SARS-CoV-2 replication in airway epithelia requires motile cilia and microvillar reprogramming

Chien Ting Wu; Peter V. Lidsky; Yinghong Xiao; Ran Cheng; Ivan T. Lee; Tsuguhisa Nakayama; Sizun Jiang; Wei He; Janos Demeter; Miguel G. Knight; Rachel E. Turn; Laura S. Rojas-Hernandez; Chengjin Ye; Kevin Chiem; Judy Shon; Luis Martinez-Sobrido; Carolyn R. Bertozzi; Garry P. Nolan; Jayakar V. Nayak; Carlos Milla; Raul Andino; Peter K. Jackson

doi:10.1016/j.cell.2022.11.030

SARS-CoV-2 replication in airway epithelia requires motile cilia and microvillar reprogramming

Chien Ting Wu, Peter V. Lidsky, Yinghong Xiao, Ran Cheng, Ivan T. Lee, Tsuguhisa Nakayama, Sizun Jiang, Wei He, Janos Demeter, Miguel G. Knight, Rachel E. Turn, Laura S. Rojas-Hernandez, Chengjin Ye, Kevin Chiem, Judy Shon, Luis Martinez-Sobrido, Carolyn R. Bertozzi, Garry P. Nolan, Jayakar V. Nayak, Carlos MillaRaul Andino, Peter K. Jackson

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How SARS-CoV-2 penetrates the airway barrier of mucus and periciliary mucins to infect nasal epithelium remains unclear. Using primary nasal epithelial organoid cultures, we found that the virus attaches to motile cilia via the ACE2 receptor. SARS-CoV-2 traverses the mucus layer, using motile cilia as tracks to access the cell body. Depleting cilia blocks infection for SARS-CoV-2 and other respiratory viruses. SARS-CoV-2 progeny attach to airway microvilli 24 h post-infection and trigger formation of apically extended and highly branched microvilli that organize viral egress from the microvilli back into the mucus layer, supporting a model of virus dispersion throughout airway tissue via mucociliary transport. Phosphoproteomics and kinase inhibition reveal that microvillar remodeling is regulated by p21-activated kinases (PAK). Importantly, Omicron variants bind with higher affinity to motile cilia and show accelerated viral entry. Our work suggests that motile cilia, microvilli, and mucociliary-dependent mucus flow are critical for efficient virus replication in nasal epithelia.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	112-130.e20
Journal	Cell
Volume	186
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cell.2022.11.030
State	Published - Jan 5 2023
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

COVID-19
SARS-CoV-2
airway epithelial cells
cilia
microvilli
organoids
protein kinases
proteomics
respiratory synctital virus
respiratory virus

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General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

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Wu, C. T., Lidsky, P. V., Xiao, Y., Cheng, R., Lee, I. T., Nakayama, T., Jiang, S., He, W., Demeter, J., Knight, M. G., Turn, R. E., Rojas-Hernandez, L. S., Ye, C., Chiem, K., Shon, J., Martinez-Sobrido, L., Bertozzi, C. R., Nolan, G. P., Nayak, J. V., ... Jackson, P. K. (2023). SARS-CoV-2 replication in airway epithelia requires motile cilia and microvillar reprogramming. Cell, 186(1), 112-130.e20. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cell.2022.11.030

Wu, CT, Lidsky, PV, Xiao, Y, Cheng, R, Lee, IT, Nakayama, T, Jiang, S, He, W, Demeter, J, Knight, MG, Turn, RE, Rojas-Hernandez, LS, Ye, C, Chiem, K, Shon, J, Martinez-Sobrido, L, Bertozzi, CR, Nolan, GP, Nayak, JV, Milla, C, Andino, R & Jackson, PK 2023, 'SARS-CoV-2 replication in airway epithelia requires motile cilia and microvillar reprogramming', Cell, vol. 186, no. 1, pp. 112-130.e20. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cell.2022.11.030

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