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Attenuation and restoration of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus
mutant lacking 2 -o-methyltransferase activity
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Menachery VD
; Yount BL Jr
; Josset L
; Gralinski LE
; Scobey T
; Agnihothram S
; Katze MG
; Baric RS
J Virol
2014[Apr]; 88
(8
): 4251-64
PMID24478444
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The sudden emergence of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus (SARS-CoV)
in 2002 and, more recently, Middle Eastern respiratory syndrome CoV (MERS-CoV)
underscores the importance of understanding critical aspects of CoV infection and
pathogenesis. Despite significant insights into CoV cross-species transmission,
replication, and virus-host interactions, successful therapeutic options for CoVs
do not yet exist. Recent identification of SARS-CoV NSP16 as a viral
2'-O-methyltransferase (2'-O-MTase) led to the possibility of utilizing this
pathway to both attenuate SARS-CoV infection and develop novel therapeutic
treatment options. Mutations were introduced into SARS-CoV NSP16 within the
conserved KDKE motif and effectively attenuated the resulting SARS-CoV mutant
viruses both in vitro and in vivo. While viruses lacking 2'-O-MTase activity had
enhanced sensitivity to type I interferon (IFN), they were not completely
restored in their absence in vivo. However, the absence of either MDA5 or IFIT1,
IFN-responsive genes that recognize unmethylated 2'-O RNA, resulted in restored
replication and virulence of the dNSP16 mutant virus. Finally, using the mutant
as a live-attenuated vaccine showed significant promise for possible therapeutic
development against SARS-CoV. Together, the data underscore the necessity of
2'-O-MTase activity for SARS-CoV pathogenesis and identify host immune pathways
that mediate this attenuation. In addition, we describe novel treatment avenues
that exploit this pathway and could potentially be used against a diverse range
of viral pathogens that utilize 2'-O-MTase activity to subvert the immune system.
IMPORTANCE: Preventing recognition by the host immune response represents a
critical aspect necessary for successful viral infection. Several viruses,
including SARS-CoV, utilize virally encoded 2'-O-MTases to camouflage and obscure
their viral RNA from host cell sensing machinery, thus preventing recognition and
activation of cell intrinsic defense pathways. For SARS-CoV, the absence of this
2'-O-MTase activity results in significant attenuation characterized by decreased
viral replication, reduced weight loss, and limited breathing dysfunction in
mice. The results indicate that both MDA5, a recognition molecule, and the IFIT
family play an important role in mediating this attenuation with restored
virulence observed in their absence. Understanding this virus-host interaction
provided an opportunity to design a successful live-attenuated vaccine for
SARS-CoV and opens avenues for treatment and prevention of emerging CoVs and
other RNA virus infections.