TY - JOUR
T1 - SARS-CoV-2 productively infects human gut enterocytes
AU - Lamers, Mart M.
AU - Beumer, Joep
AU - Vaart, Jelte Van Der
AU - Knoops, Kèvin
AU - Puschhof, Jens
AU - Breugem, Tim I.
AU - Ravelli, Raimond B.G.
AU - Schayck, J. Paul Van
AU - Mykytyn, Anna Z.
AU - Duimel, Hans Q.
AU - Donselaar, Elly Van
AU - Riesebosch, Samra
AU - Kuijpers, Helma J.H.
AU - Schipper, Debby
AU - Wetering, Willine J.Van De
AU - Graaf, Miranda De
AU - Koopmans, Marion
AU - Cuppen, Edwin
AU - Peters, Peter J.
AU - Haagmans, Bart L.
AU - Clevers, Hans
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2020 American Association for the Advancement of Science. All rights reserved.
PY - 2020/7/3
Y1 - 2020/7/3
N2 - Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) can cause coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), an influenza-like disease that is primarily thought to infect the lungs with transmission through the respiratory route. However, clinical evidence suggests that the intestine may present another viral target organ. Indeed, the SARS-CoV-2 receptor angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE2) is highly expressed on differentiated enterocytes. In human small intestinal organoids (hSIOs), enterocytes were readily infected by SARS-CoV and SARS-CoV-2, as demonstrated by confocal and electron microscopy. Enterocytes produced infectious viral particles, whereas messenger RNA expression analysis of hSIOs revealed induction of a generic viral response program. Therefore, the intestinal epithelium supports SARS-CoV-2 replication, and hSIOs serve as an experimental model for coronavirus infection and biology.
AB - Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) can cause coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), an influenza-like disease that is primarily thought to infect the lungs with transmission through the respiratory route. However, clinical evidence suggests that the intestine may present another viral target organ. Indeed, the SARS-CoV-2 receptor angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE2) is highly expressed on differentiated enterocytes. In human small intestinal organoids (hSIOs), enterocytes were readily infected by SARS-CoV and SARS-CoV-2, as demonstrated by confocal and electron microscopy. Enterocytes produced infectious viral particles, whereas messenger RNA expression analysis of hSIOs revealed induction of a generic viral response program. Therefore, the intestinal epithelium supports SARS-CoV-2 replication, and hSIOs serve as an experimental model for coronavirus infection and biology.
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U2 - 10.1126/science.abc1669
DO - 10.1126/science.abc1669
M3 - Article
C2 - 32358202
AN - SCOPUS:85087718106
SN - 0036-8075
VL - 369
SP - 50
EP - 54
JO - Science
JF - Science
IS - 6499
ER -