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Mohsan Saeed, PhD

Assistant Professor

Boston University School of Medicine

Dept of Biochemistry

PhD, University of Tokyo
DVM, University of Agriculture Faisalabad
MPhil, Quaid-i-azam Univ

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My laboratory investigates the role that viral proteins, particularly viral proteases, play in remodeling host cells and creating a favorable environment for virus replication. To this end, we take a two-pronged approach: employ modern systems biology methods to get a global view of the virus-host interface and then use classical molecular biology and biochemistry techniques to gain deeper mechanistic insights.

The major focus of my laboratory is to identify and characterize host proteins that are cleaved by viral proteases. For this, we use a relatively unbiased approach to label and capture protein N-termini generated by proteolytic cleavage in virus-infected cells. This powerful proteomics (“degradomics”) approach not only identifies the cleaved proteins but also the site of cleavage within a protein. Once the proteins are identified and their cleavage is validated by orthogonal methods, we then ascertain the functional significance of these cleavages in the virus life cycle.

Besides studying host proteins that we have identified from the degradomics analysis of clinically important enteroviruses, we continue to extend this analysis to viruses from other families with the goal to get a global view of cellular pathways commonly targeted or co-opted by diverse viruses. These studies are expected to provide novel insights into cell biology, antiviral defenses, and disease mechanisms. Also, viral proteases are one of the prime targets for antiviral development, and therefore deeper insights into their function will help improve viral therapeutics.

Faculty
Boston University
National Emerging Infectious Disease Lab

Member
Boston University
Genome Science Institute

BU Research

Probing Pathomechanisms of Enterovirus D68 Infection
03/01/2020 - 02/28/2022 (PI)
Charles H. Hood Foundation

Mapping Pathogenic Coronavirus Viral-Host Protein Interaction Environments for Target Discovery
08/03/2020 - 08/02/2021 (Co-PI)
PI: Andrew Emili, PhD
Merck, Sharp & Dohme Corp

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Yr	Title	Project-Sub Proj	Pubs

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Hekman RM, Hume AJ, Goel RK, Abo KM, Huang J, Blum BC, Werder RB, Suder EL, Paul I, Phanse S, Youssef A, Alysandratos KD, Padhorny D, Ojha S, Mora-Martin A, Kretov D, Ash PEA, Verma M, Zhao J, Patten JJ, Villacorta-Martin C, Bolzan D, Perea-Resa C, Bullitt E, Hinds A, Tilston-Lunel A, Varelas X, Farhangmehr S, Braunschweig U, Kwan JH, McComb M, Basu A, Saeed M, Perissi V, Burks EJ, Layne MD, Connor JH, Davey R, Cheng JX, Wolozin BL, Blencowe BJ, Wuchty S, Lyons SM, Kozakov D, Cifuentes D, Blower M, Kotton DN, Wilson AA, Mühlberger E, Emili A. Actionable Cytopathogenic Host Responses of Human Alveolar Type 2 Cells to SARS-CoV-2. Mol Cell. 2021 Jan 07; 81(1):212.View Related Profiles. PMID: 33417854

Hekman RM, Hume AJ, Goel RK, Abo KM, Huang J, Blum BC, Werder RB, Suder EL, Paul I, Phanse S, Youssef A, Alysandratos KD, Padhorny D, Ojha S, Mora-Martin A, Kretov D, Ash PEA, Verma M, Zhao J, Patten JJ, Villacorta-Martin C, Bolzan D, Perea-Resa C, Bullitt E, Hinds A, Tilston-Lunel A, Varelas X, Farhangmehr S, Braunschweig U, Kwan JH, McComb M, Basu A, Saeed M, Perissi V, Burks EJ, Layne MD, Connor JH, Davey R, Cheng JX, Wolozin BL, Blencowe BJ, Wuchty S, Lyons SM, Kozakov D, Cifuentes D, Blower M, Kotton DN, Wilson AA, Mühlberger E, Emili A. Actionable Cytopathogenic Host Responses of Human Alveolar Type 2 Cells to SARS-CoV-2. Mol Cell. 2020 12 17; 80(6):1104-1122.e9.View Related Profiles. PMID: 33259812; DOI: 10.1016/j.molcel.2020.11.028;

