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- Appelberg, Sofia, et al.
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Dysregulation in Akt/mTOR/HIF-1 signaling identified by proteo-transcriptomics of SARS-CoV-2 infected cells
- 2020
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In: Emerging Microbes & Infections. - : Informa UK Limited. - 2222-1751. ; 9:1, s. 1748-1760
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- How severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) infections engage cellular host pathways and innate immunity in infected cells remains largely elusive. We performed an integrative proteo-transcriptomics analysis in SARS-CoV-2 infected Huh7 cells to map the cellular response to the invading virus over time. We identified four pathways, ErbB, HIF-1, mTOR and TNF signaling, among others that were markedly modulated during the course of the SARS-CoV-2 infection in vitro. Western blot validation of the downstream effector molecules of these pathways revealed a dose-dependent activation of Akt, mTOR, S6K1 and 4E-BP1 at 24 hours post infection (hpi). However, we found a significant inhibition of HIF-1α through 24hpi and 48hpi of the infection, suggesting a crosstalk between the SARS-CoV-2 and the Akt/mTOR/HIF-1 signaling pathways. Inhibition of the mTOR signaling pathway using Akt inhibitor MK-2206 showed a significant reduction in virus production. Further investigations are required to better understand the molecular sequelae in order to guide potential therapy in the management of severe coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) patients.
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- Chen, Xi, et al.
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Type-I interferon signatures in SARS-CoV-2 infected Huh7 cells
- 2021
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In: Cell Death Discovery. - : Springer Nature. - 2058-7716. ; 7:1
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) that causes Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has caused a global health emergency. A key feature of COVID-19 is dysregulated interferon-response. Type-I interferon (IFN-I) is one of the earliest antiviral innate immune responses following viral infection and plays a significant role in the pathogenesis of SARS-CoV-2. In this study, using a proteomics-based approach, we identified that SARS-CoV-2 infection induces delayed and dysregulated IFN-I signaling in Huh7 cells. We demonstrate that SARS-CoV-2 is able to inhibit RIG-I mediated IFN-β production. Our results also confirm the recent findings that IFN-I pretreatment is able to reduce the susceptibility of Huh7 cells to SARS-CoV-2, but not post-treatment. Moreover, senescent Huh7 cells, in spite of showing accentuated IFN-I response were more susceptible to SARS-CoV-2 infection, and the virus effectively inhibited IFIT1 in these cells. Finally, proteomic comparison between SARS-CoV-2, SARS-CoV, and MERS-CoV revealed a distinct differential regulatory signature of interferon-related proteins emphasizing that therapeutic strategies based on observations in SARS-CoV and MERS-CoV should be used with caution. Our findings provide a better understanding of SARS-CoV-2 regulation of cellular interferon response and a perspective on its use as a treatment. Investigation of different interferon-stimulated genes and their role in the inhibition of SARS-CoV-2 pathogenesis may direct novel antiviral strategies.
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- Krishnan, Shuba, et al.
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Metabolic Perturbation Associated With COVID-19 Disease Severity and SARS-CoV-2 Replication
- 2021
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In: Molecular & Cellular Proteomics. - : Elsevier BV. - 1535-9476 .- 1535-9484. ; 20
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- Viruses hijack host metabolic pathways for their replicative advantage. In this study, using patient-derived multiomics data and in vitro infection assays, we aimed to understand the role of key metabolic pathways that can regulate severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 reproduction and their association with disease severity. We used multiomics platforms (targeted and untargeted proteomics and untargeted metabolomics) on patient samples and cell-line models along with immune phenotyping of metabolite transporters in patient blood cells to understand viral-induced metabolic modulations. We also modulated key metabolic pathways that were identified using multiomics data to regulate the viral reproduction in vitro. Coronavirus disease 2019 disease severity was characterized by increased plasma glucose and mannose levels. Immune phenotyping identified altered expression patterns of carbohydrate transporter, glucose transporter 1, in CD8+ T cells, intermediate and nonclassical monocytes, and amino acid transporter, xCT, in classical, intermediate, and nonclassical monocytes. In in vitro lung epithelial cell (Calu-3) infection model, we found that glycolysis and glutaminolysis are essential for virus replication, and blocking these metabolic pathways caused significant reduction in virus production. Taken together, we therefore hypothesized that severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 utilizes and rewires pathways governing central carbon metabolism leading to the efflux of toxic metabolites and associated with disease severity. Thus, the host metabolic perturbation could be an attractive strategy to limit the viral replication and disease severity.
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- Saccon, Elisa, et al.
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Cell-type-resolved quantitative proteomics map of interferon response against SARS-CoV-2
- 2021
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In: iScience. - : Elsevier. - 2589-0042. ; 24:5
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- The commonly used laboratory cell lines are the first line of experimental models to study the pathogenicity and performing antiviral assays for emerging viruses. Here, we assessed the tropism and cytopathogenicity of the first Swedish isolate of SARS-CoV-2 in six different human cell lines, compared their growth characteristics, and performed quantitative proteomics for the susceptible cell lines. Overall, Calu-3, Caco2, Huh7, and 293FT cell lines showed a high-to-moderate level of susceptibility to SARS-CoV-2. In Caco2 cells, the virus can achieve high titers in the absence of any prominent cytopathic effect. The protein abundance profile during SARS-CoV-2 infection revealed cell-type-specific regulation of cellular pathways. Type-I interferon signaling was identified as the common dysregulated cellular response in Caco2, Calu-3, and Huh7 cells. Together, our data show cell-type specific variability for cytopathogenicity, susceptibility, and cellular response to SARS-CoV-2 and provide important clues to guide future studies.
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