Pre-existing mycobacterial infection modulates Candida albicans-driven pyroptosis
FEBS JOURNAL(2022)
Abstract
Active tuberculosis patients are at high risk of coinfection with opportunistic fungal pathogen Candida albicans. However, the molecular mechanisms that orchestrate pathogenesis of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb)-C. albicans coinfection remain elusive. In the current study, we utilize a mouse model to demonstrate that Mtb promotes a macrophage environment that is conducive for C. albicans survival. Mtb-dependent protein kinase C zeta-WNT signalling axis induces expression of an E3 ubiquitin ligase, constitutive photomorphogenesis protein 1 (COP1). A secondary infection of C. albicans in such Mtb-infected macrophages causes COP1 to mediate the proteasomal degradation of interferon regulatory factor 9 (IRF9), a cardinal factor that we identified to arbitrate an inflammatory programmed cell death, pyroptosis. In vivo experiments mimicking a pre-existing Mtb infection demonstrate that inhibition of pyroptosis in mice results in increased C. albicans burden and aberrant lung tissue architecture, leading to increased host mortality. Together, our study reveals the crucial role of pyroptosis regulation for manifesting a successful C. albicans-Mtb coinfection.
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Key words
C,albicans,COP1,IRF9,M,tuberculosis,pyroptosis,ubiquitination
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