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PLoS Pathog ; 20(6): e1012329, 2024 Jun.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-38900816

RESUMO

Coronavirus (CoV) nonstructural protein 1 (nsp1) is considered a pathogenic factor due to its ability to inhibit host antiviral responses by inducing general shutoff of host protein synthesis. Nsp1 is expressed by α- and ß-CoVs, but its functions and strategies to induce host shutoff are not fully elucidated. We compared the nsp1s from two ß-CoVs (SARS-CoV and SARS-CoV-2) and two α-CoVs (NL63 and 229E) and found that NL63 nsp1 has the strongest shutoff activity. Unlike SARS-CoV nsp1s, which bind to 40S ribosomes and block translation of cellular mRNA, NL63 nsp1 did not inhibit translation of mRNAs transfected into cells. Instead, NL63 nsp1 localized to the nucleus and specifically inhibited transcription of genes under an RNA polymerase II (RNAPII) promoter. Further analysis revealed that NL63 nsp1 induces degradation of the largest subunit of RNAPII, Rpb1. This degradation was detected regardless of the phosphorylation state of Rpb1 and was blocked by the proteasome inhibitor MG132. We also found that Rpb1 was ubiquitinated in NL63-infected cells, and inhibition of ubiquitination by a ubiquitin activating enzyme inhibitor (TAK243) prevented degradation of Rpb1 in virus-infected cells. These data reveal an unrecognized strategy of host shutoff by human α-CoV NL63: targeting host transcription by inducing Rpb1 degradation to prevent host protein expression. Our study indicates that viruses within the same family can use completely distinct mechanisms to regulate host antiviral responses.


Assuntos
Biossíntese de Proteínas , RNA Polimerase II , Proteínas não Estruturais Virais , Humanos , Proteínas não Estruturais Virais/metabolismo , Proteínas não Estruturais Virais/genética , RNA Polimerase II/metabolismo , Coronavirus Humano NL63/metabolismo , SARS-CoV-2 , Células HEK293
2.
J Chem Inf Model ; 62(11): 2857-2868, 2022 06 13.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-35617018

RESUMO

Coronaviruses (CoVs) have been responsible for three major outbreaks since the beginning of the 21st century, and the emergence of the recent COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in considerable efforts to design new therapies against coronaviruses. Thus, it is crucial to understand the structural features of their major proteins related to the virus-host interaction. Several studies have shown that from the seven known CoV human pathogens, three of them use the human Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme 2 (hACE-2) to mediate their host's cell entry: SARS-CoV-2, SARS-CoV, and HCoV-NL63. Therefore, we employed quantum biochemistry techniques within the density function theory (DFT) framework and the molecular fragmentation with conjugate caps (MFCC) approach to analyze the interactions between the hACE-2 and the spike protein-RBD of the three CoVs in order to map the hot-spot residues that form the recognition surface for these complexes and define the similarities and differences in the interaction scenario. The total interaction energy evaluated showed a good agreement with the experimental binding affinity order: SARS-2 > SARS > NL63. A detailed investigation revealed the energetically most relevant regions of hACE-2 and the spike protein for each complex, as well as the key residue-residue interactions. Our results provide valuable information to deeply understand the structural behavior and binding site characteristics that could help to develop antiviral therapeutics that inhibit protein-protein interactions between CoVs S protein and hACE-2.


Assuntos
COVID-19 , Coronavirus Humano NL63 , Coronavirus Humano NL63/metabolismo , Humanos , Pandemias , SARS-CoV-2 , Glicoproteína da Espícula de Coronavírus/metabolismo
3.
Sci Rep ; 12(1): 1368, 2022 01 25.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-35079084

RESUMO

This study presents research related to the antiviral activity of painted surfaces containing galvanic microcells of zinc and copper. The aim of this study was to investigate the virucidal activity of galvanic microcells of zinc and copper grains fixed with adequate homogeneity and degree of aggregation in water-based acrylic paint layers in reference to a non-treated reference control. This paper provides evidence that a paint coating with a total copper surface area of 4.4% displays antiviral activity against human coronavirus NL63 according to ISO 21702 and inactivates > 99% of virus after 4 h of contact relative to a non-treated reference control.


