TY - JOUR
T1 - ATP-sensitive potassium channel (K ATP)-dependent regulation of cardiotropic viral infections
AU - Eleftherianos, Ioannis
AU - Won, Sungyong
AU - Chtarbanova, Stanislava
AU - Squiban, Barbara
AU - Ocorr, Karen
AU - Bodmer, Rolf
AU - Beutler, Bruce
AU - Hoffmann, Jules A.
AU - Imler, Jean Luc
PY - 2011/7/19
Y1 - 2011/7/19
N2 - The effects of the cellular environment on innate immunity remain poorly characterized. Here, we show that in Drosophila ATP-sensitive potassium channels (K ATP) mediate resistance to a cardiotropic RNA virus, Flock House virus (FHV). FHV viral load in the heart rapidly increases in K ATP mutant flies, leading to increased viremia and accelerated death. The effect of K ATP channels is dependent on the RNA interference genes Dcr-2, AGO2, and r2d2, indicating that an activity associated with this potassium channel participates in this antiviral pathway in Drosophila. Flies treated with the K ATP agonist drug pinacidil are protected against FHV infection, thus demonstrating the importance of this regulation of innate immunity by the cellular environment in the heart. In mice, the Coxsackievirus B3 replicates to higher titers in the hearts of mayday mutant animals, which are deficient in the Kir6.1 subunit of K ATP channels, than in controls. Together, our data suggest that K ATP channel deregulation can have a critical impact on innate antiviral immunity in the heart.
AB - The effects of the cellular environment on innate immunity remain poorly characterized. Here, we show that in Drosophila ATP-sensitive potassium channels (K ATP) mediate resistance to a cardiotropic RNA virus, Flock House virus (FHV). FHV viral load in the heart rapidly increases in K ATP mutant flies, leading to increased viremia and accelerated death. The effect of K ATP channels is dependent on the RNA interference genes Dcr-2, AGO2, and r2d2, indicating that an activity associated with this potassium channel participates in this antiviral pathway in Drosophila. Flies treated with the K ATP agonist drug pinacidil are protected against FHV infection, thus demonstrating the importance of this regulation of innate immunity by the cellular environment in the heart. In mice, the Coxsackievirus B3 replicates to higher titers in the hearts of mayday mutant animals, which are deficient in the Kir6.1 subunit of K ATP channels, than in controls. Together, our data suggest that K ATP channel deregulation can have a critical impact on innate antiviral immunity in the heart.
KW - Aging
KW - Ion channel
KW - Myocarditis
KW - Potassium efflux
KW - Tolbutamide
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U2 - 10.1073/pnas.1108926108
DO - 10.1073/pnas.1108926108
M3 - Article
C2 - 21719711
AN - SCOPUS:79961040627
SN - 0027-8424
VL - 108
SP - 12024
EP - 12029
JO - Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
JF - Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
IS - 29
ER -