Human parainfluenza virus type 3 upregulates ICAM-1 (CD54) expression in a cytokine-independent manner.
Human parainfluenza virus type 3 (HPIV3) causes bronchiolitis, pneumonia, and croup in newborns and infants. Several studies have implicated intercellular adhesion molecule-1 (ICAM-1) in inflammation during infection by viruses. In this study, we investigated the potential for HPIV3 to induce ICAM-1 in HT1080 cells. FACS analysis showed that HPIV3 strongly induced ICAM-1 expression in these cells. The ICAM-1 induction was significantly reduced when the virions were UV inactivated prior to infection, indicating that ICAM-1 induction was mostly viral replication dependent. Culture supernatant of HPIV3-infected cells induced ICAM-1 at an extremely low level, indicating that virus-induced cytokines played only a minor role in the induction process. Consistent with this, potent inducers of ICAM-1 such as IFN-gamma, TGF-beta, and TNF-alpha were absent in the culture supernatant, but a significant amount of IFN type 1 was present. By using U2A cells, which are defective in IFN type I signaling, we confirmed that ICAM-1 induction by HPIV3 occurred in a JAK/STAT signaling-independent manner. These data strongly indicate that HPIV3 induces ICAM-1 directly by viral antigens in a cytokine-independent manner; this induction may play a role in the inflammation during HPIV3 infection.
Gao
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Department of Virology, Lerner Research Institute, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, OH 44195, USA.
Choudhary
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D000818:Animals; D002460:Cell Line; D002522:Chlorocebus aethiops; D015967:Gene Expression Regulation, Viral / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D018799:Intercellular Adhesion Molecule-1 / Q000235:genetics*; D007370:Interferon Type I / Q000502:physiology*; D010224:Parainfluenza Virus 3, Human / Q000502:physiology*; D015398:Signal Transduction / Q000502:physiology; D015854:Up-Regulation / Q000502:physiology*
D007370:Interferon Type I; D018799:Intercellular Adhesion Molecule-1