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Nat Microbiol
. 2020 Dec 18.
doi: 10.1038/s41564-020-00841-4. Online ahead of print.
Responses to acute infection with SARS-CoV-2 in the lungs of rhesus macaques, baboons and marmosets
Dhiraj Kumar Singh[SUP] 1 2 [/SUP], Bindu Singh[SUP] 1 2 [/SUP], Shashank R Ganatra[SUP] 1 2 [/SUP], Michal Gazi[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Journey Cole[SUP] 1 2 [/SUP], Rajesh Thippeshappa[SUP] 1 2 [/SUP], Kendra J Alfson[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Elizabeth Clemmons[SUP] 1 2 [/SUP], Olga Gonzalez[SUP] 1 2 [/SUP], Ruby Escobedo[SUP] 1 2 [/SUP], Tae-Hyung Lee[SUP] 1 2 [/SUP], Ayan Chatterjee[SUP] 1 2 [/SUP], Yenny Goez-Gazi[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Riti Sharan[SUP] 1 2 [/SUP], Maya Gough[SUP] 1 2 [/SUP], Cynthia Alvarez[SUP] 1 2 [/SUP], Alyssa Blakley[SUP] 1 2 [/SUP], Justin Ferdin[SUP] 1 2 [/SUP], Carmen Bartley[SUP] 1 2 [/SUP], Hilary Staples[SUP] 1 2 [/SUP], Laura Parodi[SUP] 1 2 [/SUP], Jessica Callery[SUP] 1 2 [/SUP], Amanda Mannino[SUP] 1 2 [/SUP], Benjamin Klaffke[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Priscilla Escareno[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Roy N Platt 2nd[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Vida Hodara[SUP] 1 2 [/SUP], Julia Scordo[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Shalini Gautam[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Andreu G Vilanova[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Angelica Olmo-Fontanez[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Alyssa Schami[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Adelekan Oyejide[SUP] 3 [/SUP], Dharani K Ajithdoss[SUP] 3 [/SUP], Richard Copin[SUP] 3 [/SUP], Alina Baum[SUP] 3 [/SUP], Christos Kyratsous[SUP] 3 [/SUP], Xavier Alvarez[SUP] 1 2 [/SUP], Mushtaq Ahmed[SUP] 4 [/SUP], Bruce Rosa[SUP] 4 [/SUP], Anna Goodroe[SUP] 1 2 [/SUP], John Dutton[SUP] 1 2 [/SUP], Shannan Hall-Ursone[SUP] 1 2 [/SUP], Patrice A Frost[SUP] 1 2 [/SUP], Andra K Voges[SUP] 1 2 5 [/SUP], Corinna N Ross[SUP] 1 2 [/SUP], Ken Sayers[SUP] 1 2 [/SUP], Christopher Chen[SUP] 1 2 [/SUP], Cory Hallam[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Shabaana A Khader[SUP] 4 [/SUP], Makedonka Mitreva[SUP] 4 [/SUP], Timothy J C Anderson[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Luis Martinez-Sobrido[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Jean L Patterson[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Joanne Turner[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Jordi B Torrelles[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Edward J Dick Jr[SUP] 1 2 [/SUP], Kathleen Brasky[SUP] 1 2 [/SUP], Larry S Schlesinger[SUP] 1 2 [/SUP], Luis D Giavedoni[SUP] 6 7 [/SUP], Ricardo Carrion Jr[SUP] 8 9 [/SUP], Deepak Kaushal[SUP] 10 11 [/SUP]
Affiliations
Abstract
Non-human primate models will expedite therapeutics and vaccines for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) to clinical trials. Here, we compare acute severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection in young and old rhesus macaques, baboons and old marmosets. Macaques had clinical signs of viral infection, mild to moderate pneumonitis and extra-pulmonary pathologies, and both age groups recovered in two weeks. Baboons had prolonged viral RNA shedding and substantially more lung inflammation compared with macaques. Inflammation in bronchoalveolar lavage was increased in old versus young baboons. Using techniques including computed tomography imaging, immunophenotyping, and alveolar/peripheral cytokine response and immunohistochemical analyses, we delineated cellular immune responses to SARS-CoV-2 infection in macaque and baboon lungs, including innate and adaptive immune cells and a prominent type-I interferon response. Macaques developed T-cell memory phenotypes/responses and bystander cytokine production. Old macaques had lower titres of SARS-CoV-2-specific IgG antibody levels compared with young macaques. Acute respiratory distress in macaques and baboons recapitulates the progression of COVID-19 in humans, making them suitable as models to test vaccines and therapies.