Brown RJP, Tegtmeyer B, Sheldon J, Khera T, Anggakusuma, Todt D, Vieyres G, Weller R, Joecks S, Zhang Y, Sake S, Bankwitz D, Welsch K, Ginkel C, Engelmann M, Gerold G, Steinmann E, Yuan Q, Ott M, Vondran FWR, Krey T, Ströh LJ, Miskey C, Ivics Z, Herder V, Baumgärtner W, Lauber C, Seifert M, Tarr AW, McClure CP, Randall G, Baktash Y, Ploss A, Thi VLD, Michailidis E, Saeed M, Verhoye L, Meuleman P, Goedecke N, Wirth D, Rice CM, Pietschmann T. Liver-expressed Cd302 and Cr1l limit hepatitis C virus cross-species transmission to mice. Sci Adv. 2020 Nov; 6(45). PMID: 33148654

Chen DY, Khan N, Close BJ, Goel RK, Blum B, Tavares AH, Kenney D, Conway HL, Ewoldt JK, Kapell S, Chitalia VC, Crossland NA, Chen CS, Kotton DN, Baker SC, Connor JH, Douam F, Emili A, Saeed M. SARS-CoV-2 desensitizes host cells to interferon through inhibition of the JAK-STAT pathway. bioRxiv. 2020 Oct 28.View Related Profiles.

Emili, Andrew
Blum, Benjamin
Kotton, Darrell
Douam, Florian
Connor, John
Saeed, Mohsan
Crossland, Nicholas
Goel, Raghuveera
Kapell, Sebastian
Chitalia, Vipul

PMID: 33140044

Weingarten-Gabbay S, Klaeger S, Sarkizova S, Pearlman LR, Chen DY, Bauer MR, Taylor HB, Conway HL, Tomkins-Tinch CH, Finkel Y, Nachshon A, Gentili M, Rivera KD, Keskin DB, Rice CM, Clauser KR, Hacohen N, Carr SA, Abelin JG, Saeed M, Sabeti PC. SARS-CoV-2 infected cells present HLA-I peptides from canonical and out-of-frame ORFs. bioRxiv. 2020 Oct 02. PMID: 33024965

Saeed M, Kapell S, Hertz NT, Wu X, Bell K, Ashbrook AW, Mark MT, Zebroski HA, Neal ML, Flodström-Tullberg M, MacDonald MR, Aitchison JD, Molina H, Rice CM. Defining the proteolytic landscape during enterovirus infection. PLoS Pathog. 2020 09; 16(9):e1008927.View Related Profiles.

Saeed, Mohsan
Kapell, Sebastian

PMID: 32997711

Huang J, Hume AJ, Abo KM, Werder RB, Villacorta-Martin C, Alysandratos KD, Beermann ML, Simone-Roach C, Lindstrom-Vautrin J, Olejnik J, Suder EL, Bullitt E, Hinds A, Sharma A, Bosmann M, Wang R, Hawkins F, Burks EJ, Saeed M, Wilson AA, Mühlberger E, Kotton DN. SARS-CoV-2 Infection of Pluripotent Stem Cell-Derived Human Lung Alveolar Type 2 Cells Elicits a Rapid Epithelial-Intrinsic Inflammatory Response. Cell Stem Cell. 2020 12 03; 27(6):962-973.e7.View Related Profiles.

Hume, Adam
Wilson, Andrew
Kotton, Darrell
Muhlberger, Elke
Burks, Eric
Bullitt, Esther
Hawkins, Finn
Huang, Jessie
Olejnik, Judith
Bosmann, Markus
Saeed, Mohsan
Werder, Rhiannon Bree

PMID: 32979316

Ejemel M, Li Q, Hou S, Schiller ZA, Tree JA, Wallace A, Amcheslavsky A, Kurt Yilmaz N, Buttigieg KR, Elmore MJ, Godwin K, Coombes N, Toomey JR, Schneider R, Ramchetty AS, Close BJ, Chen DY, Conway HL, Saeed M, Ganesa C, Carroll MW, Cavacini LA, Klempner MS, Schiffer CA, Wang Y. A cross-reactive human IgA monoclonal antibody blocks SARS-CoV-2 spike-ACE2 interaction. Nat Commun. 2020 08 21; 11(1):4198. PMID: 32826914

