期刊
JOURNAL OF LEUKOCYTE BIOLOGY
卷 93, 期 3, 页码 377-385出版社
FEDERATION AMER SOC EXP BIOL
DOI: 10.1189/jlb.0812395
关键词
IFN-alpha; tyrosine-phosphorylated; hepatitis C virus; ISG; STAT
资金
- U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Center for Drug Evaluation and Research
- U.S. National Institutes of Health
This study compared the ability of IFN-alpha and IFN-lambda to induce signal transduction and gene expression in primary human hepatocytes, PBLs, and monocytes. IFN-alpha drug products are widely used to treat chronic HCV infection; however, IFN-alpha therapy often induces hematologic toxicities as a result of the broad expression of IFNARs on many cell types, including most leukocytes. rIFN-lambda 1 is currently being tested as a potential alternative to IFN-alpha for treating chronic HCV. Although IFN-lambda has been shown to be active on hepatoma cell lines, such as HepG2 and Huh-7, its ability to induce responses in primary human hepatocytes or leukocytes has not been examined. We found that IFN-lambda induces activation of Jak/STAT signaling in mouse and human hepatocytes, and the ability of IFN-lambda to induce STAT activation correlates with induction of numerous ISGs. Although the magnitude of ISG expression induced by IFN-alpha in hepatocytes was generally lower than that induced by IFN-lambda, the repertoire of regulated genes was quite similar. Our findings demonstrate that although IFN-alpha and IFN-lambda signal through distinct receptors, they induce expression of a common set of ISGs in hepatocytes. However, unlike IFN-alpha, IFN-lambda did not induce STAT activation or ISG expression by purified lymphocytes or monocytes. This important functional difference may provide a clinical advantage for IFN-lambda as a treatment for chronic HCV infection, as it is less likely to induce the leukopenias that are often associated with IFN-alpha therapy. J. Leukoc. Biol. 93: 377-385; 2013.
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