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  1. Article ; Online: Evolution of the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein in the human host.

    Wrobel, Antoni G / Benton, Donald J / Roustan, Chloë / Borg, Annabel / Hussain, Saira / Martin, Stephen R / Rosenthal, Peter B / Skehel, John J / Gamblin, Steven J

    Nature communications

    2022  Volume 13, Issue 1, Page(s) 1178

    Abstract: Recently emerged variants of SARS-CoV-2 contain in their surface spike glycoproteins multiple substitutions associated with increased transmission and resistance to neutralising antibodies. We have examined the structure and receptor binding properties ... ...

    Abstract Recently emerged variants of SARS-CoV-2 contain in their surface spike glycoproteins multiple substitutions associated with increased transmission and resistance to neutralising antibodies. We have examined the structure and receptor binding properties of spike proteins from the B.1.1.7 (Alpha) and B.1.351 (Beta) variants to better understand the evolution of the virus in humans. Spikes of both variants have the same mutation, N501Y, in the receptor-binding domains. This substitution confers tighter ACE2 binding, dependent on the common earlier substitution, D614G. Each variant spike has acquired other key changes in structure that likely impact virus pathogenesis. The spike from the Alpha variant is more stable against disruption upon binding ACE2 receptor than all other spikes studied. This feature is linked to the acquisition of a more basic substitution at the S1-S2 furin site (also observed for the variants of concern Delta, Kappa, and Omicron) which allows for near-complete cleavage. In the Beta variant spike, the presence of a new substitution, K417N (also observed in the Omicron variant), in combination with the D614G, stabilises a more open spike trimer, a conformation required for receptor binding. Our observations suggest ways these viruses have evolved to achieve greater transmissibility in humans.
    MeSH term(s) Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme 2/chemistry ; Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme 2/metabolism ; Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme 2/ultrastructure ; Binding Sites/genetics ; COVID-19/metabolism ; COVID-19/transmission ; COVID-19/virology ; Cryoelectron Microscopy ; Cytopathogenic Effect, Viral/genetics ; Evolution, Molecular ; Host-Pathogen Interactions ; Humans ; Kinetics ; Models, Molecular ; Mutation, Missense ; Protein Binding ; Protein Domains ; SARS-CoV-2/genetics ; SARS-CoV-2/metabolism ; SARS-CoV-2/physiology ; Spike Glycoprotein, Coronavirus/chemistry ; Spike Glycoprotein, Coronavirus/genetics ; Spike Glycoprotein, Coronavirus/metabolism
    Chemical Substances Spike Glycoprotein, Coronavirus ; spike protein, SARS-CoV-2 ; Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme 2 (EC 3.4.17.23)
    Language English
    Publishing date 2022-03-04
    Publishing country England
    Document type Journal Article ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
    ZDB-ID 2553671-0
    ISSN 2041-1723 ; 2041-1723
    ISSN (online) 2041-1723
    ISSN 2041-1723
    DOI 10.1038/s41467-022-28768-w
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  2. Article ; Online: A KLK6 Activity-Based Probe Reveals a Role for KLK6 Activity in Pancreatic Cancer Cell Invasion.

    Zhang, Leran / Lovell, Scott / De Vita, Elena / Jagtap, Pravin Kumar Ankush / Lucy, Daniel / Goya Grocin, Andrea / Kjær, Svend / Borg, Annabel / Hennig, Janosch / Miller, Aubry K / Tate, Edward W

    Journal of the American Chemical Society

    2022  Volume 144, Issue 49, Page(s) 22493–22504

    Abstract: Pancreatic cancer has the lowest survival rate of all common cancers due to late diagnosis and limited treatment options. Serine hydrolases are known to mediate cancer progression and metastasis through initiation of signaling cascades and cleavage of ... ...

