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新型冠状病毒肺炎(COVID-19)在全球范围内持续肆虐,感染人数与日俱增.COVID-19的病毒SARS-CoV-2与2003年发生的严重急性呼吸系统综合症冠状病毒(SARS coronavirus,SARS-CoV)同属冠状病毒.本研究就COVID-19与SARS冠状病毒的差异以及两种冠状病毒的中间宿主进行分析和探讨,并对SARS冠状病毒中间宿主果子狸的关系进行分析,以期为从野生动物角度防控病毒疾病提供参考,也为了解冠状病毒的的传播途径提供借鉴.  相似文献   

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2019年12月在武汉暴发了由SARS-CoV-2感染引起的新型冠状病毒肺炎(Coronavirus disease 2019,COVID-19),并迅速扩散至全国.SARS-CoV-2和SARS冠状病毒(SARS-CoV)都属于套式病毒目、冠状病毒科、冠状病毒属中的SARS相关冠状病毒种,本文总结了两者在来源、病毒结构、流行病学、临床表现和病理学特征等方面的差异,以期更全面认识SARS-CoV和SARS-CoV-2,为COVID-19的防治研究提供帮助.  相似文献   

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正新型冠状病毒肺炎疫情对全球造成了史无前例的公共健康威胁和经济危机。尽管目前推测蝙蝠和穿山甲可能是导致新型冠状病毒肺炎的病原体SARS-CoV-2病毒的天然宿主,但其来源和为何突然暴发仍然是一个谜。但令人惊奇的是,与蝙蝠和穿山甲体内发现的SARS-CoV-2样冠状病毒不同,SARS-CoV-2病毒糖蛋白刺突(S)上有一个多元furin蛋白切割序列。SARS-CoV-2病毒利用人体内血管紧张素转换酶2(ACE2)作为受体侵染细胞。  相似文献   

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冠状病毒(CoV)属于套式病毒目冠状病毒科,为有包膜的单股正链RNA病毒,基因组约27~32 kb。近年来,冠状病毒对人类的生命健康造成了巨大的威胁,如2002年出现的严重急性呼吸综合征冠状病毒(SARSCoV)以及2012年出现的中东呼吸系统综合征冠状病毒(MERS-CoV),特别是2019年出现并流行至今的严重急性呼吸综合征冠状病毒2(SARS-CoV-2),其在全世界范围内暴发,严重危害了人类健康和社会秩序,引发了人们的高度关注。迄今为止,SARS-CoV-2已经演化出了多个变体,且仍处于不断变异中。目前流行株型以Omicron为主,同时伴有其他多个变异型。当前我国新冠疫情防控已进入“乙类乙管”常态化防控阶段,SARS-CoV-2依然是未来一段时间内重要的公共卫生问题之一。本综述总结了SARS-CoV-2 Omicron主要株型的关键突变以及其与病毒传染致病、免疫逃逸等特性的关系,为了解SARS-CoV-2演化传播、流行现状等提供了参考。  相似文献   

