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Reuschl AK, Thorne LG, Zuliani-Alvarez L, Bouhaddou M, Obernier K, Hiatt J, Soucheray M, Turner J, Fabius JM, Nguyen GT, Swaney DL, Rosales R, White KM, Avilés P, Kirby IT, Melnyk JE, Shi Y, Zhang Z, Shokat KM, García-Sastre A, Jolly C, Towers GJ, Krogan NJ. Host-directed therapies against early-lineage SARS-CoV-2 retain efficacy against B.1.1.7 variant. bioRxiv 2021:2021.01.24.427991. [PMID: 33501437 PMCID: PMC7836107 DOI: 10.1101/2021.01.24.427991] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/02/2023]
Abstract
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), has resulted in millions of deaths worldwide and massive societal and economic burden. Recently, a new variant of SARS-CoV-2, known as B.1.1.7, was first detected in the United Kingdom and is spreading in several other countries, heightening public health concern and raising questions as to the resulting effectiveness of vaccines and therapeutic interventions. We and others previously identified host-directed therapies with antiviral efficacy against SARS-CoV-2 infection. Less prone to the development of therapy resistance, host-directed drugs represent promising therapeutic options to combat emerging viral variants as host genes possess a lower propensity to mutate compared to viral genes. Here, in the first study of the full-length B.1.1.7 variant virus , we find two host-directed drugs, plitidepsin (aplidin; inhibits translation elongation factor eEF1A) and ralimetinib (inhibits p38 MAP kinase cascade), as well as remdesivir, to possess similar antiviral activity against both the early-lineage SARS-CoV-2 and the B.1.1.7 variant, evaluated in both human gastrointestinal and lung epithelial cell lines. We find that plitidepsin is over an order of magnitude more potent than remdesivir against both viruses. These results highlight the importance of continued development of host-directed therapeutics to combat current and future coronavirus variant outbreaks.
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Affiliation(s)
- Ann-Kathrin Reuschl
- Division of Infection and Immunity, University College London, London, WC1E 6BT, United Kingdom
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- Division of Infection and Immunity, University College London, London, WC1E 6BT, United Kingdom
| | - Lorena Zuliani-Alvarez
- Quantitative Biosciences Institute (QBI) Coronavirus Research Group (QCRG), San Francisco, CA 94158, USA
- Quantitative Biosciences Institute (QBI), University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, 94158, USA
- J. David Gladstone Institutes, San Francisco, CA 94158, USA
- Department of Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94158, USA
| | - Mehdi Bouhaddou
- Quantitative Biosciences Institute (QBI) Coronavirus Research Group (QCRG), San Francisco, CA 94158, USA
- Quantitative Biosciences Institute (QBI), University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, 94158, USA
- J. David Gladstone Institutes, San Francisco, CA 94158, USA
- Department of Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94158, USA
| | - Kirsten Obernier
- Quantitative Biosciences Institute (QBI) Coronavirus Research Group (QCRG), San Francisco, CA 94158, USA
- Quantitative Biosciences Institute (QBI), University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, 94158, USA
- J. David Gladstone Institutes, San Francisco, CA 94158, USA
- Department of Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94158, USA
| | - Joseph Hiatt
- Quantitative Biosciences Institute (QBI) Coronavirus Research Group (QCRG), San Francisco, CA 94158, USA
- J. David Gladstone Institutes, San Francisco, CA 94158, USA
- Medical Scientist Training Program, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA
- Biomedical Sciences Graduate Program, University of California, San Francisco,CA 94143, USA
| | - Margaret Soucheray
- Quantitative Biosciences Institute (QBI) Coronavirus Research Group (QCRG), San Francisco, CA 94158, USA
- Quantitative Biosciences Institute (QBI), University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, 94158, USA
- J. David Gladstone Institutes, San Francisco, CA 94158, USA
- Department of Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94158, USA
| | - Jane Turner
- Division of Infection and Immunity, University College London, London, WC1E 6BT, United Kingdom
| | - Jacqueline M. Fabius
- Quantitative Biosciences Institute (QBI) Coronavirus Research Group (QCRG), San Francisco, CA 94158, USA
- Quantitative Biosciences Institute (QBI), University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, 94158, USA
| | - Gina T. Nguyen
- Quantitative Biosciences Institute (QBI) Coronavirus Research Group (QCRG), San Francisco, CA 94158, USA
- Quantitative Biosciences Institute (QBI), University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, 94158, USA
| | - Danielle L. Swaney
- Quantitative Biosciences Institute (QBI) Coronavirus Research Group (QCRG), San Francisco, CA 94158, USA
- Quantitative Biosciences Institute (QBI), University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, 94158, USA
- J. David Gladstone Institutes, San Francisco, CA 94158, USA
- Department of Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94158, USA
| | - Romel Rosales
- Department of Microbiology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA
- Global Health and Emerging Pathogens Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY 10029, USA
| | - Kris M. White
- Department of Microbiology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA
- Global Health and Emerging Pathogens Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY 10029, USA
| | - Pablo Avilés
- PharmaMar, Research and Development Department, 28770 Colmenar Viejo, Madrid, Spain
| | - Ilsa T. Kirby
- Quantitative Biosciences Institute (QBI) Coronavirus Research Group (QCRG), San Francisco, CA 94158, USA
- Quantitative Biosciences Institute (QBI), University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, 94158, USA
- Department of Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94158, USA
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, San Francisco, CA 94158, USA
| | - James E. Melnyk
- Quantitative Biosciences Institute (QBI) Coronavirus Research Group (QCRG), San Francisco, CA 94158, USA
- Quantitative Biosciences Institute (QBI), University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, 94158, USA
- Department of Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94158, USA
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, San Francisco, CA 94158, USA
| | - Ying Shi
- Quantitative Biosciences Institute (QBI) Coronavirus Research Group (QCRG), San Francisco, CA 94158, USA
- Quantitative Biosciences Institute (QBI), University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, 94158, USA
- Department of Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94158, USA
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, San Francisco, CA 94158, USA
| | - Ziyang Zhang
- Quantitative Biosciences Institute (QBI) Coronavirus Research Group (QCRG), San Francisco, CA 94158, USA
- Quantitative Biosciences Institute (QBI), University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, 94158, USA
- Department of Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94158, USA
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, San Francisco, CA 94158, USA
| | - Kevan M. Shokat
- Quantitative Biosciences Institute (QBI) Coronavirus Research Group (QCRG), San Francisco, CA 94158, USA
- Quantitative Biosciences Institute (QBI), University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, 94158, USA
- Department of Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94158, USA
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, San Francisco, CA 94158, USA
| | - Adolfo García-Sastre
- Department of Microbiology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA
- Global Health and Emerging Pathogens Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY 10029, USA
- Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY 10029, USA
- The Tisch Cancer Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY 10029, USA
| | - Clare Jolly
- Division of Infection and Immunity, University College London, London, WC1E 6BT, United Kingdom
| | - Gregory J. Towers
- Division of Infection and Immunity, University College London, London, WC1E 6BT, United Kingdom
| | - Nevan J. Krogan
- Quantitative Biosciences Institute (QBI) Coronavirus Research Group (QCRG), San Francisco, CA 94158, USA
- Quantitative Biosciences Institute (QBI), University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, 94158, USA
- J. David Gladstone Institutes, San Francisco, CA 94158, USA
- Department of Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94158, USA
- Department of Microbiology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA
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