Abstract
The pandemic of coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19), caused by SARS-CoV-2, has become a global concern as it leads to a spectrum of mild to severe symptoms and increases death tolls around the world. Severe COVID-19 results in acute respiratory distress syndrome, hypoxia, and multi- organ dysfunction. However, the long-term effects of post-COVID-19 infection are still unknown. Based on the emerging evidence, there is a high possibility that COVID-19 infection accelerates premature neuronal aging and increases the risk of age-related neurodegenerative diseases in mild to severely infected patients during the post-COVID period. Several studies correlate COVID-19 infection with neuronal effects, though the mechanism through which they contribute to the aggravation of neuroinflammation and neurodegeneration is still under investigation. SARS-CoV-2 predominantly targets pulmonary tissues and interferes with gas exchange, leading to systemic hypoxia. The neurons in the brain require a constant supply of oxygen for their proper functioning, suggesting that they are more vulnerable to any alteration in oxygen saturation level that results in neuronal injury with or without neuroinflammation. We hypothesize that hypoxia is one of the major clinical manifestations of severe SARS-CoV-2 infection; it directly or indirectly contributes to premature neuronal aging, neuroinflammation, and neurodegeneration by altering the expression of various genes responsible for the survival of the cells. This review focuses on the interplay between COVID-19 infection, hypoxia, premature neuronal aging, and neurodegenerative diseases and provides a novel insight into the molecular mechanisms of neurodegeneration.
Keywords: Alzheimer’s disease, COVID-19, HIF-1α, hypoxia, neurodegeneration, Parkinson’s disease.
[http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cell.2020.02.052] [PMID: 32142651]
[http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.2020.12839] [PMID: 32648899]
[http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jmv.26254] [PMID: 32617987]
[http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41586-022-04569-5] [PMID: 35255491]
[PMID: 5161296]
[http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.redox.2016.10.018] [PMID: 27835780]
[http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijms20246140] [PMID: 31817513]
[http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.90.9.4304] [PMID: 8387214]
[http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fcell.2021.703084] [PMID: 34395432]
[http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12950-020-00263-3] [PMID: 33139969]
[http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jinf.2020.02.010] [PMID: 32109444]
[http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijid.2020.11.181] [PMID: 33249285]
[http://dx.doi.org/10.1056/NEJMoa2002032] [PMID: 32109013]
[http://dx.doi.org/10.15585/mmwr.mm6924e2] [PMID: 32555134]
[http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2021.761887] [PMID: 34858373]
[http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.368.6490.455] [PMID: 32355007]
[http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.chom.2016.01.007] [PMID: 26867177]
[http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00109-020-01961-4] [PMID: 32808094]
[http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jinf.2020.03.037] [PMID: 32283152]
[http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S2665-9913(20)30343-X] [PMID: 33015645]
[http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17476348.2020.1778470] [PMID: 32567404]
[http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.2020.6019] [PMID: 32282022]
[http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mayocp.2020.04.006] [PMID: 32376101]
[http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.crphar.2021.100030] [PMID: 34870146]
[http://dx.doi.org/10.11604/pamj.supp.2020.35.2.23871] [PMID: 33623585]
[http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0252411] [PMID: 34143791]
[http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_2252_20] [PMID: 34195115]
[http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41401-020-00554-8] [PMID: 33110240]
[http://dx.doi.org/10.1074/jbc.270.36.21021] [PMID: 7673128]
[http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/07853890.2020.1858234] [PMID: 33345622]
[http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11033-021-06358-1] [PMID: 33891272]
[http://dx.doi.org/10.1152/ajplung.90415.2008] [PMID: 19592460]
[http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00011-021-01469-8] [PMID: 34173853]
[http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(20)30183-5] [PMID: 31986264]
[http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/22221751.2020.1799723] [PMID: 32691695]
[http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41591-020-1051-9] [PMID: 32839624]
[http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000445643] [PMID: 27383646]
[http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41392-021-00726-w] [PMID: 34408131]
[PMID: 33090435]
[http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41422-020-00435-z] [PMID: 33159154]
[http://dx.doi.org/10.14814/phy2.14619] [PMID: 33112512]
[http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41392-021-00818-7] [PMID: 34815399]
[http://dx.doi.org/10.3233/JPD-202073] [PMID: 32390643]
[http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijms22041804] [PMID: 33670394]
[PMID: 9208420]
