Single-cell longitudinal analysis of SARS-CoV-2 infection in human airway epithelium identifies target cells, alterations in gene expression, and cell state changes.

There are currently limited Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-approved drugs and vaccines for the treatment or prevention of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19). Enhanced understanding of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection and pathogenesis is critical for the dev...

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Main Authors: Neal G Ravindra, Mia Madel Alfajaro, Victor Gasque, Nicholas C Huston, Han Wan, Klara Szigeti-Buck, Yuki Yasumoto, Allison M Greaney, Victoria Habet, Ryan D Chow, Jennifer S Chen, Jin Wei, Renata B Filler, Bao Wang, Guilin Wang, Laura E Niklason, Ruth R Montgomery, Stephanie C Eisenbarth, Sidi Chen, Adam Williams, Akiko Iwasaki, Tamas L Horvath, Ellen F Foxman, Richard W Pierce, Anna Marie Pyle, David van Dijk, Craig B Wilen
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Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2021-03-01
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Online Access:https://journals.plos.org/plosbiology/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pbio.3001143&type=printable
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author Neal G Ravindra
Mia Madel Alfajaro
Victor Gasque
Nicholas C Huston
Han Wan
Klara Szigeti-Buck
Yuki Yasumoto
Allison M Greaney
Victoria Habet
Ryan D Chow
Jennifer S Chen
Jin Wei
Renata B Filler
Bao Wang
Guilin Wang
Laura E Niklason
Ruth R Montgomery
Stephanie C Eisenbarth
Sidi Chen
Adam Williams
Akiko Iwasaki
Tamas L Horvath
Ellen F Foxman
Richard W Pierce
Anna Marie Pyle
David van Dijk
Craig B Wilen
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Mia Madel Alfajaro
Victor Gasque
Nicholas C Huston
Han Wan
Klara Szigeti-Buck
Yuki Yasumoto
Allison M Greaney
Victoria Habet
Ryan D Chow
Jennifer S Chen
Jin Wei
Renata B Filler
Bao Wang
Guilin Wang
Laura E Niklason
Ruth R Montgomery
Stephanie C Eisenbarth
Sidi Chen
Adam Williams
Akiko Iwasaki
Tamas L Horvath
Ellen F Foxman
Richard W Pierce
Anna Marie Pyle
David van Dijk
Craig B Wilen
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description There are currently limited Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-approved drugs and vaccines for the treatment or prevention of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19). Enhanced understanding of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection and pathogenesis is critical for the development of therapeutics. To provide insight into viral replication, cell tropism, and host-viral interactions of SARS-CoV-2, we performed single-cell (sc) RNA sequencing (RNA-seq) of experimentally infected human bronchial epithelial cells (HBECs) in air-liquid interface (ALI) cultures over a time course. This revealed novel polyadenylated viral transcripts and highlighted ciliated cells as a major target at the onset of infection, which we confirmed by electron and immunofluorescence microscopy. Over the course of infection, the cell tropism of SARS-CoV-2 expands to other epithelial cell types including basal and club cells. Infection induces cell-intrinsic expression of type I and type III interferons (IFNs) and interleukin (IL)-6 but not IL-1. This results in expression of interferon-stimulated genes (ISGs) in both infected and bystander cells. This provides a detailed characterization of genes, cell types, and cell state changes associated with SARS-CoV-2 infection in the human airway.
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spelling doaj-art-953d8b25aa2b462bb1a23148fd6012d72025-08-20T02:18:15ZengPublic Library of Science (PLoS)PLoS Biology1544-91731545-78852021-03-01193e300114310.1371/journal.pbio.3001143Single-cell longitudinal analysis of SARS-CoV-2 infection in human airway epithelium identifies target cells, alterations in gene expression, and cell state changes.Neal G RavindraMia Madel AlfajaroVictor GasqueNicholas C HustonHan WanKlara Szigeti-BuckYuki YasumotoAllison M GreaneyVictoria HabetRyan D ChowJennifer S ChenJin WeiRenata B FillerBao WangGuilin WangLaura E NiklasonRuth R MontgomeryStephanie C EisenbarthSidi ChenAdam WilliamsAkiko IwasakiTamas L HorvathEllen F FoxmanRichard W PierceAnna Marie PyleDavid van DijkCraig B WilenThere are currently limited Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-approved drugs and vaccines for the treatment or prevention of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19). Enhanced understanding of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection and pathogenesis is critical for the development of therapeutics. To provide insight into viral replication, cell tropism, and host-viral interactions of SARS-CoV-2, we performed single-cell (sc) RNA sequencing (RNA-seq) of experimentally infected human bronchial epithelial cells (HBECs) in air-liquid interface (ALI) cultures over a time course. This revealed novel polyadenylated viral transcripts and highlighted ciliated cells as a major target at the onset of infection, which we confirmed by electron and immunofluorescence microscopy. Over the course of infection, the cell tropism of SARS-CoV-2 expands to other epithelial cell types including basal and club cells. Infection induces cell-intrinsic expression of type I and type III interferons (IFNs) and interleukin (IL)-6 but not IL-1. This results in expression of interferon-stimulated genes (ISGs) in both infected and bystander cells. This provides a detailed characterization of genes, cell types, and cell state changes associated with SARS-CoV-2 infection in the human airway.https://journals.plos.org/plosbiology/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pbio.3001143&type=printable
spellingShingle Neal G Ravindra
Mia Madel Alfajaro
Victor Gasque
Nicholas C Huston
Han Wan
Klara Szigeti-Buck
Yuki Yasumoto
Allison M Greaney
Victoria Habet
Ryan D Chow
Jennifer S Chen
Jin Wei
Renata B Filler
Bao Wang
Guilin Wang
Laura E Niklason
Ruth R Montgomery
Stephanie C Eisenbarth
Sidi Chen
Adam Williams
Akiko Iwasaki
Tamas L Horvath
Ellen F Foxman
Richard W Pierce
Anna Marie Pyle
David van Dijk
Craig B Wilen
Single-cell longitudinal analysis of SARS-CoV-2 infection in human airway epithelium identifies target cells, alterations in gene expression, and cell state changes.
PLoS Biology
title Single-cell longitudinal analysis of SARS-CoV-2 infection in human airway epithelium identifies target cells, alterations in gene expression, and cell state changes.
title_full Single-cell longitudinal analysis of SARS-CoV-2 infection in human airway epithelium identifies target cells, alterations in gene expression, and cell state changes.
title_fullStr Single-cell longitudinal analysis of SARS-CoV-2 infection in human airway epithelium identifies target cells, alterations in gene expression, and cell state changes.
title_full_unstemmed Single-cell longitudinal analysis of SARS-CoV-2 infection in human airway epithelium identifies target cells, alterations in gene expression, and cell state changes.
title_short Single-cell longitudinal analysis of SARS-CoV-2 infection in human airway epithelium identifies target cells, alterations in gene expression, and cell state changes.
title_sort single cell longitudinal analysis of sars cov 2 infection in human airway epithelium identifies target cells alterations in gene expression and cell state changes
url https://journals.plos.org/plosbiology/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pbio.3001143&type=printable
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