The proinflammatory response induced by the Cytolethal Distending Toxin depends on cGAS

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Abstract The Cytolethal Distending Toxin (CDT) is a bacterial genotoxin produced by pathogenic bacteria causing major foodborne diseases worldwide. CDT activates the DNA damage response and induces inflammatory signatures in host cells, but the precise relationship between these outcomes has not been addressed so far. Here, we show that the cellular proinflammatory response and senescence induced by CDT depend on the cytoplasmic DNA sensor cGAS through the recognition of micronuclei. Indeed, despite active cell cycle checkpoints and in contrast to other DNA damaging agents, cells exposed to CDT reach mitosis where they accumulate massive DNA damage, resulting in chromosome fragmentation and micronucleus formation in daughter cells. These phenotypes are observed with CDT from various origins and in cancer or normal cell lines. Thus, our results establish a direct link between CDT-induced DNA damage, genetic instability and the cellular inflammatory response that may be relevant in the context of natural infection associated to chronic inflammation or carcinogenesis.

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