. 2020 Dec 18.
doi: 10.1038/s41564-020-00841-4. Online ahead of print.
Responses to acute infection with SARS-CoV-2 in the lungs of rhesus macaques, baboons and marmosets
Dhiraj Kumar Singh[SUP] 1 2 [/SUP], Bindu Singh[SUP] 1 2 [/SUP], Shashank R Ganatra[SUP] 1 2 [/SUP], Michal Gazi[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Journey Cole[SUP] 1 2 [/SUP], Rajesh Thippeshappa[SUP] 1 2 [/SUP], Kendra J Alfson[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Elizabeth Clemmons[SUP] 1 2 [/SUP], Olga Gonzalez[SUP] 1 2 [/SUP], Ruby Escobedo[SUP] 1 2 [/SUP], Tae-Hyung Lee[SUP] 1 2 [/SUP], Ayan Chatterjee[SUP] 1 2 [/SUP], Yenny Goez-Gazi[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Riti Sharan[SUP] 1 2 [/SUP], Maya Gough[SUP] 1 2 [/SUP], Cynthia Alvarez[SUP] 1 2 [/SUP], Alyssa Blakley[SUP] 1 2 [/SUP], Justin Ferdin[SUP] 1 2 [/SUP], Carmen Bartley[SUP] 1 2 [/SUP], Hilary Staples[SUP] 1 2 [/SUP], Laura Parodi[SUP] 1 2 [/SUP], Jessica Callery[SUP] 1 2 [/SUP], Amanda Mannino[SUP] 1 2 [/SUP], Benjamin Klaffke[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Priscilla Escareno[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Roy N Platt 2nd[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Vida Hodara[SUP] 1 2 [/SUP], Julia Scordo[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Shalini Gautam[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Andreu G Vilanova[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Angelica Olmo-Fontanez[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Alyssa Schami[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Adelekan Oyejide[SUP] 3 [/SUP], Dharani K Ajithdoss[SUP] 3 [/SUP], Richard Copin[SUP] 3 [/SUP], Alina Baum[SUP] 3 [/SUP], Christos Kyratsous[SUP] 3 [/SUP], Xavier Alvarez[SUP] 1 2 [/SUP], Mushtaq Ahmed[SUP] 4 [/SUP], Bruce Rosa[SUP] 4 [/SUP], Anna Goodroe[SUP] 1 2 [/SUP], John Dutton[SUP] 1 2 [/SUP], Shannan Hall-Ursone[SUP] 1 2 [/SUP], Patrice A Frost[SUP] 1 2 [/SUP], Andra K Voges[SUP] 1 2 5 [/SUP], Corinna N Ross[SUP] 1 2 [/SUP], Ken Sayers[SUP] 1 2 [/SUP], Christopher Chen[SUP] 1 2 [/SUP], Cory Hallam[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Shabaana A Khader[SUP] 4 [/SUP], Makedonka Mitreva[SUP] 4 [/SUP], Timothy J C Anderson[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Luis Martinez-Sobrido[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Jean L Patterson[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Joanne Turner[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Jordi B Torrelles[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Edward J Dick Jr[SUP] 1 2 [/SUP], Kathleen Brasky[SUP] 1 2 [/SUP], Larry S Schlesinger[SUP] 1 2 [/SUP], Luis D Giavedoni[SUP] 6 7 [/SUP], Ricardo Carrion Jr[SUP] 8 9 [/SUP], Deepak Kaushal[SUP] 10 11 [/SUP]
Affiliations
- PMID: 33340034
- DOI: 10.1038/s41564-020-00841-4
Abstract
Non-human primate models will expedite therapeutics and vaccines for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) to clinical trials. Here, we compare acute severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection in young and old rhesus macaques, baboons and old marmosets. Macaques had clinical signs of viral infection, mild to moderate pneumonitis and extra-pulmonary pathologies, and both age groups recovered in two weeks. Baboons had prolonged viral RNA shedding and substantially more lung inflammation compared with macaques. Inflammation in bronchoalveolar lavage was increased in old versus young baboons. Using techniques including computed tomography imaging, immunophenotyping, and alveolar/peripheral cytokine response and immunohistochemical analyses, we delineated cellular immune responses to SARS-CoV-2 infection in macaque and baboon lungs, including innate and adaptive immune cells and a prominent type-I interferon response. Macaques developed T-cell memory phenotypes/responses and bystander cytokine production. Old macaques had lower titres of SARS-CoV-2-specific IgG antibody levels compared with young macaques. Acute respiratory distress in macaques and baboons recapitulates the progression of COVID-19 in humans, making them suitable as models to test vaccines and therapies.