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Recombinant mink interferon-epsilon significantly increased the expression of interferon-stimulated genes such as ISG15 and 2′-5′ OAS1 compared to control (p < 0.0001), demonstrating indirect antiviral activity.
Recombinant mink interferon-epsilon induces high expression of interferon-stimulated genes and exhibits indirect antiviral activity against vesicular stomatitis virus in vitro.
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May inform species-specific antiviral development; extends interferon research to mink but leaves open in vivo efficacy and clinical translation.
The interferon (IFN) response is the first line of defense against viral invasion and thus plays a central role in the regulation of the immune response. IFN-epsilon (IFN-ε) is a newly discovered type I IFN that does not require viral induction, unlike other type I IFNs. IFN-ε is constitutively expressed in epithelial cells and plays an important role in mucosal immunity. In this study, we evaluated the biological activity of the mink-IFN (MiIFN)-ε gene in prokaryotic cells. Quantitative reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (qRT-PCR) was used to evaluate IFN-ε expression in different mink tissues. MiIFN-ε was highly expressed in brain, lung, tracheal, kidney, intestinal, bladder, ovarian, and testis tissues. There was no significant difference in MiIFN-ε expression between female and male minks, except in the reproductive system. Expression of the small ubiquitin-like modifier (SUMO3)-MiIFN-ε fusion gene was induced by isopropylβ-d-thiogalactoside, and MiIFN-ε was collected after SUMO-specific protease digestion. We tested the antiviral activity of MiIFN-ε against vesicular stomatitis virus (VSV) in epithelial cells of feline kidney 81 (F81). We used qRT-PCR to analyze the expression of several IFN-stimulated genes (ISGs), including ISG15, 2′-5′ oligoadenylate synthetase (2′-5′OAS1), and myxovirus resistance protein 1 (Mx1). Recombinant IFN-ε induced high ISG expression in F81 cells. Compared with those in the cell control group, expressions of ISG15, Mx1, and 2′-5′ OAS1 in the VSV-GFP control, IFN-ε, and MiIFN-ε-inhibited VSV-GFP groups were significantly increased. Compared with those in the VSV-GFP control group, expressions of ISG15 and 2′-5′ OAS1 in the IFN-ε and MiIFN-ε-inhibited VSV-GFP groups were significantly increased, and the differences were highly significant (p < 0.0001). IFN-ε played an indirect antiviral role. These findings lay the foundation for detailed investigation of IFN-ε in the future.
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Zhang et al. (2023) studied Viral infection (vesicular stomatitis virus). Recombinant mink interferon-epsilon (MiIFN-ε) vs. Cell control group / VSV-GFP control group was evaluated on Expression of IFN-stimulated genes (ISG15, Mx1, 2′-5′ OAS1) and antiviral activity (p=<0.0001). Recombinant mink interferon-epsilon significantly increased the expression of interferon-stimulated genes such as ISG15 and 2′-5′ OAS1 compared to control (p < 0.0001), demonstrating indirect antiviral activity.
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