Pfaender S, Mar KB, Michailidis E, Kratzel A, Boys IN, V'kovski P, Fan W, Kelly JN, Hirt D, Ebert N, Stalder H, Kleine-Weber H, Hoffmann M, Hoffmann HH, Saeed M, Dijkman R, Steinmann E, Wight-Carter M, McDougal MB, Hanners NW, Pöhlmann S, Gallagher T, Todt D, Zimmer G, Rice CM, Schoggins JW, Thiel V. LY6E impairs coronavirus fusion and confers immune control of viral disease. Nat Microbiol. 2020 11; 5(11):1330-1339. PMID: 32704094

Huang J, Hume AJ, Abo KM, Werder RB, Villacorta-Martin C, Alysandratos KD, Beermann ML, Simone-Roach C, Olejnik J, Suder EL, Bullitt E, Hinds A, Sharma A, Bosmann M, Wang R, Hawkins F, Burks EJ, Saeed M, Wilson AA, Mühlberger E, Kotton DN. SARS-CoV-2 Infection of Pluripotent Stem Cell-derived Human Lung Alveolar Type 2 Cells Elicits a Rapid Epithelial-Intrinsic Inflammatory Response. bioRxiv. 2020 Jun 30.View Related Profiles.

Hume, Adam
Wilson, Andrew
Kotton, Darrell
Muhlberger, Elke
Burks, Eric
Bullitt, Esther
Hawkins, Finn
Olejnik, Judith
Bosmann, Markus
Saeed, Mohsan
Werder, Rhiannon Bree

PMID: 32637964

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Ejemel M, Li Q, Hou S, Schiller ZA, Wallace AL, Amcheslavsky A, Yilmaz NK, Toomey JR, Schneider R, Close BJ, Chen DY, Conway HL, Mohsan S, Cavacini LA, Klempner MS, Schiffer CA, Wang Y. IgA MAb blocks SARS-CoV-2 Spike-ACE2 interaction providing mucosal immunity. bioRxiv. 2020 May 15. PMID: 32511396; DOI: 10.1101/2020.05.15.096719;

Esswein SR, Gristick HB, Jurado A, Peace A, Keeffe JR, Lee YE, Voll AV, Saeed M, Nussenzweig MC, Rice CM, Robbiani DF, MacDonald MR, Bjorkman PJ. Structural basis for Zika envelope domain III recognition by a germline version of a recurrent neutralizing antibody. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2020 05 05; 117(18):9865-9875. PMID: 32321830

Dao Thi VL, Wu X, Belote RL, Andreo U, Takacs CN, Fernandez JP, Vale-Silva LA, Prallet S, Decker CC, Fu RM, Qu B, Uryu K, Molina H, Saeed M, Steinmann E, Urban S, Singaraja RR, Schneider WM, Simon SM, Rice CM. Stem cell-derived polarized hepatocytes. Nat Commun. 2020 04 03; 11(1):1677. PMID: 32245952

Pfaender S, Mar KB, Michailidis E, Kratzel A, Hirt D, V'kovski P, Fan W, Ebert N, Stalder H, Kleine-Weber H, Hoffmann M, Hoffmann HH, Saeed M, Dijkman R, Steinmann E, Wight-Carter M, Hanners NW, Pöhlmann S, Gallagher T, Todt D, Zimmer G, Rice CM, Schoggins JW, Thiel V. LY6E impairs coronavirus fusion and confers immune control of viral disease. bioRxiv. 2020 Mar 07. PMID: 32511345

Liu D, Tedbury PR, Lan S, Huber AD, Puray-Chavez MN, Ji J, Michailidis E, Saeed M, Ndongwe TP, Bassit LC, Schinazi RF, Ralston R, Rice CM, Sarafianos SG. Visualization of Positive and Negative Sense Viral RNA for Probing the Mechanism of Direct-Acting Antivirals against Hepatitis C Virus. Viruses. 2019 11 08; 11(11). PMID: 31717338

Luna JM, Saeed M, Rice CM. Taming a beast: lessons from the domestication of hepatitis C virus. Curr Opin Virol. 2019 04; 35:27-34. PMID: 30875640

Rusanov T, Kent T, Saeed M, Hoang TM, Thomas C, Rice CM, Pomerantz RT. Identification of a Small Interface between the Methyltransferase and RNA Polymerase of NS5 that is Essential for Zika Virus Replication. Sci Rep. 2018 11 26; 8(1):17384. PMID: 30478404

