DDX50 inhibits the replication of dengue virus 2 by upregulating IFN-β production

Autor: Yingfeng Lei, Linfeng Cheng, Hongwei Ma, Zhikai Xu, Peijun Han, Hesong Chen, Wei Ye, Yangchao Dong, Liang Zhang, Fanglin Zhang, Xin Lv, Daihui Weng
Rok vydání: 2016
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Zdroj: Archives of virology. 162(6)
ISSN: 1432-8798
Popis: Dengue virus (DENV) infects approximately 390 million people per year, and each of the four DENV serotypes (DENV-1, DENV-2, DENV-3, and DENV-4) is capable of causing infection. At present, there is no antiviral drug available for the treatment of DENV. Several DExD/H-box helicases have been shown to be involved in the antiviral immune response or viral replication. In the present study, we investigated the role of DDX50 in DENV-2 RNA replication. Our data showed that the level of DENV-2 RNA increased in DDX50 knockdown cells during an early stage of viral infection and decreased in DDX50-overexpressing cells. DDX50, in conjunction with RIG-I and MDA5, upregulated the production of IFN-β in infected cells through an additive effect on the IFN-β promoter. Furthermore, transcription of several IFN-stimulated genes was increased in DDX50-overexpressing cells infected with DENV-2. These results provide evidence that DDX50 negatively regulates DENV-2 replication during the early stages of infection by inducing IFN-β production.
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