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SARS-CoV-2是一种高致病性且传播迅速的病原体,通过刺突糖蛋白(Spike glycoprotein,S蛋白)识别宿主细胞表面的受体来实现入侵和感染。对S蛋白进行系统的生物信息学分析和原核表达,有助于深入理解S蛋白的功能和阐明该蛋白介导病毒感染的分子机制。本文采用Protparam、Pfam、TMHMM、ExPASy-ProtScale、PSORTⅡ、SignalP、UniProt、NetPhos 3.1、NetNGlyc 1.0、NetOGlyc 4.0和BLAST等生物信息学软件和数据库对S蛋白的理化性质、亚细胞定位、翻译后修饰及相互作用网络等生物学特性进行了系统分析。利用Clustal X2和MEGA7.0软件对该蛋白进行了基于氨基酸序列的同源性分析和系统进化分析。最后,通过分子克隆技术构建重组表达载体pET-22b-S并进行原核表达。结果显示,S蛋白由1273个氨基酸组成,分子量141.2 kD,等电点6.24,有两个卷曲螺旋结构,一个跨膜螺旋区,疏水性较强。S蛋白包含刺突受体结合结构域和S2糖蛋白结构域,主要分布于宿主细胞的内质网膜和细胞膜,含有136个潜在的磷酸化位点和20个可能的糖基化位点。与SARS-CoV-2 S蛋白序列一致性最高的是SARS冠状病毒、SARS冠状病毒WH20和蝙蝠冠状病毒HKU3,均为76%。SARS-CoV-2与SARS冠状病毒和蝙蝠冠状病毒聚为一大支,提示它们可能具有共同的祖先。S蛋白主要在细菌裂解液离心之后的沉淀中表达,这为后续的结构分析和疫苗研发奠定了基础。S蛋白在SARS冠状病毒和蝙蝠冠状病毒之间保守性较高,提示其在病毒入侵过程中具有重要功能。SARS-CoV-2与SARS冠状病毒和蝙蝠冠状病毒可能具有共同的祖先。本研究为SARS-CoV-2 S蛋白的表达纯化、结构与功能研究提供了重要的数据基础,有助于全面揭示S蛋白的生物学功能,同时为设计和筛选靶向S蛋白的新型抗病毒药物提供了科学依据。  相似文献   

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2019-冠状病毒病(coronavirus disease 2019, COVID-19)在全球范围内流行,患者出现严重急性呼吸系统疾病,传染性高于2003年暴发的严重急性呼吸综合征(severe acute respiratory syndrome, SARS)。COVID-19严重影响了人类的健康,同时引起了人们的恐慌。因此,快速、精准地诊断COVID-19患者,阻断病毒快速传播至关重要,但是在COVID-19诊断中存在早期漏检和后期复阳等情况。现综述严重急性呼吸综合征冠状病毒(severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus, SARS-CoV)感染后各标志物的动态变化及检测意义,并将其与严重急性呼吸综合征冠状病毒2(severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2, SARS-CoV-2)进行比较,以期为SARS-CoV-2等冠状病毒的高效诊断提供借鉴。  相似文献   

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SARS病原体特征与临床实验室诊断   总被引:1,自引:0,他引:1  
SARS的全球性流行带来了严重的公共卫生问题和社会经济问题。目前,在SARS病原体鉴定、基因组结构和序列变异、SARS流行特征和实验室诊断等方面获得了很大的进展。现已证实SARS的病原体为SARS冠状病毒。SARS冠状病毒是一种与原来已知冠状病毒在某些方面类似、但又独具特征的新型冠状病毒,该病毒的起源可能源于野生动物。多个SARS冠状病毒的全基因组核酸序列测定现已完成,在SARS冠状病毒的实验室诊断方面,现已有了免疫学方法检查抗体和分子生物学方法检查病毒RNA。直接检测病毒抗原和定量检测病毒多靶点基因是今后的发展方向。  相似文献   

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21世纪以来,冠状病毒频频引起危害人类健康的重要传染病,其中包括2003年严重急性呼吸综合征冠状病毒(SARS-CoV)、2012年中东呼吸综合征冠状病毒(MERS-CoV)和新型冠状病毒(SARS-CoV-2),目前对这些病毒引发的疾病并无特效的治疗药物。G-四链体(G-quadruplex,G4)是在DNA或RNA的鸟嘌呤富集区形成的非典型二级结构,可存在于人类和病毒基因组中,G-四链体的不同位置对病毒复制和感染等过程发挥重要调控作用。本研究针对七种与人类疾病相关的冠状病毒以及与SARS-CoV-2同源性较高的三种蝙蝠相关病毒,通过全基因组序列分析潜在四链体形成序列(Potential quadruplex-forming sequences,PQS),结果发现,十种病毒中均存在一定数量的PQS基序,同时对SARS-CoV-2 G-四链体存在位置及形成潜力进行评估,并分析了不同变异株间G-四链体基序的保守性。本研究对SARS-CoV-2基因组中G-四链体进行初步预测与探讨,旨在为COVID-19治疗提供一种新的药物靶点,使其更好地应用于临床研究。  相似文献   

