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Biochem Biophys Res Commun. Differential suppressive effect of promyelocytic leukemia protein on the replication of different subtypes/strains of infl

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Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 2009 Aug 21. [Epub ahead of print]

Differential suppressive effect of promyelocytic leukemia protein on the replication of different subtypes/strains of influenza A virus.

Li W, Wang G, Zhang H, Zhang D, Zeng J, Chen X, Xu Y, Li K. - Department of Viral Immunology, Institute of Medical Biology, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Kunming 650118, PR China; Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Key Immunopathology Laboratory of Guangdong Province, Shantou University Medical College, Shantou 515041, PR China.

Promyelocytic leukemia protein (PML) plays an important role in the defense against a number of viruses, including influenza A virus. However, the sensitivity of influenza A virus subtypes/strains to PML is unknown. We investigated the role of PML in the replication of different influenza A virus subtypes/strains using pan-PML knock-down A549 cells and PML-VI-overexpressed MDCK cells. We found that (i) depletion of pan-PML by siRNA rendered A549 cells more susceptible to influenza A virus strains PR8(H1N1) and ST364(H3N2), but not to strains ST1233(H1N1), Qa199(H9N2) and Ph2246(H9N2); (ii) overexpression of PML-VI in MDCK cells conferred potent resistance to PR8(H1N1) infection, while lacked inhibitory activity to ST1233(H1N1), ST364(H3N2), Qa199(H9N2) and Ph2246(H9N2). Our results suggest that the antiviral effect of PML on influenza A viruses is viral subtype/strain specific.

PMID: 19703418 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

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