and TRS1 and found it to be essential for autophagy inhibition. Mutant viruses that express only IRS1 or TRS1 partially controlled autophagy, whereas a double mutant virus expressing neither protein stimulated autophagy. A mutant virus that did not express IRS1 and expressed a truncated form of TRS1 in which the BBD was deleted, failed to control autophagy. However, this mutant virus had similar replication kinetics as wild-type virus, suggesting that autophagy inhibition is not critical for viral replication. In fact, using pharmacological modulators of autophagy and inhibition of autophagy by shRNA knockdown, we discovered that stimulating autophagy enhanced viral replication. Conversely, inhibiting autophagy decreased HCMV infection. Thus, our results demonstrate a new proviral role of autophagy for a DNA virus.     

Autophagy is involved in influenza A virus replication

Autophagy is involved in the replication of viruses, especially those that perform RNA assembly on the surface of cytoplasmic membrane in host cells. However, little is known about the regulatory role of autophagy in influenza A virus replication. Using fluorescence and electron microscopy, we observed that autophagosomes can be induced and identified upon influenza A virus infection. The virus increased the amount of the autophagosome marker protein microtubule-associated protein light chain 3-II (LC3-II) and enhanced autophagic flux. When autophagy was pharmacologically inhibited by either 3-methylademine or wortmannin, the titers of influenza A virus were remarkably decreased. Viral reduction via autophagy inhibition was further confirmed by RNA interference, through which two different proteins required for autophagy were depleted. Noticeably, the compounds utilized had no marked effect on virus entry or cell viability, either of which might limit viral replication. Furthermore, alteration of cellular autophagy via pharmacological reagents or RNA interference impaired viral protein accumulation. Taken together, these findings indicate that autophagy is actively involved in influenza A virus replication.     

Impact of cellular autophagy on viruses: Insights from hepatitis B virus and human retroviruses

Autophagy is a protein degradative process important for normal cellular metabolism. It is apparently used also by cells to eliminate invading pathogens. Interestingly, many pathogens have learned to subvert the cell’s autophagic process. Here, we review the interactions between viruses and cells in regards to cellular autophagy. Using findings from hepatitis B virus and human retroviruses, HIV-1 and HTLV-1, we discuss mechanisms used by viruses to usurp cellular autophagy in ways that benefit viral replication.     

自噬在肝再生中的作用

自噬是存在于真核细胞内的一种溶酶体依赖性的降解途径,在肝脏生理和病理过程中发挥着重要作用。肝脏具有强大的再生能力,在受到急、慢性损伤时,残肝细胞将会被激活进入细胞周期进行细胞增殖,以补偿丢失的肝组织和恢复肝功能。文章阐述了各种类型损伤之后的肝再生与自噬的关系。在物理性、酒精、食源性等因素引起的肝损伤中,肝脏通过启动自噬来促进肝再生;在化学性损伤的肝再生模型中,自噬在其中的作用仍然有争议;在病毒感染之后的肝再生中,一些嗜肝病毒（如丙肝病毒和乙肝病毒等）反而利用自噬来促进病毒颗粒复制,抑制肝再生。对自噬和肝再生机制的研究,将有助于进一步阐明再生过程,为治疗肝脏疾病提供新方法。     

Spring viraemia of carp virus induces autophagy for necessary viral replication

Outbreaks of spring viraemia of carp virus (SVCV) in several carp species and other cultivated fish can cause significant mortality and jeopardize the billion‐dollar worldwide fish industry. Spring viraemia of carp virus, also known as Rhabdovirus carpio, is a bullet‐shaped RNA virus that enters and amplifies in gill epithelium and later spreads to internal organs. Young fish under stressed conditions (spring cold water, etc.) are more vulnerable to SVCV‐induced lethality because of their lack of a mature immune system. Currently, the host response of SVCV remains largely unknown. Here, we observed that autophagy is activated in SVCV‐infected epithelioma papulosum cyprini (EPC) cells. We demonstrated that the SVCV glycoprotein, rather than viral replication, activates the autophagy pathway. In addition, SVCV utilized the autophagy pathway to facilitate its own genomic RNA replication and to enhance its titres in the supernatants. Autophagy promoted the survival of SVCV‐infected cells by eliminating damaged mitochondrial DNA generated during viral infection. We further showed that SVCV induces autophagy in EPC cells through the ERK/mTOR signalling pathway. Our results reveal a connection between autophagy and SVCV replication and propose autophagy suppression as a novel means to restrict SVCV viral replication.     

