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The role of IFI16 protein in viral infection
Karchňák, Jan ; Šroller, Vojtěch (advisor) ; Poláková, Ingrid (referee)
6 Abstract Viruses are obligate intracellular parasites causing a large variety of diseases. Most of their hosts, including humans, have developed particular mechanisms, which are meant to tackle such diseases. First line of defense against viruses are pattern recognition receptors. These receptors are responsible for detection of pathogen associated molecular patterns (PAMPs) and of damage associated molecular patterns (DAMPs). Inteferon γ inducible protein 16 (IFI16) is one of these receptors and is responsible for detecting alien and damaged DNA both in the nucleus and cytoplasm. Its structure contains two sequence independent DNA binding HIN domains and one PYD domain, which mediates its protein-protein interactions. In the cell it functions as a regulator of cell cycle, differentiation and plays a role in cell aging. IFI16 also triggers activation of non-specific immune response and it directly acts as a restrictive factor for many viruses. During evolution these viruses have evolved mechanism which they us to evade its imunne activity or even use it to their advantage. Keywords: IFI16, STING, DNA sensing, interferons, restriction factor, pattern recogniton receptors
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Sensing of MPyV infection by innate immunity sensors
Rjabčenko, Boris ; Forstová, Jitka (advisor) ; Anděra, Ladislav (referee) ; Mělková, Zora (referee)
Host sensors that recognize pathogen associated molecular patterns and the mechanisms of innate immune response to mouse polyomavirus (MPyV) infection were the main topics of current work. We found that MPyV did not induce interferon (IFN) production during early events of infection, but induced interleukin-6 (IL-6) and other cytokine production without inhibiting virus multiplication. Cytokine microenvironment changed the phenotype of adjacent non infected fibroblasts toward the cancer-associated fibroblast (CAF)-like phenotype. We identified Toll-like receptor 4, a sensor of the innate immunity system, to be responsible for infection dependent IL-6 production. In an effort to determine whether and where virions are released from endosomal compartments into the cytosol, we found that the hydrophobic domains of minor capsid proteins, exposed on the surface of virions after their partial disassembly in the ER, play an important role in effective escape of virions from the lumen part of endoplasmic reticulum into the cytosol, Although naked, partially disassembled virions appear before translocation to the nucleus in the cytosol, viral DNA is not recognized by cytosolic sensors at this phase of infection Sensing of MPyV resulting in IFN production occurs first during viral replication. Mutant virus,...
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