[http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/jnnp-2020-323522] [PMID: 32354770]
[http://dx.doi.org/10.1212/NXI.0000000000000893] [PMID: 32978291]
[http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jmv.25915] [PMID: 32314810]
[http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fneur.2021.697079] [PMID: 34393976]
[http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fneur.2020.583459] [PMID: 33304309]
[http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fnagi.2020.588872] [PMID: 33192483]
[http://dx.doi.org/10.1056/NEJMc2019373] [PMID: 32530583]
[http://dx.doi.org/10.1089/ars.2010.3474] [PMID: 20673202]
[http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.arr.2021.101343] [PMID: 33862277]
[http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.neuron.2015.03.035] [PMID: 25996133]
[http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fnmol.2018.00216] [PMID: 29988368]
[http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nrn1408] [PMID: 15152194]
[http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/1.3184694] [PMID: 19640134]
[http://dx.doi.org/10.1046/j.1471-4159.1998.71031215.x] [PMID: 9721747]
[http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/210934] [PMID: 25132912]
[http://dx.doi.org/10.3233/JAD-170589] [PMID: 29439330]
[http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mcn.2012.01.007] [PMID: 22326856]
[http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2021/5522981] [PMID: 34804368]
[http://dx.doi.org/10.1101/gad.12.2.149] [PMID: 9436976]
[http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bbabio.2010.02.011] [PMID: 20153717]
[http://dx.doi.org/10.1124/mol.106.027029] [PMID: 16887934]
[http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2012.10.029] [PMID: 23182805]
[http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.critrevonc.2007.03.001] [PMID: 17482474]
[http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jnen/60.4.386] [PMID: 11305874]
[http://dx.doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.20-19-07377.2000] [PMID: 11007896]
[http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ncb2102] [PMID: 20852629]
[http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ncb1534] [PMID: 17220880]
[http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bbr.2011.08.002] [PMID: 21871501]
[http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fphys.2021.676782] [PMID: 34122145]
[http://dx.doi.org/10.1056/NEJMra0910283] [PMID: 21323543]
[http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/ALN.0b013e3182070c66] [PMID: 21239967]
[http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ni.1683] [PMID: 19122655]
[http://dx.doi.org/10.1006/cyto.1999.0533] [PMID: 10704252]
[http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2020/8978704] [PMID: 32420378]
[http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nrgastro.2010.39] [PMID: 20368740]
[http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/jcp.56.3.209] [PMID: 12610101]
[http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12974-020-02014-w] [PMID: 33176803]
[http://dx.doi.org/10.5665/sleep.5042] [PMID: 26085297]
[http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12035-018-1017-9] [PMID: 29589284]
[http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12035-021-02683-5] [PMID: 35066762]
[http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fphys.2021.712317] [PMID: 34721056]
[http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1750-3639.2008.00138.x] [PMID: 18371179]
[http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11481-012-9347-2] [PMID: 22367679]
[http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijms17030289] [PMID: 26927081]
[PMID: 22396876]
[http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.exger.2005.12.003] [PMID: 16457978]
[http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0014-5793(99)01552-5] [PMID: 10622722]
[http://dx.doi.org/10.14814/phy2.13258] [PMID: 28473320]
[http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroscience.2018.11.040] [PMID: 30529693]
[http://dx.doi.org/10.3233/JAD-130419] [PMID: 23948880]
[http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01616412.2016.1251711] [PMID: 27809706]
[http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fimmu.2021.730088] [PMID: 34484241]
[http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S135561771700100X] [PMID: 29198280]
[http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/IJN.S200490] [PMID: 31410002]
[http://dx.doi.org/10.3233/JAD-2011-110533] [PMID: 22045484]
[http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000080982] [PMID: 16908986]
[http://dx.doi.org/10.1074/jbc.M608856200] [PMID: 17303576]
[http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.0606298103] [PMID: 17121991]
[PMID: 21904637]
[http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.biocel.2013.04.011] [PMID: 23603149]
[http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2202-9-109] [PMID: 19014502]
[http://dx.doi.org/10.1196/annals.1332.002] [PMID: 15681798]
[http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11064-007-9349-2] [PMID: 17486446]
[http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0019229] [PMID: 21559427]
[http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0896-6273(03)00787-6] [PMID: 14687544]
[http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0014-5793(94)00387-4] [PMID: 8194595]
[http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00401-004-0864-9] [PMID: 15138777]
[http://dx.doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0616-08.2008] [PMID: 18701698]
