Generation of a Broadly Useful Model for COVID-19 Pathogenesis, Vaccination, and Treatment

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COVID-19, caused by SARS-CoV-2, is a virulent pneumonia, with >4,000,000 confirmed cases worldwide and >290,000 deaths as of May 15, 2020. It is critical that vaccines and therapeutics be developed very rapidly. Mice, the ideal animal for assessing such interventions, are resistant to SARS-CoV-2. Here, we overcome this difficulty by exogenous delivery of human ACE2 with a replication-deficient adenovirus (Ad5-hACE2). Ad5-hACE2-sensitized mice developed pneumonia characterized by weight loss, severe pulmonary pathology, and high-titer virus replication in lungs. Type I interferon, T cells, and, most importantly, signal transducer and activator of transcription 1 (STAT1) are critical for virus clearance and disease resolution in these mice. Ad5-hACE2-transduced mice enabled rapid assessments of a vaccine candidate, of human convalescent plasma, and of two antiviral therapies (poly I:C and remdesivir). In summary, we describe a murine model of broad and immediate utility to investigate COVID-19 pathogenesis and to evaluate new therapies and vaccines.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2020

Erschienen:

2020

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:182

Enthalten in:

Cell - 182(2020), 3 vom: 06. Aug., Seite 734-743.e5

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Sun, Jing [VerfasserIn]
Zhuang, Zhen [VerfasserIn]
Zheng, Jian [VerfasserIn]
Li, Kun [VerfasserIn]
Wong, Roy Lok-Yin [VerfasserIn]
Liu, Donglan [VerfasserIn]
Huang, Jicheng [VerfasserIn]
He, Jiangping [VerfasserIn]
Zhu, Airu [VerfasserIn]
Zhao, Jingxian [VerfasserIn]
Li, Xiaobo [VerfasserIn]
Xi, Yin [VerfasserIn]
Chen, Rongchang [VerfasserIn]
Alshukairi, Abeer N [VerfasserIn]
Chen, Zhao [VerfasserIn]
Zhang, Zhaoyong [VerfasserIn]
Chen, Chunke [VerfasserIn]
Huang, Xiaofang [VerfasserIn]
Li, Fang [VerfasserIn]
Lai, Xiaomin [VerfasserIn]
Chen, Dingbin [VerfasserIn]
Wen, Liyan [VerfasserIn]
Zhuo, Jianfen [VerfasserIn]
Zhang, Yanjun [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Yanqun [VerfasserIn]
Huang, Shuxiang [VerfasserIn]
Dai, Jun [VerfasserIn]
Shi, Yongxia [VerfasserIn]
Zheng, Kui [VerfasserIn]
Leidinger, Mariah R [VerfasserIn]
Chen, Jiekai [VerfasserIn]
Li, Yimin [VerfasserIn]
Zhong, Nanshan [VerfasserIn]
Meyerholz, David K [VerfasserIn]
McCray, Paul B [VerfasserIn]
Perlman, Stanley [VerfasserIn]
Zhao, Jincun [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

156986-95-7
82115-62-6
ACE2 protein, human
Ace2 protein, mouse
Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme 2
COVID-19
EC 3.4.15.1
EC 3.4.17.23
IFNG protein, mouse
Ifnar1 protein, mouse
Interferon-gamma
Journal Article
Mouse model
Pathogenesis
Peptidyl-Dipeptidase A
Receptor, Interferon alpha-beta
Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
SARS-CoV-2
STAT1 Transcription Factor
Stat1 protein, mouse
Therapeutics
Vaccine

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 28.08.2020

Date Revised 28.03.2024

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.cell.2020.06.010

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM312208839