Assuntos
Antivirais/química , Cobre/química , Coronavirus Humano NL63/metabolismo , Zinco/química , Humanos , Viabilidade Microbiana , Propriedades de Superfície
4.
Cell Host Microbe ; 29(2): 267-280.e5, 2021 02 10.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-33357464

RESUMO

The ongoing severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) pandemic has devastated the global economy and claimed more than 1.7 million lives, presenting an urgent global health crisis. To identify host factors required for infection by SARS-CoV-2 and seasonal coronaviruses, we designed a focused high-coverage CRISPR-Cas9 library targeting 332 members of a recently published SARS-CoV-2 protein interactome. We leveraged the compact nature of this library to systematically screen SARS-CoV-2 at two physiologically relevant temperatures along with three related coronaviruses (human coronavirus 229E [HCoV-229E], HCoV-NL63, and HCoV-OC43), allowing us to probe this interactome at a much higher resolution than genome-scale studies. This approach yielded several insights, including potential virus-specific differences in Rab GTPase requirements and glycosylphosphatidylinositol (GPI) anchor biosynthesis, as well as identification of multiple pan-coronavirus factors involved in cholesterol homeostasis. This coronavirus essentiality catalog could inform ongoing drug development efforts aimed at intercepting and treating coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and help prepare for future coronavirus outbreaks.


Assuntos
COVID-19/virologia , SARS-CoV-2/metabolismo , Sistemas CRISPR-Cas , Coronavirus Humano 229E/genética , Coronavirus Humano 229E/metabolismo , Coronavirus Humano NL63/genética , Coronavirus Humano NL63/metabolismo , Coronavirus Humano OC43 , Genes Virais , Interações Hospedeiro-Patógeno , Humanos , SARS-CoV-2/genética , Proteínas Virais/genética , Proteínas Virais/metabolismo
5.
Sci Rep ; 10(1): 16862, 2020 10 08.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-33033344

RESUMO

The prevalence of a novel ß-coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) was declared as a public health emergency of international concern on 30 January 2020 and a global pandemic on 11 March 2020 by WHO. The spike glycoprotein of SARS-CoV-2 is regarded as a key target for the development of vaccines and therapeutic antibodies. In order to develop anti-viral therapeutics for SARS-CoV-2, it is crucial to find amino acid pairs that strongly attract each other at the interface of the spike glycoprotein and the human angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (hACE2) complex. In order to find hot spot residues, the strongly attracting amino acid pairs at the protein-protein interaction (PPI) interface, we introduce a reliable inter-residue interaction energy calculation method, FMO-DFTB3/D/PCM/3D-SPIEs. In addition to the SARS-CoV-2 spike glycoprotein/hACE2 complex, the hot spot residues of SARS-CoV-1 spike glycoprotein/hACE2 complex, SARS-CoV-1 spike glycoprotein/antibody complex, and HCoV-NL63 spike glycoprotein/hACE2 complex were obtained using the same FMO method. Following this, a 3D-SPIEs-based interaction map was constructed with hot spot residues for the hACE2/SARS-CoV-1 spike glycoprotein, hACE2/HCoV-NL63 spike glycoprotein, and hACE2/SARS-CoV-2 spike glycoprotein complexes. Finally, the three 3D-SPIEs-based interaction maps were combined and analyzed to find the consensus hot spots among the three complexes. As a result of the analysis, two hot spots were identified between hACE2 and the three spike proteins. In particular, E37, K353, G354, and D355 of the hACE2 receptor strongly interact with the spike proteins of coronaviruses. The 3D-SPIEs-based map would provide valuable information to develop anti-viral therapeutics that inhibit PPIs between the spike protein of SARS-CoV-2 and hACE2.


Assuntos
Betacoronavirus/metabolismo , Biologia Computacional/métodos , Infecções por Coronavirus/epidemiologia , Peptidil Dipeptidase A/metabolismo , Pneumonia Viral/epidemiologia , Mapas de Interação de Proteínas , Glicoproteína da Espícula de Coronavírus/metabolismo , Enzima de Conversão de Angiotensina 2 , Anticorpos Antivirais/metabolismo , Sítios de Ligação , COVID-19 , Infecções por Coronavirus/virologia , Coronavirus Humano NL63/metabolismo , Humanos , Pandemias , Pneumonia Viral/virologia , Prevalência , Domínios Proteicos , Receptores Virais/metabolismo , Coronavírus Relacionado à Síndrome Respiratória Aguda Grave/metabolismo , SARS-CoV-2 , Síndrome Respiratória Aguda Grave/virologia
6.
Infect Genet Evol ; 84: 104440, 2020 Oct.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-32622082

