Identification and differential usage of a host metalloproteinase entry pathway by SARS-CoV-2 Delta and Omicron

Autor: Mehdi Benlarbi, Geneviève Laroche, Corby Fink, Kathy Fu, Rory P. Mulloy, Alexandra Phan, Ardeshir Ariana, Corina M. Stewart, Jérémie Prévost, Guillaume Beaudoin-Bussières, Redaet Daniel, Yuxia Bo, Omar El Ferri, Julien Yockell-Lelièvre, William L. Stanford, Patrick M. Giguère, Samira Mubareka, Andrés Finzi, Gregory A. Dekaban, Jimmy D. Dikeakos, Marceline Côté
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2022
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Zdroj: iScience, Vol 25, Iss 11, Pp 105316- (2022)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2589-0042
DOI: 10.1016/j.isci.2022.105316
Popis: Summary: The severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) spike glycoprotein (S) binds to angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE2) to mediate membrane fusion via two distinct pathways: 1) a surface, serine protease-dependent or 2) an endosomal, cysteine protease-dependent pathway. In this study, we found that SARS-CoV-2 S has a wider protease usage and can also be activated by TMPRSS13 and matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs). We found that MMP-2 and MMP-9 played roles in SARS-CoV-2 S cell-cell fusion and TMPRSS2- and cathepsin-independent viral entry in cells expressing high MMP levels. MMP-dependent viral entry required cleavage at the S1/S2 junction in viral producer cells, and differential processing of variants of concern S dictated its usage; the efficiently processed Delta S preferred metalloproteinase-dependent entry when available, and less processed Omicron S was unable to us metalloproteinases for entry. As MMP-2/9 are released during inflammation, they may play roles in S-mediated cytopathic effects, tropism, and disease outcome.
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