Macrophage peroxisomes guide alveolar regeneration and limit SARS-CoV-2 tissue sequelae, 2025, Wei et al

Timko

Established Member (Voting Rights)
Title:
Macrophage peroxisomes guide alveolar regeneration and limit SARS-CoV-2 tissue sequelae

Wei, Xiaoqin; Qian, Wei; Narasimhan, Harish; Chan, Ting; Liu, Xue; Arish, Mohd; Young, Samuel; Li, Chaofan; Cheon, In Su; Yu, Qing; Almeida-Santos, Gislane; Zhao, Xiao-Yu; Yeatts, Eric V.; Spear, Olivia J.; Yi, Megan; Parimon, Tanyalak; Fang, Yinshan; Hahn, Young S.; Bullock, Timothy N. J.; Somerville, Lindsay A.; Kaplan, Mark H.; Sperling, Anne I.; Shim, Yun Michael; Vassallo, Robert; Chen, Peter; Ewald, Sarah E.; Roden, Anja C.; Que, Jianwen; Jiang, Dianhua; Sun, Jie

Abstract:
Peroxisomes are vital but often overlooked metabolic organelles. We found that excessive interferon signaling remodeled macrophage peroxisomes. This loss of peroxisomes impaired inflammation resolution and lung repair during severe respiratory viral infections. Peroxisomes were found to modulate lipid metabolism and mitochondrial health in a macrophage type-specific manner and enhanced alveolar macrophage-mediated tissue repair and alveolar regeneration after viral infection. Peroxisomes also prevented excessive macrophage inflammasome activation and IL-1β release, limiting accumulation of KRT8 high dysplastic epithelial progenitors following viral injury. Pharmacologically enhancing peroxisome biogenesis mitigated both acute symptoms and post-acute sequelae of COVID-19 (PASC) in animal models. Thus, macrophage peroxisome dysfunction contributes to chronic lung pathology and fibrosis after severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 infection.

Web | DOI | PMC | PDF
 
Last edited:
I was wondering what other thought of this paper. In the linked sheet solve mecfs state that a similar mechanism could happen in the brain. I also remember that one of the lead authors Jie Sun on his personal twitter said that this leads him to think that ether lipid dysregulation is propably causing ME/CFS.

Link
 
Back
Top Bottom