Hemagglutinin protein of measles virus induces apoptosis of HeLa cells via both extrinsic and intrinsic pathways - PubMed (original) (raw)

. 2013 Dec;59(12):814-24.

doi: 10.1139/cjm-2013-0544. Epub 2013 Nov 5.

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Hemagglutinin protein of measles virus induces apoptosis of HeLa cells via both extrinsic and intrinsic pathways

Changhua Yi et al. Can J Microbiol. 2013 Dec.

Abstract

In this study, we investigated the potential for different components of the measles virus (MV) to induce apoptosis of HeLa cells and explored the apoptotic molecular mechanisms. After testing the 2 envelope glycoproteins hemagglutinin (H) and fusion (F), we found that MV H alone was sufficient to induce the apoptosis of HeLa cells, whereas MV F did not. MV F also had no influence on MV-H-mediated apoptosis. MV H could induce cellular apoptosis in HeLa cells through its interaction with the cellular receptor CD46 via both the TRAIL-mediated extrinsic pathway and the mitochondria-controlled intrinsic pathway, and that cross talk between these 2 pathways occurred during the process. These findings extend the functions of MV envelope glycoproteins in the pathogenesis of MV infection and suggest that MV H may be a potential therapeutic in the treatment of some cancers.

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