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2019年12月,由新型冠状病毒(SARS-CoV-2)引起的新型冠状病毒肺炎(COVID-19)在中国武汉暴发。SARS-CoV-2的基因组编码2种病毒蛋白酶,即木瓜样蛋白酶(Papain-like protease,PLpro)和3C样蛋白酶(3C-like protease)。其中PLpro是SARS-CoV-2复制酶复合体(RC)形成的重要调节蛋白分子,对于病毒基因组转录和复制至关重要。因此,将SARS-CoV-2 PLpro作为药物的靶点对COVID-19的治疗具有积极意义。本研究应用生物信息学工具分析新型冠状病毒的木瓜样蛋白酶的结构和功能,首先利用BLAST和BioEdit获取SARS-CoV-2 PLpro蛋白酶(SC2-PLpro)及其同源蛋白的氨基酸序列,并利用BLAST和MEGA 6.0进行同源性分析。之后,利用ProParam和Proscale分别对SC2-PLpro蛋白酶的理化性质、亲水性和疏水性进行分析。然后,通过SOMPA、ScanProsite和InterPro分别预测SC2-PLpro蛋白酶的二级结构和功能区域,进一步利用SignalP 4.0和TMHMM对SC2-PLpro蛋白酶的信号肽和跨膜区进行分析。最后,通过SWISS-MODEL对SARS-CoV-2 PLpro蛋白酶进行三级结构同源建模。结果显示,对SARS-CoV-2 PLpro蛋白酶与已报道的PLpro蛋白酶进行多序列比对后,发现SARS-CoV-2 nsp3的746~1063段氨基酸与多种冠状病毒PLpro蛋白酶氨基酸序列高度相似。同时,同源性分析发现SARS-CoV-2与蝙蝠冠状病毒的PLpro蛋白酶具有同源性,其中与QHR63299、AVP78030相似性最高。对SC2-PLpro进行理化性质预测结果显示,其由318个氨基酸所组成,为稳定亲水性蛋白。二级结构预测结果显示SC2-PLpro主要含有α-螺旋、延伸链、β-转角、无规卷曲,四种结构贯穿整条氨基酸链。进一步进行功能分析,发现其具有完整的催化三联体、锌结合域、泛素样N末端结构域,故推测该蛋白具有去泛素化的功能。然后,信号肽假说和跨膜结构域分析结果表明,SC2-PLpro既不是分泌蛋白,也不属于跨膜蛋白。本研究提示,生物信息学分析SC2-PLpro为稳定性亲水蛋白,属于非跨膜蛋白,比较保守,具有去泛素化的功能,利用此功能可以进一步规避宿主的固有免疫反应。通过制备PLpro蛋白酶小分子抑制剂,可能有助于治疗新型冠状病毒肺炎。  相似文献   

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SARS威胁中国!禽流感威胁中国!当人类为自身安全而惶惶不可终日之时,当人们将野生动物视为"罪魁祸首"时,谁来关注野生动物的健康?谁来保证野生动物的福利?有识之士反问,野生动物不正是人类"入侵"和扩张的受害者吗?  相似文献   

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蒋志刚 《生物多样性》2020,28(2):256-37
进入21世纪以来, 中国爆发了SARS与新型冠状病毒肺炎两场重大传染病。研究表明这两场传染病的疫源可能是蝙蝠, 也可能还有其他中间宿主动物, 人们纷纷要求立法禁止食用野生动物。事实上, 国家已经立法禁止食用受法律保护的和非法来源的野生动物, 市场调查也未发现有蝙蝠出售。那么, SARS病毒与新型冠状病毒是如何从野生动物传到人类的? 我们应当从这两场疫病中吸取哪些教训? 除了全面禁止非法食用野生动物外, 笔者建议: (1)完善野生动物疫病立法, 填补立法空缺。修订现有法律关于野生动物疫病自然疫源地建设项目的管理条款。(2)设立常设机构, 覆盖野生动物疫病调查监测、人与野生动物接触界面检疫监管、易感人群免疫、法律与科学知识普及和疾病防治整个流行病环节, 实现野生动物疫病的早预防、早发现、早治疗, 切实保证社会公共卫生安全。(3)建立野生动物疫病的防控机制, 定期鉴别携带病原的野生动物, 加强对蝙蝠的监测, 发布野生动物疫源疫病控制红线, 加强野生动物疫病执法和预防管理。(4)完善动物生产管理、动物产品及其销售市场的检疫程序。改革人们现场宰杀动物、追求食用鲜活动物食品的习惯。  相似文献   

