Correlative Multi-scale Cryo-imaging Unveils SARS-CoV-2 Assembly and Egress

Abstract Since the outbreak of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic, there have been intense structural studies on purified recombinant viral components and inactivated viruses. However, structural and ultrastructural evidence on how the SARS-CoV-2 infection progresses in the frozen-hydrated native cellular context is scarce, and there is a lack of comprehensive knowledge on the SARS-CoV-2 replicative cycle. To correlate the cytopathic events induced by SARS-CoV-2 with virus replication process under the frozen-hydrated condition, here we established a unique multi-modal, multi-scale cryo-correlative platform to image SARS-CoV-2 infection in Vero cells. This platform combines serial cryoFIB/SEM volume imaging and soft X-ray cryo-tomography with cell lamellae-based cryo-electron tomography (cryoET) and subtomogram averaging. The results place critical SARS-CoV-2 structural events – e.g. viral RNA transport portals on double membrane vesicles, virus assembly and budding intermediates, virus egress pathways, and native virus spike structures from intracellular assembled and extracellular released virus - in the context of whole-cell images. The latter revealed numerous heterogeneous cytoplasmic vesicles, the formation of membrane tunnels through which viruses exit, and the drastic cytoplasm invasion into the nucleus. This integrated approach allows a holistic view of SARS-CoV-2 infection, from the whole cell to individual molecules..

Medienart:

Preprint

Erscheinungsjahr:

2022

Erschienen:

2022

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ResearchSquare.com - (2022) vom: 29. Juli Zur Gesamtaufnahme - year:2022

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Zhang, Peijun [VerfasserIn]
Mendonca, Luiza [VerfasserIn]
Howe, Andrew [VerfasserIn]
Gilchrist, James [VerfasserIn]
Sun, Dapeng [VerfasserIn]
Knight, Michael [VerfasserIn]
Zanetti-Domingues, Laura [VerfasserIn]
Bateman, Benji [VerfasserIn]
Krebs, Anna-Sophia [VerfasserIn]
Chen, Long [VerfasserIn]
Radecke, Julika [VerfasserIn]
Sheng, Yuewen [VerfasserIn]
Li, Vivian [VerfasserIn]
Ni, Tao [VerfasserIn]
Kounatidis, Ilias [VerfasserIn]
Koronfel, Mohamed [VerfasserIn]
Szynkiewicz, Marta [VerfasserIn]
Harkiolaki, Maria [VerfasserIn]
Martin-Fernandez, Marisa [VerfasserIn]
James, William [VerfasserIn]

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Biology

doi:

10.21203/rs.3.rs-134794/v1

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

XRA033437769