Project description:This dataset looks at the transcriptome of in vitro-differentiated primary lung cells infected with SARS-CoV2. Some cells have been treated with the drug Enzalutamide.
Project description:The Angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE2) receptor is the central entry point for SARS-Cov2. Several SAR-Cov2 substrains have developed mutations in their spike protein to maximize their use of ACE2, e.g. to strengthen ACE2 binding for increased uptake or adapt to specific amino acid properties of ACE2 to cross the species barrier. But little is known about the effect of host regulators on ACE2 and subsequently their impact on SARS-Cov2 infection. Here we identify the E3 ligase MDM2 as a ACE2 modulator. The knockout of MDM2 induced a strong pro-viral effect specific for SARS-Cov2 and we could see the increase of ACE2 levels. This effect is likely dependent on the ubiquitination site Lysine 788, which MDM2 uses to induce proteasomal degradation of ACE2. Substituting this amino acid led to increased ACE2 levels and increased SARS-CoV2 infection facilitated by enhanced SARS-Cov2 uptake.
Project description:RNA-Seq was carried out in order to obtain the time dependent expression dynamics of SARS-CoV2 (Trondheim strain)-induced transcriptome changes in human lung epithelial Calu-3 cells.
Project description:Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) causes coronavirus diseases 2019 (COVID-19) and broncho-alveolar inflammation (Merad and Martin, 2020). IL-9 induces airway inflammation and bronchial hyper responsiveness in respiratory viral illnesses and allergic inflammation (Temann et al., 1998). However, the role of IL-9 is not yet identified in SARS-CoV2 infection. Here we show that IL-9 promotes SARS-CoV2 infection and airway inflammation in K18-hACE2 transgenic (ACE2.Tg) mice, as IL-9 blockade reduces SARS-CoV2 infection and suppressed airway inflammation. Foxo1 is essential for the induction of IL-9 in helper T (Th) cells (Malik et al., 2017). While ACE2.Tg mice with Foxo1-deficiency in CD4+ T cells were performed to be resistant to SARS-CoV2 infection associated with reduced IL-9 production, exogenous IL-9 made Foxo1-deficient mice susceptible to SARS-CoV2 infection with increased airway inflammation. Collectively, we identify a mechanistic insight of IL-9-mediated regulation of antiviral and inflammatory pathways in SARS-CoV2 infection, and unravel a principle for the development of host-directed therapeutics to mitigate disease severity.
Project description:This dataset looks at the transcriptome of in vitro-differentiated primary lung cells during an infection time course of SARS-CoV2. Some cells have been treated with the drug Enzalutamide. Cells from one man and one female were mixed to minimize the technical variability, and can be separated by SNPs (SNPs not included, but the calculated cell-donor associations are provided).
Project description:RNAseq analysis of human immune cells (monocytes CD14+ and B cells CD19+) cocultured with SARS-CoV2, influenza A or Ebola viruses-infected epithelial cells as well as directly infected or SARS-CoV2 single protein transfected epithelial cells