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Superoxide Dismutase 1 Protects Hepatocytes from Type I Interferon-Driven Oxidative Damage

  • Anannya Bhattacharya
  • , Ahmed N. Hegazy
  • , Nikolaus Deigendesch
  • , Lindsay Kosack
  • , Jovana Cupovic
  • , Richard K. Kandasamy
  • , Andrea Hildebrandt
  • , Doron Merkler
  • , Anja A. Kühl
  • , Bojan Vilagos
  • , Christopher Schliehe
  • , Isabel Panse
  • , Kseniya Khamina
  • , Hatoon Baazim
  • , Isabelle Arnold
  • , Lukas Flatz
  • , Haifeng C. Xu
  • , Philipp A. Lang
  • , Alan Aderem
  • , Akinori Takaoka
  • Giulio Superti-Furga, Jacques Colinge, Burkhard Ludewig, Max Löhning, Andreas Bergthaler*
*Corresponding author for this work
  • Austrian Academy of Sciences
  • Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin
  • German Rheumatism Research Centre Berlin
  • University of Oxford
  • Max Planck Institute for Infection Biology
  • Cantonal Hospital St. Gallen
  • University of Geneva
  • University of Göttingen
  • Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf
  • Seattle Biomedical Research Institute
  • Hokkaido University
  • Medical University of Vienna
  • CeMM Research Center for Molecular Medicine of the Austrian Academy of Sciences

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Abstract

Tissue damage caused by viral hepatitis is a major cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide. Using a mouse model of viral hepatitis, we identified virus-induced early transcriptional changes in the redox pathways in the liver, including downregulation of superoxide dismutase 1 (Sod1). Sod1-/- mice exhibited increased inflammation and aggravated liver damage upon viral infection, which was independent of T and NK cells and could be ameliorated by antioxidant treatment. Type I interferon (IFN-I) led to a downregulation of Sod1 and caused oxidative liver damage in Sod1-/- and wild-type mice. Genetic and pharmacological ablation of the IFN-I signaling pathway protected against virus-induced liver damage. These results delineate IFN-I mediated oxidative stress as a key mediator of virus-induced liver damage and describe a mechanism of innate-immunity-driven pathology, linking IFN-I signaling with antioxidant host defense and infection-associated tissue damage.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)974-986
Number of pages13
JournalImmunity
Volume43
Issue number5
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 17 Nov 2015
Externally publishedYes

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  1. SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being
    SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being

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