    Abstract Pancreatic cancer has the lowest survival rate of all common cancers due to late diagnosis and limited treatment options. Serine hydrolases are known to mediate cancer progression and metastasis through initiation of signaling cascades and cleavage of extracellular matrix proteins, and the kallikrein-related peptidase (KLK) family of secreted serine proteases have emerging roles in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC). However, the lack of reliable activity-based probes (ABPs) to profile KLK activity has hindered progress in validation of these enzymes as potential targets or biomarkers. Here, we developed potent and selective ABPs for KLK6 by using a positional scanning combinatorial substrate library and characterized their binding mode and interactions by X-ray crystallography. The optimized KLK6 probe IMP-2352 (
    MeSH term(s) Humans ; Pancreatic Neoplasms ; Kallikreins/metabolism ; Carcinoma, Pancreatic Ductal ; Neoplasm Invasiveness ; Pancreatic Neoplasms
    Chemical Substances Kallikreins (EC 3.4.21.-) ; KLK6 protein, human (EC 3.4.21.-)
    Language English
    Publishing date 2022-11-22
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article ; Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
    ZDB-ID 3155-0
    ISSN 1520-5126 ; 0002-7863
    ISSN (online) 1520-5126
    ISSN 0002-7863
    DOI 10.1021/jacs.2c07378
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  3. Article: O-Linked Sialoglycans Modulate the Proteolysis of SARS-CoV-2 Spike and Likely Contribute to the Mutational Trajectory in Variants of Concern.

    Gonzalez-Rodriguez, Edgar / Zol-Hanlon, Mia / Bineva-Todd, Ganka / Marchesi, Andrea / Skehel, Mark / Mahoney, Keira E / Roustan, Chloë / Borg, Annabel / Di Vagno, Lucia / Kjær, Svend / Wrobel, Antoni G / Benton, Donald J / Nawrath, Philipp / Flitsch, Sabine L / Joshi, Dhira / González-Ramírez, Andrés Manuel / Wilkinson, Katalin A / Wilkinson, Robert J / Wall, Emma C /
    Hurtado-Guerrero, Ramón / Malaker, Stacy A / Schumann, Benjamin

    ACS central science

    2023  Volume 9, Issue 3, Page(s) 393–404

    Abstract: The emergence of a polybasic cleavage motif for the protease furin in SARS-CoV-2 spike has been established as a major factor for human viral transmission. The region N-terminal to that motif is extensively mutated in variants of concern (VOCs). Besides ... ...

    Abstract The emergence of a polybasic cleavage motif for the protease furin in SARS-CoV-2 spike has been established as a major factor for human viral transmission. The region N-terminal to that motif is extensively mutated in variants of concern (VOCs). Besides furin, spikes from these variants appear to rely on other proteases for maturation, including TMPRSS2. Glycans near the cleavage site have raised questions about proteolytic processing and the consequences of variant-borne mutations. Here, we identify that sialic acid-containing O-linked glycans on Thr678 of SARS-CoV-2 spike influence furin and TMPRSS2 cleavage and posit O-linked glycosylation as a likely driving force for the emergence of VOC mutations. We provide direct evidence that the glycosyltransferase GalNAc-T1 primes glycosylation at Thr678 in the living cell, an event that is suppressed by mutations in the VOCs Alpha, Delta, and Omicron. We found that the sole incorporation of
    Language English
    Publishing date 2023-02-16
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article
    ISSN 2374-7943
    ISSN 2374-7943
    DOI 10.1021/acscentsci.2c01349
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  4. Article ; Online: The effect of the D614G substitution on the structure of the spike glycoprotein of SARS-CoV-2.

    Benton, Donald J / Wrobel, Antoni G / Roustan, Chloë / Borg, Annabel / Xu, Pengqi / Martin, Stephen R / Rosenthal, Peter B / Skehel, John J / Gamblin, Steven J

    Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

    2021  Volume 118, Issue 9

    Abstract: The majority of currently circulating severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) viruses have mutant spike glycoproteins that contain the D614G substitution. Several studies have suggested that spikes with this substitution are ... ...

