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ArticleFrontiers in genetics2022

Deciphering inhibitory mechanism of coronavirus replication through host miRNAs-RNA-dependent RNA polymerase interactome.

Olanrewaju B Morenikeji, Muyiwa S Adegbaju, Olayinka S Okoh, Asegunloluwa E Babalola, Anastasia Grytsay, Olubumi A Braimah, Mabel O Akinyemi, Bolaji N Thomas

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Article in Frontiers in genetics, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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Olanrewaju B MorenikejiDivision of Biological and Health Sciences, University of Pittsburgh at Bradford, Bradford, PA, United States.
Muyiwa S AdegbajuInstitute for Plant Biotechnology, Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, South Africa.
Olayinka S OkohDepartment of Chemical Sciences, Anchor University, Lagos, Nigeria.
Asegunloluwa E BabalolaDepartment of Mathematical Sciences, Anchor University, Lagos, Nigeria.
Anastasia GrytsayDivision of Biological and Health Sciences, University of Pittsburgh at Bradford, Bradford, PA, United States.
Olubumi A BraimahDivision of Biological and Health Sciences, University of Pittsburgh at Bradford, Bradford, PA, United States.
Mabel O AkinyemiDepartment of Biological Sciences, Fairleigh Dickinson University, Madison, NJ, United States.
Bolaji N ThomasDepartment of Biomedical Sciences, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY, United States.

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Abstract

Despite what we know so far, Covid-19, caused by SARS-CoV-2 virus, remains a pandemic that still require urgent healthcare intervention. The frequent mutations of the SARS-CoV-2 virus has rendered disease control with vaccines and antiviral drugs quite challenging, with newer variants surfacing constantly. There is therefore the need for newer, effective and efficacious drugs against coronaviruses. Considering the central role of RNA dependent, RNA polymerase (RdRp) as an enzyme necessary for the virus life cycle and its conservation among coronaviruses, we investigated potential host miRNAs that can be employed as broad-range antiviral drugs averse to coronaviruses, with particular emphasis on BCoV, MERS-CoV, SARS-CoV and SARS-CoV-2. miRNAs are small molecules capable of binding mRNA and regulate expression at transcriptional or translational levels. Our hypothesis is that host miRNAs have the potential of blocking coronavirus replication through miRNA-RdRp mRNA interaction. To investigate this, we retrieved the open reading frame (ORF1ab) nucleotide sequences and used them to interrogate miRNA databases for miRNAs that can bind them. We employed various bioinformatics tools to predict and identify the most effective host miRNAs. In all, we found 27 miRNAs that target RdRp mRNA sequence of multiple coronaviruses, of which three - hsa-miR-1283, hsa-miR-579-3p, and hsa-miR-664b-3p target BCoV, SARS-CoV and SARS-CoV-2. Additionally, hsa-miR-374a-5p has three bovine miRNA homologs viz bta-miR-374a, bta-miR-374b, and bta-miR-374c. Inhibiting the expression of RdRp enzyme

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PMCPMC9459146

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