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From the Molecular Pathogenesis of Eye Infection Research Center, Dean A. McGee Eye Institute, and the 1 Departments of Ophthalmology, 2 Cell Biology, and 3 Microbiology and Immunology, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
PURPOSE. Focal adhesion kinase (FAK), a nonreceptor protein tyrosine kinase with protean downstream influences on cell cycle regulation, cytoskeletal dynamics, and cell attachment, is activated by integrin binding and aggregation. Adenoviruses, including those associated with human keratitis, enter permissive cells by an integrin-mediated mechanism. Hence, a possible relationship between adenovirus infection and tyrosine phosphorylation of FAK in human corneal cells was explored.
METHODS. Human corneal fibroblasts (HCFs) derived from donor corneas were infected for various periods with adenovirus type 19 (Ad19) or were mock infected with virus-free medium. Parallel experiments included echistatin, which is a snake venom disintegrin and a partial inhibitor of FAK. For immunoblot analysis, Triton-X–soluble and Triton-X–insoluble fractions were analyzed by SDS-PAGE and immunoblotted with phosphospecific antibodies. Expression of the interleukin (IL)-8 gene was analyzed by RT-PCR and ELISA.
RESULTS. Ad19 infection of HCFs induced tyrosine phosphorylation of a protein at 125 kDa, which was evident within 15 minutes after infection and was established by immunoprecipitation to be FAK. Immunoblot with antibody to FAK tyrosine-397 confirmed phosphorylation of this key binding site for downstream signaling proteins. Immunoblot analysis further suggested a shift in the intracellular location of phosphorylated FAK from the cytosol (Triton-X–soluble cell lysate fraction) to the cytoskeleton (Triton-X–insoluble cell lysate pellet) on infection. Finally, treatment of HCFs with echistatin reduced virus-induced expression of the neutrophil chemotaxin IL-8, previously implicated in adenoviral pathogenesis.
CONCLUSIONS. Ad19 infection of HCFs induces rapid phosphorylation of FAK, and a dramatic change in its intracellular distribution. Activation of FAK may contribute to the inflammatory response to adenovirus infection of the human cornea.
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