Communications Biology (Aug 2022)

The spike of SARS-CoV-2 promotes metabolic rewiring in hepatocytes

  • Maria Mercado-Gómez,
  • Endika Prieto-Fernández,
  • Naroa Goikoetxea-Usandizaga,
  • Laura Vila-Vecilla,
  • Mikel Azkargorta,
  • Miren Bravo,
  • Marina Serrano-Maciá,
  • Leire Egia-Mendikute,
  • Rubén Rodríguez-Agudo,
  • Sofia Lachiondo-Ortega,
  • So Young Lee,
  • Alvaro Eguileor Giné,
  • Clàudia Gil-Pitarch,
  • Irene González-Recio,
  • Jorge Simón,
  • Petar Petrov,
  • Ramiro Jover,
  • Luis Alfonso Martínez-Cruz,
  • June Ereño-Orbea,
  • Teresa Cardoso Delgado,
  • Felix Elortza,
  • Jesús Jiménez-Barbero,
  • Ruben Nogueiras,
  • Vincent Prevot,
  • Asis Palazon,
  • María L. Martínez-Chantar

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-022-03789-9
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 5, no. 1
pp. 1 – 13

Abstract

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SARS-CoV-2 pseudovirus infects human hepatocytes leading to metabolic reprogramming towards glycolysis and impaired mitochondrial activity, and metformin can reduce infection under steatotic conditions.