SARS-CoV-2 non-structural protein 6 triggers NLRP3-dependent pyroptosis by targeting ATP6AP1

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A recent mutation analysis suggested that Non-Structural Protein 6 (NSP6) of the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is a key determinant of the viral pathogenicity. Here, by transcriptome analysis, we demonstrated that the inflammasome-related NOD-like receptor signaling was activated in SARS-CoV-2-infected lung epithelial cells and Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) patients' lung tissues. The induction of inflammasomes/pyroptosis in patients with severe COVID-19 was confirmed by serological markers. Overexpression of NSP6 triggered NLRP3/ASC-dependent caspase-1 activation, interleukin-1β/18 maturation, and pyroptosis of lung epithelial cells. Upstream, NSP6 impaired lysosome acidification to inhibit autophagic flux, whose restoration by 1α,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3, metformin or polydatin abrogated NSP6-induced pyroptosis. NSP6 directly interacted with ATP6AP1, a vacuolar ATPase proton pump component, and inhibited its cleavage-mediated activation. L37F NSP6 variant, which was associated with asymptomatic COVID-19, exhibited reduced binding to ATP6AP1 and weakened ability to impair lysosome acidification to induce pyroptosis. Consistently, infection of cultured lung epithelial cells with live SARS-CoV-2 resulted in autophagic flux stagnation, inflammasome activation, and pyroptosis. Overall, this work supports that NSP6 of SARS-CoV-2 could induce inflammatory cell death in lung epithelial cells, through which pharmacological rectification of autophagic flux might be therapeutically exploited.

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CommentIn: Autophagy. 2022 Sep;18(9):2246-2248. - PMID 35067165

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2022

Erschienen:

2022

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:29

Enthalten in:

Cell death and differentiation - 29(2022), 6 vom: 07. Juni, Seite 1240-1254

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Sun, Xiao [VerfasserIn]
Liu, Yingzhi [VerfasserIn]
Huang, Ziheng [VerfasserIn]
Xu, Wenye [VerfasserIn]
Hu, Wei [VerfasserIn]
Yi, Lina [VerfasserIn]
Liu, Zhe [VerfasserIn]
Chan, Hung [VerfasserIn]
Zeng, Judeng [VerfasserIn]
Liu, Xiaodong [VerfasserIn]
Chen, Huarong [VerfasserIn]
Yu, Jun [VerfasserIn]
Chan, Francis Ka Leung [VerfasserIn]
Ng, Siew Chien [VerfasserIn]
Wong, Sunny Hei [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Maggie Haitian [VerfasserIn]
Gin, Tony [VerfasserIn]
Joynt, Gavin Matthew [VerfasserIn]
Hui, David Shu Cheong [VerfasserIn]
Zou, Xuan [VerfasserIn]
Shu, Yuelong [VerfasserIn]
Cheng, Christopher Hon Ki [VerfasserIn]
Fang, Shisong [VerfasserIn]
Luo, Huanle [VerfasserIn]
Lu, Jing [VerfasserIn]
Chan, Matthew Tak Vai [VerfasserIn]
Zhang, Lin [VerfasserIn]
Wu, William Ka Kei [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

ATP6AP1 protein, human
Coronavirus Nucleocapsid Proteins
EC 3.6.1.-
Inflammasomes
Interleukin-1beta
Journal Article
NLR Family, Pyrin Domain-Containing 3 Protein
NLRP3 protein, human
NSP6 protein, SARS-CoV-2
Vacuolar Proton-Translocating ATPases

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Date Completed 10.06.2022

Date Revised 10.02.2023

published: Print-Electronic

CommentIn: Autophagy. 2022 Sep;18(9):2246-2248. - PMID 35067165

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1038/s41418-021-00916-7

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NLM335325009