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VIROLOGY
Volume 378, Issue 1, Pages 177-184Publisher
ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1016/j.virol.2008.05.013
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PCV2; NF-kappa B; I kappa B family; caspase-3 activity; PK15 cells
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The transcription factor NF-kappa B is commonly activated upon virus infection and a key player in the induction and regulation of the host immune response. The present study demonstrated for the first time that porcine circovirus type 2 (PCV2), which is the primary causative agent of an emerging swine disease, postweaning multisystemic wasting syndrome, can activate NF-kappa B in PCV2-infected PK15 cells. in PCV2-infected cells, NF-kappa B was activated concomitantly with viral replication, which was characterized by increased DNA binding activity, translocation of NF-kappa B p65 from the cytoplasm to the nucleus, as well as degradation and phosphorylation of IKB alpha protein. We further demonstrated PCV2-induced activation of NF-kappa B and colocalization of p65 nuclear translocation with virus replication in cultured cells. Treatment of cells with CAPE, a selective inhibitor of NF-kappa B activation, reduced virus protein expression and progeny production followed by decreasing PCV2-induced apoptotic caspase activity, indicating the involvement of this transcription factor in induction of cell death. Taken together, these data suggest that NF-kappa B activation is important for PCV2 replication and contributes to virus-mediated changes in host cells. The results presented here provide a basis for understanding molecular mechanism of PCV2 infection. (c) 2008 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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