Current therapeutic strategies and vaccines against SARS-CoV-2 are mainly focused on the Spike protein despite there are other viral proteins with important roles in COVID-19 pathogenicity. For example, ORF8 restructures vesicular trafficking in the host cell, impacts intracellular immunity through the IFN-I signaling, and growth pathways through the mitogen-activated protein kinases (MAPKs). In this mini-review, we analyze the main structural similarities of ORF8 with immunological molecules such as IL−1, contributing to the immunological deregulation observed in COVID-19. We also propose that the blockage of some effector functions of ORF8 with Rapamycin, such as the mTORC1 activation through MAPKs 40 pathway, with Rapamycin, can be a promising approach to reduce COVID-19 mortality.
【저자키워드】 COVID-19, SARS-CoV-2, structural biology, COVID-19 therapeutics, ORF8, 【초록키워드】 Vaccine, Immunity, Protein, Impact, pathway, mTORC1, pathogenicity, therapeutic strategy, function, MAPK, COVID-19 mortality, similarity, protein kinase, host cell, Activation, Viral protein, growth, deregulation, approach, immunological, current, example, contributing to, reduce, the Spike, IFN-I signaling,