PMID- 31978319 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20210202 LR - 20231213 IS - 1557-8976 (Electronic) IS - 0882-8245 (Linking) VI - 33 IP - 1 DP - 2020 Jan/Feb TI - Mechanisms of mTOR and Autophagy in Human Endothelial Cell Infected with Dengue Virus-2. PG - 61-70 LID - 10.1089/vim.2019.0009 [doi] AB - The mechanistic mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) plays a crucial role in response to many major cellular processes, including cellular metabolism, proliferation, and autophagy. Both mTOR and autophagy are suggested to be involved in the viral infection. However, little is known about the role of mTOR and autophagy in human endothelial cell infected with dengue virus-2 (DENV-2), this study is to investigate the role of mTOR and autophagy in human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVECs) infected with DENV-2 and related regulatory mechanisms. HUVECs were cultured in epithelial cell medium. A series of experiments involving immunohistochemistry, TCID(50) method, real-time PCR, western blot, and laser confocal were performed in this study. The cell line was identified as HUVEC by the expression of cell factor VIII. The expression level of DENV-2 mRNA increased and showed an upward trend. Compared with the control group, the fluorescence of autophagy-labeled protein LC3B and lysosome-labeled protein lysosome-associated membrane protein 1 (LAMP1) in the cytoplasm of HUVEC induced by rapamycin was observed, and intensity was significantly enhanced under confocal laser scanning microscope, after fluorescence synthesis, the fluorescence of autophagy-labeled protein LC3B and lysosome-labeled protein LAMP1 overlaps were reduced. The intensity of fluorescence of autophagy-labeled protein LC3B and lysosome-labeled protein LAMP1 increased in 1 x 10(4) TCID(50) DENV-2 infection group, after fluorescence synthesis, fluorescence of autophagy-labeled protein LC3B, lysosome-labeled protein LAMP1, and DEN2 NS1 overlapped. Compared with the control group, the phosphorylation level of mTOR, Atg13, and p-ULK1 in DENV-2-infected group or Rapa treatment group decreased significantly (p < 0.05), and the level of LC3-II increased significantly (p < 0.05). These results suggest that DENV-2 induces autophagy in HUVECs through mTOR signaling molecule. FAU - Kong, Weiying AU - Kong W AD - Department of Immunology, Guizhou Medical University, Guiyang, China. AD - Center for Clinical Laboratories, The Affiliated Hospital of Guizhou Medical University, Guiyang, China. FAU - Mao, Jiaxuan AU - Mao J AD - Department of Immunology, Guizhou Medical University, Guiyang, China. FAU - Yang, Yang AU - Yang Y AD - Department of Immunology, Guizhou Medical University, Guiyang, China. FAU - Yuan, Jing AU - Yuan J AD - Department of Immunology, Guizhou Medical University, Guiyang, China. FAU - Chen, Junhao AU - Chen J AD - Department of Immunology, Guizhou Medical University, Guiyang, China. FAU - Luo, Yu AU - Luo Y AD - Department of Immunology, Guizhou Medical University, Guiyang, China. FAU - Lai, Tao AU - Lai T AD - Department of Immunology, Guizhou Medical University, Guiyang, China. FAU - Zuo, Li AU - Zuo L AD - Department of Immunology, Guizhou Medical University, Guiyang, China. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PL - United States TA - Viral Immunol JT - Viral immunology JID - 8801552 RN - 0 (LAMP1 protein, human) RN - 0 (Lysosomal Membrane Proteins) RN - 0 (MAP1LC3B protein, human) RN - 0 (Microtubule-Associated Proteins) RN - 0 (NS1 protein, Dengue virus type 2) RN - 0 (Viral Nonstructural Proteins) RN - EC 2.7.1.1 (MTOR protein, human) RN - EC 2.7.11.1 (TOR Serine-Threonine Kinases) RN - W36ZG6FT64 (Sirolimus) SB - IM MH - *Autophagy MH - Cell Line MH - Dengue Virus/genetics/*pathogenicity MH - Fluorescence MH - Human Umbilical Vein Endothelial Cells/drug effects/pathology/*virology MH - Humans MH - Lysosomal Membrane Proteins/genetics MH - Microtubule-Associated Proteins/genetics MH - Phosphorylation MH - Signal Transduction MH - Sirolimus/pharmacology MH - TOR Serine-Threonine Kinases/*genetics MH - Viral Nonstructural Proteins/genetics OTO - NOTNLM OT - DENV-2 OT - HUVECs OT - LC3B OT - autophagy OT - mTOR EDAT- 2020/01/25 06:00 MHDA- 2021/02/03 06:00 CRDT- 2020/01/25 06:00 PHST- 2020/01/25 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2020/01/25 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2021/02/03 06:00 [medline] AID - 10.1089/vim.2019.0009 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Viral Immunol. 2020 Jan/Feb;33(1):61-70. doi: 10.1089/vim.2019.0009.