Plitidepsin as an Immunomodulator against Respiratory Viral Infections

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Plitidepsin is a host-targeted compound known for inducing a strong anti-SARS-CoV-2 activity, as well as for having the capacity of reducing lung inflammation. Because IL-6 is one of the main cytokines involved in acute respiratory distress syndrome, the effect of plitidepsin in IL-6 secretion in different in vitro and in vivo experimental models was studied. A strong plitidepsin-mediated reduction of IL-6 was found in human monocyte-derived macrophages exposed to nonproductive SARS-CoV-2. In resiquimod (a ligand of TLR7/8)-stimulated THP1 human monocytes, plitidepsin-mediated reductions of IL-6 mRNA and IL-6 levels were also noticed. Additionally, although resiquimod-induced binding to DNA of NF-κB family members was unaffected by plitidepsin, a decrease in the regulated transcription by NF-κB (a key transcription factor involved in the inflammatory cascade) was observed. Furthermore, the phosphorylation of p65 that is required for full transcriptional NF-κB activity was significantly reduced by plitidepsin. Moreover, decreases of IL-6 levels and other proinflammatory cytokines were also seen in either SARS-CoV-2 or H1N1 influenza virus-infected mice, which were treated at low enough plitidepsin doses to not induce antiviral effects. In summary, plitidepsin is a promising therapeutic agent for the treatment of viral infections, not only because of its host-targeted antiviral effect, but also for its immunomodulatory effect, both of which were evidenced in vitro and in vivo by the decrease of proinflammatory cytokines.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:212

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Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950) - 212(2024), 8 vom: 15. Apr., Seite 1307-1318

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Losada, Alejandro [VerfasserIn]
Izquierdo-Useros, Nuria [VerfasserIn]
Aviles, Pablo [VerfasserIn]
Vergara-Alert, Júlia [VerfasserIn]
Latino, Irene [VerfasserIn]
Segalés, Joaquim [VerfasserIn]
Gonzalez, Santiago F [VerfasserIn]
Cuevas, Carmen [VerfasserIn]
Raïch-Regué, Dàlia [VerfasserIn]
Muñoz-Alonso, María J [VerfasserIn]
Perez-Zsolt, Daniel [VerfasserIn]
Muñoz-Basagoiti, Jordana [VerfasserIn]
Rodon, Jordi [VerfasserIn]
Chang, Lauren A [VerfasserIn]
Warang, Prajakta [VerfasserIn]
Singh, Gagandeep [VerfasserIn]
Brustolin, Marco [VerfasserIn]
Cantero, Guillermo [VerfasserIn]
Roca, Núria [VerfasserIn]
Pérez, Mònica [VerfasserIn]
Bustos-Morán, Eugenio [VerfasserIn]
White, Kris [VerfasserIn]
Schotsaert, Michael [VerfasserIn]
García-Sastre, Adolfo [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Antiviral Agents
Cytokines
Depsipeptides
Immunologic Factors
Interleukin-6
Journal Article
NF-kappa B
Plitidepsin
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Date Completed 03.04.2024

Date Revised 05.04.2024

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.4049/jimmunol.2300426

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM369059638