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ArticleNature chemistry2021

Synthetic O-acetylated sialosides facilitate functional receptor identification for human respiratory viruses.

Zeshi Li, Yifei Lang, Lin Liu, Mehman I Bunyatov, Angelic Isaza Sarmiento, Raoul J de Groot, Geert-Jan Boons

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Article in Nature chemistry, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 37 papers.

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Zeshi Li *Department of Chemical Biology and Drug Discovery, Utrecht Institute for Pharmaceutical Sciences, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
Yifei Lang *Virology Division, Department of Biomolecular Health Sciences, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8179-6471
Lin LiuComplex Carbohydrate Research Center, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0310-5946
Mehman I BunyatovDepartment of Chemical Biology and Drug Discovery, Utrecht Institute for Pharmaceutical Sciences, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
Angelic Isaza SarmientoVirology Division, Department of Biomolecular Health Sciences, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3258-590X
Raoul J de GrootVirology Division, Department of Biomolecular Health Sciences, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands. r.j.degroot@uu.nl.
Geert-Jan BoonsDepartment of Chemical Biology and Drug Discovery, Utrecht Institute for Pharmaceutical Sciences, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands. g.j.p.h.boons@uu.nl.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3111-5954

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The transmission of viruses from animal reservoirs to humans poses major threats to public health. Preparedness for future zoonotic outbreaks requires a fundamental understanding of how viruses of animal origin have adapted to binding to a cell surface component and/or receptor of the new host. Here we report on the specificities of human and animal viruses that engage with O-acetylated sialic acid, which include betacoronaviruses, toroviruses and influenza C and D viruses. Key to these studies was the development of a chemoenzymatic methodology that can provide almost any sialate-acetylation pattern. A collection of O-acetylated sialoglycans was printed as a microarray for the determination of receptor specificity. These studies showed host-specific patterns of receptor recognition and revealed that three distinct human respiratory viruses uniquely bind 9-O-acetylated α2,8-linked disialoside. Immunofluorescence and cell entry studies support that such a glycotope as part of a ganglioside is a functional receptor for human coronaviruses.

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HumansN-Acetylneuraminic AcidRespiratory Tract InfectionsTransfectionVirusesN-Acetylneuraminic Acid

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