Unexpected mode of engagement between enterovirus 71 and its receptor SCARB2

Enterovirus 71 (EV71) is a common cause of hand, foot and mouth disease-a disease endemic especially in the Asia-Pacific region1. Scavenger receptor class B member 2 (SCARB2) is the major receptor of EV71, as well as several other enteroviruses responsible for hand, foot and mouth disease, and plays a key role in cell entry2. The isolated structures of EV71 and SCARB2 are known3-6, but how they interact to initiate infection is not. Here, we report the EV71-SCARB2 complex structure determined at 3.4 Å resolution using cryo-electron microscopy. This reveals that SCARB2 binds EV71 on the southern rim of the canyon, rather than across the canyon, as predicted3,7,8. Helices 152-163 (α5) and 183-193 (α7) of SCARB2 and the viral protein 1 (VP1) GH and VP2 EF loops of EV71 dominate the interaction, suggesting an allosteric mechanism by which receptor binding might facilitate the low-pH uncoating of the virus in the endosome/lysosome. Remarkably, many residues within the binding footprint are not conserved across SCARB2-dependent enteroviruses; however, a conserved proline and glycine seem to be key residues. Thus, although the virus maintains antigenic variability even within the receptor-binding footprint, the identification of binding 'hot spots' may facilitate the design of receptor mimic therapeutics less likely to quickly generate resistance.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2019

Erschienen:

2019

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:4

Enthalten in:

Nature microbiology - 4(2019), 3 vom: 01. März, Seite 414-419

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Zhou, Daming [VerfasserIn]
Zhao, Yuguang [VerfasserIn]
Kotecha, Abhay [VerfasserIn]
Fry, Elizabeth E [VerfasserIn]
Kelly, James T [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Xiangxi [VerfasserIn]
Rao, Zihe [VerfasserIn]
Rowlands, David J [VerfasserIn]
Ren, Jingshan [VerfasserIn]
Stuart, David I [VerfasserIn]

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Journal Article
Lysosomal Membrane Proteins
Receptors, Scavenger
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
SCARB2 protein, human
Viral Proteins

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Date Completed 05.06.2019

Date Revised 13.12.2023

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1038/s41564-018-0319-z

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NLM291621864