TFRC Upregulation Promotes Ferroptosis in CVB3 Infection Via Nucleus Recruitment of Sp1

Overview

Journal Cell Death Dis

Specialties Cell Biology
General Medicine

Date 2022 Jul 13

PMID 35821227

Authors

Lu Yi

Yanan Hu

Zhixiang Wu

Ying Li

Min Kong

Zhijuan Kang

Bojiao Zuoyuan

Zuocheng Yang

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Abstract

CVB3 is a single positive-strand enterovirus, and a common pathogen in myocarditis etiology. Although a number of antiviral candidates are under development, specific targeted therapy is not available for CVB3. Ferroptosis is a new type of regulatory cell death discovered in recent years. In this study, our team provided the first evidence that ferroptosis existed in CVB3 infection in vivo and in vitro by iron overload, and massive accumulation of lipid peroxides. Mechanistically, we construct a classical model of HeLa cells following a time-course infection (6, 12, 24, 36, 48 h) with CVB3 (MOI = 10). We demonstrated that the TFRC gene plays an important role in promoting ferroptosis in CVB3 infection and downregulation of TFRC attenuated the ferroptosis. Interestingly, we observed that TFRC was nuclear translocation induced by the CVB3, which was predominantly localized in the cell membrane, but redistributed to the nucleus during CVB3 infection. Moreover, we found that the transcription factor Sp1 was an essential factor that could bind to the TFRC promoter and upregulate the TFRC transcription. Collectively, these results suggest that the Sp1/TFRC/Fe axis may provide a new target for the development of therapies against CVB3 infection.

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