Influenza A virus （IAV） infection is a major worldwide public health problem. However, the factors involved in mediating the inflammatory response to this infection and their relationships remain poorly understood. ...Influenza A virus （IAV） infection is a major worldwide public health problem. However, the factors involved in mediating the inflammatory response to this infection and their relationships remain poorly understood. Here, we show that IAV infection stimulates the expression of the soluble IL-6 receptor （slL-6R）, a multifunctional protein involved in IL-6 signaling. Interestingly, slL-6R expression upregulated the levels of its own ligand, IL-6 and those of the pro-inflammatory cytokine IL-32. shRNA-mediated knockdown of slL-6R suppressed I L-6 and IL-32, indicating that this regulation is dependent on slL-6R during IAV infection. Furthermore, our results demonstrate that IL-32 participates in a negative feedback loop that inhibits slL-6R while upregulating IL-6 expression during IAV infection. Therefore, we show that slL-6R is a critical cellular factor involved in the acute inflammatory response to viral infection.展开更多
文摘Influenza A virus （IAV） infection is a major worldwide public health problem. However, the factors involved in mediating the inflammatory response to this infection and their relationships remain poorly understood. Here, we show that IAV infection stimulates the expression of the soluble IL-6 receptor （slL-6R）, a multifunctional protein involved in IL-6 signaling. Interestingly, slL-6R expression upregulated the levels of its own ligand, IL-6 and those of the pro-inflammatory cytokine IL-32. shRNA-mediated knockdown of slL-6R suppressed I L-6 and IL-32, indicating that this regulation is dependent on slL-6R during IAV infection. Furthermore, our results demonstrate that IL-32 participates in a negative feedback loop that inhibits slL-6R while upregulating IL-6 expression during IAV infection. Therefore, we show that slL-6R is a critical cellular factor involved in the acute inflammatory response to viral infection.
