Similarities and Differences in the Acute-Phase Response to SARS-CoV-2 in Rhesus Macaques and African Green Monkeys
| Autor: | Celeste Coleman, Lara A. Doyle-Meyers, Kasi E. Russell-Lodrigue, Nadia Golden, Breanna Threeton, Kejing Song, Genevieve Pierre, Carl Baribault, Rudolf P. Bohm, Nicholas J. Maness, Jay K. Kolls, Jay Rappaport, Joseph C. Mudd |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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Neutrophils
Immunology Biology Cell Degranulation Immune system Downregulation and upregulation Species Specificity Interferon Chlorocebus aethiops medicine Immunology and Allergy Animals Pulmonary pathology Gene Original Research neutrophil (PMN) SARS-CoV-2 Acute-phase protein virus diseases COVID-19 systems biology interferon RC581-607 medicine.disease Macaca mulatta African green monkey Disease Models Animal Neutrophil degranulation African Green Monkey Immunologic diseases. Allergy medicine.drug |
| Zdroj: | Frontiers in Immunology Frontiers in Immunology, Vol 12 (2021) |
| ISSN: | 1664-3224 |
| Popis: | Understanding SARS-CoV-2 immune pathology is critical for the development of effective vaccines and treatments. Here, we employed unbiased serial whole-blood transcriptome profiling by weighted gene network correlation analysis (WGCNA) at pre-specified timepoints of infection to understand SARS-CoV-2-related immune alterations in a cohort of rhesus macaques (RMs) and African green monkeys (AGMs) presenting with varying degrees of pulmonary pathology. We found that the bulk of transcriptional changes occurred at day 3 post-infection and normalized to pre-infection levels by 3 weeks. There was evidence of coordination of transcriptional networks in blood (defined by WGCNA) and the nasopharyngeal SARS-CoV-2 burden as well as the absolute monocyte count. Pathway analysis of gene modules revealed prominent regulation of type I and type II interferon stimulated genes (ISGs) in both RMs and AGMs, with the latter species exhibiting a greater breadth of ISG upregulation. Notably, pathways relating to neutrophil degranulation were enriched in blood of SARS-CoV-2 infected AGMs, but not RMs. Our results elude to hallmark similarities as well as differences in the RM and AGM acute response to SARS-CoV-2 infection, and may help guide the selection of particular NHP species in modeling aspects of COVID-19 disease outcome. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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