A global lipid map reveals host dependency factors conserved across SARS-CoV-2 variants

Abstract A comprehensive understanding of host dependency factors for SARS-CoV-2 remains elusive. We mapped alterations in host lipids following SARS-CoV-2 infection using nontargeted lipidomics. We found that SARS-CoV-2 rewires host lipid metabolism, altering 409 lipid species up to 64-fold relative to controls. We correlated these changes with viral protein activity by transfecting human cells with each viral protein and performing lipidomics. We found that lipid droplet plasticity is a key feature of infection and that viral propagation can be blocked by small-molecule glycerolipid biosynthesis inhibitors. We found that this inhibition was effective against the main variants of concern (alpha, beta, gamma, and delta), indicating that glycerolipid biosynthesis is a conserved host dependency factor that supports this evolving virus..

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Preprint

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

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bioRxiv.org - (2023) vom: 17. Nov. Zur Gesamtaufnahme - year:2023

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Farley, Scotland E. [VerfasserIn]
Kyle, Jennifer E. [VerfasserIn]
Leier, Hans C. [VerfasserIn]
Bramer, Lisa M. [VerfasserIn]
Weinstein, Jules [VerfasserIn]
Bates, Timothy A. [VerfasserIn]
Lee, Joon-Yong [VerfasserIn]
Metz, Thomas O. [VerfasserIn]
Schultz, Carsten [VerfasserIn]
Tafesse, Fikadu G. [VerfasserIn]

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Biology

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10.1101/2022.02.14.480430

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XBI03525789X