Experimental and natural evidence of SARS-CoV-2-infection-induced activation of type I interferon responses

© 2021 The Author(s)..

Type I interferons (IFNs) are our first line of defense against virus infection. Recent studies have suggested the ability of SARS-CoV-2 proteins to inhibit IFN responses. Emerging data also suggest that timing and extent of IFN production is associated with manifestation of COVID-19 severity. In spite of progress in understanding how SARS-CoV-2 activates antiviral responses, mechanistic studies into wild-type SARS-CoV-2-mediated induction and inhibition of human type I IFN responses are scarce. Here we demonstrate that SARS-CoV-2 infection induces a type I IFN response in vitro and in moderate cases of COVID-19. In vitro stimulation of type I IFN expression and signaling in human airway epithelial cells is associated with activation of canonical transcriptions factors, and SARS-CoV-2 is unable to inhibit exogenous induction of these responses. Furthermore, we show that physiological levels of IFNα detected in patients with moderate COVID-19 is sufficient to suppress SARS-CoV-2 replication in human airway cells.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2021

Erschienen:

2021

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:24

Enthalten in:

iScience - 24(2021), 5 vom: 21. Mai, Seite 102477

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Banerjee, Arinjay [VerfasserIn]
El-Sayes, Nader [VerfasserIn]
Budylowski, Patrick [VerfasserIn]
Jacob, Rajesh Abraham [VerfasserIn]
Richard, Daniel [VerfasserIn]
Maan, Hassaan [VerfasserIn]
Aguiar, Jennifer A [VerfasserIn]
Demian, Wael L [VerfasserIn]
Baid, Kaushal [VerfasserIn]
D'Agostino, Michael R [VerfasserIn]
Ang, Jann Catherine [VerfasserIn]
Murdza, Tetyana [VerfasserIn]
Tremblay, Benjamin J-M [VerfasserIn]
Afkhami, Sam [VerfasserIn]
Karimzadeh, Mehran [VerfasserIn]
Irving, Aaron T [VerfasserIn]
Yip, Lily [VerfasserIn]
Ostrowski, Mario [VerfasserIn]
Hirota, Jeremy A [VerfasserIn]
Kozak, Robert [VerfasserIn]
Capellini, Terence D [VerfasserIn]
Miller, Matthew S [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Bo [VerfasserIn]
Mubareka, Samira [VerfasserIn]
McGeer, Allison J [VerfasserIn]
McArthur, Andrew G [VerfasserIn]
Doxey, Andrew C [VerfasserIn]
Mossman, Karen [VerfasserIn]

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Immunology
Journal Article
Virology

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Date Revised 04.06.2021

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.isci.2021.102477

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NLM324908318