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J Virol ; 93(14)2019 07 15.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-31043534

ABSTRACT

Several host and viral processes contribute to forming infectious virions. Polyamines are small host molecules that play diverse roles in viral replication. We previously demonstrated that polyamines are crucial for RNA viruses; however, the mechanisms by which polyamines function remain unknown. Here, we investigated the role of polyamines in the replication of the bunyaviruses Rift Valley fever virus (vaccine strain MP-12) and La Crosse virus (LACV). We found that polyamine depletion did not impact viral RNA or protein accumulation, despite significant decreases in titer. Viral particles demonstrated no change in morphology, size, or density. Thus, polyamine depletion promotes the formation of noninfectious particles. These particles interfere with virus replication and stimulate innate immune responses. We extended this phenotype to Zika virus; however, coxsackievirus did not similarly produce noninfectious particles. In sum, polyamine depletion results in the accumulation of noninfectious particles that interfere with replication and stimulate immune signaling, with important implications for targeting polyamines therapeutically, as well as for vaccine strategies.IMPORTANCE Bunyaviruses are emerging viral pathogens that cause encephalitis, hemorrhagic fevers, and meningitis. We have uncovered that diverse bunyaviruses require polyamines for productive infection. Polyamines are small, positively charged host-derived molecules that play diverse roles in human cells and in infection. In polyamine-depleted cells, bunyaviruses produce an overabundance of noninfectious particles that are indistinguishable from infectious particles. However, these particles interfere with productive infection and stimulate antiviral signaling pathways. We further find that additional enveloped viruses are similarly sensitive to polyamine depletion but that a nonenveloped enterovirus is not. We posit that polyamines are required to maintain bunyavirus infectivity and that polyamine depletion results in the accumulation of interfering noninfectious particles that limit infectivity. These results highlight a novel means by which bunyaviruses use polyamines for replication and suggest promising means to target host polyamines to reduce virus replication.


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Biogenic Polyamines/immunology , Bunyaviridae Infections/immunology , Defective Viruses/physiology , Encephalitis Virus, California/physiology , Rift Valley fever virus/physiology , Virion/physiology , Virus Replication/immunology , Bunyaviridae Infections/genetics , Bunyaviridae Infections/pathology , Cell Line, Tumor , Humans
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Amino Acids ; 48(10): 2375-88, 2016 10.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-27074721

ABSTRACT

We reported that arginase 2 (ARG2) deletion results in increased gastritis and decreased bacterial burden during Helicobacter pylori infection in mice. Our studies implicated a potential role for inducible nitric oxide (NO) synthase (NOS2), as Arg2 (-/-) mice exhibited increased NOS2 levels in gastric macrophages, and NO can kill H. pylori. We now bred Arg2 (-/-) to Nos2 (-/-) mice, and infected them with H. pylori. Compared to wild-type mice, both Arg2 (-/-) and Arg2 (-/-) ;Nos2 (-/-) mice exhibited increased gastritis and decreased colonization, the latter indicating that the effect of ARG2 deletion on bacterial burden was not mediated by NO. While Arg2 (-/-) mice demonstrated enhanced M1 macrophage activation, Nos2 (-/-) and Arg2 (-/-) ;Nos2 (-/-) mice did not demonstrate these changes, but exhibited increased CXCL1 and CXCL2 responses. There was an increased expression of the Th1/Th17 cytokines, interferon gamma and interleukin 17, in gastric tissues and splenic T-cells from Arg2 (-/-), but not Nos2 (-/-) or Arg2 (-/-) ;Nos2 (-/-) mice. Gastric tissues from infected Arg2 (-/-) mice demonstrated increased expression of arginase 1, ornithine decarboxylase, adenosylmethionine decarboxylase 1, spermidine/spermine N (1)-acetyltransferase 1, and spermine oxidase, along with increased spermine levels. These data indicate that ARG2 deletion results in compensatory upregulation of gastric polyamine synthesis and catabolism during H. pylori infection, which may contribute to increased gastric inflammation and associated decreased bacterial load. Overall, the finding of this study is that ARG2 contributes to the immune evasion of H. pylori by restricting M1 macrophage activation and polyamine metabolism.


Subject(s)
Arginase/immunology , Biogenic Polyamines/immunology , Helicobacter Infections/immunology , Helicobacter pylori/metabolism , Immune Evasion , Macrophage Activation , Macrophages , Stomach , Animals , Arginase/genetics , Helicobacter Infections/genetics , Helicobacter Infections/pathology , Macrophages/immunology , Macrophages/microbiology , Macrophages/pathology , Mice , Mice, Knockout , Nitric Oxide Synthase Type II/genetics , Nitric Oxide Synthase Type II/immunology , Stomach/immunology , Stomach/microbiology , Stomach/pathology , Th1 Cells/immunology , Th1 Cells/pathology , Th17 Cells/immunology , Th17 Cells/pathology
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Gematol Transfuziol ; 39(1): 9-11, 1994.
Article in Russian | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-8188035

ABSTRACT

To assess the role of polyamines in the mechanism of immunosuppression in patients with chronic myeloid leukemia (CML), polyamines levels were measured in the urine and blood, polyamines reactivity was investigated in 113 CML patients in correlation with the process aggression. In patients with aggressive CML (23 subjects) and large tumor mass the above concentrations were significantly higher than in patients with less severe CML run (90 subjects). There were also parallels between polyamines concentrations in the biological media and the patient's immunoreactivity. This suggests involvement of polyamines in immunosuppression observed in CML.


Subject(s)
Biogenic Polyamines/immunology , Immune Tolerance , Leukemia, Myelogenous, Chronic, BCR-ABL Positive/immunology , Humans
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