SARS-CoV-2 induces double-stranded RNA-mediated innate immune responses in respiratory epithelial-derived cells and cardiomyocytes

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Coronaviruses are adept at evading host antiviral pathways induced by viral double-stranded RNA, including interferon (IFN) signaling, oligoadenylate synthetase-ribonuclease L (OAS-RNase L), and protein kinase R (PKR). While dysregulated or inadequate IFN responses have been associated with severe coronavirus infection, the extent to which the recently emerged SARS-CoV-2 activates or antagonizes these pathways is relatively unknown. We found that SARS-CoV-2 infects patient-derived nasal epithelial cells, present at the initial site of infection; induced pluripotent stem cell-derived alveolar type 2 cells (iAT2), the major cell type infected in the lung; and cardiomyocytes (iCM), consistent with cardiovascular consequences of COVID-19 disease. Robust activation of IFN or OAS-RNase L is not observed in these cell types, whereas PKR activation is evident in iAT2 and iCM. In SARS-CoV-2-infected Calu-3 and A549ACE2 lung-derived cell lines, IFN induction remains relatively weak; however, activation of OAS-RNase L and PKR is observed. This is in contrast to Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS)-CoV, which effectively inhibits IFN signaling and OAS-RNase L and PKR pathways, but is similar to mutant MERS-CoV lacking innate immune antagonists. Remarkably, OAS-RNase L and PKR are activated in MAVS knockout A549ACE2 cells, demonstrating that SARS-CoV-2 can induce these host antiviral pathways despite minimal IFN production. Moreover, increased replication and cytopathic effect in RNASEL knockout A549ACE2 cells implicates OAS-RNase L in restricting SARS-CoV-2. Finally, while SARS-CoV-2 fails to antagonize these host defense pathways, which contrasts with other coronaviruses, the IFN signaling response is generally weak. These host-virus interactions may contribute to the unique pathogenesis of SARS-CoV-2.

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UpdateOf: bioRxiv. 2020 Nov 02;:. - PMID 32995797

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2021

Erschienen:

2021

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:118

Enthalten in:

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 118(2021), 16 vom: 20. Apr.

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Li, Yize [VerfasserIn]
Renner, David M [VerfasserIn]
Comar, Courtney E [VerfasserIn]
Whelan, Jillian N [VerfasserIn]
Reyes, Hanako M [VerfasserIn]
Cardenas-Diaz, Fabian Leonardo [VerfasserIn]
Truitt, Rachel [VerfasserIn]
Tan, Li Hui [VerfasserIn]
Dong, Beihua [VerfasserIn]
Alysandratos, Konstantinos Dionysios [VerfasserIn]
Huang, Jessie [VerfasserIn]
Palmer, James N [VerfasserIn]
Adappa, Nithin D [VerfasserIn]
Kohanski, Michael A [VerfasserIn]
Kotton, Darrell N [VerfasserIn]
Silverman, Robert H [VerfasserIn]
Yang, Wenli [VerfasserIn]
Morrisey, Edward E [VerfasserIn]
Cohen, Noam A [VerfasserIn]
Weiss, Susan R [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

2-5A-dependent ribonuclease
EC 2.7.11.1
EC 3.1.-
EC 3.1.26.-
EIF-2 Kinase
Endoribonucleases
Interferon
Interferon signaling genes
Journal Article
OAS-RNase L
PKR
RNA, Double-Stranded
Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.
SARS-CoV-2

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Date Completed 13.04.2021

Date Revised 12.07.2023

published: Print

UpdateOf: bioRxiv. 2020 Nov 02;:. - PMID 32995797

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1073/pnas.2022643118

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM323666663