RRC ID 76620
Author Minami S, Matsumoto N, Omori H, Nakamura Y, Tamiya S, Nouda R, Nurdin JA, Yamasaki M, Kotaki T, Kanai Y, Okamoto T, Tachibana T, Ushijima H, Kobayashi T, Sato S.
Title Effective SARS-CoV-2 replication of monolayers of intestinal epithelial cells differentiated from human induced pluripotent stem cells.
Journal Sci Rep
Abstract Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) causes severe acute respiratory symptoms in humans. Controlling the coronavirus disease pandemic is a worldwide priority. The number of SARS-CoV-2 studies has dramatically increased, and the requirement for analytical tools is higher than ever. Here, we propose monolayered-intestinal epithelial cells (IECs) derived from human induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) instead of three-dimensional cultured intestinal organoids as a suitable tool to study SARS-CoV-2 infection. Differentiated IEC monolayers express high levels of angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 and transmembrane protease serine 2 (TMPRSS2), host factors essential for SARS-CoV-2 infection. SARS-CoV-2 efficiently grows in IEC monolayers. Using this propagation system, we confirm that TMPRSS2 inhibition blocked SARS-CoV-2 infection in IECs. Hence, our iPSC-derived IEC monolayers are suitable for SARS-CoV-2 research under physiologically relevant conditions.
Volume 13(1)
Pages 11610
Published 2023-7-18
DOI 10.1038/s41598-023-38548-1
PII 10.1038/s41598-023-38548-1
PMID 37463955
PMC PMC10354114
MeSH COVID-19* Epithelial Cells Humans Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells* Intestines SARS-CoV-2
IF 3.998
Resource
Human and Animal Cells 1231A3(HPS0381) 1383D6(HPS1006)