Laboratory of Virology and Infectious Disease, The Rockefeller University, New York, NY 10065, USA.
Cancer Biology and Genetics, MSKCC New York, NY 10065, USA.
Cell Host Microbe. 2021 Feb 10;29(2):267-280.e5. doi: 10.1016/j.chom.2020.12.009. Epub 2020 Dec 16.
The ongoing severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) pandemic has devastated the global economy and claimed more than 1.7 million lives, presenting an urgent global health crisis. To identify host factors required for infection by SARS-CoV-2 and seasonal coronaviruses, we designed a focused high-coverage CRISPR-Cas9 library targeting 332 members of a recently published SARS-CoV-2 protein interactome. We leveraged the compact nature of this library to systematically screen SARS-CoV-2 at two physiologically relevant temperatures along with three related coronaviruses (human coronavirus 229E [HCoV-229E], HCoV-NL63, and HCoV-OC43), allowing us to probe this interactome at a much higher resolution than genome-scale studies. This approach yielded several insights, including potential virus-specific differences in Rab GTPase requirements and glycosylphosphatidylinositol (GPI) anchor biosynthesis, as well as identification of multiple pan-coronavirus factors involved in cholesterol homeostasis. This coronavirus essentiality catalog could inform ongoing drug development efforts aimed at intercepting and treating coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and help prepare for future coronavirus outbreaks.
持续的严重急性呼吸系统综合症冠状病毒 2(SARS-CoV-2)大流行已经摧毁了全球经济,并导致超过 170 万人死亡,这是一场紧急的全球卫生危机。为了确定感染 SARS-CoV-2 和季节性冠状病毒所需的宿主因素,我们设计了一个针对最近发表的 SARS-CoV-2 蛋白互作组 332 个成员的靶向聚焦高覆盖率 CRISPR-Cas9 文库。我们利用这个文库的紧凑性质,在两个生理相关的温度下以及三种相关的冠状病毒(人冠状病毒 229E[HCoV-229E]、HCoV-NL63 和 HCoV-OC43)下系统地筛选 SARS-CoV-2,使我们能够以比全基因组研究更高的分辨率探测这个互作组。这种方法产生了一些见解,包括 Rab GTPase 需求和糖基磷脂酰肌醇(GPI)锚定生物合成方面的潜在病毒特异性差异,以及鉴定出多个参与胆固醇稳态的泛冠状病毒因子。这个冠状病毒必需性目录可以为正在进行的旨在拦截和治疗 2019 年冠状病毒病(COVID-19)的药物开发工作提供信息,并为未来的冠状病毒爆发做好准备。