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  1. Article ; Online: SARS-CoV-2 Spike Protein Induces Hemagglutination: Implications for COVID-19 Morbidities and Therapeutics and for Vaccine Adverse Effects.

    Boschi, Celine / Scheim, David E / Bancod, Audrey / Militello, Muriel / Bideau, Marion Le / Colson, Philippe / Fantini, Jacques / Scola, Bernard La

    International journal of molecular sciences

    2022  Volume 23, Issue 24

    Abstract: Experimental findings for SARS-CoV-2 related to the glycan biochemistry of coronaviruses indicate that attachments from spike protein to glycoconjugates on the surfaces of red blood cells (RBCs), other blood cells and endothelial cells are key to the ... ...

    Abstract Experimental findings for SARS-CoV-2 related to the glycan biochemistry of coronaviruses indicate that attachments from spike protein to glycoconjugates on the surfaces of red blood cells (RBCs), other blood cells and endothelial cells are key to the infectivity and morbidity of COVID-19. To provide further insight into these glycan attachments and their potential clinical relevance, the classic hemagglutination (HA) assay was applied using spike protein from the Wuhan, Alpha, Delta and Omicron B.1.1.529 lineages of SARS-CoV-2 mixed with human RBCs. The electrostatic potential of the central region of spike protein from these four lineages was studied through molecular modeling simulations. Inhibition of spike protein-induced HA was tested using the macrocyclic lactone ivermectin (IVM), which is indicated to bind strongly to SARS-CoV-2 spike protein glycan sites. The results of these experiments were, first, that spike protein from these four lineages of SARS-CoV-2 induced HA. Omicron induced HA at a significantly lower threshold concentration of spike protein than the three prior lineages and was much more electropositive on its central spike protein region. IVM blocked HA when added to RBCs prior to spike protein and reversed HA when added afterward. These results validate and extend prior findings on the role of glycan bindings of viral spike protein in COVID-19. They furthermore suggest therapeutic options using competitive glycan-binding agents such as IVM and may help elucidate rare serious adverse effects (AEs) associated with COVID-19 mRNA vaccines, which use spike protein as the generated antigen.
    Language English
    Publishing date 2022-12-07
    Publishing country Switzerland
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 2019364-6
    ISSN 1422-0067 ; 1422-0067 ; 1661-6596
    ISSN (online) 1422-0067
    ISSN 1422-0067 ; 1661-6596
    DOI 10.3390/ijms232415480
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  2. Article ; Online: SARS-CoV-2 Spike Protein Induces Hemagglutination: Implications for COVID-19 Morbidities and Therapeutics and for Vaccine Adverse Effects

    Boschi, Celine / Scheim, David E. / Bancod, Audrey / Millitello, Muriel / Bideau, Marion Le / Colson, Philippe / Fantini, Jacques / Scola, Bernard La

    bioRxiv

    Abstract: Experimental findings for SARS-CoV-2 related to the glycan biochemistry of coronaviruses indicate that attachments from spike protein to glycoconjugates on the surfaces of red blood cells (RBCs), other blood cells and endothelial cells are key to the ... ...

    Abstract Experimental findings for SARS-CoV-2 related to the glycan biochemistry of coronaviruses indicate that attachments from spike protein to glycoconjugates on the surfaces of red blood cells (RBCs), other blood cells and endothelial cells are key to the infectivity and morbidity of COVID-19. To provide further insight into these glycan attachments and their potential clinical relevance, the classic hemagglutination (HA) assay was applied using spike protein from the Wuhan, Alpha, Delta and Omicron B.1.1.529 lineages of SARS-CoV-2 mixed with human RBCs. The electrostatic potential of the central region of spike protein from these four lineages was studied through molecular modeling simulations. Inhibition of spike protein-induced HA was tested using the macrocyclic lactone ivermectin (IVM), which is indicated to bind strongly to SARS-CoV-2 spike protein glycan sites. The results of these experiments were, first, that spike protein from these four lineages of SARS-CoV-2 induced HA. Omicron induced HA at a significantly lower threshold concentration of spike protein than for the three prior lineages and was much more electropositive on its central spike protein region. IVM blocked HA when added to RBCs prior to spike protein and reversed HA when added afterwards. These results validate and extend prior findings on the role of glycan bindings of viral spike protein in COVID-19. They furthermore suggest therapeutic options using competitive glycan-binding agents such as IVM and may help elucidate rare serious adverse effects (AEs) associated with COVID-19 mRNA vaccines which use spike protein as the generated antigen.
    Keywords covid19
    Language English
    Publishing date 2022-11-28
    Publisher Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
    Document type Article ; Online
    DOI 10.1101/2022.11.24.517882
    Database COVID19

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  3. Article ; Online: Heterogeneity in susceptibility to hydroxychloroquine of SARS-CoV-2 isolates.

