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ArticleFrontiers in cellular and infection microbiology2023

Cell type dependent stability and virulence of a recombinant SARS-CoV-2, and engineering of a propagation deficient RNA replicon to analyze virus RNA synthesis.

Li Wang, María Guzman, Diego Muñoz-Santos, Jose Manuel Honrubia, Jorge Ripoll-Gomez, Rafael Delgado, Isabel Sola, Luis Enjuanes, Sonia Zuñiga

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Article in Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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9 citing papers in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

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9 authors.

Li Wang *Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, National Center of Biotechnology (CNB-CSIC), Madrid, Spain.
María Guzman *Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, National Center of Biotechnology (CNB-CSIC), Madrid, Spain.
Diego Muñoz-SantosDepartment of Molecular and Cell Biology, National Center of Biotechnology (CNB-CSIC), Madrid, Spain.
Jose Manuel HonrubiaDepartment of Molecular and Cell Biology, National Center of Biotechnology (CNB-CSIC), Madrid, Spain.
Jorge Ripoll-GomezDepartment of Molecular and Cell Biology, National Center of Biotechnology (CNB-CSIC), Madrid, Spain.
Rafael DelgadoLaboratory of Molecular Microbiology, Instituto de Investigación Hospital 12 de Octubre (Imas12), Madrid, Spain.
Isabel SolaDepartment of Molecular and Cell Biology, National Center of Biotechnology (CNB-CSIC), Madrid, Spain.
Luis EnjuanesDepartment of Molecular and Cell Biology, National Center of Biotechnology (CNB-CSIC), Madrid, Spain.
Sonia ZuñigaDepartment of Molecular and Cell Biology, National Center of Biotechnology (CNB-CSIC), Madrid, Spain.

Funding

SARS-CoV Proteins in Heterologous Viral InfectionP01AI060699 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF IOWA · PI PERLMAN, STANLEY · 2004 to 2021
$21.5M
NIAID NIH HHS P01 AI060699
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Engineering of reverse genetics systems for newly emerged viruses allows viral genome manipulation, being an essential tool for the study of virus life cycle, virus-host interactions and pathogenesis, as well as for the development of effective antiviral strategies. Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is an emergent human coronavirus that has caused the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. The engineering of a full-length infectious cDNA clone and a fluorescent replicon of SARS-CoV-2 Wuhan-Hu-1, using a bacterial artificial chromosome, is reported. Viral growth and genetic stability in eleven cell lines were analyzed, showing that both VeroE6 cells overexpressing transmembrane serin protease 2 (TMPRSS2) and human lung derived cells resulted in the optimization of a cell system to preserve SARS-CoV-2 genetic stability. The recombinant SARS-CoV-2 virus and a point mutant expressing the D614G spike protein variant were virulent in a mouse model. The RNA replicon was propagation-defective, allowing its use in BSL-2 conditions to analyze viral RNA synthesis. The SARS-CoV-2 reverse genetics systems developed constitute a useful tool for studying the molecular biology of the virus, the development of genetically defined vaccines and to establish systems for antiviral compounds screening.

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COVID-19SARS-CoV-2AnimalsAntiviral AgentsHumansMiceRepliconRNA, ViralVirulenceVirus ReplicationAntiviral AgentsRNA, Viralcoronavirusinfectious cDNAreplicationrepliconSARS-CoV-2virulence

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PMID37942479
PMCPMC10628495

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