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Journal of Virology, October 2007, p. 10831-10834, Vol. 81, No. 19
0022-538X/07/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JVI.01143-07
Copyright © 2007, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Amino Acid Substitutions in the S2 Region Enhance Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus Infectivity in Rat Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme 2-Expressing Cells{triangledown}

Shuetsu Fukushi,1* Tetsuya Mizutani,1 Kouji Sakai,1 Masayuki Saijo,1 Fumihiro Taguchi,2 Masaru Yokoyama,3 Ichiro Kurane,1 and Shigeru Morikawa1

Department of Virology I,1 Department of Virology III,2 Center for Pathogen Genomics, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Gakuen 4-7-1, Musashimurayama, Tokyo 208-0011, Japan3

Received 25 May 2007/ Accepted 16 July 2007

To clarify the molecular basis of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus (SARS-CoV) adaptation to different host species, we serially passaged SARS-CoV in rat angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE2)-expressing cells. After 15 passages, the virus (Rat-P15) came to replicate effectively in rat ACE2-expressing cells. Two amino acid substitutions in the S2 region were found on the Rat-P15 S gene. Analyses of the infectivity of the pseudotype-bearing S protein indicated that the two substitutions in the S2 region, especially the S950F substitution, were responsible for efficient infection. Therefore, virus adaptation to different host species can be induced by amino acid substitutions in the S2 region.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Special Pathogens Laboratory, Department of Virology I, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Gakuen 4-7-1, Musashimurayama, Tokyo 208-0011, Japan. Phone: 81-42-561-0771. Fax: 81-42-564-4881. E-mail: fukushi{at}nih.go.jp

{triangledown} Published ahead of print on 25 July 2007.

Journal of Virology, October 2007, p. 10831-10834, Vol. 81, No. 19
0022-538X/07/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JVI.01143-07
Copyright © 2007, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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