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ArticleNature communications2024

Nanoscale cellular organization of viral RNA and proteins in SARS-CoV-2 replication organelles.

Leonid Andronov, Mengting Han, Yanyu Zhu, Ashwin Balaji, Anish R Roy, Andrew E S Barentine, Puja Patel, Jaishree Garhyan, Lei S Qi, W E Moerner

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Article in Nature communications, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 28 papers.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors.

Leonid Andronov *Department of Chemistry, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, 94305, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4213-5363
Mengting Han *Department of Bioengineering, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, 94305, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6253-2470
Yanyu ZhuDepartment of Bioengineering, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, 94305, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8681-976X
Ashwin BalajiDepartment of Chemistry, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, 94305, USA.
Anish R RoyDepartment of Chemistry, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, 94305, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6768-5882
Andrew E S BarentineDepartment of Chemistry, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, 94305, USA.
Puja PatelIn Vitro Biosafety Level 3 (BSL-3) Service Center, School of Medicine; Stanford University, Stanford, CA, 94305, USA.
Jaishree GarhyanIn Vitro Biosafety Level 3 (BSL-3) Service Center, School of Medicine; Stanford University, Stanford, CA, 94305, USA.
Lei S QiDepartment of Bioengineering, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, 94305, USA. sqi@stanford.edu.
W E MoernerDepartment of Chemistry, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, 94305, USA. wmoerner@stanford.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2830-209X

Funding

Single-Molecule Imaging for Cell Biology and Super-Resolution MicroscopyR35GM118067 · NIGMS · STANFORD UNIVERSITY · PI MOERNER, WILLIAM E · 2016 to 2025
$6.2M
Engineering and Imaging 3D genome structure-function dynamics across time scalesU01DK127405 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI BLOBEL, GERD A, PHILLIPS-CREMINS, JENNIFER ELIZABETH · 2020 to 2024
$5.7M
NIDDK NIH HHS U01 DK127405NIGMS NIH HHS R35 GM118067U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | National Institutes of Health (NIH) U01-DK127405U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | NIH | National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) R35-GM118067U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | NIH | National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) R35GM118067
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The SARS-CoV-2 viral infection transforms host cells and produces special organelles in many ways, and we focus on the replication organelles, the sites of replication of viral genomic RNA (vgRNA). To date, the precise cellular localization of key RNA molecules and replication intermediates has been elusive in electron microscopy studies. We use super-resolution fluorescence microscopy and specific labeling to reveal the nanoscopic organization of replication organelles that contain numerous vgRNA molecules along with the replication enzymes and clusters of viral double-stranded RNA (dsRNA). We show that the replication organelles are organized differently at early and late stages of infection. Surprisingly, vgRNA accumulates into distinct globular clusters in the cytoplasmic perinuclear region, which grow and accommodate more vgRNA molecules as infection time increases. The localization of endoplasmic reticulum (ER) markers and nsp3 (a component of the double-membrane vesicle, DMV) at the periphery of the vgRNA clusters suggests that replication organelles are encapsulated into DMVs, which have membranes derived from the host ER. These organelles merge into larger vesicle packets as infection advances. Precise co-imaging of the nanoscale cellular organization of vgRNA, dsRNA, and viral proteins in replication organelles of SARS-CoV-2 may inform therapeutic approaches that target viral replication and associated processes.

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Endoplasmic ReticulumOrganellesRNA, ViralSARS-CoV-2Virus ReplicationAnimalsChlorocebus aethiopsCOVID-19HumansMicroscopy, FluorescenceRNA, Double-StrandedVero CellsViral ProteinsViral Replication CompartmentsRNA, Double-StrandedRNA, ViralViral Proteins

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PMID38821943
PMCPMC11143195

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