Differential Onset of Apoptosis in Influenza A Virus H5n1- and H1n1-infected Human Blood Macrophages.
From: Immunology Research Laboratory, Department of Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Pok Fu Lam, Hong Kong SAR, China.
The Journal of general virology
- Publish Date: Apr 2007
- ISSN: 0022-1317
- Volume: 88
- Issue: Pt 4
- Pages: 1275-80
- Medium: Print
- Language: English
- Citation (JAMA): Mok Chris K P, Lee Davy C W, Cheung Chung-Yan, et al. Differential Onset of Apoptosis in Influenza A Virus H5n1- and H1n1-infected Human Blood Macrophages.. J. Gen. Virol. Apr 2007;88:1275-80
Abstract
Pathogenesis of the highly pathogenic avian influenza virus A/Hong Kong/483/97 (H5N1/97) remains to be investigated. It was demonstrated recently that H5N1 dysregulation of proinflammatory cytokines in human macrophages is a p38-kinase-dependent process. The results indicated that macrophages may play a role in disease severity. To investigate cellular responses to H5N1 infection further, apoptosis and its related pathways were studied in primary blood macrophages. Here, it is shown that the H5N1/97 virus triggered apoptosis, including caspases and PARP activation, in infected macrophages with a delayed onset compared with H1N1 counterparts. Similar results were also found in human macrophages infected by precursors of the H5N1/97 virus. Thus, these results showed that the delay in apoptosis onset in macrophages infected by H5N1/97 and its related precursor subtypes may be a means for the pathogens to have longer survival in the cells; this may contribute to the pathogenesis of H5N1 disease in humans.
Mesh Headings (Keywords): Animals, Apoptosis, Caspases, Cells, Cultured, Collagen Type XI, Humans, Influenza A Virus, H1N1 Subtype, Influenza A Virus, H5N1 Subtype, Influenza, Human, Macrophages
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