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Published on: January 20, 2023
AURKA facilitates the psoriasis-related inflammation by impeding autophagy-mediated AIM2 inflammasome suppression
Huayang Tang1, Xianfa Tang1, Ze Guo1
1Department of Dermatology and Venereology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei, Anhui, 230022, China; Institute of Dermatology, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, Anhui, 230022, China.
Abstract:
Psoriasis is an immune-mediated genetic disease involving innate and the adaptive immune system. Aurora kinase A (AURKA) belongs to a seine/threonine kinases family and is elevated in lesional psoriatic tissues. This research aimed to investigate the effects of AURKA on psoriasis progression and whether it worked by regulating autophagy or inflammasome activation. The results showed that the expression of AURKA was higher in psoriasis tissue than that in the psoriasis skin. IFN-γ (100 ng/mL) plus poly (dA:dT) (2 mg/mL) induced the increased AURKA, secretion of IL-1β, IL-18 and the active form of caspase-1 (p20). AURKA knockdown inhibited the inflammatory responses of keratinocytes and the activation of AIM2 inflammasome, and enhanced autophagy. 3MA (autophagy inhibitor) attenuated the effects of AURKA on AIM2 inflammasome. In addition, AURKA promoted the activation of the AKT/mTOR pathway. Akt inhibitor (PI-103) attenuated AIM2 inflammasome activation induced by Aurka overexpression. In conclusion, this research demonstrated that AURKA promoted the psoriasis-related inflammation by blocking autophagy-mediated AIM2 inflammasome suppression. AURKA has the potential to be explored as a new promising target for the treatment for psoriasis.
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