A model for network-based identification and pharmacological targeting of aberrant, replication-permissive transcriptional programs induced by viral infection

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SARS-CoV-2 hijacks the host cell transcriptional machinery to induce a phenotypic state amenable to its replication. Here we show that analysis of Master Regulator proteins representing mechanistic determinants of the gene expression signature induced by SARS-CoV-2 in infected cells revealed coordinated inactivation of Master Regulators enriched in physical interactions with SARS-CoV-2 proteins, suggesting their mechanistic role in maintaining a host cell state refractory to virus replication. To test their functional relevance, we measured SARS-CoV-2 replication in epithelial cells treated with drugs predicted to activate the entire repertoire of repressed Master Regulators, based on their experimentally elucidated, context-specific mechanism of action. Overall, 15 of the 18 drugs predicted to be effective by this methodology induced significant reduction of SARS-CoV-2 replication, without affecting cell viability. This model for host-directed pharmacological therapy is fully generalizable and can be deployed to identify drugs targeting host cell-based Master Regulator signatures induced by virtually any pathogen.

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Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2022

Erschienen:

2022

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:5

Enthalten in:

Communications biology - 5(2022), 1 vom: 19. Juli, Seite 714

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Laise, Pasquale [VerfasserIn]
Stanifer, Megan L [VerfasserIn]
Bosker, Gideon [VerfasserIn]
Sun, Xiaoyun [VerfasserIn]
Triana, Sergio [VerfasserIn]
Doldan, Patricio [VerfasserIn]
La Manna, Federico [VerfasserIn]
De Menna, Marta [VerfasserIn]
Realubit, Ronald B [VerfasserIn]
Pampou, Sergey [VerfasserIn]
Karan, Charles [VerfasserIn]
Alexandrov, Theodore [VerfasserIn]
Kruithof-de Julio, Marianna [VerfasserIn]
Califano, Andrea [VerfasserIn]
Boulant, Steeve [VerfasserIn]
Alvarez, Mariano J [VerfasserIn]

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Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

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Date Completed 21.07.2022

Date Revised 07.12.2022

published: Electronic

UpdateOf: Res Sq. 2022 Feb 04;:. - PMID 35132404

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1038/s42003-022-03663-8

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM343742020