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Table 2 Effect of autophagy modulators on coronavirus

From: Role and clinical implication of autophagy in COVID-19

Coronavirus

Cell lines

Protein/pathway

Main results

Refs

MHV

DBT cells

ATG5

Autophagy is required for coronaviruses replication complexes.

[125]

HCV

C5B cells

ATG5

Autophagy is required for HCV replication.

[126]

MHV

MEFs

ATG5

ATG5 is not required for MHV‑A59 replication.

[88]

MHV

HeLa, MEFs

LC3-I

LC3-I rather than intact autophagy process is required for MHV replication.

[91]

PEDV

HEK293T cells

MARCHF8, ATG5

Inhibition of selective autophagy pathway promotes PEDV replication.

[127]

MERS-CoV

HuH7 cells

ERK/MAPK, PI3K/AKT/mTOR

Inhibition of ERK/MAPK and PI3K/AKT/mTOR pathways inhibits MERS-CoV replication.

[92]

HCoV-NL63

HEK 293T, HeLa and MCF-7 cells

LC3, BECN1

PLP2-TM triggers incomplete autophagy process by interacting with BECN1 thereby modulating virus replication and antiviral innate immunity.

[128]

PEDV

IPEC-J2 cells

PI3K/AKT/mTOR

Autophagy induced by NSP6 of PEDV promotes virus replication via PI3K/AKT/mTOR pathway.

[129]

MERS-CoV

HEK293T cells

BECN1

MERS-CoV invasion reduces BECN1 levels and autolysosome formulated for virus replication.

[78]

MHV-A59 and SARS-CoV-2

Murine 17Cl1 fibroblasts

ULK1

PLpro of MHV-A59 and SARS-CoV-2 cleaves ULK1 and thus disrupting autophagy and inducing viral pathogenesis.

[80]

SARS-CoV-2

HeLa, Vero-E6 and HEK293T cells

UVRAG

SARS-CoV-2 ORF3a induces an incomplete autophagy response by interacting with UVRAG.

[130]

  1. Abbreviations: ATG: autophagy-related; BECN1: beclin1; CoV: coronavirus; DBT: delayed brain tumor; HCV: Hepatitis C virus; MEFs: mouse embryonic fibroblasts; MERS: Middle East respiratory syndrome; MHV: Mouse hepatitis virus; mTOR: mechanistic target of rapamycin kinase; NSP: nonstructural protein; ORF: open reading frame; PEDV: Porcine epidemic diarrhea virus; PI3K: class I phosphoinositide 3-kinase; PLpro: papain-like protease; PLP2-TM: membrane-associated papain-like protease 2; SARS-CoV-2: severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2; ULK1: unc-51 like