Functional and antigenic characterization of SARS-CoV-2 spike fusion peptide by deep mutational scanning

The fusion peptide of SARS-CoV-2 spike protein is functionally important for membrane fusion during virus entry and is part of a broadly neutralizing epitope. However, sequence determinants at the fusion peptide and its adjacent regions for pathogenicity and antigenicity remain elusive. In this study, we performed a series of deep mutational scanning (DMS) experiments on an S2 region spanning the fusion peptide of authentic SARS-CoV-2 in different cell lines and in the presence of broadly neutralizing antibodies. We identified mutations at residue 813 of the spike protein that reduced TMPRSS2-mediated entry with decreased virulence. In addition, we showed that an F823Y mutation, present in bat betacoronavirus HKU9 spike protein, confers resistance to broadly neutralizing antibodies. Our findings provide mechanistic insights into SARS-CoV-2 pathogenicity and also highlight a potential challenge in developing broadly protective S2-based coronavirus vaccines.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

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2023

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - year:2023

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bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology - (2023) vom: 29. Nov.

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Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Lei, Ruipeng [VerfasserIn]
Qing, Enya [VerfasserIn]
Odle, Abby [VerfasserIn]
Yuan, Meng [VerfasserIn]
Tan, Timothy J C [VerfasserIn]
So, Natalie [VerfasserIn]
Ouyang, Wenhao O [VerfasserIn]
Wilson, Ian A [VerfasserIn]
Gallagher, Tom [VerfasserIn]
Perlman, Stanley [VerfasserIn]
Wu, Nicholas C [VerfasserIn]
Wong, Lok-Yin Roy [VerfasserIn]

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Date Revised 11.12.2023

published: Electronic

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

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10.1101/2023.11.28.569051

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NLM365676845