Renner Ivonne, Funk Nancy, Geissler Rene, Friedrich Susann, Penzel Anika, Behrens Sven-Erik
Institute of Biochemistry and Biotechnology, Section Microbial Biotechnology, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Faculty of Life Sciences (NFI), Kurt-Mothes-Str. 3, D-06120, Halle/Saale, Germany.
PLoS One. 2014 Dec 3;9(12):e114288. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0114288. eCollection 2014.
Here we show that designed transcription activator-like effectors (TALEs) that bind to defined areas of the interferon beta promoter are capable to induce IFN-beta expression and signaling in human cells. Importantly, TALE-mediated IFN-beta signaling occurs independently of pathogen pattern recognition but effectively prohibits viral RNA replication as demonstrated with a hepatitis C virus replicon. TALEs were thus indicated to be valuable tools in various applications addressing, for example, virus-host interactions.
在此我们表明,设计的与干扰素β启动子特定区域结合的转录激活样效应因子(TALEs)能够在人类细胞中诱导IFN-β表达和信号传导。重要的是,TALE介导的IFN-β信号传导独立于病原体模式识别发生,但如丙型肝炎病毒复制子所示,能有效阻止病毒RNA复制。因此,TALEs被认为是在各种应用中,例如解决病毒-宿主相互作用方面有价值的工具。