MicroRNA‐155 inhibits dengue virus replication by inducing heme oxygenase‐1‐mediated antiviral interferon responses
Open Access
- 11 April 2020
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in The FASEB Journal
- Vol. 34 (6), 7283-7294
- https://doi.org/10.1096/fj.201902878r
Abstract
MicroRNAs (miRNAs) have been reported to directly alter the virus life cycle and virus–host interactions, and so are considered promising molecules for controlling virus infection. In the present study, we observed that miR-155 time-dependently downregulated upon dengue virus (DENV) infection. In contrast, exogenous overexpression of miR-155 appeared to limit viral replication in vitro, suggesting that the low levels of miR-155 would be beneficial for DENV replication. In vivo, overexpression of miR-155 protected ICR suckling mice from the life-threatening effects of DENV infection and reduced virus propagation. Further investigation revealed that the anti-DENV activity of miR-155 was due to target Bach1, resulting in the induction of the heme oxygenase-1 (HO-1)-mediated inhibition of DENV NS2B/NS3 protease activity, ultimately leading to induction of antiviral interferon responses, including interferon-induced protein kinase R (PKR), 2′-5′-oligoadenylate synthetase 1 (OAS1), OAS2, and OAS3 expression, against DENV replication. Collectively, our results provide a promising new strategy to manage DENV infection by modulation of miR-155 expression.Keywords
Funding Information
- Ministry of Sciences and Technology of Taiwan (MOST107-2311-B-037-005-MY3)
- Chi-Mei Medical Center and Kaohsiung Medical University Research Foundation (107CM-KMU-03, 108CM-KMU-13)
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