Yokosawa N, Indoh T, Kubota T, Yashiki T, Fujii N
Department of Microbiology, Sapporo University School of Medicine, Hokkaido, Japan.
Microbiol Immunol. 1997;41(1):63-6. doi: 10.1111/j.1348-0421.1997.tb01173.x.
Some viruses seem to be capable of suppressing interferon (IFN)-induced 2',5'-oligoadenylate synthetase (2-5AS) induction. Cells infected with human T-lymphotropic virus type-I (HTLV-I) show different natures for the constitutive production of IFN-gamma or sensitivity to IFN. Poor induction of 2-5AS was found in IFN-gamma producer cells carrying HTLV-I (MT-1, MT-2 and SMT-1). On the other hand, in non- or low-producing cell lines of IFN-gamma such as HUT102 and OKM-2, significant activity of 2-5AS was induced by treatment with IFN-alpha. A satisfactory level of IFN receptor was detectable in SMT-1 cells in spite of the poor induction of 2-5AS. There were no differences in either the interferon regulatory factor-2 (IRF-2) mRNA transcript or the level of STAT-1 alpha between SMT-1 and HUT102 cells. However, the transcription of IRF-1 mRNA was slightly reduced in SMT-1 cells as compared with that of HUT102 cells.
一些病毒似乎能够抑制干扰素(IFN)诱导的2',5'-寡腺苷酸合成酶(2-5AS)的诱导。感染I型人类嗜T淋巴细胞病毒(HTLV-I)的细胞在IFN-γ的组成性产生或对IFN的敏感性方面表现出不同的特性。在携带HTLV-I的IFN-γ产生细胞(MT-1、MT-2和SMT-1)中发现2-5AS的诱导较差。另一方面,在IFN-γ的非产生或低产生细胞系如HUT102和OKM-2中,用IFN-α处理可诱导2-5AS的显著活性。尽管2-5AS的诱导较差,但在SMT-1细胞中可检测到令人满意水平的IFN受体。SMT-1细胞和HUT102细胞之间的干扰素调节因子-2(IRF-2)mRNA转录本或STAT-1α水平均无差异。然而,与HUT102细胞相比,SMT-1细胞中IRF-1 mRNA的转录略有降低。