Keeffe JR, Van Rompay KKA, Olsen PC, Wang Q, Gazumyan A, Azzopardi SA, Schaefer-Babajew D, Lee YE, Stuart JB, Singapuri A, Watanabe J, Usachenko J, Ardeshir A, Saeed M, Agudelo M, Eisenreich T, Bournazos S, Oliveira TY, Rice CM, Coffey LL, MacDonald MR, Bjorkman PJ, Nussenzweig MC, Robbiani DF. A Combination of Two Human Monoclonal Antibodies Prevents Zika Virus Escape Mutations in Non-human Primates. Cell Rep. 2018 11 06; 25(6):1385-1394.e7. PMID: 30403995

Kuchay S, Saeed M, Giorgi C, Li J, Hoffmann HH, Pinton P, Rice CM, Pagano M. NS5A Promotes Constitutive Degradation of IP3R3 to Counteract Apoptosis Induced by Hepatitis C Virus. Cell Rep. 2018 10 23; 25(4):833-840.e3. PMID: 30355490

Robinson CL, Chong ACN, Ashbrook AW, Jeng G, Jin J, Chen H, Tang EI, Martin LA, Kim RS, Kenyon RM, Do E, Luna JM, Saeed M, Zeltser L, Ralph H, Dudley VL, Goldstein M, Rice CM, Cheng CY, Seandel M, Chen S. Male germ cells support long-term propagation of Zika virus. Nat Commun. 2018 05 29; 9(1):2090. PMID: 29844387; DOI: 10.1038/s41467-018-04444-w;

Robbiani DF, Bozzacco L, Keeffe JR, Khouri R, Olsen PC, Gazumyan A, Schaefer-Babajew D, Avila-Rios S, Nogueira L, Patel R, Azzopardi SA, Uhl LFK, Saeed M, Sevilla-Reyes EE, Agudelo M, Yao KH, Golijanin J, Gristick HB, Lee YE, Hurley A, Caskey M, Pai J, Oliveira T, Wunder EA, Sacramento G, Nery N, Orge C, Costa F, Reis MG, Thomas NM, Eisenreich T, Weinberger DM, de Almeida ARP, West AP, Rice CM, Bjorkman PJ, Reyes-Teran G, Ko AI, MacDonald MR, Nussenzweig MC. Recurrent Potent Human Neutralizing Antibodies to Zika Virus in Brazil and Mexico. Cell. 2017 May 04; 169(4):597-609.e11. PMID: 28475892; DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2017.04.024;

Harak C, Meyrath M, Romero-Brey I, Schenk C, Gondeau C, Schult P, Esser-Nobis K, Saeed M, Neddermann P, Schnitzler P, Gotthardt D, Perez-Del-Pulgar S, Neumann-Haefelin C, Thimme R, Meuleman P, Florian WR, De Francesco R, Rice CM, Bartenschlager R, Lohmann V. Erratum: Tuning a cellular lipid kinase activity adapts hepatitis C virus to replication in cell culture. Nat Microbiol. 2017 Jan 23; 2:17012. PMID: 28112725

Harak C, Meyrath M, Romero-Brey I, Schenk C, Gondeau C, Schult P, Esser-Nobis K, Saeed M, Neddermann P, Schnitzler P, Gotthardt D, Perez-Del-Pulgar S, Neumann-Haefelin C, Thimme R, Meuleman P, Vondran FW, De Francesco R, Rice CM, Bartenschlager R, Lohmann V. Tuning a cellular lipid kinase activity adapts hepatitis C virus to replication in cell culture. Nat Microbiol. 2016 12 19; 2:16247. PMID: 27991882; DOI: 10.1038/nmicrobiol.2016.247;

Saeed M, Andreo U, Chung HY, Espiritu C, Branch AD, Silva JM, Rice CM. SEC14L2 enables pan-genotype HCV replication in cell culture. Nature. 2015 Aug 27; 524(7566):471-5. PMID: 26266980; DOI: 10.1038/nature14899;

Stoddard MB, Li H, Wang S, Saeed M, Andrus L, Ding W, Jiang X, Learn GH, von Schaewen M, Wen J, Goepfert PA, Hahn BH, Ploss A, Rice CM, Shaw GM. Identification, molecular cloning, and analysis of full-length hepatitis C virus transmitted/founder genotypes 1, 3, and 4. MBio. 2015 Feb 24; 6(2):e02518. PMID: 25714714; DOI: 10.1128/mBio.02518-14;

