Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus Nonstructural Protein 16 Is Necessary for Interferon Resistance and Viral Pathogenesis

Journal Article
mSphere, vol. 2, iss. 6, 2017
Authors
Vineet D. Menachery, Lisa E. Gralinski, Hugh D. Mitchell, Kenneth H. Dinnon, Sarah R. Leist, Boyd L. Yount, Rachel L. Graham, Eileen T. McAnarney, Kelly G. Stratton, Adam S. Cockrell, Kari Debbink, Amy C. Sims, Katrina M. Waters, Ralph S. Baric, Ana Fernandez-Sesma
Abstract
Coronavirus (CoV) emergence in both humans and livestock represents a significant threat to global public health, as evidenced by the sudden emergence of severe acute respiratory syndrome CoV (SARS-CoV), MERS-CoV, porcine epidemic diarrhea virus, and swine delta CoV in the 21st century. These studies describe an approach that effectively targets the highly conserved 2′ O -MTase activity of CoVs for attenuation. With clear understanding of the IFN/IFIT (IFN-induced proteins with tetratricopeptide repeats)-based mechanism, NSP16 mutants provide a suitable target for a live attenuated vaccine platform, as well as therapeutic development for both current and future emergent CoV strains. Importantly, other approaches targeting other conserved pan-CoV functions have not yet proven effective against MERS-CoV, illustrating the broad applicability of targeting viral 2′ O -MTase function across CoVs.
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