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- Title
IFN-lambdas mediate antiviral protection through a distinct class II cytokine receptor complex.
- Authors
Kotenko, Sergei V; Gallagher, Grant; Baurin, Vitaliy V; Lewis-Antes, Anita; Shen, Meiling; Shah, Nital K; Langer, Jerome A; Sheikh, Faruk; Dickensheets, Harold; Donnelly, Raymond P
- Abstract
We report here the identification of a ligand-receptor system that, upon engagement, leads to the establishment of an antiviral state. Three closely positioned genes on human chromosome 19 encode distinct but paralogous proteins, which we designate interferon-lambda1 (IFN-lambda1), IFN-lambda2 and IFN-lambda3 (tentatively designated as IL-29, IL-28A and IL-28B, respectively, by HUGO). The expression of IFN-lambda mRNAs was inducible by viral infection in several cell lines. We identified a distinct receptor complex that is utilized by all three IFN-lambda proteins for signaling and is composed of two subunits, a receptor designated CRF2-12 (also designated as IFN-lambdaR1) and a second subunit, CRF2-4 (also known as IL-10R2). Both receptor chains are constitutively expressed on a wide variety of human cell lines and tissues and signal through the Jak-STAT (Janus kinases-signal transducers and activators of transcription) pathway. This receptor-ligand system may contribute to antiviral or other defenses by a mechanism similar to, but independent of, type I IFNs.
- Publication
Nature immunology, 2003, Vol 4, Issue 1, p69
- ISSN
1529-2908
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1038/ni875