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ArticleViruses2025

Beyond Stress Granules: G3BP1 and G3BP2 Redundantly Suppress SARS-CoV-2 Infection.

Duo Xu, Mahamaya Biswal, Quanqing Zhang, Christine Light, Yijie Wu, Chenjin Ye, Luis Martínez-Sobrido, Jikui Song, Rong Hai

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Article in Viruses, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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9 authors.

Duo XuDepartment of Microbiology and Plant Pathology, University of California-Riverside, Riverside, CA 92521, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-2554-3602
Mahamaya BiswalDepartment of Biochemistry, University of California-Riverside, Riverside, CA 92521, USA.
Quanqing ZhangInstitute for Integrative Genome Biology, Proteomics Core, University of California-Riverside, Riverside, CA 92521, USA.
Christine LightDepartment of Microbiology and Plant Pathology, University of California-Riverside, Riverside, CA 92521, USA.
Yijie WuDepartment of Microbiology and Plant Pathology, University of California-Riverside, Riverside, CA 92521, USA.
Chenjin YeTexas Biomedical Research Institute, San Antonio, TX 78227, USA.
Luis Martínez-SobridoTexas Biomedical Research Institute, San Antonio, TX 78227, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-7084-0804
Jikui SongDepartment of Biochemistry, University of California-Riverside, Riverside, CA 92521, USA.
Rong HaiDepartment of Microbiology and Plant Pathology, University of California-Riverside, Riverside, CA 92521, USA.

Funding

Research Training in Environmental ToxicologyT32ES018827 · NIEHS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA RIVERSIDE · PI Yinsheng Wang · 2010 to 2026
$5.3M
Mechanistic Insights into flavivirus NS5-mediated STAT2 SuppressionR01AI153419 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA RIVERSIDE · PI HAI, RONG · 2021 to 2025
$1.9M
Mechanistic understanding and inhibition of Zika NS5 proteinR21AI147057 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA RIVERSIDE · PI HAI, RONG, SONG, JIKUI · 2019 to 2020
$739k
NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI153419NIAID NIH HHS R01AI153419NIAID NIH HHS R21 AI147057NIEHS NIH HHS T32 ES018827
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The global pandemic caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has posed unprecedented challenges to public health and economic stability. Central to SARS-CoV-2 pathogenesis is its ability to evade the host immune response by hijacking host pathways via the interaction between viral and host proteins. We identified Ras-GTPase-activating protein SH3 domain-binding protein 1/2 (G3BP1/G3BP2) as a critical host factor that interacts with the viral nucleocapsid (N) protein, emerging from a comparative analysis of proteomic data from multiple studies. We revisited the underlying molecular mechanisms by confirming the residues required for the interaction between G3BP1/G3BP2 and SARS-CoV-2 N protein and showed that this interaction disrupts stress granule formation. Intriguingly, we observed that the ablation of both G3BP1 and G3BP2 enhanced SARS-CoV-2 replication. Our data collectively supports the notion that G3BP1 and G3BP2 play a critical role in modulating the host-virus interface during SARS-CoV-2 infection, and that their multifaceted function in cellular defense extends beyond the stress granule pathway.

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COVID-19Molecular ChaperonesPoly-ADP-Ribose Binding ProteinsRNA HelicasesRNA Recognition Motif ProteinsSARS-CoV-2Stress GranulesAdaptor Proteins, Signal TransducingAnimalsCoronavirus Nucleocapsid ProteinsDNA HelicasesHEK293 CellsHost-Pathogen InteractionsHumansPhosphoproteinsProtein BindingAdaptor Proteins, Signal TransducingCoronavirus Nucleocapsid ProteinsDNA HelicasesG3BP1 protein, humanG3BP2 protein, humanMolecular ChaperonesPhosphoproteinsPoly-ADP-Ribose Binding ProteinsRNA-Binding ProteinsRNA HelicasesRNA Recognition Motif ProteinsSARS-CoV-2stress granulevirulencevirus–host interplayvirus replication

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PMID40733530
PMCPMC12300500

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