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Vitamin D disrupts NS1-TUFM interaction to suppress pathogenic mitophagy in RSV-induced mitochondrial injury of bronchial epithelial cells
Li Peng, Yao Liu, Xiaofang Ding, Tuhong Yang, Lili Zhong, Fangcai Li
J. Microbiol. 2026;64(1):e2508009.   Published online January 31, 2026
DOI: https://doi.org/10.71150/jm.2508009
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This study aims to examine the mechanism by which vitamin D mitigates bronchiolitis caused by respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) through the regulation of RSV nonstructural protein 1 (NS1)-TUFM-mediated mitophagy in bronchial epithelial cells. Clinical serum and PBMC samples from RSV-infected children and healthy controls were analyzed for vitamin D, mitochondrial DNA, mitophagy markers (LC3, ATG5, VDAC1, TOMM20, and COXIV), TUFM, and inflammatory cytokines (IL-6, IL-8, and TNF-α). In vitro, human bronchial epithelial cells Beas-2B were transfected with RSV-NS1 plasmid and TUFM silencing or overexpression constructs. Vitamin D (0.1–10 μM) was administered to evaluate mitophagy inhibition using Western blot, immunofluorescence, and JC-1 staining. NS1-TUFM interaction was confirmed by co-immunoprecipitation. RSV-positive patients exhibited reduced serum vitamin D, elevated TUFM and mitophagy markers, impaired mitochondrial mass, and increased inflammation. Vitamin D inversely correlated with LC3 and TUFM. RSV-NS1 overexpression induced mitochondrial translocation of NS1, TUFM-dependent mitophagy activation, and mitochondrial dysfunction (JC-1 depolarization). Vitamin D (10 μM) suppressed mitophagy by redistributing NS1 to the cytosol and reducing mitochondrial TUFM. TUFM overexpression abolished the protective effects of vitamin D on mitophagy and inflammation. In conclusion, vitamin D inhibits mitophagy in bronchial epithelial cells infected with RSV by disrupting NS1-TUFM interaction, suggesting that the vitamin D-TUFM axis may serve as a potential therapeutic target.


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