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. 2021 Jul 13;11:670177. doi: 10.3389/fcimb.2021.670177

Table 2.

Different subtypes of IAV NS1 proteins induce apoptosis in various cell types.

IAV Cell line Mechanism of apoptosis induction References
A/Chicken/shaanxi/01/2011 (H9N2) COEC (chicken oviduct epithelial cells) Activating ROS accumulation and mitochondria-mediated apoptotic signaling induces apoptosis in COECs (Qi et al., 2016)
A/chicken/Zhejiang/DTID-ZJU01/2013(H7N9) A549 Increasing the phosphorylation of p53 and inducing mitochondrial impairment leading to the accumulation of p53 (Yan et al., 2016)
A/Beijing/501/2009 (H1N1) A549 Interacting with cellular β-tubulin, disrupting normal cell division and inducing apoptosis (Han et al., 2012)
A/Aquatic bird/India/NIV-17095/2007(H11N1) 293T Down-regulation of HSP90 expression to induce apoptosis (Mukherjee et al., 2012)
A/chicken/Jilin/2003 virus (H5N1) Human alveolar basal epithelial cells Inducing apoptosis via the caspase-dependent pathway (Zhang et al., 2010)
A/chicken/Jilin/2003 (H5N1)
A/swine/Colorado/1/1977 (H3N2)
A549 Competing with apaf-1 for binding hsp90 leads to apaf-1 oligomerization, which in turn promotes apaf-1 interaction with cytc, leading to activation of caspase 9 and caspase 3, leading to apoptosis. (Zhang et al., 2011)
A/HongKong/483/97 (H5N1) Human airway epithelial cells (NCI-H292 cells) Activating the death receptor signaling cascades, and triggering the caspase cascade, resulting in apoptosis (Lam et al., 2008)
A/Puerto Rico/8/34 (H1N1) Primary human macrophages Controlling caspase-1 activation, thus repressing the maturation of pro-IL1b-, pro-IL18- and caspase-1-dependent apoptosis (Stasakova et al., 2005)
A/Turkey/Ontario/7732/66
(H5N9)
MDCK/HeLa Triggering the caspase cascade, resulting in apoptosis (Schultz-Cherry et al., 2001)