Non-invasive SARS-CoV-2 RNA detection and human transcriptome analysis using skin surface lipids

Autor: Tetsuya Kuwano, Takayuki Kanno, Minoru Tobiume, Yuichiro Hirata, Harutaka Katano, Michiko Koga, Hiroyuki Nagai, Takeya Tsutsumi, Noritada Yoshikawa, Hiroshi Yotsuyanagi, Satoshi Kutsuna, Yusuke Miyazato, Noriko Kinoshita-Iwamoto, Norio Ohmagari, Taiichiro Kobayashi, Kazuaki Fukushima, Masaru Tanaka, Akifumi Imamura, Yui Ueda, Maeko Iwamura, Naoto Takada, Takayoshi Inoue, Tetsuro Matano, Ai Kawana-Tachikawa, Tadaki Suzuki
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2024
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Zdroj: Scientific Reports, Vol 14, Iss 1, Pp 1-8 (2024)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2045-2322
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-024-77862-0
Popis: Abstract There have been several reports of skin manifestations in patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). However, it is unclear whether severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) RNA can be detected on the skin surface, including the sebum, of these patients. In this study, SARS-CoV-2 RNA was detected using real-time reverse-transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) assay of skin surface lipids (SSLs) collected using an oil-blotting film from the faces of hospitalized patients with COVID-19. Human transcriptome analysis was also performed using the same samples. In facial SSLs of patients with COVID-19, the RT-PCR positivity rate was 84.6% (11/13 samples) within 5 days and 30.4% (7/23 samples) by 6–10 days of symptom onset. In the transcriptome analysis, the most characteristic SSL-RNA profile was the upregulation of interferon-stimulated gene (ISG)-related genes, such as ISG15, IFITM1, and MX1. This study presents an alternative technique using SSLs for non-invasive SARS-CoV-2 RNA detection and simultaneous analysis of human molecular pathogenesis in patients with COVID-19.
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