کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
3424542 1227229 2011 10 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
Different host cell proteases activate the SARS-coronavirus spike-protein for cell–cell and virus–cell fusion
موضوعات مرتبط
علوم زیستی و بیوفناوری ایمنی شناسی و میکروب شناسی ویروس شناسی
پیش نمایش صفحه اول مقاله
Different host cell proteases activate the SARS-coronavirus spike-protein for cell–cell and virus–cell fusion
چکیده انگلیسی

Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus (SARS-CoV) poses a considerable threat to human health. Activation of the viral spike (S)-protein by host cell proteases is essential for viral infectivity. However, the cleavage sites in SARS-S and the protease(s) activating SARS-S are incompletely defined. We found that R667 was dispensable for SARS-S-driven virus–cell fusion and for SARS-S-activation by trypsin and cathepsin L in a virus–virus fusion assay. Mutation T760R, which optimizes the minimal furin consensus motif 758-RXXR-762, and furin overexpression augmented SARS-S activity, but did not result in detectable SARS-S cleavage. Finally, SARS-S-driven cell–cell fusion was independent of cathepsin L, a protease essential for virus–cell fusion. Instead, a so far unknown leupeptin-sensitive host cell protease activated cellular SARS-S for fusion with target cells expressing high levels of ACE2. Thus, different host cell proteases activate SARS-S for virus–cell and cell–cell fusion and SARS-S cleavage at R667 and 758-RXXR-762 can be dispensable for SARS-S activation.

ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: Virology - Volume 413, Issue 2, 10 May 2011, Pages 265–274
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