Nanoscopy Reveals Heparan Sulfate Clusters as Docking Sites for SARS-CoV-2 Attachment and Entry
Sue Han, Xin Wang, Tiansheng Li, Ammar Mohseni, Ivan Kosik, Chung Yu Chan, Alberto Domingo López-Muñoz, Jessica Matthias, Reid Suddaby, Zhixiong Wang, Albert J Jin, Christian A Wurm, Jonathan W Yewdell, Ling-Gang Wu
doi:10.1101/2025.09.08.674976
Virus entry is thought to involve binding a unique receptor for cell attachment and cytosolic entry. For SARS-CoV-2 underlying the COVID-19 pandemic, angiotensinconverting enzyme 2 (ACE2) is widely assumed as the receptor. Using advanced light microscopy to resolve individual virions and receptors, we found instead that heparan sulfate (HS), not ACE2, mediates SARS-CoV-2 cell-surface attachment and subsequent endocytosis. ACE2 functions only downstream of HS to enable viral genome expression. Instead of binding single HS molecules that electrostatically interact with viral surface proteins weakly, SARS-CoV-2 binds clusters of ~6-137 HS molecules projecting 60-410 nm above the plasma membrane. These tall, HS-rich clusters, present at about one per 6 μm², act as docking sites for viral attachment. Blocking HS binding with the clinically used HSbinding agent pixantrone strongly inhibited the clinically relevant SARS-CoV-2 Omicron JN.1 subvariant from attaching to and infecting human airway cells. This work establishes a revised entry paradigm in which HS clusters mediate SARS-CoV-2 attachment and endocytosis, with ACE2 acting downstream, thereby identifying HS interactions as a key anti-COVID-19 strategy. This paradigm and its therapeutic implications may apply broadly beyond COVID-19 because, analogous to SARS-CoV-2, HS binds many other viruses but is only considered an attachment regulator.
Images: Immunolabeled N-protein images from ALI cells being incubated with viruses with a protocol for viral genome expression in three conditions, including 1) control (Ctrl), 2) 105 and is also made available for use under a CC0 license.
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