The SARS-CoV-2 spike protein binds and modulates estrogen receptors

Author:

Solis Oscar1ORCID,Beccari Andrea R.2ORCID,Iaconis Daniela2ORCID,Talarico Carmine2ORCID,Ruiz-Bedoya Camilo A.345ORCID,Nwachukwu Jerome C.6ORCID,Cimini Annamaria78,Castelli Vanessa7ORCID,Bertini Riccardo9,Montopoli Monica1011,Cocetta Veronica10ORCID,Borocci Stefano12,Prandi Ingrid G.12ORCID,Flavahan Kelly345,Bahr Melissa345ORCID,Napiorkowski Anna345ORCID,Chillemi Giovanni12ORCID,Ooka Masato13ORCID,Yang Xiaoping14ORCID,Zhang Shiliang15ORCID,Xia Menghang13ORCID,Zheng Wei13ORCID,Bonaventura Jordi16ORCID,Pomper Martin G.17ORCID,Hooper Jody E.18ORCID,Morales Marisela15,Rosenberg Avi Z.14ORCID,Nettles Kendall W.6,Jain Sanjay K.345ORCID,Allegretti Marcello19ORCID,Michaelides Michael120ORCID

Affiliation:

1. Biobehavioral Imaging and Molecular Neuropsychopharmacology Unit, National Institute on Drug Abuse Intramural Research Program, Baltimore, MD 21224, USA.

2. EXSCALATE, Dompé farmaceutici S.p.A, Napoli, Italy.

3. Center for Infection and Inflammation Imaging Research, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA.

4. Department of Pediatrics, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 1550 Orleans Street, CRB-II Room 109, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA.

5. Center for Tuberculosis Research, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA.

6. Department of Integrative Structural and Computational Biology, The Scripps Research Institute, 130 Scripps Way, Jupiter, FL 33458, USA.

7. Department of Life, Health and Environmental Sciences, University of L’Aquila, L’Aquila, Italy.

8. Sbarro Institute for Cancer Research and Molecular Medicine, Department of Biology, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA 19122, USA.

9. Atreius S.a.s., L’Aquila, Italy.

10. Department of Pharmaceutical and Pharmacological Sciences, University of Padova, Padova, Italy.

11. VIMM- Veneto Institute of Molecular Medicine, Fondazione per la Ricerca Biomedica Avanzata, Padova, Italy.

12. Department for Innovation in Biological, Agro-Food and Forest Systems, DIBAF, University of Tuscia, Viterbo, Italy.

13. Division of Preclinical Innovation, National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, Rockville, MD 20850, USA.

14. Department of Pathology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA.

15. Neuronal Networks Section, National Institute on Drug Abuse Intramural Research Program, Baltimore, MD 21224, USA.

16. Departament de Patologia i Terapèutica Experimental, Institut de Neurociències, Universitat de Barcelona, L’Hospitalet de Llobregat, Catalonia, Spain.

17. Department of Radiology and Radiological Sciences, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA.

18. Department of Pathology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305, USA.

19. Dompé farmaceutici S.p.A, L’Aquila, Italy.

20. Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA.

Abstract

The severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) spike (S) protein binds angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 as its primary infection mechanism. Interactions between S and endogenous proteins occur after infection but are not well understood. We profiled binding of S against >9000 human proteins and found an interaction between S and human estrogen receptor α (ERα). Using bioinformatics, supercomputing, and experimental assays, we identified a highly conserved and functional nuclear receptor coregulator (NRC) LXD-like motif on the S2 subunit. In cultured cells, S DNA transfection increased ERα cytoplasmic accumulation, and S treatment induced ER-dependent biological effects. Non-invasive imaging in SARS-CoV-2–infected hamsters localized lung pathology with increased ERα lung levels. Postmortem lung experiments from infected hamsters and humans confirmed an increase in cytoplasmic ERα and its colocalization with S in alveolar macrophages. These findings describe the discovery of a S-ERα interaction, imply a role for S as an NRC, and advance knowledge of SARS-CoV-2 biology and coronavirus disease 2019 pathology.

Publisher

American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Subject

Multidisciplinary

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