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Human adenovirus type 19 infection of corneal cells induces p38 MAPK-dependent interleukin-8 expression.

ABSTRACT: Human adenovirus type 19 (HAdV-19) is a major cause of epidemic keratoconjunctivitis, the only ocular adenoviral infection associated with prolonged corneal inflammation. In this study, we investigated the role of p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) in HAdV-19 infection, with particular attention to the role of p38 MAPK in the transcriptional control of interleukin-8 (IL-8), a chemokine previously shown to be central to the initiation of adenovirus keratitis.We found that infection of corneal cells with HAdV-19 led to activation of p38 MAPK and its downstream targets, HSP-27 and ATF-2, within 15 to 30 minutes post-infection. Infection also induced phosphorylation of IkappaB and NFkappaB in a p38 MAPK-dependent fashion. Furthermore, HAdV-19 induced an interaction between p38 MAPK and NFkappaB-p65, followed by nuclear translocation of activated NFkappaB-p65 and its binding to the IL-8 promoter. The interaction between p38 MAPK and NFkappaB-p65 was inhibited in concentration-dependent fashion by SB203580, a chemical inhibitor of p38 MAPK, but not by SP600125, an inhibitor of JNK - another MAPK implicated in chemokine expression by HAdV-19 infected cells. IL-8 gene expression in HAdV-19 infection was significantly reduced in the presence of sequence-specific p38 MAPK siRNA but not control siRNA.These results provide the first direct evidence for transcriptional regulation of IL-8 in HAdV-19 infected cells through the activation of the p38 MAPK signaling pathway. The p38 MAPK pathway may play a biologically important role in regulation of IL-8 gene expression in the adenovirus-infected cornea.

SUBMITTER: Rajaiya J

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2265692 | biostudies-literature | 2008 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Human adenovirus type 19 infection of corneal cells induces p38 MAPK-dependent interleukin-8 expression.

Rajaiya Jaya J Xiao Jingnan J Rajala Raju Vs RV Chodosh James J

Virology journal 20080125

<h4>Background</h4>Human adenovirus type 19 (HAdV-19) is a major cause of epidemic keratoconjunctivitis, the only ocular adenoviral infection associated with prolonged corneal inflammation. In this study, we investigated the role of p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) in HAdV-19 infection, with particular attention to the role of p38 MAPK in the transcriptional control of interleukin-8 (IL-8), a chemokine previously shown to be central to the initiation of adenovirus keratitis.<h4>Result ...[more]

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Human adenovirus type 19 infection of corneal cells induces p38 MAPK-dependent interleukin-8 expression.

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