Vertebrate-class-specific binding modes of the alphavirus receptor MXRA8

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MXRA8 is a receptor for chikungunya (CHIKV) and other arthritogenic alphaviruses with mammalian hosts. However, mammalian MXRA8 does not bind to alphaviruses that infect humans and have avian reservoirs. Here, we show that avian, but not mammalian, MXRA8 can act as a receptor for Sindbis, western equine encephalitis (WEEV), and related alphaviruses with avian reservoirs. Structural analysis of duck MXRA8 complexed with WEEV reveals an inverted binding mode compared with mammalian MXRA8 bound to CHIKV. Whereas both domains of mammalian MXRA8 bind CHIKV E1 and E2, only domain 1 of avian MXRA8 engages WEEV E1, and no appreciable contacts are made with WEEV E2. Using these results, we generated a chimeric avian-mammalian MXRA8 decoy-receptor that neutralizes infection of multiple alphaviruses from distinct antigenic groups in vitro and in vivo. Thus, different alphaviruses can bind MXRA8 encoded by different vertebrate classes with distinct engagement modes, which enables development of broad-spectrum inhibitors.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:186

Enthalten in:

Cell - 186(2023), 22 vom: 26. Okt., Seite 4818-4833.e25

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Zimmerman, Ofer [VerfasserIn]
Zimmerman, Maxwell I [VerfasserIn]
Raju, Saravanan [VerfasserIn]
Nelson, Christopher A [VerfasserIn]
Errico, John M [VerfasserIn]
Madden, Emily A [VerfasserIn]
Holmes, Autumn C [VerfasserIn]
Hassan, Ahmed O [VerfasserIn]
VanBlargan, Laura A [VerfasserIn]
Kim, Arthur S [VerfasserIn]
Adams, Lucas J [VerfasserIn]
Basore, Katherine [VerfasserIn]
Whitener, Bradley M [VerfasserIn]
Palakurty, Sathvik [VerfasserIn]
Davis-Adams, Hannah G [VerfasserIn]
Sun, Chengqun [VerfasserIn]
Gilliland, Theron [VerfasserIn]
Earnest, James T [VerfasserIn]
Ma, Hongming [VerfasserIn]
Ebel, Gregory D [VerfasserIn]
Zmasek, Christian [VerfasserIn]
Scheuermann, Richard H [VerfasserIn]
Klimstra, William B [VerfasserIn]
Fremont, Daved H [VerfasserIn]
Diamond, Michael S [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Alphavirus
Alphavirus receptor
Birds
Cryoelectron microscopy
Evolution
Inhibitor
Journal Article
Mammals
Pathogenesis
Receptor
Receptors, Virus
Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.
Species
Structure
Tropism

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Date Completed 31.10.2023

Date Revised 12.04.2024

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.cell.2023.09.007

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM362984247