Wose Kinge CN, Espiritu C, Prabdial-Sing N, Sithebe NP, Saeed M, Rice CM. Hepatitis C virus genotype 5a subgenomic replicons for evaluation of direct-acting antiviral agents. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2014 Sep; 58(9):5386-94. PMID: 24982066; DOI: 10.1128/AAC.03534-14;

Rice CM, Saeed M. Hepatitis C: Treatment triumphs. Nature. 2014 Jun 05; 510(7503):43-4. PMID: 24899301; DOI: 10.1038/510043a;

Liehl P, Zuzarte-Luís V, Chan J, Zillinger T, Baptista F, Carapau D, Konert M, Hanson KK, Carret C, Lassnig C, Müller M, Kalinke U, Saeed M, Chora AF, Golenbock DT, Strobl B, Prudêncio M, Coelho LP, Kappe SH, Superti-Furga G, Pichlmair A, Vigário AM, Rice CM, Fitzgerald KA, Barchet W, Mota MM. Host-cell sensors for Plasmodium activate innate immunity against liver-stage infection. Nat Med. 2014 Jan; 20(1):47-53. PMID: 24362933; DOI: 10.1038/nm.3424;

Saeed M, Gondeau C, Hmwe S, Yokokawa H, Date T, Suzuki T, Kato T, Maurel P, Wakita T. Replication of hepatitis C virus genotype 3a in cultured cells. Gastroenterology. 2013 Jan; 144(1):56-58.e7. PMID: 22999961; DOI: 10.1053/j.gastro.2012.09.017;

Saeed M, Scheel TK, Gottwein JM, Marukian S, Dustin LB, Bukh J, Rice CM. Efficient replication of genotype 3a and 4a hepatitis C virus replicons in human hepatoma cells. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2012 Oct; 56(10):5365-73. PMID: 22869572; DOI: 10.1128/AAC.01256-12;

Saeed M, Suzuki R, Watanabe N, Masaki T, Tomonaga M, Muhammad A, Kato T, Matsuura Y, Watanabe H, Wakita T, Suzuki T. Role of the endoplasmic reticulum-associated degradation (ERAD) pathway in degradation of hepatitis C virus envelope proteins and production of virus particles. J Biol Chem. 2011 Oct 28; 286(43):37264-73. PMID: 21878646; DOI: 10.1074/jbc.M111.259085;

Saeed M, Shiina M, Date T, Akazawa D, Watanabe N, Murayama A, Suzuki T, Watanabe H, Hiraga N, Imamura M, Chayama K, Choi Y, Krawczynski K, Liang TJ, Wakita T, Kato T. In vivo adaptation of hepatitis C virus in chimpanzees for efficient virus production and evasion of apoptosis. Hepatology. 2011 Aug; 54(2):425-33. PMID: 21538444; DOI: 10.1002/hep.24399;

Masaki T, Suzuki R, Saeed M, Mori K, Matsuda M, Aizaki H, Ishii K, Maki N, Miyamura T, Matsuura Y, Wakita T, Suzuki T. Production of infectious hepatitis C virus by using RNA polymerase I-mediated transcription. J Virol. 2010 Jun; 84(11):5824-35. PMID: 20237083; DOI: 10.1128/JVI.02397-09;

Saeed M, Suzuki R, Kondo M, Aizaki H, Kato T, Mizuochi T, Wakita T, Watanabe H, Suzuki T. Evaluation of hepatitis C virus core antigen assays in detecting recombinant viral antigens of various genotypes. J Clin Microbiol. 2009 Dec; 47(12):4141-3. PMID: 19812276; DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01437-09;

Saeed M, Zaidi SZ, Naeem A, Masroor M, Sharif S, Shaukat S, Angez M, Khan A. Epidemiology and clinical findings associated with enteroviral acute flaccid paralysis in Pakistan. BMC Infect Dis. 2007 Feb 15; 7:6. PMID: 17300736; DOI: 10.1186/1471-2334-7-6;

This graph shows the total number of publications by year, by first, middle/unknown, or last author.

Bar chart showing 35 publications over 14 distinct years, with a maximum of 13 publications in 2020

Bar chart showing 35 publications over 14 distinct years, with a maximum of 13 publications in 2020

Year	Publications
2007	1
2009	1
2010	1
2011	2
2012	2
2013	1
2014	2
2015	2
2016	1
2017	2
2018	4
2019	2
2020	13
2021	1

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