Yuav ua li cas Omicron Variant ntawm COVID-19 tuaj yeem tshwm sim?

Ib qho txawv txawv thiab feem ntau intriguing feature ntawm hnyav mutated omicron variant yog tias nws tau txais tag nrho cov kev hloov pauv hauv ib qho tawg hauv ib lub sijhawm luv luv. Qhov kev hloov pauv ntau npaum li cas yog li qee tus neeg xav tias nws tuaj yeem yog qhov tshiab ntawm tib neeg mob hlwb (SARS-CoV-3?). Yuav ua li cas zoo li no theem siab ntawm kev hloov pauv yuav tshwm sim nyob rau hauv luv luv? Ib txhia hais tias omicron Tej zaum yuav tau hloov zuj zus los ntawm tus neeg mob lub cev tiv thaiv kab mob uas muaj qee yam kab mob xws li HIV / AIDS. Los yog, nws puas tuaj yeem hloov pauv hauv nthwv dej tam sim no hauv Teb chaws Europe uas tau pom cov kis tau tus mob siab heev? Los yog, nws puas tuaj yeem cuam tshuam nrog qee qhov Kev Tshawb Fawb Txog Kev Ua Haujlwm (GoF) lossis lwm yam? Leej twg tau txais txiaj ntsig? Nws tsis muaj peev xwm kos ib qho lus xaus ntawm theem no. Txawm li cas los xij, tsab xov xwm no sim pov lub teeb rau ntau qhov ntev uas cuam tshuam nrog qhov tshwm sim.  

Tsis ntev los no tau tshaj tawm tshiab COVID-19 hloov pauv los ntawm South Africa ntawm 25th Lub Kaum Ib Hlis 2021 tau kis mus rau ntau lub tebchaws hauv ntiaj teb xws li UK, Canada, Nyiv, Australia, Austria, Hongkong, Israel, Spain, Belgium, Denmark thiab Portugal. Qhov no tau raug xaiv los ua qhov hloov pauv tshiab ntawm kev txhawj xeeb (VOC) los ntawm WHO thiab muaj npe omicron. Omicron yog tus cwj pwm los ntawm 30 amino acid hloov pauv, peb qhov kev tshem tawm me me thiab ib qho me me tso rau hauv cov kab mob loj heev piv rau tus kab mob qub.1. Txawm li cas los xij, nyob ntawm qhov kev hloov pauv2 ntawm cov kab mob RNA, nws tsis tuaj yeem tsim 30 ntxiv rau kev hloov pauv ib hmos. Nws yuav siv sij hawm tsawg kawg yog 3 mus rau 5 lub hlis los tsim 6 qhov kev hloov pauv hauv 30kb genome ntawm SARS-CoV-2 raws li kev hloov pauv uas tus kab mob no dhau mus lawm.2 thaum kis tau tus mob los ntawm tus tswv tsev mus rau tus tswv tsev. Mus los ntawm qhov kev suav no nws yuav tsum tau noj 15 - 25 lub hlis rau qee yam zoo li omicron kom tshwm sim, bearing 30 mutations. Txawm li cas los xij, lub ntiaj teb tsis tau pom qhov kev hloov pauv hloov zuj zus ntxiv nyob rau lub sijhawm ntawd. Nws tau sib cav tias qhov kev hloov pauv no tau hloov zuj zus los ntawm tus kab mob ntev ntawm tus neeg mob immunocompromised, tej zaum tus neeg mob HIV / AIDS tsis kho. Raws li qhov kev hloov pauv, nws yuav tsum tau muab cais ua tus kab mob tshiab (SARS-CoV-3 tej zaum yuav yog). Txawm li cas los xij, tus naj npawb ntawm kev hloov pauv tam sim no yuav qhia tau tias nws muaj kev sib kis ntau dua li lwm cov kev hloov pauv. Txawm li cas los xij, yuav tsum muaj kev tshawb fawb ntxiv kom paub meej qhov no. 

Ob peb lub lis piam tom ntej no yog qhov tseem ceeb los txiav txim siab qhov kis ntawm tus kab mob tshiab thiab qhov hnyav ntawm tus kab mob uas nws ua rau. Txog rau tam sim no, txhua qhov xwm txheej tau mob me me thiab asymptomatic thiab xov xwm zoo yog tias tsis muaj neeg tuag. Peb kuj yuav tsum tau soj ntsuam seb qhov twg qhov hloov pauv tshiab tuaj yeem khiav tawm ntawm lub cev tiv thaiv kab mob los ntawm cov tshuaj tiv thaiv tam sim no. Qhov no yuav tso cai rau peb txiav txim siab ntev npaum li cas peb tuaj yeem txuas ntxiv nrog cov tshuaj tiv thaiv tam sim no ua ntej tus kws txiav txim plaub txiav txim rau qhov hloov pauv tshiab. Pfizer thiab Moderna twb tau ua cov kauj ruam mus rau tweaking lawv cov tshuaj tiv thaiv. Txawm li cas los xij, lo lus nug looming tseem tseem nyob ntawm keeb kwm ntawm qhov kev hloov pauv no. Nws yog qhov tseeb tias Omicron qhov sib txawv yuav hloov zuj zus nyob rau hauv cov nthwv dej tam sim no ntawm cov xwm txheej hauv Tebchaws Europe ntau dua ua ntej, tab sis tau tshaj tawm los ntawm South African tub ceev xwm tsis ntev los no (raws li kev sib txuas ntawm genome). Txawm li cas los xij, qhov no yuav tsis zoo li qhov tam sim no nthwv dej tau nyob rau hauv 4-5 lub hlis dhau los thiab raws li kev hloov pauv, yuav tsum tau ua kom tsis pub dhau 5-6 kev hloov pauv. 