    Abstract The majority of currently circulating severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) viruses have mutant spike glycoproteins that contain the D614G substitution. Several studies have suggested that spikes with this substitution are associated with higher virus infectivity. We use cryo-electron microscopy to compare G614 and D614 spikes and show that the G614 mutant spike adopts a range of more open conformations that may facilitate binding to the SARS-CoV-2 receptor, ACE2, and the subsequent structural rearrangements required for viral membrane fusion.
    MeSH term(s) COVID-19/virology ; Cryoelectron Microscopy ; Humans ; Protein Conformation ; SARS-CoV-2/chemistry ; SARS-CoV-2/genetics ; Spike Glycoprotein, Coronavirus/chemistry ; Spike Glycoprotein, Coronavirus/genetics ; Virus Internalization
    Chemical Substances Spike Glycoprotein, Coronavirus ; spike protein, SARS-CoV-2
    Language English
    Publishing date 2021-02-12
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
    ZDB-ID 209104-5
    ISSN 1091-6490 ; 0027-8424
    ISSN (online) 1091-6490
    ISSN 0027-8424
    DOI 10.1073/pnas.2022586118
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  5. Article ; Online: Structure and binding properties of Pangolin-CoV spike glycoprotein inform the evolution of SARS-CoV-2.

    Wrobel, Antoni G / Benton, Donald J / Xu, Pengqi / Calder, Lesley J / Borg, Annabel / Roustan, Chloë / Martin, Stephen R / Rosenthal, Peter B / Skehel, John J / Gamblin, Steven J

    Nature communications

    2021  Volume 12, Issue 1, Page(s) 837

    Abstract: Coronaviruses of bats and pangolins have been implicated in the origin and evolution of the pandemic SARS-CoV-2. We show that spikes from Guangdong Pangolin-CoVs, closely related to SARS-CoV-2, bind strongly to human and pangolin ACE2 receptors. We also ... ...

    Abstract Coronaviruses of bats and pangolins have been implicated in the origin and evolution of the pandemic SARS-CoV-2. We show that spikes from Guangdong Pangolin-CoVs, closely related to SARS-CoV-2, bind strongly to human and pangolin ACE2 receptors. We also report the cryo-EM structure of a Pangolin-CoV spike protein and show it adopts a fully-closed conformation and that, aside from the Receptor-Binding Domain, it resembles the spike of a bat coronavirus RaTG13 more than that of SARS-CoV-2.
    MeSH term(s) Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme 2/metabolism ; Animals ; Binding, Competitive ; COVID-19/epidemiology ; COVID-19/prevention & control ; COVID-19/virology ; Cryoelectron Microscopy ; Evolution, Molecular ; Humans ; Models, Molecular ; Pandemics ; Pangolins/virology ; Protein Binding ; Protein Domains ; SARS-CoV-2/genetics ; SARS-CoV-2/metabolism ; SARS-CoV-2/physiology ; Spike Glycoprotein, Coronavirus/chemistry ; Spike Glycoprotein, Coronavirus/genetics ; Spike Glycoprotein, Coronavirus/metabolism
    Chemical Substances 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 2021-02-05
    Publishing country England
    Document type Journal Article ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
    ZDB-ID 2553671-0
    ISSN 2041-1723 ; 2041-1723
    ISSN (online) 2041-1723
    ISSN 2041-1723
    DOI 10.1038/s41467-021-21006-9
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  6. Article ; Online: A two-site flexible clamp mechanism for RET-GDNF-GFRα1 assembly reveals both conformational adaptation and strict geometric spacing.

    Adams, Sarah E / Purkiss, Andrew G / Knowles, Phillip P / Nans, Andrea / Briggs, David C / Borg, Annabel / Earl, Christopher P / Goodman, Kerry M / Nawrotek, Agata / Borg, Aaron J / McIntosh, Pauline B / Houghton, Francesca M / Kjær, Svend / McDonald, Neil Q

    Structure (London, England : 1993)

    2021  Volume 29, Issue 7, Page(s) 694–708.e7

    Abstract: RET receptor tyrosine kinase plays vital developmental and neuroprotective roles in metazoans. GDNF family ligands (GFLs) when bound to cognate GFRα co-receptors recognize and activate RET stimulating its cytoplasmic kinase function. The principles for ... ...

