Selinexor, a novel selective inhibitor of nuclear export, reduces SARS-CoV-2 infection and protects the respiratory system in vivo.
Selinexor, a novel selective inhibitor of nuclear export, reduces SARS-CoV-2 infection and protects the respiratory system in vivo.
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DOI:
10.1016/j.antiviral.2021.105115
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发表时间:
2021-08
影响因子:
7.6
通讯作者:
Landesman Y
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作者:
Kashyap T;Murray J;Walker CJ;Chang H;Tamir S;Hou B;Shacham S;Kauffman MG;Tripp RA;Landesman Y
The novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is responsible for the recent global pandemic. The nuclear export protein (XPO1) has a direct role in the export of SARS-CoV proteins including ORF3b, ORF9b, and nucleocapsid. Inhibition of XPO1 induces anti-inflammatory, anti-viral, and antioxidant pathways. Selinexor is an FDA-approved XPO1 inhibitor. Through bioinformatics analysis, we predicted nuclear export sequences in the ACE-2 protein and confirmed by in vitro testing that inhibition of XPO1 with selinexor induces nuclear localization of ACE-2. Administration of selinexor inhibited viral infection prophylactically as well as therapeutically in vitro. In a ferret model of COVID-19, selinexor treatment reduced viral load in the lungs and protected against tissue damage in the nasal turbinates and lungs in vivo. Our studies demonstrated that selinexor downregulated the pro-inflammatory cytokines IL-1β, IL-6, IL-10, IFN-γ, TNF-α, and GMCSF, commonly associated with the cytokine storm observed in COVID-19 patients. Our findings indicate that nuclear export is critical for SARS-CoV-2 infection and for COVID-19 pathology and suggest that inhibition of XPO1 by selinexor could be a viable anti-viral treatment option. A schematic model demonstrates how inhibition of nuclear export protects cells from SARS-CoV-2 infection by: reducing membranal presentation of ACE-2, blocking the cytoplasmic shuttling of the host protein GLTSCR2, (Wang et al., 2016), and sequestering the viral proteins ORF3b (Freundt et al., 2009; Konno et al., 2020), ORF9b (Moshynskyy et al., 2007; Sharma et al., 2011; Jiang et al., 2020), and the nucleocapsid protein (Timani et al., 2005; You et al., 2007; Li et al., 2020) in the nucleus. This allows for the activation of the innate immune response and the production of the type I interferons.