期刊
BIOMEDICINES
卷 10, 期 1, 页码 -出版社
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/biomedicines10010049
关键词
SARS-CoV-2; COVID-19; Spike glycoprotein; heparan sulfate; dermatan sulfate; LMW heparin; pentosan polysulfate; PPS
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- University of Graz
This study found that Enoxaparin can bind to SARS-CoV-2 Spike protein and its receptor with high affinity. Experimental results showed that Enoxaparin and pentosan polysulfate (PPS) can effectively inhibit viral infection, suggesting their potential use for the treatment of COVID-19 patients and prevention of viral transmission.
As with many other pathogens, SARS-CoV-2 cell infection is strongly dependent on the interaction of the virus-surface Spike protein with the glycosaminoglycans of target cells. The SARS-CoV-2 Spike glycoprotein was previously shown to interact with cell-surface-exposed heparan sulfate and heparin in vitro. With the aim of using Enoxaparin as a treatment for COVID-19 patients and as prophylaxis to prevent interpersonal viral transmission, we investigated GAG binding to the Spike full-length protein, as well as to its receptor binding domain (RBD) in solution by isothermal fluorescence titration. We found that Enoxaparin bound to both protein variants with similar affinities, compared to the natural GAG ligand heparan sulfate (with Kd-values in the range of 600-680 nM). Using size-defined Enoxaparin fragments, we discovered the optimum binding for dp6 or dp8 for the full-length Spike protein, whereas the RBD did not exhibit a significant chain-length-dependent affinity for heparin oligosaccharides. The soluble ACE2 receptor was found to interact with unfractionated GAGs in the low mu M Kd range, but with size-defined heparins with clearly sub-mu M Kd-values. Interestingly, the structural heparin analogue, pentosan polysulfate (PPS), exhibited high binding affinities to both Spike variants as well as to the ACE2 receptor. In viral infection experiments, Enoxaparin and PPS both showed a strong inhibition of infection in a concentration range of 50-500 mu g/mL. Both compounds were found to retain their inhibitory effects at 500 mu g/mL in a natural biomatrix-like human sputum. Our data suggest the early topical treatment of SARS-CoV-2 infections with inhaled Enoxaparin; some clinical studies in this direction are already ongoing, and they further imply an oral or nasal prophylactic inactivation of the virus by Enoxaparin or PPS for the prevention of inter-personal viral transmission.
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