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  3. Enteric coronavirus PDCoV evokes a non-Warburg effect by hijacking pyruvic acid as a metabolic hub

Enteric coronavirus PDCoV evokes a non-Warburg effect by hijacking pyruvic acid as a metabolic hub

  • Redox Biol. 2024 Mar 4:71:103112. doi: 10.1016/j.redox.2024.103112.
Guanning Su 1,  Jiao Liu 1,  Chenrui Duan 1,  Puxian Fang 1,  Liurong Fang 1,  Yanrong Zhou 2,  Shaobo Xiao 3
Affiliations

Affiliations

  • 1 National Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, China; Key Laboratory of Preventive Veterinary Medicine in Hubei Province, The Cooperative Innovation Center for Sustainable Pig Production, Wuhan, 430070, China.
  • 2 National Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, China; Key Laboratory of Preventive Veterinary Medicine in Hubei Province, The Cooperative Innovation Center for Sustainable Pig Production, Wuhan, 430070, China. Electronic address: yrzhou@mail.hzau.edu.cn.
  • 3 National Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, China; Key Laboratory of Preventive Veterinary Medicine in Hubei Province, The Cooperative Innovation Center for Sustainable Pig Production, Wuhan, 430070, China. Electronic address: vet@mail.hzau.edu.cn.
PMID: 38461791 DOI: 10.1016/j.redox.2024.103112
Abstract

The Warburg effect, also referred as aerobic glycolysis, is a common metabolic program during viral Infection. Through targeted metabolomics combined with biochemical experiments and various cell models, we investigated the central carbon metabolism (CCM) profiles of cells infected with porcine deltacoronavirus (PDCoV), an emerging enteropathogenic coronavirus with zoonotic potential. We found that PDCoV Infection required glycolysis but decreased glycolytic flux, exhibiting a non-Warburg effect characterized by pyruvic acid accumulation. Mechanistically, PDCoV enhanced Pyruvate Kinase activity to promote pyruvic acid anabolism, a process that generates pyruvic acid with concomitant ATP production. PDCoV also hijacked pyruvic acid catabolism to increase biosynthesis of non-essential Amino acids (NEAAs), suggesting that pyruvic acid is an essential hub for PDCoV to scavenge host energy and metabolites. Furthermore, PDCoV facilitated glutaminolysis to promote the synthesis of NEAA and pyrimidines for optimal proliferation. Our work supports a novel CCM model after viral Infection and provides potential anti-PDCoV drug targets.

Keywords

Antiviral drug target; Central carbon metabolism; Metabolomic; Porcine deltacoronavirus; Pyruvic acid.

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