Glanz, Anna;Chakravarty, Sukanya;Fan, Shumin;Chawla, Karan;Subramanian, Gayatri;Rahman, Tia;Walters, Dean;Chakravarti, Ritu;Chattopadhyay, Saurabh published 《Autophagic degradation of IRF3 induced by the small-molecule auranofin inhibits its transcriptional and proapoptotic activities》 in 2021. The article was appeared in 《Journal of Biological Chemistry》. They have made some progress in their research.Reference of ((2S,3R,4S,5R,6R)-3,4,5-Triacetoxy-6-(acetoxymethyl)tetrahydro-2H-pyran-2-thio)(triethylphosphine)gold The article mentions the following:
The ubiquitously expressed transcription factor interferon (IFN) regulatory factor 3 (IRF3) is critical for the induction of antiviral genes, e.g., type-I IFN. In addition to its transcriptional function, IRF3 also activates a nontranscriptional, proapoptotic signaling pathway. While the proapoptotic function of IRF3 protects against viral infections, it is also involved in harmful immune responses that trigger hepatocyte cell death and promote liver disease. Thus, we hypothesized that a small-mol. inhibitor of the proapoptotic activity of IRF3 could alleviate fatty-acid-induced hepatocyte cell death. We conducted a high-throughput screen, which identified auranofin as a small-mol. inhibitor of the proapoptotic activity of IRF3. In addition to the nontranscriptional apoptotic pathway, auranofin also inhibited the transcriptional activity of IRF3. Using biochem. and genetic tools in human and mouse cells, we uncovered a novel mechanism of action for auranofin, in which it induces cellular autophagy to degrade IRF3 protein, thereby suppressing IRF3 functions. Autophagy-deficient cells were unable to degrade IRF3 upon auranofin treatment, suggesting that the autophagic degradation of IRF3 is a novel approach to regulate IRF3 activities. Using a physiol. relevant in vitro model, we demonstrated that auranofin inhibited fatty-acid-induced apoptotic cell death of hepatocytes. In summary, auranofin is a novel inhibitor of IRF3 functions and may represent a potential therapeutic option in diseases where IRF3 is deleterious.((2S,3R,4S,5R,6R)-3,4,5-Triacetoxy-6-(acetoxymethyl)tetrahydro-2H-pyran-2-thio)(triethylphosphine)gold (cas: 34031-32-8) were involved in the experimental procedure.
((2S,3R,4S,5R,6R)-3,4,5-Triacetoxy-6-(acetoxymethyl)tetrahydro-2H-pyran-2-thio)(triethylphosphine)gold(cas: 34031-32-8) is an efficient inducer of mitochondrial membrane permeability transition pore in the presence of calcium ions related to its inhibition of mitochondrial thioredoxin reductase.Reference of ((2S,3R,4S,5R,6R)-3,4,5-Triacetoxy-6-(acetoxymethyl)tetrahydro-2H-pyran-2-thio)(triethylphosphine)gold
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