人呼吸道合胞病毒感染对机体Th17、Treg及其之间平衡作用的研究进展

人呼吸道合胞病毒感染是影响儿童和老年人健康的主要因素。诸多研究证实人呼吸道合胞病毒感染可引起机体内Th17、Treg产生变化,影响Th17/Treg之间的平衡,诱发机体病理损伤,导致疾病发生。深入研究人呼吸道合胞病毒感染对机体Th17、Treg及其之间平衡的作用,对理清人呼吸道合胞病毒潜在的发病机制,寻找具有治疗作用的潜在靶标和通路,进而对相关疫苗和药物的研发具有重要的促进作用。本文分别从Th17细胞、Treg细胞的分化和人呼吸道合胞病毒感染对机体Th17、Treg及其之间平衡的作用等方面进行综述,以期对人呼吸道合胞病毒如何作用于机体有一更深入地了解。     

雷帕霉素对二种鳞翅目昆虫细胞自噬和凋亡的影响

以2种鳞翅目昆虫细胞为材料,采用雷帕霉素进行处理,初步研究自噬作用与昆虫细胞凋亡的关系。结果表明:雷帕霉素能够提高家蚕细胞系BMN-e细胞的自噬水平,并能诱导BMN-e细胞发生凋亡;自噬抑制剂3-甲基腺嘌呤能抑制雷帕霉素诱导的BMN-e细胞凋亡。相反,雷帕霉素虽能诱导斜纹夜蛾细胞系SL-HP细胞的自噬水平提高,但不能诱导斜纹夜蛾Spodoptera litura(Fabricius)细胞发生凋亡;雷帕霉素的预处理能抑制放线菌素D诱导的斜纹夜蛾细胞系SL-HP细胞发生凋亡;自噬抑制剂3-甲基腺嘌呤对放线菌素D诱导的细胞凋亡没有影响。因此家蚕Bombyx mori细胞自噬水平的提高与细胞凋亡具有正相关性,而斜纹夜蛾细胞自噬水平的提高与细胞凋亡不相关,相反还对细胞凋亡的诱导具有一定的抑制作用。     

呼吸道合胞病毒细胞免疫的研究进展

本文通过介绍单核吞噬细胞、T辅助细胞、细胞毒性T细胞、NK细胞和K细胞在呼吸道合胞病毒感染免疫中的作用,对呼吸道合胞病毒的细胞免疫机制作一概述。     

Bel-7402细胞通过自噬逃避FAS/ActD诱导的凋亡

为了探究FAS抗体与放线菌素D（actinomycin D,ActD）诱导肝癌细胞Bel-7402凋亡的作用机制,通过自噬阻断剂3-MA的作用,来探讨自噬与凋亡的关系.利用电子显微镜和流式细胞仪观察细胞自噬及凋亡.结果表明,FAS/ActD在诱导细胞凋亡的同时伴有细胞自噬现象,在3-MA作用下,FAS/ActD所诱导的细胞自噬体减少,而凋亡现象严重.并且通过流式细胞仪分析表明,3-MA明显增高FAS/ActD所诱导的细胞凋亡率. Western印迹分析进一步显示,FAS/ActD能引起caspase-3激活产生断裂,同时刺激LC3和BECN1表达,而3-MA作用后自噬体减少,同时LC3和BECN1表达降低,但是caspase-3断裂带表达明显增加.以上结果提示,FAS/ActD诱导的Bel-7402细胞凋亡的同时伴有细胞自噬,Bel-7402细胞通过自噬逃避FAS/ActD诱导的凋亡.     

人呼吸道合胞病毒小疏水蛋白研究进展

人呼吸道合胞病毒是人呼吸道感染病原中的重要病原。SH蛋白是人呼吸道合胞病毒粒子表面的一种小分子糖蛋白,可形成五聚体的离子通道结构。SH蛋白是人呼吸道合胞病毒复制的非必需蛋白,但可以影响病毒融合蛋白介导的细胞融合,近年研究发现SH蛋白胞外区与血蓝蛋白形成的复合物可作为人呼吸道合胞病毒疫苗的抗原,产生的抗体在体内能清除病毒感染的细胞。本综述旨在对人呼吸道合胞病毒SH蛋白最新研究成果进行总结和讨论,并对未来针对SH蛋白的研究方向加以展望。     

