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REDOX BIOLOGY
卷 63, 期 -, 页码 -出版社
ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.redox.2023.102752
关键词
SARS-CoV-2; ORF3a; Ferroptosis; Keap1; NRF2
Viral infection-induced cell death can have both inhibitory and exacerbating effects on viral infections. Severe COVID-19 patients often experience organ dysfunction and cytokine storms, which may be caused by SARS-CoV-2-induced cell death. This study reveals that SARS-CoV-2 ORF3a sensitizes cells to ferroptosis by affecting the Keap1-NRF2 axis, leading to oxidative stress and subsequent cell death. Understanding the mechanism behind SARS-CoV-2-induced cell death could potentially aid in the development of COVID-19 treatments.
Viral infection-induced cell death has long been considered as a double-edged sword in the inhibition or exacerbation of viral infections. Patients with severe Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) are characterized by multiple organ dysfunction syndrome and cytokine storm, which may result from SARS-CoV-2-induced cell death. Previous studies have observed enhanced ROS level and signs of ferroptosis in SARS-CoV-2 infected cells or specimens of patients with COVID-19, but the exact mechanism is not clear yet. Here, we find SARS-CoV-2 ORF3a sensitizes cells to ferroptosis via Keap1-NRF2 axis. SARS-CoV-2 ORF3a promotes the degradation of NRF2 through recruiting Keap1, thereby attenuating cellular resistance to oxidative stress and facilitated cells to ferroptotic cell death. Our study uncovers that SARS-CoV-2 ORF3a functions as a positive regulator of ferroptosis, which might explain SARS-CoV-2-induced damage in multiple organs in COVID-19 patients and imply the potential of ferroptosis inhibition in COVID-19 treatment.
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