RESUMO

SARS-CoV-2, a new coronavirus strain responsible for COVID-19, has emerged in Wuhan City, China, and continuing its global pandemic nature. The availability of the complete gene sequences of the virus helps to know about the origin and molecular characteristics of this virus. In the present study, we performed bioinformatic analysis of the available gene sequence data of SARS-CoV-2 for the understanding of evolution and molecular characteristics and immunogenic resemblance of the circulating viruses. Phylogenetic analysis was performed for four types of representative viral proteins (spike, membrane, envelope and nucleoprotein) of SARS-CoV-2, HCoV-229E, HCoV-OC43, SARS-CoV, HCoV-NL63, HKU1, MERS-CoV, HKU4, HKU5 and BufCoV-HKU26. The findings demonstrated that SARS-CoV-2 exhibited convergent evolutionary relation with previously reported SARS-CoV. It was also depicted that SARS-CoV-2 proteins were highly similar and identical to SARS-CoV proteins, though proteins from other coronaviruses showed a lower level of resemblance. The cross-checked conservancy analysis of SARS-CoV-2 antigenic epitopes showed significant conservancy with antigenic epitopes derived from SARS-CoV. Descriptive epidemiological analysis on several epidemiological indices was performed on available epidemiological outbreak information from several open databases on COVID-19 (SARS-CoV-2). Satellite-derived imaging data have been employed to understand the role of temperature in the environmental persistence of the virus. Findings of the descriptive analysis were used to describe the global impact of newly emerged SARS-CoV-2, and the risk of an epidemic in Bangladesh.


Assuntos
Antígenos Virais/genética , Betacoronavirus/genética , Infecções por Coronavirus/epidemiologia , Genoma Viral , Pandemias , Pneumonia Viral/epidemiologia , Coronavírus Relacionado à Síndrome Respiratória Aguda Grave/genética , Glicoproteína da Espícula de Coronavírus/química , Alphacoronavirus/classificação , Alphacoronavirus/genética , Alphacoronavirus/metabolismo , Sequência de Aminoácidos , Animais , Antígenos Virais/química , Antígenos Virais/metabolismo , Bangladesh/epidemiologia , Sequência de Bases , Betacoronavirus/classificação , Betacoronavirus/metabolismo , Sítios de Ligação , COVID-19 , Quirópteros/virologia , Biologia Computacional , Coronavirus Humano 229E/classificação , Coronavirus Humano 229E/genética , Coronavirus Humano 229E/metabolismo , Infecções por Coronavirus/virologia , Coronavirus Humano NL63/classificação , Coronavirus Humano NL63/genética , Coronavirus Humano NL63/metabolismo , Coronavirus Humano OC43/classificação , Coronavirus Humano OC43/genética , Coronavirus Humano OC43/metabolismo , Humanos , Coronavírus da Síndrome Respiratória do Oriente Médio/classificação , Coronavírus da Síndrome Respiratória do Oriente Médio/genética , Coronavírus da Síndrome Respiratória do Oriente Médio/metabolismo , Modelos Moleculares , Mutação , Nucleoproteínas/química , Nucleoproteínas/genética , Nucleoproteínas/metabolismo , Filogenia , Pneumonia Viral/virologia , Ligação Proteica , Domínios e Motivos de Interação entre Proteínas , Coronavírus Relacionado à Síndrome Respiratória Aguda Grave/classificação , Coronavírus Relacionado à Síndrome Respiratória Aguda Grave/metabolismo , SARS-CoV-2 , Alinhamento de Sequência , Glicoproteína da Espícula de Coronavírus/genética , Glicoproteína da Espícula de Coronavírus/metabolismo , Proteínas do Envelope Viral/química , Proteínas do Envelope Viral/genética , Proteínas do Envelope Viral/metabolismo
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Viruses ; 12(5)2020 04 30.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-32365751

RESUMO

The COVID-19 disease has plagued over 200 countries with over three million cases and has resulted in over 200,000 deaths within 3 months. To gain insight into the high infection rate of the SARS-CoV-2 virus, we compare the interaction between the human ACE2 receptor and the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein with that of other pathogenic coronaviruses using molecular dynamics simulations. SARS-CoV, SARS-CoV-2, and HCoV-NL63 recognize ACE2 as the natural receptor but present a distinct binding interface to ACE2 and a different network of residue-residue contacts. SARS-CoV and SARS-CoV-2 have comparable binding affinities achieved by balancing energetics and dynamics. The SARS-CoV-2-ACE2 complex contains a higher number of contacts, a larger interface area, and decreased interface residue fluctuations relative to the SARS-CoV-ACE2 complex. These findings expose an exceptional evolutionary exploration exerted by coronaviruses toward host recognition. We postulate that the versatility of cell receptor binding strategies has immediate implications for therapeutic strategies.


