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Journal of Virology, November 2005, p. 13875-13881, Vol. 79, No. 22
0022-538X/05/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JVI.79.22.13875-13881.2005
Copyright © 2005, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Stress-Activated Protein Kinases Are Involved in Coxsackievirus B3 Viral Progeny Release

Xiaoning Si, Honglin Luo,* Andrew Morgan, Jingchun Zhang, Jerry Wong, Ji Yuan, Mitra Esfandiarei, Guang Gao, Caroline Cheung, and Bruce M. McManus

Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, The James Hogg iCAPTURE Centre for Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Research, University of British Columbia-St. Paul's Hospital, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Received 8 August 2005/ Accepted 29 August 2005

Stress-activated protein kinases (SAPKs), consisting of c-Jun N-terminal kinase (JNK) and p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase (p38 MAPK), are activated upon various environmental stimuli, including viral infections. Cellular survival and death signaling events following coxsackievirus B3 (CVB3) infection have been studied in relationship to viral replication, but the role of SAPKs has not been scrutinized. In this study, we found that the phosphorylation of JNK1/2 and p38 MAPK was increased during active replication of CVB3 and that their phosphorylation was independent of CVB3-induced caspase activation or production of reactive oxygen species. The roles of these kinases in CVB3 infection were further evaluated using specific inhibitors: SP600125 for JNK1/2 and SB203580 for p38 MAPK. JNK1/2 inhibitors reduced CVB3-induced phosphorylation of activating transcription factor 2, and the p38 MAPK inhibitor reduced CVB3-induced phosphorylation of heat shock protein 27. Although inhibition of these kinases by specific inhibitors did not affect CVB3 viral protein synthesis, inhibition of p38 MAPK but not of JNK1/2 resulted in significant reduction of viral progeny release, suppression of CVB3-induced cell death, and blockage of CVB3-induced caspase-3 activation in infected cells. We conclude that SAPK pathways play critical roles in the life cycle of CVB3, particularly in viral progeny release.


* Corresponding author. Mailing address: The James Hogg iCAPTURE Centre for Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Research, University of British Columbia-St. Paul's Hospital, 1081 Burrard St., Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada V6Z 1Y6. Phone: (604) 682-2344, ext. 62847. Fax: (604) 806-9274. E-mail: hluo{at}mrl.ubc.ca.


Journal of Virology, November 2005, p. 13875-13881, Vol. 79, No. 22
0022-538X/05/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JVI.79.22.13875-13881.2005
Copyright © 2005, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.




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