Hypoxia reduces cell attachment of SARS-CoV-2 spike protein by modulating the expression of ACE2, neuropilin-1, syndecan-1 and cellular heparan sulfate

A main clinical parameter of COVID-19 pathophysiology is hypoxia. Here we show that hypoxia decreases the attachment of the receptor-binding domain (RBD) and the S1 subunit (S1) of the spike protein of SARS-CoV-2 to epithelial cells. In Vero E6 cells, hypoxia reduces the protein levels of ACE2 and neuropilin-1 (NRP1), which might in part explain the observed reduction of the infection rate. In addition, hypoxia inhibits the binding of the spike to NCI-H460 human lung epithelial cells by decreasing the cell surface levels of heparan sulfate (HS), a known attachment receptor of SARS-CoV-2. This interaction is also reduced by lactoferrin, a glycoprotein that blocks HS moieties on the cell surface. The expression of syndecan-1, an HS-containing proteoglycan expressed in lung, is inhibited by hypoxia on a HIF-1α-dependent manner. Hypoxia or deletion of syndecan-1 results in reduced binding of the RBD to host cells. Our study indicates that hypoxia acts to prevent SARS-CoV-2 infection, suggesting that the hypoxia signalling pathway might offer therapeutic opportunities for the treatment of COVID-19..

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2021

Erschienen:

2021

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:10

Enthalten in:

Emerging Microbes and Infections - 10(2021), 1, Seite 1065-1076

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Endika Prieto-Fernández [VerfasserIn]
Leire Egia-Mendikute [VerfasserIn]
Laura Vila-Vecilla [VerfasserIn]
Alexandre Bosch [VerfasserIn]
Adrián Barreira-Manrique [VerfasserIn]
So Young Lee [VerfasserIn]
Ana García-del Río [VerfasserIn]
Asier Antoñana-Vildosola [VerfasserIn]
Borja Jiménez-Lasheras [VerfasserIn]
Leire Moreno-Cugnon [VerfasserIn]
Jesús Jiménez-Barbero [VerfasserIn]
Edurne Berra [VerfasserIn]
June Ereño-Orbea [VerfasserIn]
Asis Palazon [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

ACE2
Heparan sulfate
Hypoxia
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Microbiology
SARS-CoV-2
Syndecan-1

doi:

10.1080/22221751.2021.1932607

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

DOAJ01795049X