Assuntos
Betacoronavirus/metabolismo , Peptidil Dipeptidase A/química , Receptores Virais , Glicoproteína da Espícula de Coronavírus/química , Enzima de Conversão de Angiotensina 2 , Betacoronavirus/química , Coronavirus Humano NL63/química , Coronavirus Humano NL63/metabolismo , Humanos , Simulação de Dinâmica Molecular , Peptidil Dipeptidase A/metabolismo , Domínios Proteicos , Coronavírus Relacionado à Síndrome Respiratória Aguda Grave/química , Coronavírus Relacionado à Síndrome Respiratória Aguda Grave/metabolismo , SARS-CoV-2 , Glicoproteína da Espícula de Coronavírus/metabolismo
8.
PLoS One ; 10(2): e0117833, 2015.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-25700263

RESUMO

Human coronavirus (HCoV) NL63 was first described in 2004 and is associated with respiratory tract disease of varying severity. At the genetic and structural level, HCoV-NL63 is similar to other members of the Coronavirinae subfamily, especially human coronavirus 229E (HCoV-229E). Detailed analysis, however, reveals several unique features of the pathogen. The coronaviral nucleocapsid protein is abundantly present in infected cells. It is a multi-domain, multi-functional protein important for viral replication and a number of cellular processes. The aim of the present study was to characterize the HCoV-NL63 nucleocapsid protein. Biochemical analyses revealed that the protein shares characteristics with homologous proteins encoded in other coronaviral genomes, with the N-terminal domain responsible for nucleic acid binding and the C-terminal domain involved in protein oligomerization. Surprisingly, analysis of the subcellular localization of the N protein of HCoV-NL63 revealed that, differently than homologous proteins from other coronaviral species except for SARS-CoV, it is not present in the nucleus of infected or transfected cells. Furthermore, no significant alteration in cell cycle progression in cells expressing the protein was observed. This is in stark contrast with results obtained for other coronaviruses, except for the SARS-CoV.


Assuntos
Coronavirus Humano NL63/metabolismo , Proteínas do Nucleocapsídeo/metabolismo , Animais , Varredura Diferencial de Calorimetria , Pontos de Checagem do Ciclo Celular , Linhagem Celular , Clonagem Molecular , Proteínas do Nucleocapsídeo de Coronavírus , Células HEK293 , Humanos , Macaca mulatta , Microscopia de Fluorescência , Proteínas do Nucleocapsídeo/química , Proteínas do Nucleocapsídeo/genética , Ligação Proteica , Multimerização Proteica , Estabilidade Proteica , RNA/química , RNA/metabolismo , Proteínas Recombinantes/biossíntese , Proteínas Recombinantes/química , Proteínas Recombinantes/genética
9.
Bing Du Xue Bao ; 29(2): 106-11, 2013 Mar.
Artigo em Chinês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-23757838

RESUMO

The receptor-binding domain(RBD) protein of HCoV-NL63 is a major target in the development of diagnostic assay and vaccine, it has a pivotal role in receptor attachment, viral entry and membrane fusion. In this study, we prepared 2 purified recombinant HCoV-NL63 RBD proteins using in E. coli system and identified the proteins by Western blotting. We first optimized codon and synthesized the RL (232-684aa)coding gene, then amplified the RL or RS(476-616aa) coding gene via PCR using different primers . The RL or RS coding gene was cloned into the pM48 expression vector fused with TrxA tag. The RBD (RL and RS) of HCoV-NL63 were expressed majorly as inclusion body when expressed in E. coli BL21pLys S under different conditions. The expressed products were purified by affinity chromatography then analyzed by SDS-PAGE and Western blotting. Our results showed that the recombinant RBD proteins were maximally expressed at 37 degrees C with 0. 8mM IPTG induction for 4h. RL or RS protein with 95 % purity was obtained and reacted positively with anti-sera from mice immunized with the recombinant vaccinia virus (Tiantan strain) in which HCoV-NL63 RL or RS protein was expressed. In conclusion, the purified recombinant RBD proteins(RL and RS)derived from E. coli were first prepared in China and they might provide a basis for further exploring biological role and vaccine development of HCoV-NL63.


Assuntos
Infecções por Coronavirus/virologia , Coronavirus Humano NL63/genética , Escherichia coli/genética , Proteínas do Envelope Viral/genética , Animais , Infecções por Coronavirus/metabolismo , Coronavirus Humano NL63/química , Coronavirus Humano NL63/metabolismo , Escherichia coli/metabolismo , Expressão Gênica , Humanos , Camundongos , Camundongos Endogâmicos BALB C , Engenharia de Proteínas , Estrutura Terciária de Proteína , Receptores Virais/metabolismo , Proteínas do Envelope Viral/química , Proteínas do Envelope Viral/metabolismo
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