COVID-19 : Multiorgan Dissemination of SARS-CoV-2 Is Driven by Pulmonary Factors

Multi-organ failure is one of the common causes of fatal outcome in COVID-19 patients. However, the pathogenetic association of the SARS-CoV-2 viral load (VL) level with fatal dysfunctions of the lungs, liver, kidneys, heart, spleen and brain, as well as with the risk of death in COVID-19 patients remains poorly understood. SARS-CoV-2 VL in the lungs, heart, liver, kidneys, brain, spleen and lymph nodes have been measured by RT qPCR using the following formula: NSARS-CoV-2/NABL1 × 100. Dissemination of SARS-CoV-2 in 30.5% of cases was mono-organ, and in 63.9% of cases, it was multi-organ. The average SARS-CoV-2 VL in the exudative phase of diffuse alveolar damage (DAD) was 60 times higher than in the proliferative phase. The SARS-CoV-2 VL in the lungs ranged from 0 to 250,281 copies. The "pulmonary factors" of SARS-CoV-2 multi-organ dissemination are the high level of SARS-CoV-2 VL (≥4909) and the exudative phase of DAD. The frequency of SARS-CoV-2 dissemination to lymph nodes was 86.9%, heart-56.5%, spleen-52.2%, liver-47.8%, kidney-26%, and brain-13%. We found no link between the SARS-CoV-2 VL level in the liver, kidneys, and heart and the serum level of CPK, LDH, ALP, ALT, AST and Cr of COVID-19 patients. Isolated detection of SARS-CoV-2 RNA in the myocardium of COVID-19 patients who died from heart failure is possible. The pathogenesis of COVID-19-associated multi-organ failure requires further research in a larger cohort of patients.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2021

Erschienen:

2021

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:14

Enthalten in:

Viruses - 14(2021), 1 vom: 26. Dez.

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Odilov, Akmaljon [VerfasserIn]
Volkov, Alexey [VerfasserIn]
Abdullaev, Adhamjon [VerfasserIn]
Gasanova, Tatiana [VerfasserIn]
Lipina, Tatiana [VerfasserIn]
Babichenko, Igor [VerfasserIn]

Links:

Volltext

Themen:

COVID-19
FFPE
Journal Article
Multi-organ dissemination
Multiplex real-time polymerase chain reaction
RNA, Viral
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
SARS-CoV-2
Viral Proteins
Viral load

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 03.02.2022

Date Revised 03.02.2022

published: Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.3390/v14010039

funding:

Förderinstitution / Projekttitel:

PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM335968333