A potential interaction between the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein and nicotinic acetylcholine receptors.
A potential interaction between the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein and nicotinic acetylcholine receptors.
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10.1016/j.bpj.2021.01.037
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发表时间:
2021-03-16
影响因子:
3.4
通讯作者:
Mulholland AJ
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Oliveira ASF;Ibarra AA;Bermudez I;Casalino L;Gaieb Z;Shoemark DK;Gallagher T;Sessions RB;Amaro RE;Mulholland AJ
Changeux et al. (Changeux et al. C. R. Biol. 343:33–39.) recently suggested that the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein may interact with nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (nAChRs) and that such interactions may be involved in pathology and infectivity. This hypothesis is based on the fact that the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein contains a sequence motif similar to known nAChR antagonists. Here, we use molecular simulations of validated atomically detailed structures of nAChRs and of the spike to investigate the possible binding of the Y674-R685 region of the spike to nAChRs. We examine the binding of the Y674-R685 loop to three nAChRs, namely the human α4β2 and α7 subtypes and the muscle-like αβγδ receptor from Tetronarce californica. Our results predict that Y674-R685 has affinity for nAChRs. The region of the spike responsible for binding contains a PRRA motif, a four-residue insertion not found in other SARS-like coronaviruses. The conformational behavior of the bound Y674-R685 is highly dependent on the receptor subtype; it adopts extended conformations in the α4β2 and α7 complexes but is more compact when bound to the muscle-like receptor. In the α4β2 and αβγδ complexes, the interaction of Y674-R685 with the receptors forces the loop C region to adopt an open conformation, similar to other known nAChR antagonists. In contrast, in the α7 complex, Y674-R685 penetrates deeply into the binding pocket in which it forms interactions with the residues lining the aromatic box, namely with TrpB, TyrC1, and TyrC2. Estimates of binding energy suggest that Y674-R685 forms stable complexes with all three nAChR subtypes. Analyses of simulations of the glycosylated spike show that the Y674-R685 region is accessible for binding. We suggest a potential binding orientation of the spike protein with nAChRs, in which they are in a nonparallel arrangement to one another.
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DOI:
10.1126/science.abd3072
发表时间:
2020-11-13
期刊:
Science (New York, N.Y.)
影响因子:
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作者:
Daly JL;Simonetti B;Klein K;Chen KE;Williamson MK;Antón-Plágaro C;Shoemark DK;Simón-Gracia L;Bauer M;Hollandi R;Greber UF;Horvath P;Sessions RB;Helenius A;Hiscox JA;Teesalu T;Matthews DA;Davidson AD;Collins BM;Cullen PJ;Yamauchi Y
通讯作者:
Yamauchi Y
影响因子:
18.2
作者:
Casalino L;Gaieb Z;Goldsmith JA;Hjorth CK;Dommer AC;Harbison AM;Fogarty CA;Barros EP;Taylor BC;McLellan JS;Fadda E;Amaro RE
通讯作者:
Amaro RE
影响因子:
5
作者:
Baig, Abdul Mannan;Sanders, Erin C.
通讯作者:
Sanders, Erin C.
影响因子:
23.5
作者:
Campello, Hugo Rego;Del Villar, Silvia G.;Gallagher, Timothy
通讯作者:
Gallagher, Timothy
影响因子:
3.4
作者:
Apellániz B;Huarte N;Largo E;Nieva JL
通讯作者:
Nieva JL