    Abstract RET receptor tyrosine kinase plays vital developmental and neuroprotective roles in metazoans. GDNF family ligands (GFLs) when bound to cognate GFRα co-receptors recognize and activate RET stimulating its cytoplasmic kinase function. The principles for RET ligand-co-receptor recognition are incompletely understood. Here, we report a crystal structure of the cadherin-like module (CLD1-4) from zebrafish RET revealing interdomain flexibility between CLD2 and CLD3. Comparison with a cryo-electron microscopy structure of a ligand-engaged zebrafish RET
    MeSH term(s) Animals ; Cadherins/metabolism ; Cryoelectron Microscopy ; Crystallography, X-Ray ; Glial Cell Line-Derived Neurotrophic Factor/metabolism ; Glial Cell Line-Derived Neurotrophic Factor Receptors/metabolism ; Models, Molecular ; Multiprotein Complexes/chemistry ; Protein Binding ; Protein Conformation ; Protein Domains ; Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-ret/chemistry ; Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-ret/metabolism ; Zebrafish/metabolism ; Zebrafish Proteins/chemistry ; Zebrafish Proteins/metabolism
    Chemical Substances Cadherins ; Glial Cell Line-Derived Neurotrophic Factor ; Glial Cell Line-Derived Neurotrophic Factor Receptors ; Multiprotein Complexes ; Zebrafish Proteins ; gdnfa protein, zebrafish ; gfra1a protein, zebrafish ; Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-ret (EC 2.7.10.1) ; Ret protein, zebrafish (EC 2.7.10.1)
    Language English
    Publishing date 2021-01-22
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Comparative Study ; Journal Article ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
    ZDB-ID 1213087-4
    ISSN 1878-4186 ; 0969-2126
    ISSN (online) 1878-4186
    ISSN 0969-2126
    DOI 10.1016/j.str.2020.12.012
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  7. Article ; Online: Identifying SARS-CoV-2 antiviral compounds by screening for small molecule inhibitors of nsp13 helicase.

    Zeng, Jingkun / Weissmann, Florian / Bertolin, Agustina P / Posse, Viktor / Canal, Berta / Ulferts, Rachel / Wu, Mary / Harvey, Ruth / Hussain, Saira / Milligan, Jennifer C / Roustan, Chloe / Borg, Annabel / McCoy, Laura / Drury, Lucy S / Kjaer, Svend / McCauley, John / Howell, Michael / Beale, Rupert / Diffley, John F X

    The Biochemical journal

    2021  Volume 478, Issue 13, Page(s) 2405–2423

    Abstract: The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, which is caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), is a global public health challenge. While the efficacy of vaccines against emerging and future virus variants remains ... ...

    Abstract The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, which is caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), is a global public health challenge. While the efficacy of vaccines against emerging and future virus variants remains unclear, there is a need for therapeutics. Repurposing existing drugs represents a promising and potentially rapid opportunity to find novel antivirals against SARS-CoV-2. The virus encodes at least nine enzymatic activities that are potential drug targets. Here, we have expressed, purified and developed enzymatic assays for SARS-CoV-2 nsp13 helicase, a viral replication protein that is essential for the coronavirus life cycle. We screened a custom chemical library of over 5000 previously characterized pharmaceuticals for nsp13 inhibitors using a fluorescence resonance energy transfer-based high-throughput screening approach. From this, we have identified FPA-124 and several suramin-related compounds as novel inhibitors of nsp13 helicase activity in vitro. We describe the efficacy of these drugs using assays we developed to monitor SARS-CoV-2 growth in Vero E6 cells.
    MeSH term(s) Animals ; Antiviral Agents/chemistry ; Antiviral Agents/pharmacology ; Chlorocebus aethiops ; Drug Evaluation, Preclinical ; Enzyme Assays ; Fluorescence Resonance Energy Transfer ; High-Throughput Screening Assays ; RNA Helicases/antagonists & inhibitors ; RNA Helicases/metabolism ; Reproducibility of Results ; SARS-CoV-2/drug effects ; SARS-CoV-2/enzymology ; Small Molecule Libraries/chemistry ; Small Molecule Libraries/pharmacology ; Suramin/pharmacology ; Vero Cells ; Viral Nonstructural Proteins/antagonists & inhibitors ; Viral Nonstructural Proteins/metabolism
    Chemical Substances Antiviral Agents ; Small Molecule Libraries ; Viral Nonstructural Proteins ; Suramin (6032D45BEM) ; RNA Helicases (EC 3.6.4.13)
    Language English
    Publishing date 2021-07-01
    Publishing country England
    Document type Journal Article ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
    ZDB-ID 2969-5
    ISSN 1470-8728 ; 0006-2936 ; 0306-3275 ; 0264-6021
    ISSN (online) 1470-8728
    ISSN 0006-2936 ; 0306-3275 ; 0264-6021
    DOI 10.1042/BCJ20210201
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  8. Article ; Online: Cysteine-Reactive Free ISG15 Generates IL-1β-Producing CD8α