[http://dx.doi.org/10.2353/ajpath.2007.060378] [PMID: 17255335]
[http://dx.doi.org/10.1046/j.1471-4159.2002.01236.x] [PMID: 12472881]
[http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.brainres.2006.05.008] [PMID: 16762326]
[http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mvr.2011.11.004] [PMID: 22100491]
[http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.expneurol.2009.07.033] [PMID: 19679125]
[http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12640-013-9379-2] [PMID: 23400634]
[http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12031-013-9966-y] [PMID: 23345083]
[http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/cns.12151] [PMID: 23889979]
[http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13195-020-00640-3] [PMID: 32498691]
[http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/iid3.387] [PMID: 33332737]
[http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bbrc.2021.03.100] [PMID: 33789211]
[http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acschemneuro.1c00666] [PMID: 34860005]
[http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cger.2019.08.002] [PMID: 31733690]
[http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0054296] [PMID: 23342124]
[http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10072-019-03905-4] [PMID: 31025220]
[PMID: 17579780]
[http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/bcb-2019-0117] [PMID: 31940231]
[http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2020/9582317] [PMID: 32377332]
[http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jnr.21988] [PMID: 19156859]
[http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1471-4159.2010.06917.x] [PMID: 20649842]
[http://dx.doi.org/10.1074/jbc.M005643200] [PMID: 10961998]
[http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ki.1997.73] [PMID: 9027733]
[http://dx.doi.org/10.1046/j.1471-4159.2003.01696.x] [PMID: 12675925]
[http://dx.doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2482-06.2007] [PMID: 17215402]
[http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1471-4159.2005.03587.x] [PMID: 16336625]
[http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0306-4522(98)00540-5] [PMID: 10338318]
[http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1471-4159.2012.07676.x] [PMID: 22288903]
[http://dx.doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.3117-15.2016] [PMID: 26818499]
[http://dx.doi.org/10.18632/aging.102636] [PMID: 32167488]
[http://dx.doi.org/10.2174/092986711797200426] [PMID: 21861815]
[http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/mds.28680] [PMID: 34080714]
[http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.parkreldis.2020.05.008] [PMID: 32414669]
[http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijms22137135] [PMID: 34281186]
[http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acschemneuro.1c00666] [PMID: 34860005]
[http://dx.doi.org/10.14802/jmd.21046] [PMID: 34315206]
[http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bbrc.2021.10.042] [PMID: 34715496]
[http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S1474-4422(20)30269-6] [PMID: 32822628]
[http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/geriatrics6010010] [PMID: 33530357]
[http://dx.doi.org/10.1101/cshperspect.a024240] [PMID: 27940602]
[http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fnmol.2018.00329] [PMID: 30283298]
[http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijms21155412] [PMID: 32751413]
[http://dx.doi.org/10.1089/ars.2009.2800] [PMID: 19659431]
[http://dx.doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2006-14.2016] [PMID: 28123081]
[http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ncl.2017.08.002] [PMID: 29157392]
[http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-444-64076-5.00046-6] [PMID: 29478610]
[http://dx.doi.org/10.1042/CS20170981] [PMID: 29026001]
[http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jbiotec.2015.02.015] [PMID: 25701681]
[http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12974-015-0407-4] [PMID: 26785841]
[http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jnr.21697] [PMID: 18438939]
[http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cellimm.2016.04.001] [PMID: 27071377]
[http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0167196] [PMID: 27907119]
[http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1352458512438455] [PMID: 22354737]
[http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/NEN.0b013e318165b239] [PMID: 18344911]
[PMID: 30207670]
[http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(10)61156-7] [PMID: 21296405]
[http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ene.14393] [PMID: 32526057]
[http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0081808] [PMID: 24303073]
[http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01616412.2020.1866383] [PMID: 33377424]
[http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ana.20223] [PMID: 15389897]
[http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroscience.2019.06.025] [PMID: 31344397]
[http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroscience.2010.10.040] [PMID: 20977930]
[http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/bpa.12040] [PMID: 23368766]
[http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0006-8993(03)03374-2] [PMID: 14556945]
[http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.brainres.2012.07.040] [PMID: 22871270]
[http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0076670] [PMID: 24098549]
