Spiegel Martin, Pichlmair Andreas, Mühlberger Elke, Haller Otto, Weber Friedemann
Abteilung Virologie, Institut für Medizinische Mikrobiologie und Hygiene, Universität Freiburg, D-79008 Freiburg, Germany.
J Clin Virol. 2004 Jul;30(3):211-3. doi: 10.1016/j.jcv.2003.11.013.
Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) is caused by a novel coronavirus termed SARS-CoV. No antiviral treatment has been established so far. Interferons are cytokines which induce the synthesis of several antivirally active proteins in the cell. In this study, we demonstrated that multiplication of SARS-CoV in cell culture can be strongly inhibited by pretreatment with interferon-beta. Interferon-alpha and interferon-gamma, by contrast, were less effective. The human MxA protein is one of the most prominent proteins induced by interferon-beta. Nevertheless, no interference with SARS-CoV replication was observed in Vero cells stably expressing MxA. Therefore, other interferon-induced proteins must be responsible for the strong inhibitory effect of interferon-beta against SARS-CoV.
严重急性呼吸综合征(SARS)由一种名为SARS-CoV的新型冠状病毒引起。目前尚未确立抗病毒治疗方法。干扰素是一类能诱导细胞合成多种抗病毒活性蛋白的细胞因子。在本研究中,我们证明了用β干扰素预处理可强烈抑制SARS-CoV在细胞培养中的增殖。相比之下,α干扰素和γ干扰素的效果较差。人Mx A蛋白是β干扰素诱导产生的最显著的蛋白之一。然而,在稳定表达Mx A的非洲绿猴肾细胞(Vero细胞)中未观察到对SARS-CoV复制的干扰。因此,必定是其他干扰素诱导蛋白介导了β干扰素对SARS-CoV的强烈抑制作用。