SARS-CoV-2 receptor is co-expressed with elements of the kinin-kallikrein, renin-angiotensin and coagulation systems in alveolar cells

Abstract SARS-CoV-2, the pathogenic agent of COVID-19, employs angiotensin converting enzyme-2 (ACE2) as its cell entry receptor. Clinical data reveal that in severe COVID-19, SARS-CoV-2 infects the lung, leading to a frequently lethal triad of respiratory insufficiency, acute cardiovascular failure, and coagulopathy. Physiologically, ACE2 plays a role in the regulation of three systems that could potentially be involved in the pathogenesis of severe COVID-19: the kinin-kallikrein system, resulting in acute lung inflammatory edema; the renin-angiotensin system, promoting cardiovascular instability; and the coagulation system, leading to thromboembolism. Here we analyzed ~130,000 human lung single-cell transcriptomes and show that key elements of the kinin-kallikrein, renin-angiotensin and coagulation systems are co-expressed with ACE2 in alveolar cells, which could explain how changes in ACE2 promoted by SARS- CoV-2 cell entry result in the development of the three most severe clinical components of COVID-19..

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Preprint

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

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bioRxiv.org - (2024) vom: 30. Apr. Zur Gesamtaufnahme - year:2024

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Sidarta-Oliveira, Davi [VerfasserIn]
Jara, Carlos Poblete [VerfasserIn]
Ferruzzi, Adriano J. [VerfasserIn]
Skaf, Munir S. [VerfasserIn]
Velander, William H. [VerfasserIn]
Araujo, Eliana P. [VerfasserIn]
Velloso, Licio A. [VerfasserIn]

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570
Biology

doi:

10.1101/2020.06.02.20120634

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XBI018073654