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  3. Capsaicin functions as a selective degrader of STAT3 to enhance host resistance to viral infection

Capsaicin functions as a selective degrader of STAT3 to enhance host resistance to viral infection

  • Acta Pharmacol Sin. 2023 Jun 13. doi: 10.1038/s41401-023-01111-9.
Mei-Qi Zhang # 1,  Xin Jia # 1,  Cui-Qin Cheng 2,  Yu-Xi Wang 2,  Yi-Ying Li 2,  Ling-Dong Kong 1,  Qi-Qi Li 1,  Fang Xie 2,  Yan-Li Yu 1,  Yu-Ting He 1,  Qiu-Tong Dong 1,  Zhan-Hong Jia 1,  Yao Wang 3 4,  An-Long Xu 5 6
Affiliations

Affiliations

  • 1 School of Chinese Materia Medica, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing, 100029, China.
  • 2 School of Life Science, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing, 100029, China.
  • 3 School of Life Science, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing, 100029, China. yaowang@bucm.edu.cn.
  • 4 National Key Laboratory of Efficacy and Mechanism on Chinese Medicine for Metabolic Diseases, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing, 100029, China. yaowang@bucm.edu.cn.
  • 5 School of Life Science, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing, 100029, China. xuanlong@bucm.edu.cn.
  • 6 National Key Laboratory of Efficacy and Mechanism on Chinese Medicine for Metabolic Diseases, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing, 100029, China. xuanlong@bucm.edu.cn.
  • # Contributed equally.
PMID: 37311796 DOI: 10.1038/s41401-023-01111-9
Abstract

Although STAT3 has been reported as a negative regulator of type I interferon (IFN) signaling, the effects of pharmacologically inhibiting STAT3 on innate Antiviral immunity are not well known. Capsaicin, approved for the treatment of postherpetic neuralgia and diabetic peripheral nerve pain, is an agonist of transient receptor potential vanilloid subtype 1 (TRPV1), with additional recognized potencies in Anticancer, anti-inflammatory, and metabolic diseases. We investigated the effects of capsaicin on viral replication and innate Antiviral immune response and discovered that capsaicin dose-dependently inhibited the replication of VSV, EMCV, and H1N1. In VSV-infected mice, pretreatment with capsaicin improved the survival rate and suppressed inflammatory responses accompanied by attenuated VSV replication in the liver, lung, and spleen. The inhibition of viral replication by capsaicin was independent of TRPV1 and occurred mainly at postviral entry steps. We further revealed that capsaicin directly bound to STAT3 protein and selectively promoted its lysosomal degradation. As a result, the negative regulation of STAT3 on the type I IFN response was attenuated, and host resistance to viral Infection was enhanced. Our results suggest that capsaicin is a promising small-molecule drug candidate, and offer a feasible pharmacological strategy for strengthening host resistance to viral Infection.

Keywords

STAT3; capsaicin; protein degradation; type I interferons; viruses.

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