A cohort autopsy study defines COVID-19 systemic pathogenesis

© 2021. The Author(s)..

Severe COVID-19 disease caused by SARS-CoV-2 is frequently accompanied by dysfunction of the lungs and extrapulmonary organs. However, the organotropism of SARS-CoV-2 and the port of virus entry for systemic dissemination remain largely unknown. We profiled 26 COVID-19 autopsy cases from four cohorts in Wuhan, China, and determined the systemic distribution of SARS-CoV-2. SARS-CoV-2 was detected in the lungs and multiple extrapulmonary organs of critically ill COVID-19 patients up to 67 days after symptom onset. Based on organotropism and pathological features of the patients, COVID-19 was divided into viral intrapulmonary and systemic subtypes. In patients with systemic viral distribution, SARS-CoV-2 was detected in monocytes, macrophages, and vascular endothelia at blood-air barrier, blood-testis barrier, and filtration barrier. Critically ill patients with long disease duration showed decreased pulmonary cell proliferation, reduced viral RNA, and marked fibrosis in the lungs. Permanent SARS-CoV-2 presence and tissue injuries in the lungs and extrapulmonary organs suggest direct viral invasion as a mechanism of pathogenicity in critically ill patients. SARS-CoV-2 may hijack monocytes, macrophages, and vascular endothelia at physiological barriers as the ports of entry for systemic dissemination. Our study thus delineates systemic pathological features of SARS-CoV-2 infection, which sheds light on the development of novel COVID-19 treatment.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2021

Erschienen:

2021

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:31

Enthalten in:

Cell research - 31(2021), 8 vom: 16. Aug., Seite 836-846

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Yao, Xiao-Hong [VerfasserIn]
Luo, Tao [VerfasserIn]
Shi, Yu [VerfasserIn]
He, Zhi-Cheng [VerfasserIn]
Tang, Rui [VerfasserIn]
Zhang, Pei-Pei [VerfasserIn]
Cai, Jun [VerfasserIn]
Zhou, Xiang-Dong [VerfasserIn]
Jiang, Dong-Po [VerfasserIn]
Fei, Xiao-Chun [VerfasserIn]
Huang, Xue-Quan [VerfasserIn]
Zhao, Lei [VerfasserIn]
Zhang, Heng [VerfasserIn]
Wu, Hai-Bo [VerfasserIn]
Ren, Yong [VerfasserIn]
Liu, Zhen-Hua [VerfasserIn]
Zhang, Hua-Rong [VerfasserIn]
Chen, Cong [VerfasserIn]
Fu, Wen-Juan [VerfasserIn]
Li, Heng [VerfasserIn]
Xia, Xin-Yi [VerfasserIn]
Chen, Rong [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Yan [VerfasserIn]
Liu, Xin-Dong [VerfasserIn]
Yin, Chang-Lin [VerfasserIn]
Yan, Ze-Xuan [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Juan [VerfasserIn]
Jing, Rui [VerfasserIn]
Li, Tai-Sheng [VerfasserIn]
Li, Wei-Qin [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Chao-Fu [VerfasserIn]
Ding, Yan-Qing [VerfasserIn]
Mao, Qing [VerfasserIn]
Zhang, Ding-Yu [VerfasserIn]
Zhang, Shu-Yang [VerfasserIn]
Ping, Yi-Fang [VerfasserIn]
Bian, Xiu-Wu [VerfasserIn]

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Journal Article
RNA, Viral
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

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Date Completed 13.08.2021

Date Revised 03.04.2024

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1038/s41422-021-00523-8

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM326830723