ArticlemBio2021
Gasdermin D Inhibits Coronavirus Infection by Promoting the Noncanonical Secretion of Beta Interferon.
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- Review: the role of GSDMD in sepsis.Inflammation research : official journal of the European Histamine Research Society ... [et al.] · 2022Pooled it
- The gasdermin family: from pyroptosis mechanisms to therapeutic targets.Signal transduction and targeted therapy · 2026Review
- Identification of duck type II interferon-stimulated genes and revelation of duIFI35 inhibition of H5N6 AIV replication by promoting apoptosis.Veterinary research · 2026Article
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- Mechanism of Hypoxia-Induced HMGB1 Regulating NLRP3 Inflammasome/Caspase-1 Pathway-Mediated Pyroptosis in Myocardial Ischemia Reperfusion Injury Through the Nrf2/HO-1 Pathway.CNS neuroscience & therapeutics · 2025Article
- The Neglected Role of GSDMD C-Terminal in Counteracting Type I Interferon Signaling.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2025Article
- GSDMD and GSDME exhibit distinct roles in enteric coronavirus PDCoV-induced pyroptosis and inflammatory responses.Journal of virology · 2025Article
- Pyroptosis, a double-edged sword during pathogen infection: a review.Cell death discovery · 2025Review
- A novel biomarker of COVID-19: MMP8 emerged by integrated bulk RNAseq and single-cell sequencing.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- The gasdermin family: emerging therapeutic targets in diseases.Signal transduction and targeted therapy · 2024Review
- Swine acute diarrhea syndrome coronavirus nucleocapsid protein antagonizes the IFN response through inhibiting TRIM25 oligomerization and functional activation of RIG-I/TRIM25.Veterinary research · 2024Article
- Role of heat shock protein 90 as an antiviral target for swine enteric coronaviruses.Virus research · 2023Article
- Uncoupled pyroptosis and IL-1β secretion downstream of inflammasome signaling.Frontiers in immunology · 2023Review
- Eugenol Attenuates Transmissible Gastroenteritis Virus-Induced Oxidative Stress and Apoptosis Via ROS-NRF2-ARE Signaling.Antioxidants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Gasdermins: New Therapeutic Targets in Host Defense, Inflammatory Diseases, and Cancer.Frontiers in immunology · 2022Review
- Pyroptotic Patterns in Blood Leukocytes Predict Disease Severity and Outcome in COVID-19 Patients.Frontiers in immunology · 2022Article
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9 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
Pyroptosis, a programmed cell death, functions as an innate immune effector mechanism and plays a crucial role against microbial invasion. Gasdermin D (GSDMD), as the main pyroptosis effector, mediates pyroptosis and promotes releasing proinflammatory molecules into the extracellular environment through pore-forming activity, modifying inflammation and immune responses. While the substantial importance of GSDMD in microbial infection and cancer has been widely investigated, the role of GSDMD in virus infection, including coronaviruses, remains unclear. Enteric coronavirus transmissible gastroenteritis virus (TGEV) and porcine deltacoronavirus (PDCoV) are the major agents for lethal watery diarrhea in neonatal pigs and pose the potential for spillover from pigs to humans. In this study, we found that alphacoronavirus TGEV upregulated and activated GSDMD, resulting in pyroptosis after infection. Furthermore, the fragment of swine GSDMD from amino acids 242 to 279 (242-279 fragment) was required to induce pyroptosis. Notably, GSDMD strongly inhibited both TGEV and PDCoV infection. Mechanistically, the antiviral activity of GSDMD was mediated through promoting the nonclassical release of antiviral beta interferon (IFN-β) and then enhancing the interferon-stimulated gene (ISG) responses. These findings showed that GSDMD dampens coronavirus infection by an uncovered GSDMD-mediated IFN secretion, which may present a novel target of coronavirus antiviral therapeutics.
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