Los yog omicron, ib yam khoom ntawm Gain of Function (GoF) kev tshawb fawb ua rau kev loj hlob ntawm cov kab mob kis thoob qhov txhia chaw (PPPs)3,4. Tau txais kev tshawb fawb txog kev ua haujlwm yog hais txog cov kev sim uas muaj kab mob (hauv qhov no SARS-CoV-2), tau txais lub peev xwm los ua txoj haujlwm uas tsis yog ib feem ntawm nws lub neej niaj hnub. Hauv qhov no, nws tuaj yeem ua rau muaj kev sib kis ntau ntxiv thiab muaj kev ua phem ntau ntxiv. Qhov no tuaj yeem ua rau muaj kev loj hlob ntawm lub cev uas yog qhov tshiab thiab tsis tau muaj nyob hauv qhov xwm txheej. Lub hom phiaj ntawm GoF kev tshawb fawb yog kom nkag siab txog cov kab mob sib txawv thiab npaj txhij nrog kev kho mob lossis tshuaj tiv thaiv, yog tias muaj qhov sib txawv no tshwm sim. Tus naj npawb ntawm kev hloov pauv tau txais los ntawm PPPs, tsis yog tsuas yog ua rau cov kab mob kis tau zoo heev tab sis kuj tseem pab kom dim ntawm cov tshuaj tiv thaiv kab mob uas tau tsim tawm tsam tus kab mob thawj zaug hauv cov tib neeg convalescent. Tsis tas li ntawd, strain manipulation yog ua tau siv niaj hnub genetic engineering cov txheej txheem raws li lub hom phiaj RNA recombination5. Qhov no tseem tuaj yeem ua rau cov kab mob sib txawv tshiab / hom kab mob uas muaj ntau dua ntawm kev hloov pauv, ua rau muaj tus kab mob kis tau zoo heev thiab muaj kab mob. Kev tshawb fawb tau pom tias 20 qhov kev hloov pauv tshwm sim hauv cov protein ntau, suav nrog kev hloov pauv thiab tshem tawm, txaus rau kev khiav tawm ntawm feem ntau ntawm cov tshuaj tiv thaiv kab mob tsim tawm hauv cov ntshav ntawm cov tib neeg uas tau kis los ntawm lossis txhaj tshuaj tiv thaiv SARS-CoV-2.6. Raws li lwm txoj kev tshawb fawb, nyob rau hauv lub zog tiv thaiv kab mob, SARS-CoV-2 tuaj yeem nce lub peev xwm ntawm kev khiav tawm cov tshuaj tiv thaiv los ntawm kev hloov pauv 3, ob qhov kev tshem tawm hauv N terminal domain thiab ib qho kev hloov pauv (E483K) hauv cov protein ntau.7

Cov kev tshawb fawb no puas yuav tso cai uas ua rau tsim PPPs? Qhov tseeb, qhov kev nce qib ntawm kev tshawb fawb tau raug txwv los ntawm Tebchaws Meskas hauv 2014 los ntawm NIH, tom qab muaj xwm txheej xwm txheej cuam tshuam nrog cov kab mob tsis raug cai ntawm US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, tawm tswv yim tias cov kev pheej hmoo cuam tshuam nrog cov kev tshawb fawb zoo li no, deb tshaj qhov cov txiaj ntsig nws yuav muab tau. Leej twg tau txais txiaj ntsig los ntawm qhov tshwm sim thiab kis ntawm PPPs li no? Cov no yog cov lus nug nyuaj uas xav tau cov lus teb tiag.  

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.29198/scieu/2112011 

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  1. European Center for Disease Prevention thiab Tswj. Qhov cuam tshuam ntawm qhov tshwm sim thiab kis ntawm SARSCoV-2 B.1.1. 529 variant ntawm kev txhawj xeeb (Omicron), rau EU / EEA. 26 Kaum Ib Hlis 2021. ECDC: Stockholm; 2021. Muaj nyob online ntawm https://www.ecdc.europa.eu/en/publications-data/threat-assessment-brief-emergence-sars-cov-2-variant-b.1.1.529   
  1. Simmonds P., 2020. Rampant C→U Hypermutation in the Genomes of SARS-CoV-2 and Other Coronaviruses: Uas and Consequences for The Short- and Long-term Evolutionary Trajectories. 24 Lub Rau Hli 2020. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1128/mSphere.00408-20 
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