    Boschi, Celine / Bideau, Marion Le / Andreani, Julien / Aherfi, Sarah / Jardot, Priscilla / Delerce, Jeremy / Gendrot, Mathieu / Pradines, Bruno / Colson, Philippe / Levasseur, Anthony / La Scola, Bernard

    Frontiers in bioscience (Landmark edition)

    2022  Volume 26, Issue 12, Page(s) 1493–1502

    Abstract: Background: Despite the fact that the clinical efficacy of hydroxychloroquine is still controversial, it has been demonstrated in vitro to control SARS-CoV-2 multiplication on Vero E6 cells. In this study, we tested the possibility that some patients ... ...

    Abstract Background: Despite the fact that the clinical efficacy of hydroxychloroquine is still controversial, it has been demonstrated in vitro to control SARS-CoV-2 multiplication on Vero E6 cells. In this study, we tested the possibility that some patients with prolonged virus excretion could be infected by less susceptible strains.
    Method: Using a high-content screening method, we screened 30 different selected isolates of SARS-CoV-2 from different patients who received azithromycin ± hydroxychloroquine. We focused on patients with viral persistence, i.e., positive virus detection in a nasopharyngeal sample ≥10 days, and who were tested during two French epidemic waves, late winter-spring of 2020 and the summer of 2020. Dose-response curves in single-molecule assays with hydroxychloroquine were created for isolates with suspected reduced susceptibility. Genome clustering was performed for all isolates.
    Results: Of 30 tested strains, three were detected as replicating in the presence of azithromycin + hydroxychloroquine, each at 5 μM. The dose-response model showed a decrease in susceptibility of these three strains to hydroxychloroquine. Whole genome sequencing revealed that these three strains are all from the second epidemic wave and two cluster with isolates from Africa.
    Conclusions: Reduced susceptibility to hydroxychloroquine was not associated with viral persistence in naso-pharyngeal samples. Rather, it was associated with occurring during the second epidemic wave, which began in the summer and with strains clustering with those with a common genotype in Africa, where hydroxychloroquine was the most widely used.
    MeSH term(s) Azithromycin/pharmacology ; COVID-19/drug therapy ; Humans ; Hydroxychloroquine/pharmacology ; SARS-CoV-2
    Chemical Substances Hydroxychloroquine (4QWG6N8QKH) ; Azithromycin (83905-01-5)
    Language English
    Publishing date 2022-01-06
    Publishing country Singapore
    Document type Journal Article ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
    ZDB-ID 2704569-9
    ISSN 2768-6698 ; 1093-9946
    ISSN (online) 2768-6698
    ISSN 1093-9946
    DOI 10.52586/5043
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  4. Article ; Online: High speed large scale automated isolation of SARS-CoV-2 from clinical samples using miniaturized co-culture coupled with high content screening

    Francis, Rania / Bideau, Marion Le / Jardot, Priscilla / Grimaldier, Clio / Raoult, Didier / Bou Khalil, Jacques Yaacoub / Scola, Bernard La

    bioRxiv

    Abstract: SARS-CoV-2, a novel coronavirus infecting humans, is responsible for the current COVID-19 global pandemic. If several strains could be isolated worldwide, especially for in-vitro drug susceptibility testing and vaccine development, few laboratories ... ...

    Abstract SARS-CoV-2, a novel coronavirus infecting humans, is responsible for the current COVID-19 global pandemic. If several strains could be isolated worldwide, especially for in-vitro drug susceptibility testing and vaccine development, few laboratories routinely isolate SARS-CoV-2. This is due to the fact that the current co-culture strategy is highly time consuming and requires working in a biosafety level 3 laboratory. In this work, we present a new strategy based on high content screening automated microscopy (HCS) allowing large scale isolation of SARS-CoV-2 from clinical samples in 1 week. A randomized panel of 104 samples, including 72 tested positive by RT-PCR and 32 tested negative, were processed with our HCS procedure and were compared to the classical isolation procedure. Isolation rate was 43 % with both strategies on RT-PCR positive samples, and was correlated with the initial RNA viral load in the samples, where we obtained a positivity threshold of 27 Ct. Co-culture delays were shorter with HCS strategy, where 80 % of the positive samples were recovered by the third day of co-culture, as compared to only 25 % with the classic strategy. Moreover, only the HCS strategy allowed us to recover all the positive elements after 1 week of co-culture. This system allows rapid and automated screening of clinical samples with minimal operator work load, thus reducing the risks of contamination.
    Keywords covid19
    Publisher BioRxiv; WHO
    Document type Article ; Online
    DOI 10.1101/2020.05.14.097295
    Database COVID19

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