CHOP双重调控衣霉素诱导的DU-145细胞凋亡及自噬的研究

目的研究内质网应激分子CHOP调控细胞凋亡与自噬的作用和机制。 方法利用衣霉素诱导DU-145细胞产生内质网应激,Western Blot法检测内质网应激相关分子Grp78、Grp94、p-eIF2α和CHOP及自噬蛋白LC3Ⅱ、Atg5和Beclin1的表达;用流式细胞术检测细胞凋亡水平;沉默CHOP基因,用Western Blot法检测凋亡蛋白PARP、Caspase3的表达,流式细胞术检测细胞凋亡;并利用免疫荧光检测自噬标志性蛋白LC3B的表达。 结果衣霉素诱导DU-145细胞内质网应激能诱导一定程度的细胞凋亡,衣霉素处理8、12、24?h的细胞凋亡率分别为3.27﹪±1.02﹪,8.97﹪±0.71﹪和11.67﹪±1.41﹪,处理12?h及24?h的细胞凋亡率与对照组相比差异具有统计学意义（P < 0.01）。同时也能通过抑制PI3K/AKt/mTOR信号通路激活DU-145细胞自噬。CHOP基因沉默抑制细胞凋亡,shCtrl组细胞凋亡率为32.17﹪±3.93﹪,shCHOP-1组细胞凋亡率为23.53﹪±3.41﹪,两组相比差异具有统计学意义（P < 0.05）。且CHOP基因沉默能促进细胞自噬分子LC3B的表达。 结论衣霉素诱导DU-145细胞内质网应激状态下,CHOP在细胞凋亡与自噬之间发挥双重调控作用。     

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。     

细胞自噬与肿瘤耐药

细胞自噬是一种细胞自我降解的过程,在适应代谢应激、保持基因组完整性及维持内环境稳定方面发挥重要作用. 在肿瘤治疗中,凋亡耐受是产生肿瘤耐药的重要机制. 细胞自噬可防止抗肿瘤药诱导的凋亡,促进肿瘤耐药. 然而,自噬性细胞死亡可能是凋亡耐受肿瘤细胞的一种死亡方式. 因此,细胞自噬对肿瘤细胞的耐药性有双重影响. 本文综述了细胞自噬的分子机制、细胞自噬与凋亡的关系、细胞自噬与肿瘤耐药以及治疗的主要研究进展.     

纳米氧化铈负载槲皮素引起人肝癌细胞自噬阻断

稀土氧化物纳米材料的生物安全性越来越受到关注,这类纳米材料引起的自噬反应对于癌细胞杀伤也具有重要意义。自噬在细胞存活和死亡中发挥双重作用,槲皮素可以促进自噬,稀土氧化物已被证明可引起不同类型的自噬。制备了葡聚糖包被的氧化铈纳米颗粒负载的槲皮素复合材料DCQ,并对其自身性质进行表征,从细胞活力及氧化损伤以及自噬、凋亡机制这几个方面研究了其对人肝癌细胞HepG2的作用。结果表明,此复合材料对HepG2细胞具有更强的毒性(P<0.05),并且对正常细胞人脐静脉血管内皮细胞HUVEC无明显毒害作用,复合材料能够诱发人肝癌细胞产生大量活性氧,引起自噬阻断和诱导癌细胞凋亡。上述结果说明,这种纳米复合材料能有效杀伤人肝癌细胞,为肝癌治疗提供了新思路。     

ASPP2以p53非依赖形式促进自噬引起Hep3B细胞凋亡

p53凋亡刺激蛋白2（apoptosis stimulating protein 2 of p53, ASPP2）能特异性地与p53蛋白结合并增强其促凋亡的功能,进而发挥抗肿瘤作用. 本室前期研究发现,ASPP2可以通过p53-DRAM自噬途径诱导细胞凋亡. 在本研究中,利用ASPP2 腺病毒感染Hep3B细胞(p53缺陷型肝癌细胞系)并用甲基磺酸(MMS)处理后; Calcein AM/PI和M30染色检测细胞凋亡;GFP-LC3质粒转染细胞后检测自噬; 荧光定量PCR和免疫印迹检测自噬基因表达. 结果表明,ASPP2在p53缺陷的Hep3B细胞内可诱导发生凋亡;在MMS存在和缺失条件下, Adr-ASPP2均引起自噬体水平升高及自噬基因的表达增 加,且MMS协同Adr-ASPP2能使自噬水平增加; 进一步用VPS34 siRNA和DRAM siRNA抑 制自噬发现,细胞凋亡水平下降, 说明由Adr-ASPP2诱发经损伤相关自噬调节蛋白（ DRAM）介导的自噬参与了肝癌细胞系凋亡的发生. 综上结果表明,ASPP2可以通过非p53依赖的DRAM介导自噬,并促进肝癌细胞凋亡. 该研究可为肝癌的基因治疗提供新的思路.     

The 22,000-kilodalton protein of respiratory syncytial virus is a major target for Kd-restricted cytotoxic T lymphocytes from mice primed by infection.

