Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Centro Nacional de Biotecnología, CSIC, Madrid, Spain.
Cell Host Microbe. 2009 Dec 17;6(6):495-7. doi: 10.1016/j.chom.2009.11.009.
Hepatitis C virus (HCV) is resistant to the antiviral cytokine type I interferon, representing a major clinical problem. Garaigorta and Chisari (2009) reveal that HCV uses the activation of the ds-RNA-dependent protein kinase R, which phosphorylates and inhibits the translation initiation factor eIF-2 alpha, to block translation of interferon-stimulated genes.
丙型肝炎病毒(HCV)对抗病毒细胞因子 I 型干扰素具有抗性,这是一个主要的临床问题。Garaigorta 和 Chisari(2009)揭示了 HCV 利用双链 RNA 依赖的蛋白激酶 R 的激活,磷酸化并抑制翻译起始因子 eIF-2α,从而阻断干扰素刺激基因的翻译。