PMID- 20551916 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20101123 LR - 20211020 IS - 1525-0024 (Electronic) IS - 1525-0016 (Print) IS - 1525-0016 (Linking) VI - 18 IP - 8 DP - 2010 Aug TI - Recognition of virus infection and innate host responses to viral gene therapy vectors. PG - 1422-9 LID - 10.1038/mt.2010.124 [doi] AB - The innate immune and inflammatory response represents one of the key stumbling blocks limiting the efficacy of viral-based therapies. Numerous human diseases could be corrected or ameliorated if viruses were harnessed to safely and effectively deliver therapeutic genes to diseased cells and tissues in vivo. Recent studies have shown that host cells recognize viruses using an elaborate network of sensor proteins localized at the plasma membrane, in endosomes, or in the cytosol. Three classes of sensors have been implicated in sensing viruses in mammalian cells-Toll-like receptors (TLRs), retinoid acid-inducible gene (RIG)-I-like receptors (RLRs), and nucleotide oligomerization domain (NOD)-like receptors (NLRs). The interaction of virus-associated nucleic acids with these sensor molecules triggers a signaling cascade that activates the principal host defense program aimed to limit or eliminate virus infection and restore tissue homeostasis. In addition, recent data strongly suggest that host cells can mount innate immune responses to viruses without prior recognition of their nucleic acids. To deliver therapeutic genes into the nuclei of diseased cells, viral gene therapy vectors must be efficient at penetrating either the plasma or endosomal membrane. The therapeutic use of high numbers of virus particles disturbs cellular homeostasis, triggering cell damage and stress pathways, or "sensing of modified self". Accumulating data indicate that the sensing of modified self might represent a powerful framework explaining the innate immune response activation by viral gene therapy vectors. FAU - Shayakhmetov, Dmitry M AU - Shayakhmetov DM AD - Division of Medical Genetics, Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA. dshax@uw.edu FAU - Di Paolo, Nelson C AU - Di Paolo NC FAU - Mossman, Karen L AU - Mossman KL LA - eng GR - CAPMC/CIHR/Canada GR - R01 AI065429/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/United States GR - CA141439/CA/NCI NIH HHS/United States GR - R01 CA141439/CA/NCI NIH HHS/United States GR - AI065429/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PT - Review DEP - 20100615 PL - United States TA - Mol Ther JT - Molecular therapy : the journal of the American Society of Gene Therapy JID - 100890581 RN - 0 (Toll-Like Receptors) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - *Genetic Therapy MH - Genetic Vectors/*genetics MH - Humans MH - Models, Biological MH - Toll-Like Receptors/genetics/metabolism MH - Viruses/*genetics PMC - PMC2927067 EDAT- 2010/06/17 06:00 MHDA- 2010/12/14 06:00 PMCR- 2011/08/01 CRDT- 2010/06/17 06:00 PHST- 2010/06/17 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2010/06/17 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2010/12/14 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2011/08/01 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - S1525-0016(16)31091-7 [pii] AID - 10.1038/mt.2010.124 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Mol Ther. 2010 Aug;18(8):1422-9. doi: 10.1038/mt.2010.124. Epub 2010 Jun 15.