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In conclusion, the novel visual RT-LAMP assay is a simple, rapid, and sensitive approach for detection of SARS-CoV-2, and it is ready for application in primary care and community hospitals or health care centers, and even patients' own houses in response to the current SARS-CoV-2 epidemic because the assay does not require sophisticated equipment and skilled personnel. Furthermore, it is also ready to be used in fields for screening samples from wild animals and environments to facilitate the identification of potential intermediate hosts that mediate the cross-species transmission of SARS-CoV-2 from bats to humans.  相似文献   

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Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is responsible for the ongoing global pandemic that has infected more than 31 million people in more than 180 countries worldwide. Like other coronaviruses, SARS-CoV-2 is thought to have been transmitted to humans from wild animals. Given the scale and widespread geographical distribution of the current pandemic and confirmed cases of cross-species transmission, the question of the extent to which this transmission is possible emerges, as well as what molecular features distinguish susceptible from non-susceptible animal species. Here, we investigated the structural properties of several ACE2 orthologs bound to the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein. We found that species known not to be susceptible to SARS-CoV-2 infection have non-conservative mutations in several ACE2 amino acid residues that disrupt key polar and charged contacts with the viral spike protein. Our models also allow us to predict affinity-enhancing mutations that could be used to design ACE2 variants for therapeutic purposes. Finally, our study provides a blueprint for modeling viral-host protein interactions and highlights several important considerations when designing these computational studies and analyzing their results.  相似文献   

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Coronaviruses (CoVs), which are enveloped, positive-sense RNA viruses, may cause infections in mammals and birds. Apart from the respiratory manifestations, CoVs are also responsible for infections of the gastrointestinal tract and nervous systems. Their propensity to recombine allows them to easily transmit and adapt to new hosts. The emergence of a new CoV in humans, severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), which is attributed to a zoonotic origin, has provoked numerous studies to assess its pathogenicity for different animal species (pets, farm and wild animals). Available results indicate that numerous animal species are susceptible to infection with SARS-CoV-2. From April 2020, when the first SARS-CoV-2 infection in minks was reported in the Netherlands, to the end of January 2021, further outbreaks have been confirmed in Denmark, Italy, Spain, Sweden, the United States, Greece, France, Canada, Lithuania and Poland. It has also been established that human-to-minks and minks-to-human transmission may occur. The results obtained to date indicate that the virus was originally introduced into the minks population by humans, possibly at the start of the pandemic and had been circulating in the population for several weeks before detection. Recent data indicate that minks are highly susceptible to SARS-CoV-2 infection, but the route or routes of virus transmission between farms, other than by direct contact with infected humans, have not been identified. In minks, infection can occur in clinical and subclinical form, making it possibly difficult to detect. Therefore, minks could represent potentially dangerous, not always recognized, animal reservoir for SARS-CoV-2. The current data indicate that further studies on minks and other Mustelidae are needed to clarify whether they may be a potential reservoir for SARS-CoV-2, and if so, how and whether this can be prevented.  相似文献   

