Mutations derived from horseshoe bat ACE2 orthologs enhance ACE2-Fc neutralization of SARS-CoV-2

The severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) spike (S) protein mediates infection of cells expressing angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE2). ACE2 is also the viral receptor of SARS-CoV (SARS-CoV-1), a related coronavirus that emerged in 2002-2003. Horseshoe bats (genus Rhinolophus) are presumed to be the original reservoir of both viruses, and a SARS-like coronavirus, RaTG13, closely related to SARS-CoV-2, has been identified in one horseshoe-bat species. Here we characterize the ability of the S-protein receptor-binding domains (RBDs) of SARS-CoV-1, SARS-CoV-2, pangolin coronavirus (PgCoV), RaTG13, and LyRa11, a bat virus similar to SARS-CoV-1, to bind a range of ACE2 orthologs. We observed that the PgCoV RBD bound human ACE2 at least as efficiently as the SARS-CoV-2 RBD, and that both RBDs bound pangolin ACE2 efficiently. We also observed a high level of variability in binding to closely related horseshoe-bat ACE2 orthologs consistent with the heterogeneity of their RBD-binding regions. However five consensus horseshoe-bat ACE2 residues enhanced ACE2 binding to the SARS-CoV-2 RBD and neutralization of SARS-CoV-2 pseudoviruses by an enzymatically inactive immunoadhesin form of human ACE2 (hACE2-NN-Fc). Two of these mutations impaired neutralization of SARS-CoV-1 pseudoviruses. An hACE2-NN-Fc variant bearing all five mutations neutralized both SARS-CoV-2 pseudovirus and infectious virus more efficiently than wild-type hACE2-NN-Fc. These data suggest that SARS-CoV-1 and -2 originate from distinct bat species, and identify a more potently neutralizing form of soluble ACE2.

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UpdateOf: bioRxiv. 2020 Jun 30;:. - PMID 32637954

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2021

Erschienen:

2021

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:17

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PLoS pathogens - 17(2021), 4 vom: 09. Apr., Seite e1009501

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Mou, Huihui [VerfasserIn]
Quinlan, Brian D [VerfasserIn]
Peng, Haiyong [VerfasserIn]
Liu, Guanqun [VerfasserIn]
Guo, Yan [VerfasserIn]
Peng, Shoujiao [VerfasserIn]
Zhang, Lizhou [VerfasserIn]
Davis-Gardner, Meredith E [VerfasserIn]
Gardner, Matthew R [VerfasserIn]
Crynen, Gogce [VerfasserIn]
DeVaux, Lindsey B [VerfasserIn]
Voo, Zhi Xiang [VerfasserIn]
Bailey, Charles C [VerfasserIn]
Alpert, Michael D [VerfasserIn]
Rader, Christoph [VerfasserIn]
Gack, Michaela U [VerfasserIn]
Choe, Hyeryun [VerfasserIn]
Farzan, Michael [VerfasserIn]

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Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme 2
EC 3.4.17.23
Journal Article
Receptors, Virus
Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
Spike Glycoprotein, Coronavirus

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Date Completed 10.05.2021

Date Revised 25.05.2021

published: Electronic-eCollection

UpdateOf: bioRxiv. 2020 Jun 30;:. - PMID 32637954

Citation Status MEDLINE

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10.1371/journal.ppat.1009501

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NLM32391117X