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- Title
Cell-impermeable staurosporine analog targets extracellular kinases to inhibit HSV and SARS-CoV-2.
- Authors
Cheshenko, Natalia; Bonanno, Jeffrey B.; Hoffmann, Hans-Heinrich; Jangra, Rohit K.; Chandran, Kartik; Rice, Charles M.; Almo, Steven C.; Herold, Betsy C.
- Abstract
Herpes simplex virus (HSV) receptor engagement activates phospholipid scramblase triggering Akt translocation to the outer leaflet of the plasma membrane where its subsequent phosphorylation promotes viral entry. We hypothesize that this previously unrecognized outside-inside signaling pathway is employed by other viruses and that cell-impermeable kinase inhibitors could provide novel antivirals. We synthesized a cell-impermeable analog of staurosporine, CIMSS, which inhibited outer membrane HSV-induced Akt phosphorylation and blocked viral entry without inducing apoptosis. CIMSS also blocked the phosphorylation of 3-phosphoinositide dependent protein kinase 1 and phospholipase C gamma, which were both detected at the outer leaflet following HSV exposure. Moreover, vesicular stomatitis virus pseudotyped with SARS-CoV-2 spike protein (VSV-S), but not native VSV or VSV pseudotyped with Ebola virus glycoprotein, triggered this scramblase-Akt outer membrane signaling pathway. VSV-S and native SARS-CoV-2 infection were inhibited by CIMSS. Thus, CIMSS uncovered unique extracellular kinase processes linked to HSV and SARS-CoV-2 entry. A cell-impermeable analog of staurosporine blocks phosphorylation events at the outer leaflet of the plasma membrane, which prevents herpes simplex virus and SARS-CoV-2 entry without inducing apoptosis.
- Subjects
HERPES simplex virus; EBOLA virus; SARS-CoV-2; PHOSPHOLIPASE C; KINASES; PHOSPHOINOSITIDES
- Publication
Communications Biology, 2022, Vol 5, Issue 1, p1
- ISSN
2399-3642
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1038/s42003-022-04067-4