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Public on Dec 13, 2021 |
| Title |
Differential effect of SARS-CoV-2 spike glycoprotein 1 on human bronchial and alveolar lung mucosa models: Implications on pathogenicity. |
| Organism |
Homo sapiens |
| Experiment type |
Expression profiling by high throughput sequencing
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| Summary |
The SARS-CoV-2 spike protein mediates attachment of the virus to host cell receptor and fusion between the virus and cell membrane. The S1 subunit of the spike glycoprotein (S1 protein) contains the angiotensin converting enzyme 2 (ACE2) receptor binding domain. The SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern contain mutations in the S1 subunit. The spike protein is the primary target of neutralizing antibodies generated following infection and constitutes the viral component of mRNA based COVID-19 vaccines. Therefore, in this work we assessed the effect of exposure (24 hours) of 10 nM SARS-CoV-2 recombinant S1 protein on physiologically relevant human bronchial (bro) and alveolar (alv) lung mucosa models cultured at air-liquid interface (ALI) (n=6/experimental group). Corresponding sham exposed samples served as control. The bro-ALI model was developed using primary bronchial epithelial cells and the alv-ALI model using representative type II pneumocytes. Exposure of S1 protein induced the surface expression of ACE2, toll like receptor (TLR) 2, and TLR4 in both bro-ALI and alv-ALI models. Transcript expression analysis identified 117 (bro-ALI) and 97 (alv-ALI) differentially regulated genes (p< 0.01). Pathway analysis revealed enriched terms as specific as COVID-19, interferon (IFN) signaling, influenza, Corona virus, anti-viral response in the bro-ALI. Secreted levels of Interleukin (IL) 4 and IL12 were significantly (p<0.05; non-parametric) increased whereas IL6 decreased in the bro-ALI. In case of alv-ALI, enriched terms involving p53, APRIL, tight junction, integrin kinase, IL1 signaling were identified. These terms are associated with lung fibrosis. Further, significantly (p<0.05; non-parametric) increased levels of secreted pro-inflammatory cytokines IFNγ, IL1ꞵ, IL2, IL4, IL6, IL8, IL10, IL12, IL13, and tumor necrosis factor alpha were detected in alv-ALI. Altered levels of these cytokines are also associated with lung fibrotic response. Taken together, we observed a typical anti-viral response in the bronchial model whereas a pro-fibrotic response in the alveolar model. Therefore the bro-ALI and alv-ALI models may serve as an easy and robust platform for assessing the pathogenicity of variants of concern at different lung regions.
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| Overall design |
Human bronchial and alveolar lung mucosa models cultured at air-liquid interface were treated with SARS-CoV-2 recombinant S1 protein or controls
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| Contributor(s) |
Rahman M, Irmler M, Keshavan S, Introna M, Beckers J, Palmberg L, Johanson G, Ganguly K, Upadhyay S |
| Citation(s) |
34960806 |
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| Submission date |
Oct 11, 2021 |
| Last update date |
Dec 29, 2021 |
| Contact name |
Johannes Beckers |
| E-mail(s) |
johannes.beckers@helmholtz-munich.de
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| Organization name |
Helmholtz Zentrum Muenchen
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| Department |
Institute of Experimental Genetics
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| Street address |
Ingolstaedter Landstr. 1
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Neuherberg |
| ZIP/Postal code |
85764 |
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Germany |
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| Platforms (1) |
| GPL18573 |
Illumina NextSeq 500 (Homo sapiens) |
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| Samples (24)
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| Relations |
| BioProject |
PRJNA770335 |
| SRA |
SRP340840 |
| Supplementary file |
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| GSE185657_RAW.tar |
3.9 Mb |
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SRA Run Selector |
| Raw data are available in SRA |
| Processed data provided as supplementary file |
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