An engineered A549 cell line expressing CD13 and TMPRSS2 is permissive to clinical isolate of human coronavirus 229E

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The lack of suitable in vitro culture model has hampered research on wild-type (WT) human coronaviruses. While 3D tissue or organ cultures have been instrumental for this purpose, such models are challenging, time-consuming, expensive and require extensive cell culture adaptation and directed evolution. Consequently, high-throughput applications are beyond reach in most cases. Here we developed a robust A549 cell line permissive to a human coronavirus 229E (HCoV-229E) clinical isolate by transducing CD13 and transmembrane serine protease 2 (TMPRSS2), henceforth referred to as A549++ cells. This modification allowed for productive infection, and a more detailed analysis showed that the virus might use the TMPRSS2-dependent pathway but can still bypass this pathway using cathepsin-mediated endocytosis. Overall, our data showed that A549++ cells are permissive to HCoV-229E clinical isolate, and applicable for further studies on HCoV-229E infectiology. Moreover, this line constitutes a uniform platform for studies on multiple members of the Coronaviridae family.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:588

Enthalten in:

Virology - 588(2023) vom: 01. Nov., Seite 109889

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Lie, Laurensius Kevin [VerfasserIn]
Synowiec, Aleksandra [VerfasserIn]
Mazur, Jedrzej [VerfasserIn]
Rabalski, Lukasz [VerfasserIn]
Pyrć, Krzysztof [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

229E
A549
CD13
Cathepsins
EC 3.4.-
EC 3.4.21.-
Human coronavirus
Journal Article
Lentiviral transduction
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Serine Endopeptidases
TMPRSS2
TMPRSS2 protein, human

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Date Completed 13.11.2023

Date Revised 13.11.2023

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.virol.2023.109889

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM362739404