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ArticleCellular and molecular life sciences : CMLS2011

Modulation of IL-2 expression after uptake of hepatitis C virus non-enveloped capsid-like particles: the role of p38 kinase.

Elisavet Serti, Polyxeni P Doumba, George Thyphronitis, Panagiota Tsitoura, Konstantina Katsarou, Pelagia Foka, Manousos M Konstandoulakis, John Koskinas, Penelope Mavromara, Urania Georgopoulou

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Article in Cellular and molecular life sciences : CMLS, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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10 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Elisavet SertiMolecular Virology Laboratory, Hellenic Pasteur Institute, Athens, Greece.
Polyxeni P Doumba
George Thyphronitis
Panagiota Tsitoura
Konstantina Katsarou
Pelagia Foka
Manousos M Konstandoulakis
John Koskinas
Penelope Mavromara
Urania Georgopoulou
Pasteur Hellenic Institute · GRHippocration General Hospital · GRNational Centre of Scientific Research "Demokritos" · GRUniversity of Ioannina · GR

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Hepatitis C virus (HCV) has been shown to actively replicate in cells of the immune system, altering both their function and cytokine expression. Naked nucleocapsids have been reported in the serum of infected patients. We investigated interference of recombinant non-enveloped capsid-like particles with signaling pathways in T cells. HCV non-enveloped particles (HCVne) internalization was verified in Jurkat and Hut 78 T cells, as well as primary human peripheral blood and intrahepatic mononuclear cells. HCVne uptake leads to activation of the MAPKs-p38 signaling pathway. Using specific phosphoantibodies, signaling pathways inhibitors, and chemical agents, it was demonstrated that p38 activation in T cells correlated with IL-2 transcriptional activation and was accompanied by a parallel increase of IL-2 cytokine secretion. c-fos and egr-1, two transcription factors, essential for IL-2 promoter activity, were also found to be elevated. We propose that HCVne uptake by T lymphocytes results in increased MAPKs-p38 activity and IL-2 expression, thus altering the host immune response.

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Transcriptional ActivationAnimalsCapsidCell LineCell Membrane PermeabilityCells, CulturedEnzyme ActivationExtracellular Signal-Regulated MAP KinasesHepacivirusHepatitis CHost-Pathogen InteractionsHumansInterferon-gammaInterleukin-2Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinasesp38 Mitogen-Activated Protein KinasesExtracellular Signal-Regulated MAP KinasesInterferon-gammaInterleukin-2Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinasesp38 Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases

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PMID20680391
PMCPMC11114540
OpenAlexW2017486389

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