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Article ; Online: Integrin mediates cell entry of the SARS-CoV-2 virus independent of cellular receptor ACE2.

Liu, Jiamnin / Lu, Fan / Chen, Yinghua / Plow, Edward / Qin, Jun

The Journal of biological chemistry

2022  Volume 298, Issue 3, Page(s) 101710

Abstract: Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a highly contagious disease caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). It is broadly accepted that SARS-CoV-2 utilizes its spike protein to recognize the extracellular domain of ... ...

Abstract Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a highly contagious disease caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). It is broadly accepted that SARS-CoV-2 utilizes its spike protein to recognize the extracellular domain of angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE2) to enter cells for viral infection. However, other mechanisms of SARS-CoV-2 cell entry may occur. We show quantitatively that the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein also binds to the extracellular domain of broadly expressed integrin α5β1 with an affinity comparable to that of SARS-CoV-2 binding to ACE2. More importantly, we provide direct evidence that such binding promotes the internalization of SARS-CoV-2 into non-ACE2 cells in a manner critically dependent upon the activation of the integrin. Our data demonstrate an alternative pathway for the cell entry of SARS-CoV-2, suggesting that upon initial ACE2-mediated invasion of the virus in the respiratory system, which is known to trigger an immune response and secretion of cytokines to activate integrin, the integrin-mediated cell invasion of SARS-CoV-2 into the respiratory system and other organs becomes effective, thereby promoting further infection and progression of COVID-19.
MeSH term(s) Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme 2/genetics ; Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme 2/metabolism ; COVID-19/metabolism ; COVID-19/virology ; Humans ; Integrins/metabolism ; Protein Binding ; SARS-CoV-2/metabolism ; SARS-CoV-2/physiology ; Spike Glycoprotein, Coronavirus/metabolism ; Virus Internalization
Chemical Substances Integrins ; Spike Glycoprotein, Coronavirus ; spike protein, SARS-CoV-2 ; ACE2 protein, human (EC 3.4.17.23) ; Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme 2 (EC 3.4.17.23)
Language English
Publishing date 2022-02-10
Publishing country United States
Document type Journal Article
ZDB-ID 2997-x
ISSN 1083-351X ; 0021-9258
ISSN (online) 1083-351X
ISSN 0021-9258
DOI 10.1016/j.jbc.2022.101710
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