    Napolitano, Anna / van der Veen, Annemarthe G / Bunyan, Monique / Borg, Annabel / Frith, David / Howell, Steven / Kjaer, Svend / Beling, Antje / Snijders, Ambrosius P / Knobeloch, Klaus-Peter / Frickel, Eva-Maria

    Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950)

    2018  Volume 201, Issue 2, Page(s) 604–614

    Abstract: IFN-stimulated gene (ISG) 15 is a ubiquitin-like protein induced after type I IFN stimulation. There is a dearth of in vivo models to study free unconjugated ISG15 function. We found that free ISG15 enhances the production of IFN-γ and IL-1β during ... ...

    Abstract IFN-stimulated gene (ISG) 15 is a ubiquitin-like protein induced after type I IFN stimulation. There is a dearth of in vivo models to study free unconjugated ISG15 function. We found that free ISG15 enhances the production of IFN-γ and IL-1β during murine infection with
    MeSH term(s) Animals ; CD8 Antigens/metabolism ; Cell Movement ; Cells, Cultured ; Cysteine/genetics ; Cytokines/genetics ; Cytokines/metabolism ; Dendritic Cells/immunology ; Disease Models, Animal ; Immunomodulation ; Interferon Type I/immunology ; Interferon-gamma/metabolism ; Interleukin-1beta/metabolism ; Mice ; Mice, Inbred C57BL ; Mice, Knockout ; Protein Conformation ; Toxoplasma/physiology ; Toxoplasmosis/immunology ; Ubiquitins/genetics ; Ubiquitins/metabolism
    Chemical Substances CD8 Antigens ; CD8alpha antigen ; Cytokines ; G1p2 protein, mouse ; Interferon Type I ; Interleukin-1beta ; Ubiquitins ; Interferon-gamma (82115-62-6) ; Cysteine (K848JZ4886)
    Language English
    Publishing date 2018-06-11
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
    ZDB-ID 3056-9
    ISSN 1550-6606 ; 0022-1767 ; 1048-3233 ; 1047-7381
    ISSN (online) 1550-6606
    ISSN 0022-1767 ; 1048-3233 ; 1047-7381
    DOI 10.4049/jimmunol.1701322
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  9. Article ; Online: The RIG-I-like receptor LGP2 inhibits Dicer-dependent processing of long double-stranded RNA and blocks RNA interference in mammalian cells.

    van der Veen, Annemarthe G / Maillard, Pierre V / Schmidt, Jan Marten / Lee, Sonia A / Deddouche-Grass, Safia / Borg, Annabel / Kjær, Svend / Snijders, Ambrosius P / Reis e Sousa, Caetano

    The EMBO journal

    2018  Volume 37, Issue 4

    Abstract: In vertebrates, the presence of viral RNA in the cytosol is sensed by members of the RIG-I-like receptor (RLR) family, which signal to induce production of type I interferons (IFN). These key antiviral cytokines act in a paracrine and autocrine manner to ...

