The regulation of human airway epithelial expression of viperin by human rhinovirus
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2012-09-13
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Human rhinovirus (HRV) is a major trigger of exacerbations of asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Cigarette smoke is the primary cause of COPD, and 25% of asthmatics smoke. Asthmatic subjects who smoke have more severe disease. Smokers also have more frequent and severe viral infections. Viperin is a novel antiviral molecule that is induced in airway epithelial cells following HRV infection and that inhibits replication of HRV in these cells. We investigated the mechanisms of HRV-induced epithelial viperin expression, and the effect of cigarette smoke extract (CSE) on this expression. We show that viperin expression is transcriptionally regulated and is dependent on induction and DNA binding of interferon regulatory factor 1 (IRF-1). We showed that CSE inhibits HRV-induced viperin mRNA and protein expression but that CSE does not alter HRV-induced promoter activation, raising the possibility that CSE-mediated inhibition of viperin induction is due to epigenetic regulation.
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Pelikan, J. B. (2012). The regulation of human airway epithelial expression of viperin by human rhinovirus (Master's thesis, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada). Retrieved from https://prism.ucalgary.ca. doi:10.11575/PRISM/28289