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The emergence of SARS-CoV-2 in late 2019 and human responses to the resulting COVID-19 pandemic in early 2020 have rapidly changed many aspects of human behavior, including our interactions with wildlife. In this commentary, we identify challenges and opportunities at human–primate interfaces in light of COVID-19, focusing on examples from Asia, and make recommendations for researchers working with wild primates to reduce zoonosis risk and leverage research opportunities. First, we briefly review the evidence for zoonotic origins of SARS-CoV-2 and discuss risks of zoonosis at the human–primate interface. We then identify challenges that the pandemic has caused for primates, including reduced nutrition, increased intraspecific competition, and increased poaching risk, as well as challenges facing primatologists, including lost research opportunities. Subsequently, we highlight opportunities arising from pandemic-related lockdowns and public health messaging, including opportunities to reduce the intensity of problematic human–primate interfaces, opportunities to reduce the risk of zoonosis between humans and primates, opportunities to reduce legal and illegal trade in primates, new opportunities for research on human–primate interfaces, and opportunities for community education. Finally, we recommend specific actions that primatologists should take to reduce contact and aggression between humans and primates, to reduce demand for primates as pets, to reduce risks of zoonosis in the context of field research, and to improve understanding of human–primate interfaces. Reducing the risk of zoonosis and promoting the well-being of humans and primates at our interfaces will require substantial changes from “business as usual.” We encourage primatologists to help lead the way.  相似文献   

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The novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) that emerged in December 2019 had caused substantial morbidity and mortality at the global level within few months. It affected economies, stopped travel, and isolated individuals and populations around the world. Wildlife, especially bats, serve as reservoirs of coronaviruses from which the variant Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) emerged that causes COVID-19. In this review, we describe the current knowledge on COVID-19 and the significance of wildlife hosts in its emergence. Mammalian and avian coronaviruses have diverse host ranges with distinct lineages of coronaviruses. Recombination and reassortments occur more frequently in mixed-animal markets where diverse viral genotypes intermingle. Human coronaviruses have evolved through gene gains and losses primarily in interfaces where wildlife and humans come in frequent contact. There is a gap in our understanding of bats as reservoirs of coronaviruses and there is a misconception that bats periodically transmit coronaviruses to humans. Future research should investigate bat viral diversity and loads at interfaces between humans and bats. Furthermore, there is an urgent need to evaluate viral strains circulating in mixed animal markets, where the coronaviruses circulated before becoming adapted to humans. We propose and discuss a management intervention plan for COVID-19 and raise questions on the suitability of current containment plans. We anticipate that more virulent coronaviruses could emerge unless proper measures are taken to limit interactions between diverse wildlife and humans in wild animal markets.  相似文献   

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“野生动物”(wild animal)一词不止在我国, 在全球的英语使用者中也有不同的含义。通过梳理相关研究、国内法和国际法背景下的定义和适用范围, 结合人类对动物繁殖和生活条件的控制情况, 本文提出了“野生动物”的二维概念框架, 梳理了动物从“野生”到“驯化”的12个连续状态。以下状态即未经中长期人工选择的动物类群应被视为野生动物: (1)其在荒野自然或人工环境(如城市或乡村)中自由生存繁殖, 无论是否存在人工投喂、经救护或辅助生殖后被放归的个体; (2)被捕捉圈养在人工环境中生活, 或源自野外但在圈养条件下出生的个体; (3)直系血亲(《濒危野生动植物种国际贸易公约》解释为世系前四代)仍有野外来源的人工繁育后代; (4)放生、逃逸或引入到自然环境中的人工繁育个体。在野生动物物种保护的目标和语境之下, 经过长期人工选择的驯化动物, 无论其是否在人类控制下生活, 如家养猫狗、家禽家畜或模式实验动物, 以及流浪猫狗、放生禽畜和野化家养动物等都不是“野生动物”。但对于一些经过一定程度的人工选择, 所处人类控制情况和对野外种群的影响各异(如经过多代人工繁育的驯养动物、因人类活动导致的外来动物等), 其是否需被作为野生动物管理, 则需要根据生态安全、物种管理、立法目标等特别设定监管范围。《中华人民共和国野生动物保护法》的保护对象可以考虑为: 受到人类威胁濒临灭绝的, 或者具有重要生态作用的野生动物物种, 其状态可不限于是在野外还是人工控制条件下。其他动物的管理, 可根据遗传资源保护、疫病防控、动物福利和生态安全等需要, 另外设立《动物福利法》《生物安全法》等, 并和已有的法律法规如《动物防疫法》《渔业法》等做好衔接。本文还就《野生动物保护法》可能采用的“野生动物”定义提出建议。  相似文献   

