Topoisomerase 1 Inhibition Promotes Cyclic GMP-AMP Synthase-Dependent Antiviral Responses

ABSTRACT Inflammatory responses, while essential for pathogen clearance, can also be deleterious to the host. Chemical inhibition of topoisomerase 1 (Top1) by low-dose camptothecin (CPT) can suppress transcriptional induction of antiviral and inflammatory genes and protect animals from excessive and...

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Autores principales: Geneviève Pépin, Charlotte Nejad, Jonathan Ferrand, Belinda J. Thomas, H. James Stunden, Elaine Sanij, Chwan-Hong Foo, Cameron R. Stewart, Jason E. Cain, Philip G. Bardin, Bryan R. G. Williams, Michael P. Gantier
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:1854a7e1960c44029afa2f6f6b8c9dcb2021-11-15T15:51:51ZTopoisomerase 1 Inhibition Promotes Cyclic GMP-AMP Synthase-Dependent Antiviral Responses10.1128/mBio.01611-172150-7511https://doaj.org/article/1854a7e1960c44029afa2f6f6b8c9dcb2017-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/mBio.01611-17https://doaj.org/toc/2150-7511ABSTRACT Inflammatory responses, while essential for pathogen clearance, can also be deleterious to the host. Chemical inhibition of topoisomerase 1 (Top1) by low-dose camptothecin (CPT) can suppress transcriptional induction of antiviral and inflammatory genes and protect animals from excessive and damaging inflammatory responses. We describe the unexpected finding that minor DNA damage from topoisomerase 1 inhibition with low-dose CPT can trigger a strong antiviral immune response through cyclic GMP-AMP synthase (cGAS) detection of cytoplasmic DNA. This argues against CPT having only anti-inflammatory activity. Furthermore, expression of the simian virus 40 (SV40) large T antigen was paramount to the proinflammatory antiviral activity of CPT, as it potentiated cytoplasmic DNA leakage and subsequent cGAS recruitment in human and mouse cell lines. This work suggests that the capacity of Top1 inhibitors to blunt inflammatory responses can be counteracted by viral oncogenes and that this should be taken into account for their therapeutic development. IMPORTANCE Recent studies suggest that low-dose DNA-damaging compounds traditionally used in cancer therapy can have opposite effects on antiviral responses, either suppressing (with the example of CPT) or potentiating (with the example of doxorubicin) them. Our work demonstrates that the minor DNA damage promoted by low-dose CPT can also trigger strong antiviral responses, dependent on the presence of viral oncogenes. Taken together, these results call for caution in the therapeutic use of low-dose chemotherapy agents to modulate antiviral responses in humans.Geneviève PépinCharlotte NejadJonathan FerrandBelinda J. ThomasH. James StundenElaine SanijChwan-Hong FooCameron R. StewartJason E. CainPhilip G. BardinBryan R. G. WilliamsMichael P. GantierAmerican Society for MicrobiologyarticleDNA damageSTINGcGAScamptothecinsimian virus 40topoisomerase 1MicrobiologyQR1-502ENmBio, Vol 8, Iss 5 (2017)
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collection DOAJ
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topic DNA damage
STING
cGAS
camptothecin
simian virus 40
topoisomerase 1
Microbiology
QR1-502
spellingShingle DNA damage
STING
cGAS
camptothecin
simian virus 40
topoisomerase 1
Microbiology
QR1-502
Geneviève Pépin
Charlotte Nejad
Jonathan Ferrand
Belinda J. Thomas
H. James Stunden
Elaine Sanij
Chwan-Hong Foo
Cameron R. Stewart
Jason E. Cain
Philip G. Bardin
Bryan R. G. Williams
Michael P. Gantier
Topoisomerase 1 Inhibition Promotes Cyclic GMP-AMP Synthase-Dependent Antiviral Responses
description ABSTRACT Inflammatory responses, while essential for pathogen clearance, can also be deleterious to the host. Chemical inhibition of topoisomerase 1 (Top1) by low-dose camptothecin (CPT) can suppress transcriptional induction of antiviral and inflammatory genes and protect animals from excessive and damaging inflammatory responses. We describe the unexpected finding that minor DNA damage from topoisomerase 1 inhibition with low-dose CPT can trigger a strong antiviral immune response through cyclic GMP-AMP synthase (cGAS) detection of cytoplasmic DNA. This argues against CPT having only anti-inflammatory activity. Furthermore, expression of the simian virus 40 (SV40) large T antigen was paramount to the proinflammatory antiviral activity of CPT, as it potentiated cytoplasmic DNA leakage and subsequent cGAS recruitment in human and mouse cell lines. This work suggests that the capacity of Top1 inhibitors to blunt inflammatory responses can be counteracted by viral oncogenes and that this should be taken into account for their therapeutic development. IMPORTANCE Recent studies suggest that low-dose DNA-damaging compounds traditionally used in cancer therapy can have opposite effects on antiviral responses, either suppressing (with the example of CPT) or potentiating (with the example of doxorubicin) them. Our work demonstrates that the minor DNA damage promoted by low-dose CPT can also trigger strong antiviral responses, dependent on the presence of viral oncogenes. Taken together, these results call for caution in the therapeutic use of low-dose chemotherapy agents to modulate antiviral responses in humans.
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author Geneviève Pépin
Charlotte Nejad
Jonathan Ferrand
Belinda J. Thomas
H. James Stunden
Elaine Sanij
Chwan-Hong Foo
Cameron R. Stewart
Jason E. Cain
Philip G. Bardin
Bryan R. G. Williams
Michael P. Gantier
author_facet Geneviève Pépin
Charlotte Nejad
Jonathan Ferrand
Belinda J. Thomas
H. James Stunden
Elaine Sanij
Chwan-Hong Foo
Cameron R. Stewart
Jason E. Cain
Philip G. Bardin
Bryan R. G. Williams
Michael P. Gantier
author_sort Geneviève Pépin
title Topoisomerase 1 Inhibition Promotes Cyclic GMP-AMP Synthase-Dependent Antiviral Responses
title_short Topoisomerase 1 Inhibition Promotes Cyclic GMP-AMP Synthase-Dependent Antiviral Responses
title_full Topoisomerase 1 Inhibition Promotes Cyclic GMP-AMP Synthase-Dependent Antiviral Responses
title_fullStr Topoisomerase 1 Inhibition Promotes Cyclic GMP-AMP Synthase-Dependent Antiviral Responses
title_full_unstemmed Topoisomerase 1 Inhibition Promotes Cyclic GMP-AMP Synthase-Dependent Antiviral Responses
title_sort topoisomerase 1 inhibition promotes cyclic gmp-amp synthase-dependent antiviral responses
publisher American Society for Microbiology
publishDate 2017
url https://doaj.org/article/1854a7e1960c44029afa2f6f6b8c9dcb
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