Phosphoproteomics to Characterize Host Response During Influenza A Virus Infection of Human Macrophages
Sandra Soderholm, Denis E. Kainov, Tiina Ohman, Oxana V. Denisova, Bert Schepens, Evgeny Kulesskiy, Susumu Y. Imanishi, Garry Corthals, Petteri Hintsanen, Tero Aittokallio, Xavier Saelens, Sampsa Matikainen and Tuula A. Nyman
Molecular & Cellular Proteomics (2016), 15, 3203-3219
The influenza A virus season is approaching and many of us will unfortunately be affected. In order to better understand the rapidly mutating virus and its ability to evade our antiviral treatments, the authors have investigated the host cell factors that are exploited by influenza viruses.
Primary human macrophages were infected with influenza A virus to elucidate the intracellular signaling pathways and critical host factors activated upon infection. Using LC/MS/MS and bioinformatics, they identified 1113 human phosphoproteins that showed changes in their phosphorylation status upon IAV infection, implying that the IAV infection effects host protein phosphorylation. Additionally 285 phosphorylation sites in 222 different proteins have not previously been reported.
The infection had a major influence on the phosphorylation profiles of a large number of cyclin-dependent kinase substrates. The authors tested a number of small molecule CDK kinase inhibitors, and showed one to be a potent inhibitor of IAV-associated cellular cytotoxicity. This compound was further shown to rescue infected mice reducing mortality at 10 days from 83% to 0. |