    Abstract In vertebrates, the presence of viral RNA in the cytosol is sensed by members of the RIG-I-like receptor (RLR) family, which signal to induce production of type I interferons (IFN). These key antiviral cytokines act in a paracrine and autocrine manner to induce hundreds of interferon-stimulated genes (ISGs), whose protein products restrict viral entry, replication and budding. ISGs include the RLRs themselves: RIG-I, MDA5 and, the least-studied family member, LGP2. In contrast, the IFN system is absent in plants and invertebrates, which defend themselves from viral intruders using RNA interference (RNAi). In RNAi, the endoribonuclease Dicer cleaves virus-derived double-stranded RNA (dsRNA) into small interfering RNAs (siRNAs) that target complementary viral RNA for cleavage. Interestingly, the RNAi machinery is conserved in mammals, and we have recently demonstrated that it is able to participate in mammalian antiviral defence in conditions in which the IFN system is suppressed. In contrast, when the IFN system is active, one or more ISGs act to mask or suppress antiviral RNAi. Here, we demonstrate that LGP2 constitutes one of the ISGs that can inhibit antiviral RNAi in mammals. We show that LGP2 associates with Dicer and inhibits cleavage of dsRNA into siRNAs both
    MeSH term(s) DEAD-box RNA Helicases/genetics ; DEAD-box RNA Helicases/metabolism ; Gene Expression Regulation ; HeLa Cells ; Humans ; Interferon Type I/metabolism ; RNA Helicases/genetics ; RNA Helicases/metabolism ; RNA Interference ; RNA Viruses/physiology ; RNA, Double-Stranded/genetics ; RNA, Double-Stranded/metabolism ; RNA, Small Interfering/genetics ; RNA, Viral/genetics ; Ribonuclease III/genetics ; Ribonuclease III/metabolism ; Signal Transduction
    Chemical Substances Interferon Type I ; RNA, Double-Stranded ; RNA, Small Interfering ; RNA, Viral ; DHX58 protein, human (EC 2.7.7.-) ; DICER1 protein, human (EC 3.1.26.3) ; Ribonuclease III (EC 3.1.26.3) ; DEAD-box RNA Helicases (EC 3.6.4.13) ; RNA Helicases (EC 3.6.4.13)
    Language English
    Publishing date 2018-01-19
    Publishing country England
    Document type Journal Article ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
    ZDB-ID 586044-1
    ISSN 1460-2075 ; 0261-4189
    ISSN (online) 1460-2075
    ISSN 0261-4189
    DOI 10.15252/embj.201797479
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  10. Article ; Online: Identifying SARS-CoV-2 Antiviral Compounds by Screening for Small Molecule Inhibitors of Nsp13 Helicase

    Beale, Rupert / Bertolin, Agustina P / Borg, Annabel / Canal, Berta / Diffley, John FX / Drury, Lucy S / Harvey, Ruth / Howell, Michael / Hussain, Saira / Kjaer, Svend / McCauley, John / McCoy, Laura / Milligan, Jennifer / Posse, Viktor / Roustan, Chloe / Ulferts, Rachel / Weissmann, Florian / Wu, Mary / Zeng, Jingkun

    bioRxiv

    Abstract: The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, which is caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is a global public health challenge. While the efficacy of vaccines against emerging and future virus variants remains ... ...

    Abstract The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, which is caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is a global public health challenge. While the efficacy of vaccines against emerging and future virus variants remains unclear, there is a need for therapeutics. Repurposing existing drugs represents a promising and potentially rapid opportunity to find novel antivirals against SARS-CoV-2. The virus encodes at least nine enzymatic activities that are potential drug targets. Here we have expressed, purified and developed enzymatic assays for SARS-CoV-2 nsp13 helicase, a viral replication protein that is essential for the coronavirus life cycle. We screened a custom chemical library of over 5000 previously characterised pharmaceuticals for nsp13 inhibitors using a FRET-based high-throughput screening (HTS) approach. From this, we have identified FPA-124 and several suramin-related compounds as novel inhibitors of nsp13 helicase activity in vitro. We describe the efficacy of these drugs using assays we developed to monitor SARS-CoV-2 growth in Vero E6 cells.
    Keywords covid19
    Language English
    Publishing date 2021-04-08
    Publisher Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
    Document type Article ; Online
    DOI 10.1101/2021.04.07.438808
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