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Enhanced fusogenicity and pathogenicity of SARS-CoV-2 Delta P681R mutation

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  • Akatsuki Saito

    (University of Miyazaki
    University of Miyazaki
    University of Miyazaki)

  • Takashi Irie

    (Hiroshima University)

  • Rigel Suzuki

    (Hokkaido University)

  • Tadashi Maemura

    (University of Tokyo
    University of Wisconsin-Madison)

  • Hesham Nasser

    (Kumamoto University
    Suez Canal University)

  • Keiya Uriu

    (The University of Tokyo)

  • Yusuke Kosugi

    (The University of Tokyo)

  • Kotaro Shirakawa

    (Kyoto University)

  • Kenji Sadamasu

    (Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Public Health)

  • Izumi Kimura

    (The University of Tokyo)

  • Jumpei Ito

    (The University of Tokyo)

  • Jiaqi Wu

    (Tokai University School of Medicine
    CREST, Japan Science and Technology Agency)

  • Kiyoko Iwatsuki-Horimoto

    (University of Tokyo)

  • Mutsumi Ito

    (University of Tokyo)

  • Seiya Yamayoshi

    (University of Tokyo
    National Center for Global Health and Medicine Research Institute)

  • Samantha Loeber

    (University of Wisconsin)

  • Masumi Tsuda

    (Hokkaido University
    Hokkaido University)

  • Lei Wang

    (Hokkaido University
    Hokkaido University)

  • Seiya Ozono

    (National Institute of Infectious Diseases)

  • Erika P. Butlertanaka

    (University of Miyazaki)

  • Yuri L. Tanaka

    (University of Miyazaki)

  • Ryo Shimizu

    (Kumamoto University
    Kumamoto University)

  • Kenta Shimizu

    (Hokkaido University)

  • Kumiko Yoshimatsu

    (Hokkaido University)

  • Ryoko Kawabata

    (Hiroshima University)

  • Takemasa Sakaguchi

    (Hiroshima University)

  • Kenzo Tokunaga

    (National Institute of Infectious Diseases)

  • Isao Yoshida

    (Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Public Health)

  • Hiroyuki Asakura

    (Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Public Health)

  • Mami Nagashima

    (Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Public Health)

  • Yasuhiro Kazuma

    (Kyoto University)

  • Ryosuke Nomura

    (Kyoto University)

  • Yoshihito Horisawa

    (Kyoto University)

  • Kazuhisa Yoshimura

    (Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Public Health)

  • Akifumi Takaori-Kondo

    (Kyoto University)

  • Masaki Imai

    (University of Tokyo
    National Center for Global Health and Medicine Research Institute)

  • Shinya Tanaka

    (Hokkaido University
    Hokkaido University)

  • So Nakagawa

    (Tokai University School of Medicine
    CREST, Japan Science and Technology Agency)

  • Terumasa Ikeda

    (Kumamoto University)

  • Takasuke Fukuhara

    (Hokkaido University)

  • Yoshihiro Kawaoka

    (University of Tokyo
    University of Wisconsin-Madison
    National Center for Global Health and Medicine Research Institute)

  • Kei Sato

    (The University of Tokyo
    CREST, Japan Science and Technology Agency)

Abstract

During the current coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, a variety of mutations have accumulated in the viral genome of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) and, at the time of writing, four variants of concern are considered to be potentially hazardous to human society1. The recently emerged B.1.617.2/Delta variant of concern is closely associated with the COVID-19 surge that occurred in India in the spring of 2021 (ref. 2). However, the virological properties of B.1.617.2/Delta remain unclear. Here we show that the B.1.617.2/Delta variant is highly fusogenic and notably more pathogenic than prototypic SARS-CoV-2 in infected hamsters. The P681R mutation in the spike protein, which is highly conserved in this lineage, facilitates cleavage of the spike protein and enhances viral fusogenicity. Moreover, we demonstrate that the P681R-bearing virus exhibits higher pathogenicity compared with its parental virus. Our data suggest that the P681R mutation is a hallmark of the virological phenotype of the B.1.617.2/Delta variant and is associated with enhanced pathogenicity.

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  • Akatsuki Saito & Takashi Irie & Rigel Suzuki & Tadashi Maemura & Hesham Nasser & Keiya Uriu & Yusuke Kosugi & Kotaro Shirakawa & Kenji Sadamasu & Izumi Kimura & Jumpei Ito & Jiaqi Wu & Kiyoko Iwatsuki, 2022. "Enhanced fusogenicity and pathogenicity of SARS-CoV-2 Delta P681R mutation," Nature, Nature, vol. 602(7896), pages 300-306, February.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:602:y:2022:i:7896:d:10.1038_s41586-021-04266-9
    DOI: 10.1038/s41586-021-04266-9
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