NCAM protein and SARS-COV-2 surface proteins : In-silico hypothetical evidence for the immunopathogenesis of Guillain-Barré syndrome

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This study aimed at identifying human neural proteins that can be attacked by cross-reacting SARS-COV-2 antibodies causing Guillain-Barré syndrome. These markers can be used for the diagnosis of Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS). To achieve this goal, proteins implicated in the development of GBS were retrieved from literature. These human proteins were compared to SARS-COV-2 surface proteins to identify homologous sequences using Blastp. Then, MHC-I and MHC-II epitopes were determined in the homologous sequences and used for further analysis. Similar human and SARS-COV-2 epitopes were docked to the corresponding MHC molecule to compare the binding pattern of human and SARS-COV-2 proteins to the MHC molecule. Neural cell adhesion molecule is the only neural protein that showed homologous sequence to SARS-COV-2 envelope protein. The homologous sequence was part of HLA-A68 and HLA-DQA/HLA-DQB epitopes had a similar binding pattern to SARS-COV-2 envelope protein. Based on these results, the study suggests that NCAM may play a significant role in the immunopathogenesis of GBS. NCAM antibodies can be used as a marker for Guillain-Barré syndrome. However, more experimental studies are needed to prove these results.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2020

Erschienen:

2020

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:145

Enthalten in:

Medical hypotheses - 145(2020) vom: 15. Dez., Seite 110342

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Morsy, Sara [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Autoimmunity
CD56 Antigen
COVID-19
Coronavirus Envelope Proteins
Envelope protein, SARS-CoV-2
Epitopes
Guillain-Barré syndrome
HLA-A*68 antigen
HLA-A Antigens
HLA-DQ alpha-Chains
HLA-DQ beta-Chains
HLA-DQA1 antigen
HLA-DQbeta antigen
Journal Article
Major histocompatibility complex
NCAM
NCAM1 protein, human
Peptides
SARS-COV-2
Viral Proteins

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Date Completed 04.01.2021

Date Revised 12.11.2023

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.mehy.2020.110342

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM316385328