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ワクチンウイルスは,新しい構造と幅広い種特異性の溶解性I型インターフェロン受容体をコードする
J A Symons1, A Alcamí, G L Smith
1Sir William Dunn School of Pathology, University of Oxford, England.
Cell
|May 19, 1995
まとめ
ワクチンウイルス (VV) は,複数の種のタイプIインターフェロンに結合し,ウイルスの複製を助けるユニークな溶性インターフェロン受容体 (B18R) を生成します. この遺伝子を削除すると,マウスのVVが弱まります.
科学分野:
- ウイルス学 ウイルス学 ウイルス学
- 免疫学 免疫学とは
- 分子生物学は分子生物学である.
背景:
- ワクチンウイルス (VV) と他のオートポックスウイルスは,宿主の免疫反応に対抗するタンパク質をコードします.
- I型インターフェロン (IFN) は,抗ウイルス免疫に不可欠です.
- 溶性サイトカイン受容体は,宿主の免疫を妨害するために,いくつかのウイルスによって発現されます.
研究 の 目的:
- VV B18R遺伝子によってエンコードされた溶解性タイプIインターフェロン受容体の特徴を特定する.
- VV B18Rタンパク質の結合特性と進化的意義を調査する.
- VVの毒性におけるB18Rタンパク質の役割を評価する.
主な方法:
- B18Rタンパク質の生化学的特徴.
- タイプIのIFNに対する親和性および種特異性を決定するための拘束力のある測定法.
- ネズミの鼻内モデルでVV B18Rデレーション変異体の生成とテスト.
主要な成果:
- VV B18R遺伝子は,溶解性タイプIIFN受容体である60-65kDaのグリコタンパク質をコードする.
- この受容体は,ヒトのIFN-alphaと幅広い種特異性に対して高い親和性を示す.
- B18Rが欠けているVV変異体は,ネズミの鼻内感染モデルにおいて,毒性の低下を示した.
結論:
- B18Rタンパク質は,種特異性が広く,宿主間のVV複製を潜在的に促進する新しい溶解性タイプIIFN受容体です.
- B18Rは,重要なウイルス免疫回避メカニズムを表しています.
- B18Rタンパク質は,ネズミのモデルにおけるVVの完全な毒性のために不可欠である.
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