Title |
Mouse Testicular Cell Type-Specific Antiviral Response against Mumps Virus Replication
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Published in |
Frontiers in immunology, February 2017
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DOI | 10.3389/fimmu.2017.00117 |
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Authors |
Han Wu, Xiang Zhao, Fei Wang, Qian Jiang, Lili Shi, Maolei Gong, Weihua Liu, Bo Gao, Chengyi Song, Qihan Li, Yongmei Chen, Daishu Han |
Abstract |
Mumps virus (MuV) infection has high tropism to the testis and usually leads to orchitis, an etiological factor in male infertility. However, MuV replication in testicular cells and the cellular antiviral responses against MuV are not fully understood. The present study showed that MuV infected the majority of testicular cells, including Leydig cells (LC), testicular macrophages, Sertoli cells (SC), and male germ cells (GC). MuV was replicated at relatively high efficiencies in SC compared with LC and testicular macrophages. In contrast, MuV did not replicate in male GC. Notably, testicular cells exhibited different innate antiviral responses against MuV replication. We showed that interferon β (IFN-β) inhibited MuV replication in LC, macrophages, and SC, which were associated with the upregulation of major antiviral proteins. We provided primary evidence that autophagy plays a role in blocking MuV replication in male GC. Autophagy was also involved in limiting MuV replication in testicular macrophages but not in Leydig and SC. These findings indicate the involvement of the innate defense against MuV replication in testicular cells. |
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