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Science: Topoisomerase 1 inhibition suppresses inflammatory genes and protects from death by inflammation

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Editor, Senior Moderator
Science. 2016 Apr 28. pii: aad7993. [Epub ahead of print]
[h=1]Topoisomerase 1 inhibition suppresses inflammatory genes and protects from death by inflammation.[/h] Rialdi A[SUP]1[/SUP], Campisi L[SUP]1[/SUP], Zhao N[SUP]1[/SUP], Lagda AC[SUP]1[/SUP], Pietzsch C[SUP]2[/SUP], Ho JS[SUP]3[/SUP], Martinez-Gil L[SUP]4[/SUP], Fenouil R[SUP]5[/SUP], Chen X[SUP]6[/SUP], Edwards M[SUP]7[/SUP], Metreveli G[SUP]1[/SUP], Jordan S[SUP]8[/SUP], Peralta Z[SUP]5[/SUP], Munoz-Fontela C[SUP]9[/SUP], Bouvier N[SUP]7[/SUP], Merad M[SUP]8[/SUP], Jin J[SUP]10[/SUP], Weirauch M[SUP]6[/SUP], Heinz S[SUP]11[/SUP], Benner C[SUP]12[/SUP], van Bakel H[SUP]5[/SUP], Basler C[SUP]7[/SUP], Garc?a-Sastre A[SUP]1[/SUP], Bukreyev A[SUP]2[/SUP], Marazzi I[SUP]13[/SUP].
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[h=3]Abstract[/h] The host innate immune response is the first line of defense against pathogens and is orchestrated by the concerted expression of genes induced by microbial stimuli. Deregulated expression of these genes is linked to the initiation and progression of diseases associated with exacerbated inflammation. Here, we identify Topoisomerase 1 (Top1) as a positive regulator of RNA polymerase II (RNAPII) transcriptional activity at pathogen-induced genes. Depletion or chemical inhibition of Top1 suppresses the host response against Influenza and Ebola viruses as well as bacterial products. As a result, therapeutic pharmacological inhibition of Top1 protects mice from death in experimental models of lethal inflammation. Our results indicate that Top1 inhibition could be used as therapy against life threatening infections characterized by an acutely exacerbated immune response.
Copyright ? 2016, American Association for the Advancement of Science.


PMID: 27127234 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
 
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