Coronavirus Nsp1: Immune Response Suppression and Protein Expression Inhibition

Coronaviruses have brought severe challenges to public health all over the world in the past 20years. SARS-CoV-2, the causative agent of the COVID-19 pandemic that has led to millions of deaths, belongs to the genus beta-coronavirus. Alpha- and beta-coronaviruses encode a unique protein, nonstructur...

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Published in:Frontiers in microbiology 2021-09, Vol.12, p.752214-752214
Main Authors: Yuan, Shuai, Balaji, Shravani, Lomakin, Ivan B., Xiong, Yong
Format: Article
Language:English
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coronavirus
immune suppression
Microbiology
nonstructural protein 1
translation inhibition
vaccine
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Summary:Coronaviruses have brought severe challenges to public health all over the world in the past 20years. SARS-CoV-2, the causative agent of the COVID-19 pandemic that has led to millions of deaths, belongs to the genus beta-coronavirus. Alpha- and beta-coronaviruses encode a unique protein, nonstructural protein 1 (Nsp1) that both suppresses host immune responses and reduces global gene expression levels in the host cells. As a key pathogenicity factor of coronaviruses, Nsp1 redirects the host translation machinery to increase synthesis of viral proteins. Through multiple mechanisms, coronaviruses impede host protein expression through Nsp1, while escaping inhibition to allow the translation of viral RNA. In this review, we discuss current data about suppression of the immune responses and inhibition of protein synthesis induced by coronavirus Nsp1, as well as the prospect of live-attenuated vaccine development with virulence-attenuated viruses with mutations in Nsp1.
ISSN:1664-302X
1664-302X
DOI:10.3389/fmicb.2021.752214