| Literature DB >> 26468520 |
Yizhong Ren1, Chufang Li2, Liqiang Feng3, Weiqi Pan4, Liang Li4, Qian Wang3, Jiashun Li4, Na Li4, Ling Han4, Xuehua Zheng4, Xuefeng Niu4, Caijun Sun3, Ling Chen5.
Abstract
Influenza A virus infection can arrest autophagy, as evidenced by autophagosome accumulation in infected cells. Here, we report that this autophagosome accumulation can be inhibited by amantadine, an antiviral proton channel inhibitor, in amantadine-sensitive virus infected cells or cells expressing influenza A virus matrix protein 2 (M2). Thus, M2 proton channel activity plays a role in blocking the fusion of autophagosomes with lysosomes, which might be a key mechanism for arresting autophagy.Entities:
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Year: 2015 PMID: 26468520 PMCID: PMC4702553 DOI: 10.1128/JVI.00576-15
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Virol ISSN: 0022-538X Impact factor: 5.103