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SARS-CoV-2 downregulates the host restriction factor, tetherin.Tetherin loss enhances viral titre and spread.SARS-CoV-2 ORF7a protein does not downregulate tetherin, but instead induces Golgi fragmentation.Tetherin downregulation is mediated by SARS-CoV-2 spike.
SUBMITTER: Stewart H
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7805449 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Stewart Hazel H Palmulli Roberta R Johansen Kristoffer H KH McGovern Naomi N Shehata Ola M OM Carnell George W GW Jackson Hannah K HK Lee Jin S JS Brown Jonathan C JC Burgoyne Thomas T Burgoyne Thomas T Heeney Jonathan L JL Okkenhaug Klaus K Firth Andrew E AE Peden Andrew A AA Edgar James R JR
bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology 20221222
The antiviral restriction factor, tetherin, blocks the release of several different families of enveloped viruses, including the <i>Coronaviridae</i>. Tetherin is an interferon-induced protein that forms parallel homodimers between the host cell and viral particles, linking viruses to the surface of infected cells and inhibiting their release. We demonstrated that SARS-CoV-2 infection causes tetherin downregulation, and that tetherin depletion from cells enhances SARS-CoV-2 viral titres. We inve ...[more]