Recombinant vaccinia viruses containing the 22-kilodalton protein (matrixlike or 22K protein) or phosphoprotein gene from respiratory syncytial virus were constructed. These recombinant viruses expressed proteins which were immunoprecipitated by appropriate respiratory syncytial virus antibodies and comigrated with authentic proteins produced by respiratory syncytial virus infection. The new recombinant viruses (and others previously described containing the attachment glycoprotein, fusion, or nucleoprotein genes of respiratory syncytial virus) were used to infect target cells for cultured polyclonal cytotoxic T lymphocytes generated from the spleens of BALB/c or DBA/2 mice primed by intranasal infection with respiratory syncytial virus. Respiratory syncytial virus-specific cytotoxic T lymphocytes (CTL) showed strong Kd (but not Dd)-restricted recognition of the 22K protein. As previously reported, the fusion protein and nucleoprotein were both seen by CTL, but recognition of these proteins was comparatively weak. There was no detectable recognition of other respiratory syncytial virus proteins tested (including phosphoprotein). 22K protein-specific splenic memory CTL persisted for at least 11 months after infection of BALB/c mice. Priming BALB/c mice with recombinant vaccinia virus containing the 22K protein gene induced respiratory syncytial virus-specific memory CTL at lower levels than that previously reported following infection with a similar recombinant containing the fusion protein gene. These data identify the 22K protein as a major target antigen for respiratory syncytial virus-specific CTL from H-2d mice primed by respiratory syncytial virus infection.     

Neonatal respiratory syncytial virus infection: role of transplacentally and breast milk-acquired antibodies.

The effect of transplacentally and breast milk-acquired antibodies on respiratory syncytial virus infection was studied in neonatal and 2-month-old cotton rats. Adult female rats infected intranasally with live virus regularly produced virus-specific antibodies in the serum, colostrum, and breast milk. By using foster feeding techniques, we showed that both transplacentally and breast milk-acquired antibodies were effective in reducing the replication of respiratory syncytial virus in the lungs of neonatal animals when they were challenged with live virus via the nasal route at 3 days of age. However, the protection provided by these antibodies was rather brief. There was no difference in the replication of respiratory syncytial virus in the lungs of 2-month-old animals that were delivered and nursed by seropositive (immunized) or seronegative (control) cotton rats.     

Early induction of autophagy in human fibroblasts after infection with human cytomegalovirus or herpes simplex virus 1

The infection of human fetal foreskin fibroblasts (HFFF2) with human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) resulted in the induction of autophagy. This was demonstrated by the increased lipidation of microtubule-associated protein 1 light chain 3 (LC3), a hallmark of autophagy, and by the visualization of characteristic vesicles within infected cells. The response was detected first at 2 h postinfection and persisted for at least 3 days. De novo protein synthesis was not required for the effect, since HCMV that was irradiated with UV light also elicited the response, and furthermore the continuous presence of cycloheximide did not prevent induction. Infection with herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1) under conditions that inhibited viral gene expression provoked autophagy, whereas UV-irradiated respiratory syncytial virus did not. The induction of autophagy occurred when cells were infected with HCMV or HSV-1 that was gradient purified, but HCMV dense bodies and HSV-1 light particles, each of which lack nucleocapsids and genomes, were inactive. The depletion of regulatory proteins Atg5 and Atg7, which are required for autophagy, reduced LC3 modification in response to infection but did not result in any detectable difference in viral or cellular gene expression at early times after infection. The electroporation of DNA into HFFF2 cultures induced the lipidation of LC3 but double-stranded RNA did not, even though both agents stimulated an innate immune response. The results show a novel, early cellular response to the presence of the incoming virion and additionally demonstrate that autophagy can be induced by the presence of foreign DNA within cells.     

Application of Immunofluorescent Antibody Technique in Rapid Diagnosis of Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infection

Seventy-eight unselected children under the age of 2 years suffering from acute respiratory infections were investigated by the fluorescent antibody technique and a comparison was made with conventional isolation and serological methods. Sixty-nine per cent. of children with bronchiolitis were diagnosed as suffering from respiratory syncytial virus infection on the day of admission by examination of nasopharyngeal secretions. There were 44 children with respiratory syncytial virus infection diagnosed by conventional methods over a month, but by using fluorescent antibody techniques on tissue culture 53% were diagnosed by the second day, 71% by the fourth day, and 82% by the seventh day. The method of choice for a rapid diagnosis of respiratory syncytial virus infection is by examining nasopharyngeal secretions, when 90% of those with this infection can be diagnosed on the day of admission to hospital.     