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The ongoing pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has reshaped our daily life and caused > 4 million deaths worldwide (https://covid19.who.int/). Although lockdown and vaccination have improved the situation in many countries, imported cases and sporadic outbreaks pose a constant stress to the prevention and control of COVID-19. Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), the etiologic agent responsible for COVID-19, has a positive-sense single-stranded RNA genome of 30 kb (Coronaviridae Study Group of the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses, 2020). We and other groups have demonstrated that the SARS-CoV-2 could use the angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE2) as cell receptor, including orthologs of a broad range of animal species such as human, bats, ferrets, pigs, cats, and dogs (Hoffmann et al., 2020; Zhou et al., 2020; Liu et al., 2021). Although the evolutionary origin of SARS-CoV-2 can be linked to the discoveries of diverse coronaviruses related to SARS-CoV-2 in wild animals such as bats (Zhou et al., 2020; Wacharapluesadee et al., 2021) and pangolins (Liu et al., 2019; Lam et al., 2020), the direct origin of SARS-CoV-2 in humans remains unknown. In China, several sporadic outbreaks of COVID-19 in 2020 were linked to food in cold chain sold at trade markets, including salmon meat (http://www.nhc.gov.cn/xcs/yqtb/list_gzbd.shtml) (Yang et al., 2020). The detection of SARS-CoV-2 RNA on the surface of frozen meat for as long as 20 days has also been reported (Feng et al., 2021). A concern regarding the potential role of fish in SARS-CoV-2 transmission has also been raised. Therefore, we investigated the susceptibility of fish ACE2 to SARS-CoV-2.  相似文献   

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Identifying a common set of genes that mediate host–microbial interactions across populations and species of mammals has broad relevance for human health and animal biology. However, the genetic basis of the gut microbial composition in natural populations remains largely unknown outside of humans. Here, we used wild house mouse populations as a model system to ask three major questions: (a) Does host genetic relatedness explain interindividual variation in gut microbial composition? (b) Do population differences in the microbiota persist in a common environment? (c) What are the host genes associated with microbial richness and the relative abundance of bacterial genera? We found that host genetic distance is a strong predictor of the gut microbial composition as characterized by 16S amplicon sequencing. Using a common garden approach, we then identified differences in microbial composition between populations that persisted in a shared laboratory environment. Finally, we used exome sequencing to associate host genetic variants with microbial diversity and relative abundance of microbial taxa in wild mice. We identified 20 genes that were associated with microbial diversity or abundance including a macrophage‐derived cytokine (IL12a) that contained three nonsynonymous mutations. Surprisingly, we found a significant overrepresentation of candidate genes that were previously associated with microbial measurements in humans. The homologous genes that overlapped between wild mice and humans included genes that have been associated with traits related to host immunity and obesity in humans. Gene–bacteria associations identified in both humans and wild mice suggest some commonality to the host genetic determinants of gut microbial composition across mammals.  相似文献   

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亲环素A (CypA)是一种在生物界中广泛分布,并具有高度保守性的蛋白质,具有肽基脯氨酰顺/反异构酶活性,是免疫抑制药物环孢素A (CsA)的细胞内受体。冠状病毒是具有包膜的、单股正链RNA病毒,目前已知有7种冠状病毒可以感染人类,其中包括致命的SARS-CoV、MERS-CoV以及新型冠状病毒(SARS-CoV-2)。已有研究表明,CypA在SARS-CoV、CoV-229E、CoV-NL63以及FCoV等多种冠状病毒的复制中是必不可少的,而且CypA的抑制剂CsA及其衍生物(ALV、NIM811等)对多种冠状病毒具有明显的抑制作用,暗示CypA是潜在的抗冠状病毒药物靶点,CsA这种老药有可能是一种抗冠状病毒的药物。2019年底,新型冠状病毒突然肆虐中国,严重威胁人民生命健康并造成巨大经济损失。鉴于此,文中介绍了CypA对冠状病毒复制的影响,并阐述了其抑制剂的抗病毒作用,旨在为抗新型冠状病毒药物的研发提供科学依据及思路。  相似文献   

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