Autophagy and Mitophagy-Related Pathways at the Crossroads of Genetic Pathways Involved in Familial Sarcoidosis and Host-Pathogen Interactions Induced by Coronaviruses

Sarcoidosis is a multisystem disease characterized by the development and accumulation of granulomas, the hallmark of an inflammatory process induced by environmental and/or infectious and or genetic factors. This auto-inflammatory disease mainly affects the lungs, the gateway to environmental aggressions and viral infections. We have shown previously that genetic predisposition to sarcoidosis occurring in familial cases is related to a large spectrum of pathogenic variants with, however, a clustering around mTOR (mammalian Target Of Rapamycin)-related pathways and autophagy regulation. The context of the COVID-19 pandemic led us to evaluate whether such genetic defects may increase the risk of a severe course of SARS-CoV2 infection in patients with sarcoidosis. We extended a whole exome screening to 13 families predisposed to sarcoidosis and crossed the genes sharing mutations with the list of genes involved in the SARS-CoV2 host-pathogen protein-protein interactome. A similar analysis protocol was applied to a series of 100 healthy individuals. Using ENRICH.R, a comprehensive gene set enrichment web server, we identified the functional pathways represented in the set of genes carrying deleterious mutations and confirmed the overrepresentation of autophagy- and mitophagy-related functions in familial cases of sarcoidosis. The same protocol was applied to the set of genes common to sarcoidosis and the SARS-CoV2-host interactome and found a significant enrichment of genes related to mitochondrial factors involved in autophagy, mitophagy, and RIG-I-like (Retinoic Acid Inducible Gene 1) Receptor antiviral response signaling. From these results, we discuss the hypothesis according to which sarcoidosis is a model for studying genetic abnormalities associated with host response to viral infections as a consequence of defects in autophagy and mitophagy processes.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2021

Erschienen:

2021

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:10

Enthalten in:

Cells - 10(2021), 8 vom: 05. Aug.

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Pacheco, Yves [VerfasserIn]
Valeyre, Dominique [VerfasserIn]
El Jammal, Thomas [VerfasserIn]
Vallee, Maxime [VerfasserIn]
Chevalier, Fabien [VerfasserIn]
Lamartine, Jérôme [VerfasserIn]
Sigaudo-Roussel, Dominique [VerfasserIn]
Verrier, Bernard [VerfasserIn]
Israel-Biet, Dominique [VerfasserIn]
Freymond, Nathalie [VerfasserIn]
Cottin, Vincent [VerfasserIn]
Calender, Alain [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Autophagy
COVID-19
Comparative Study
EC 2.7.11.1
Genetics
Journal Article
Mitophagy
Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
SARS-CoV2
Sarcoidosis
TANK Binding Kinase 1
TBK1 protein, human

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Date Completed 21.09.2021

Date Revised 07.12.2022

published: Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.3390/cells10081995

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM329836749