Nature Communications (Oct 2020)

SARS-CoV2-mediated suppression of NRF2-signaling reveals potent antiviral and anti-inflammatory activity of 4-octyl-itaconate and dimethyl fumarate

  • David Olagnier,
  • Ensieh Farahani,
  • Jacob Thyrsted,
  • Julia Blay-Cadanet,
  • Angela Herengt,
  • Manja Idorn,
  • Alon Hait,
  • Bruno Hernaez,
  • Alice Knudsen,
  • Marie Beck Iversen,
  • Mirjam Schilling,
  • Sofie E. Jørgensen,
  • Michelle Thomsen,
  • Line S. Reinert,
  • Michael Lappe,
  • Huy-Dung Hoang,
  • Victoria H. Gilchrist,
  • Anne Louise Hansen,
  • Rasmus Ottosen,
  • Camilla G. Nielsen,
  • Charlotte Møller,
  • Demi van der Horst,
  • Suraj Peri,
  • Siddharth Balachandran,
  • Jinrong Huang,
  • Martin Jakobsen,
  • Esben B. Svenningsen,
  • Thomas B. Poulsen,
  • Lydia Bartsch,
  • Anne L. Thielke,
  • Yonglun Luo,
  • Tommy Alain,
  • Jan Rehwinkel,
  • Antonio Alcamí,
  • John Hiscott,
  • Trine H. Mogensen,
  • Søren R. Paludan,
  • Christian K. Holm

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-18764-3
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 1 – 12

Abstract

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Viral infections usually cause disease through direct cytopathogenic effects and excessive inflammatory responses. Here, Olagnier et al. show that two NRF2 agonists, 4-OI and DMF, possess broad IFN-independent antiviral activity and decrease host inflammatory response to SARS-CoV-2 infection.