IL-12p40 and IL-18 modulate inflammatory and immune responses to respiratory syncytial virus infection

Respiratory syncytial virus-induced bronchiolitis has been linked to the development of allergy and atopic asthma. IL-12 and possibly IL-18 are central mediators orchestrating Th1 and/or Th2 immune responses to infection. To determine a possible role for IL-12 in regulating the immune response to acute respiratory syncytial virus infection, IL-12p40 gene-targeted (IL-12p40-/-) and wild-type mice were intratracheally infected with respiratory syncytial virus, and lung inflammatory and immune responses were assessed. Lung inflammation and mucus production were increased in the airways of IL-12p40-/- mice as compared with those of wild-type mice, concurrent with increased levels of the Th2 effector cytokines IL-5 and IL-13. Respiratory syncytial virus clearance and levels of Th1 effector cytokine IFN-gamma were not altered. Interestingly, IL-18, another mediator of IFN-gamma production, was significantly increased in the lungs of IL-12p40-/- mice early during the course of infection. Abrogation of IL-18-mediated signaling in IL-12p40-/- mice further enhanced Th2 immune response and mucus production in the airways during respiratory syncytial virus infection but failed to modulate IFN-gamma production or viral clearance. These findings implicate a role for IL-12 and IL-18 in modulating respiratory syncytial virus-induced airway inflammation distinct from that of viral clearance.     

Autophagy-mediated dendritic cell activation is essential for innate cytokine production and APC function with respiratory syncytial virus responses

The regulation of innate immune responses during viral infection is a crucial step to promote antiviral reactions. Recent studies have drawn attention to a strong relationship of pathogen-associated molecular pattern recognition with autophagy for activation of APC function. Our initial observations indicated that autophagosomes formed in response to respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) infection of dendritic cells (DC). To further investigate whether RSV-induced DC activation and innate cytokine production were associated with autophagy, we used several methods to block autophagosome formation. Using 3-MA, small interfering RNA inhibition of LC3, or Beclin(+/-) mouse-derived DC, studies established a relationship between RSV-induced autophagy and enhanced type I IFN, TNF, IL-6, and IL-12p40 expression. Moreover, autophagosome formation induced by starvation also promoted innate cytokine expression in DC. The induction of starvation-induced autophagy in combination with RSV infection synergistically enhanced DC cytokine expression that was blocked by an autophagy inhibitor. The latter synergistic responses were differentially altered in DC from MyD88(-/-) and TRIF(-/-) mice, supporting the concept of autophagy-mediated TLR signaling. In addition, blockade of autophagy in RSV-infected DC inhibited the maturation of DC as assessed by MHC class II and costimulatory molecule expression. Subsequently, we demonstrated that inhibition of autophagy in DC used to stimulate primary OVA-induced and secondary RSV-infected responses significantly attenuated cytokine production by CD4(+) T cells. Thus, these studies have outlined that autophagy in DC after RSV infection is a crucial mechanism for driving innate cytokine production, leading to altered acquired immune responses.     

A multi-center study on Molecular Epidemiology of Human Respiratory Syncytial Virus from Children with Acute Lower Respiratory Tract Infections in the Mainland of China between 2015 and 2019

Virologica Sinica - Human respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is a major pathogen of acute lower respiratory tract infection among young children. To investigate the prevalence and genetic...     

Observations on Clinical and Immunofluorescent Diagnosis of Parainfluenza Virus Infections

Immunofluorescent techniques have been applied to nasopharyngeal secretions for the rapid diagnosis of parainfluenza virus types 1, 2, and 3 infections. Seventy-five infections were found by isolation techniques; 55 of these had nasopharyngeal secretions taken and 53 were positive by direct examination. A comparison of the results of 60 neutralization tests with immunofluorescence applied to monkey kidney isolations showed complete agreement. Immunofluorescence appeared to be a satisfactory method for differentiating the various haemadsorption viruses. The importance of parainfluenza viruses and respiratory syncytial virus in croup was noted and the association of the parainfluenza viruses with acute respiratory virus infection was confirmed. The clinical relationship between respiratory syncytial virus and parainfluenza virus type 3 is discussed.     

Bovine Respiratory Syncytial Virus

A large epizootic of an acute respiratory disease of cattle occurred in Japan during the months from October 1968 to May 1969. A virus was recovered in primary cultures of calf kidney and testicle cells from nasal swabs of affected cattle. Neutralization tests revealed the virus to be closely related to the Long strain of human respiratory syncytial virus. The virus induced cytopathic changes including the formation of syncytia and acidophilic-cytoplasmic inclusions in calf kidney and testicle cell cultures. A calf inoculated with the virus by the respiratory route developed an illness resembling the natural disease. Most cattle clinically diagnosed as having the disease showed significant rises of neutralizing antibody titer for the isolated virus, whereas none or only small fractions of those animals showed serological evidence for recent infection with bovine ephemeral fever virus, infectious bovine rhinotracheitis virus, Ibaraki virus, bovine diarrhea virus, bovine adenovirus Type 7 and parainfluenza virus Type 3. Neutralization tests on paired sera revealed a wide dissemination of the isolated virus among cattle in many areas of the country during the epizootic. All these findings leave no doubt that the epizootic was caused by bovine respiratory syncytial virus. This is the first study that ever shows the presence of infection of cattle with this virus in Japan.