SARS-CoV-2 ORF7a Mutation Found in BF.5 and BF.7 Sublineages Impacts Its Functions

A feature of the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron subvariants BF.5 and BF.7 that recently circulated mainly in China and Japan was the high prevalence of the ORF7a: H47Y mutation, in which the 47th residue of ORF7a has been mutated from a histidine (H) to a tyrosine (Y). Here, we evaluated the effect of this mutation on the three main functions ascribed to the SARS-CoV-2 ORF7a protein. Our findings show that H47Y mutation impairs the ability of SARS-CoV-2 ORF7a to antagonize the type I interferon (IFN-I) response and to downregulate major histocompatibility complex I (MHC-I) cell surface levels, but had no effect in its anti-SERINC5 function. Overall, our results suggest that the H47Y mutation of ORF7a affects important functions of this protein, resulting in changes in virus pathogenesis.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:25

Enthalten in:

International journal of molecular sciences - 25(2024), 4 vom: 16. Feb.

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Timilsina, Uddhav [VerfasserIn]
Ivey, Emily B [VerfasserIn]
Duffy, Sean [VerfasserIn]
Plianchaisuk, Arnon [VerfasserIn]
The Genotype To Phenotype Japan G P-Japan Consortium [VerfasserIn]
Ito, Jumpei [VerfasserIn]
Sato, Kei [VerfasserIn]
Stavrou, Spyridon [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Interferon Type I
Journal Article
Major histocompatibility complex I
Mutation
Open reading frame 7a (ORF7a)
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2
Type I interferon response

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Date Completed 26.02.2024

Date Revised 06.04.2024

published: Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.3390/ijms25042351

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM368870103