Lung Cancer Models Reveal Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2-Induced Epithelial-to-Mesenchymal Transition Contributes to Coronavirus Disease 2019 Pathophysiology

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INTRODUCTION: Coronavirus disease 2019 is an infectious disease caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), which enters host cells through the cell surface proteins ACE2 and TMPRSS2.

METHODS: Using a variety of normal and malignant models and tissues from the aerodigestive and respiratory tracts, we investigated the expression and regulation of ACE2 and TMPRSS2.

RESULTS: We find that ACE2 expression is restricted to a select population of epithelial cells. Notably, infection with SARS-CoV-2 in cancer cell lines, bronchial organoids, and patient nasal epithelium induces metabolic and transcriptional changes consistent with epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition (EMT), including up-regulation of ZEB1 and AXL, resulting in an increased EMT score. In addition, a transcriptional loss of genes associated with tight junction function occurs with SARS-CoV-2 infection. The SARS-CoV-2 receptor, ACE2, is repressed by EMT through the transforming growth factor-β, ZEB1 overexpression, and onset of EGFR tyrosine kinase inhibitor resistance. This suggests a novel model of SARS-CoV-2 pathogenesis in which infected cells shift toward an increasingly mesenchymal state, associated with a loss of tight junction components with acute respiratory distress syndrome-protective effects. AXL inhibition and ZEB1 reduction, as with bemcentinib, offer a potential strategy to reverse this effect.

CONCLUSIONS: These observations highlight the use of aerodigestive and, especially, lung cancer model systems in exploring the pathogenesis of SARS-CoV-2 and other respiratory viruses and offer important insights into the potential mechanisms underlying the morbidity and mortality of coronavirus disease 2019 in healthy patients and patients with cancer alike.

Errataetall:

UpdateOf: bioRxiv. 2021 Jan 28;:. - PMID 32577652

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2021

Erschienen:

2021

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:16

Enthalten in:

Journal of thoracic oncology : official publication of the International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer - 16(2021), 11 vom: 01. Nov., Seite 1821-1839

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Stewart, C Allison [VerfasserIn]
Gay, Carl M [VerfasserIn]
Ramkumar, Kavya [VerfasserIn]
Cargill, Kasey R [VerfasserIn]
Cardnell, Robert J [VerfasserIn]
Nilsson, Monique B [VerfasserIn]
Heeke, Simon [VerfasserIn]
Park, Elizabeth M [VerfasserIn]
Kundu, Samrat T [VerfasserIn]
Diao, Lixia [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Qi [VerfasserIn]
Shen, Li [VerfasserIn]
Xi, Yuanxin [VerfasserIn]
Zhang, Bingnan [VerfasserIn]
Della Corte, Carminia Maria [VerfasserIn]
Fan, Youhong [VerfasserIn]
Kundu, Kiran [VerfasserIn]
Gao, Boning [VerfasserIn]
Avila, Kimberley [VerfasserIn]
Pickering, Curtis R [VerfasserIn]
Johnson, Faye M [VerfasserIn]
Zhang, Jianjun [VerfasserIn]
Kadara, Humam [VerfasserIn]
Minna, John D [VerfasserIn]
Gibbons, Don L [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Jing [VerfasserIn]
Heymach, John V [VerfasserIn]
Byers, Lauren Averett [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

ACE2
AXL
EC 3.4.15.1
EMT
Journal Article
NSCLC
Peptidyl-Dipeptidase A
Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
SARS-CoV-2
ZEB1

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Date Completed 03.11.2021

Date Revised 14.02.2024

published: Print-Electronic

UpdateOf: bioRxiv. 2021 Jan 28;:. - PMID 32577652

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.jtho.2021.07.002

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM328198773