The blood-brain barrier is dysregulated in COVID-19 and serves as a CNS route for SARS-CoV-2

被引:162
作者
Krasemann, Susanne [1 ,2 ]
Haferkamp, Undine [3 ,19 ]
Pfefferle, Susanne [4 ,5 ,6 ]
Woo, Marcel S. [7 ]
Heinrich, Fabian [8 ]
Schweizer, Michaela [9 ]
Appelt-Menzel, Antje [10 ,11 ]
Cubukova, Alevtina [11 ]
Barenberg, Janica [3 ,19 ]
Leu, Jennifer [3 ,19 ]
Hartmann, Kristin [1 ,2 ]
Thies, Edda [1 ]
Littau, Jessica Lisa [1 ]
Sepulveda-Falla, Diego [1 ]
Zhang, Liang [12 ]
Ton, Kathy [12 ]
Liang, Yan [12 ]
Matschke, Jakob [1 ]
Ricklefs, Franz [13 ]
Sauvigny, Thomas [13 ]
Sperhake, Jan [8 ]
Fitzek, Antonia [8 ]
Gerhartl, Anna [14 ]
Brachner, Andreas [14 ]
Geiger, Nina [20 ]
Koenig, Eva-Maria [20 ]
Bodem, Jochen [20 ]
Franzenburg, Soren [15 ]
Franke, Andre [15 ]
Moese, Stefan [16 ]
Mueller, Franz-Josef [17 ]
Geisslinger, Gerd [18 ,19 ]
Claussen, Carsten [3 ,19 ]
Kannt, Aimo [18 ,19 ]
Zaliani, Andrea [3 ,19 ]
Gribbon, Philip [3 ,19 ]
Ondruschka, Benjamin [8 ]
Neuhaus, Winfried [14 ]
Friese, Manuel A. [7 ]
Glatzel, Markus [1 ]
Pless, Ole [3 ,19 ]
机构
[1] Univ Med Ctr Hamburg Eppendorf, Inst Neuropathol, D-20246 Hamburg, Germany
[2] Univ Med Ctr Hamburg Eppendorf, Expt Pathol Core Facil, D-20246 Hamburg, Germany
[3] Fraunhofer Inst Translat Med & Pharmacol ITMP, Discovery Res ScreeningPort, D-22525 Hamburg, Germany
[4] Univ Med Ctr Hamburg Eppendorf, Inst Med Microbiol Virol & Hyg, D-20246 Hamburg, Germany
[5] Leibniz Inst Trop Med, Bernhard Nocht Inst, D-20359 Hamburg, Germany
[6] German Ctr Infect Res, Partner Site Hamburg Borstel Lubeck Riems, D-20359 Hamburg, Germany
[7] Univ Med Ctr Hamburg Eppendorf, Inst Neuroimmunol & Multiple Sclerosis, D-20251 Hamburg, Germany
[8] Univ Med Ctr Hamburg Eppendorf, Inst Legal Med, D-20246 Hamburg, Germany
[9] Univ Med Ctr Hamburg Eppendorf, Ctr Mol Neurobiol ZMNH, Morphol & Electron Microscopy Core Facil, D-20251 Hamburg, Germany
[10] Univ Hosp Wuzburg, Chair Tissue Engn & Regenerat Med TERM, D-97070 Wurzburg, Germany
[11] Fraunhofer Inst Silicate Res ISC, Translat Ctr Regenerat Therapies TLC RT, D-97070 Wurzburg, Germany
[12] Nanostring Technol, Seattle, WA 98109 USA
[13] Univ Med Ctr Hamburg Eppendorf, Dept Neurosurg, D-20246 Hamburg, Germany
[14] AIT Austrian Inst Technol GmbH, A-1210 Vienna, Austria
[15] Univ Klinikum Schleswig Holstein, Inst Clin Mol Biol, D-24105 Kiel, Germany
[16] Neurimmune AG, CH-8952 Schlieren, Switzerland
[17] Zentrum Integrat Psychiat ZIP GmbH, Univ Klinikum Schleswig Holstein, D-24105 Kiel, Germany
[18] Fraunhofer Inst Translat Med & Pharmacol ITMP, D-60596 Frankfurt, Germany
[19] Fraunhofer Cluster Excellence Immune Mediated Dis, D-60596 Frankfurt, Germany
[20] Univ Wurzburg, Inst Virol & Immunobiol, D-97078 Wurzburg, Germany
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STEM CELL REPORTS | 2022年 / 17卷 / 02期
关键词
ENDOTHELIAL-CELLS; PACKAGE; UNIT; RNA;
D O I
10.1016/j.stemcr.2021.12.011
中图分类号
Q813 [细胞工程];
学科分类号
摘要
Neurological complications are common in COVID-19. Although SARS-CoV-2 has been detected in patients' brain tissues, its entry routes and resulting consequences are not well understood. Here, we show a pronounced upregulation of interferon signaling pathways of the neurovascular unit in fatal COVID-19. By investigating the susceptibility of human induced pluripotent stem cell (hiPSC)-derived brain capillary endothelial-like cells (BCECs) to SARS-CoV-2 infection, we found that BCECs were infected and recapitulated transcriptional changes detected in vivo. While BCECs were not compromised in their paracellular tightness, we found SARS-CoV-2 in the basolateral compartment in transwell assays after apical infection, suggesting active replication and transcellular transport of virus across the blood-brain barrier (BBB) in vitro. Moreover, entry of SARS-CoV-2 into BCECs could be reduced by anti-spike-, anti-angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE2)-, and anti-neuropilin-1 (NRP1)-specific antibodies or the transmembrane protease serine subtype 2 (TMPRSS2) inhibitor nafamostat. Together, our data provide strong support for SARS-CoV-2 brain entry across the BBB resulting in increased interferon signaling.
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页码:307 / 320
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