[PMID: 18160990]
[http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12881-019-0767-1] [PMID: 30808328]
[http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00018-019-03387-9] [PMID: 31768607]
[PMID: 18072084]
[http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ki.1997.77] [PMID: 9027737]
[http://dx.doi.org/10.1074/jbc.274.47.33709] [PMID: 10559262]
[http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-75838-4] [PMID: 33154420]
[http://dx.doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2838-06.2006] [PMID: 16971531]
[http://dx.doi.org/10.1096/fj.201600878R] [PMID: 28188178]
[http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11845-010-0566-3] [PMID: 20811817]
[http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12935-016-0308-3] [PMID: 27095949]
[http://dx.doi.org/10.18632/aging.203141] [PMID: 34114972]
[http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cellsig.2017.07.008] [PMID: 28709643]
[http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0120217] [PMID: 25781629]
[http://dx.doi.org/10.3892/mmr.2018.9375] [PMID: 30106145]
[http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fnins.2020.607711] [PMID: 33519361]
[http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/MCB.00409-10] [PMID: 20696840]
[http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nature06905] [PMID: 18432192]
[http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/annrheumdis-2013-204105] [PMID: 24525913]
[http://dx.doi.org/10.2174/092986652105140218112521] [PMID: 24555431]
[http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jcp.28721] [PMID: 31032948]
[http://dx.doi.org/10.1165/ajrcmb.14.2.8630267] [PMID: 8630267]
[http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11845-013-0911-4] [PMID: 23361632]
[http://dx.doi.org/10.1165/ajrcmb.19.4.3058] [PMID: 9761763]
[http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/SHK.0000000000000037] [PMID: 24088994]
[http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-02683-x] [PMID: 29343683]
[PMID: 24706318]
[http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0072650] [PMID: 23967327]
[http://dx.doi.org/10.1161/CIRCRESAHA.115.304437] [PMID: 25185259]
[http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cyto.2016.02.007] [PMID: 26891076]
[http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/art.10520] [PMID: 12384916]
[http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/cbf.3423] [PMID: 31368195]
[http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1742-2094-4-12] [PMID: 17474992]
[http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1742-2094-9-33] [PMID: 22340958]
[http://dx.doi.org/10.3816/CLC.2006.n.002] [PMID: 16512978]
[http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2567.2009.03203.x] [PMID: 20002786]
[http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.expneurol.2021.113828] [PMID: 34343528]
[http://dx.doi.org/10.18632/oncotarget.10954] [PMID: 27489349]
[http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.nbd.2013.10.009] [PMID: 24141018]
[http://dx.doi.org/10.1074/jbc.M112.426999] [PMID: 23585570]
[http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0001364] [PMID: 18159247]
[http://dx.doi.org/10.1152/ajpcell.00533.2008] [PMID: 19244479]
[http://dx.doi.org/10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-04-4575] [PMID: 16103078]
[http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S1382-6689(01)00065-5] [PMID: 11382553]
[http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijms19092504] [PMID: 30149528]
[http://dx.doi.org/10.1182/blood-2011-01-332890] [PMID: 21670467]
[http://dx.doi.org/10.1172/JCI126655] [PMID: 31403471]
[http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11481-014-9531-7] [PMID: 24610033]
[http://dx.doi.org/10.1074/jbc.M604507200] [PMID: 16815840]
[http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/00001756-200404290-00006] [PMID: 15076715]
[http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0169-328X(92)90048-G] [PMID: 1315921]
[http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fphys.2018.01337] [PMID: 30327610]
[http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.brainresbull.2021.05.013] [PMID: 34058286]
[http://dx.doi.org/10.3892/br.2012.48] [PMID: 24648914]
[http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0003078] [PMID: 18728783]
[http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/jcbfm.1993.130] [PMID: 8408312]
[http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0168-0102(95)00954-X] [PMID: 8545077]
[http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/1028415X.2020.1769412] [PMID: 32448097]
[http://dx.doi.org/10.4161/mco.29903] [PMID: 27308313]
[http://dx.doi.org/10.1089/neu.2011.1867] [PMID: 22191636]
[http://dx.doi.org/10.1152/ajpcell.00079.2005] [PMID: 16210427]
[PMID: 20017119]
[http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-61779-430-8_4] [PMID: 22125059]
[http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.neulet.2011.11.058] [PMID: 22178140]
[http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0010966] [PMID: 20532039]
[http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15592294.2019.1573066] [PMID: 30665327]
[http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.gendis.2018.03.003] [PMID: 30906831]
[http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41436-019-0503-4] [PMID: 30940925]
[http://dx.doi.org/10.1152/ajpcell.2000.278.1.C92] [PMID: 10644516]
[http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.biopsych.2020.02.001] [PMID: 32223911]