Project description:The natural host of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) remains elusive. A panel of SARS-CoV-2-related coronaviruses have been identified in pangolins, while the infectivity and pathogenicity of these pangolin-origin coronaviruses (pCoV) to human remains largely unknown. Herein, we comprehensively characterized the infectivity and pathogenicity of pCoV-GD01, the most closest pCoV to SARS-CoV-2, in human cells, human tracheal epithelium organoids, and established animal models in comparision with. The results show that pCoV-GD01 showed similar infectivity to SARS-CoV-2 in human cells and organoids. Remarkably, intranasal inoculation of pCoV-GD01 caused severe lung pathological damage in hACE2 mice, and could establish efficient transmission among co-caged hamsters. Interestingly, in-depth antigenic analysis and animal heterologous challenge experiments demonstrate that pre-existing immunity induced by SARS-CoV-2 infection or vaccination was sufficient to provide cross-protection against pCoV-GD01 challenge. These collective results highlight the potential risk of persistent spillover from animal hosts like the pangolin, and the COVID-19 pandemic and massive vaccination have reduced the possibility of pCoVs circulation in mankind.
Project description:Set of microarray experiments used to identify an unknown coronavirus in a viral culture derived from a patient with SARS. March 2003. Keywords = SARS Keywords = coronavirus Keywords = viral discovery Keywords = viruses Keywords = respiratory infection
Project description:Impaired type I interferon (IFN) responses are predictive of severe disease during pulmonary coronavirus infection. Insufficient IFN-responsiveness is associated with viremia and hypercytokinemia, however the resolution of IFN-dependent innate immune responses in the lungs remains limited. Here, we aimed to elucidate the early dynamics of antiviral immunity and define the IFN-dependent mechanisms limiting viral spread during pulmonary infection with the murine coronavirus A59 (M-CoV-A59), a beta-coronavirus. Combining high-resolution transcriptomic analysis and genetic attenuation of interferon signaling, we delineated IFN-dependent cell-intrinsic and population-based transcriptional changes that determined viral replication and inflammatory maturation, respectively.