Pepstatin A alters host cell autophagic machinery and leads to a decrease in influenza A virus production

Autophagy is a survival mechanism that can take place in cells under metabolic stress and through which cells can recycle waste material. Disturbances in autophagic processes appear to be associated with a number of human pathologies, including viral infections. It has been hypothesized that viruses can subvert autophagy in order to penetrate the host cell and replicate. Because it has been suggested that autophagy is involved in influenza A virus replication, we analyzed the effects of two inhibitors of lysosomal proteases on the cellular control of influenza A virus replication. In particular, we used biochemical and morphological analyses to evaluate the modulation of influenza A/Puerto Rico/8/34 H1N1 virus production in the presence of CA074 and Pepstatin A, inhibitors of cathepsin proteases B and D, respectively. We found that Pepstatin A, but not CA074, significantly hindered influenza virus replication, probably by modulating host cell autophagic/apoptotic responses. These results are of potential interest to provide useful insights into the molecular pathways exploited by the influenza in order to replicate and to identify further cellular factors as targets for the development of innovative antiviral strategies.     

Inhibition of HIV-1 replication with stable RNAi-mediated knockdown of autophagy factors

Autophagy is a cellular process leading to the degradation of cytoplasmic components such as organelles and intracellular pathogens. It has been shown that HIV-1 relies on several components of the autophagy pathway for its replication, but the virus also blocks late steps of autophagy to prevent its degradation. We generated stable knockdown T cell lines for 12 autophagy factors and analyzed the impact on HIV-1 replication. RNAi-mediated knockdown of 5 autophagy factors resulted in inhibition of HIV-1 replication. Autophagy analysis confirmed a specific defect in the autophagy pathway for 4 of these 5 factors. We also scored the impact on cell viability, but no gross effects were observed. Upon simultaneous knockdown of 2 autophagy factors (Atg16 and Atg5), an additive inhibitory effect was scored on HIV-1 replication. Stable knockdown of several autophagy factors inhibit HIV-1 replication without any apparent cytotoxicity. We therefore propose that targeting of the autophagy pathway can be a novel therapeutic approach against HIV-1.     

Cross-talking between autophagy and viral infection in mammalian cells

Autophagy is a cellular process in degradation of long-lived proteins and organelles in the cytosol for maintaining cellular homeostasis, which has been linked to a wide range of human health and disease states, including viral infection. The viral infected cells exhibit a complicated cross-talking between autophagy and virus. It has been shown that autophagy interacts with both adaptive and innate immunity. For adaptive immunity, viral antigens can be processed in autophagosomes by acidic proteases before major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class II presentation. For innate immunity, autophagy may assist in the delivery of viral nucleic acids to endosomal TLRs and also functions as a part of the TLR-or-PKR-downstream responses. Autophagy was also reported to suppress the magnitude of host innate antiviral immunity in certain cases. On the other hand, viruses has evolved many strategies to combat or utilize the host autophagy for their own benefit. In this review we discussed recent advances toward clarifying the cross-talking between autophagy and viral infection in mammalian cells.     

麻疹病毒属相关自噬的研究进展

自噬是一种复杂的细胞内生物学过程,受众多基因调控,存在复杂的调控网络,在不同组织器官、生理和病理状态所起的作用也不同。对20多个病毒科的50多种DNA或RNA病毒的研究发现自噬是把双刃剑,但在研究麻疹病毒属病毒自噬相关内容时发现自噬有利于病毒的复制与传播,并且H和F蛋白在麻疹病毒属诱导自噬方面发挥着重要作用。麻疹病毒能够通过RNA病毒诱导自噬的关键调控分子IRGM诱发自噬,并且CD46作为麻疹病毒属的受体分子,在诱导自噬发生方面发挥了至关重要的作用。此外,麻疹病毒属病毒诱发的自噬与其引起的免疫抑制之间可能存在密切关系。本文为麻疹病毒属的免疫学研究提供了参考。