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- Title
Modulation of innate immune response to viruses including SARS-CoV-2 by progesterone.
- Authors
Su, Shan; Hua, Duo; Li, Jin-Peng; Zhang, Xia-Nan; Bai, Lei; Cao, Li-Bo; Guo, Yi; Zhang, Ming; Dong, Jia-Zhen; Liang, Xiao-Wei; Lan, Ke; Hu, Ming-Ming; Shu, Hong-Bing
- Abstract
Whether and how innate antiviral response is regulated by humoral metabolism remains enigmatic. We show that viral infection induces progesterone via the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis in mice. Progesterone induces downstream antiviral genes and promotes innate antiviral response in cells and mice, whereas knockout of the progesterone receptor PGR has opposite effects. Mechanistically, stimulation of PGR by progesterone activates the tyrosine kinase SRC, which phosphorylates the transcriptional factor IRF3 at Y107, leading to its activation and induction of antiviral genes. SARS-CoV-2-infected patients have increased progesterone levels, and which are co-related with decreased severity of COVID-19. Our findings reveal how progesterone modulates host innate antiviral response, and point to progesterone as a potential immunomodulatory reagent for infectious and inflammatory diseases.
- Publication
Signal Transduction & Targeted Therapy, 2022, Vol 7, Issue 1, p1
- ISSN
2095-9907
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1038/s41392-022-00981-5