Accession PRJCA013456
Title Comparative susceptibility of SARS-CoV-2, SARS-CoV, and MERS-CoV to mammals
Relevance Model organism
Data types Transcriptome or Gene expression
Raw sequence reads
Organisms Atelerix albiventris
Callosciurus erythraeus
Chaerephon plicatus
Nyctereutes procyonoides
Tylonycteris robustula
Neovison vison
Eonycteris spelaea
Petaurus breviceps
Pteropus alecto
Oryctolagus cuniculus
Murina leucogaster
Pipistrellus javanicus
Myotis siligorensis
Paguma larvata
Cavia porcellus
Myotis ricketti
Aselliscus stoliczkanus
Rhinolophus malayanus
Monodelphis domestica
Mustela putorius
Vulpes vulpes
Hipposideros pomona
Procavia capensis
Myotis fimbriatus
Rhinolophus ferrumequinum
Bos taurus
Myotis laniger
Plecotus auritus
Rhinolophus rex
Graphiurus kelleni
Pipistrellus abramus
Myotis muricola
Myotis chinensis
Heterocephalus glaber
Miniopterus fuliginosus
Description Exploring wild reservoirs of pathogenic viruses is critical for their long-term control and for predicting future pandemic scenarios. Here, a comparative in vitro infection analysis was first performed on 83 cell cultures derived from 55 mammalian species using pseudotyped viruses bearing S proteins from SARS-CoV-2, SARS-CoV, and MERS-CoV. Cell cultures from Thomas's horseshoe bat, king horseshoe bat, green monkey, and ferret were found to be highly susceptible to SARS-CoV-2, SARS-CoV, and MERS-CoV pseudotyped viruses. Moreover, five variants (del69-70, D80Y, S98F, T572I, and Q675H) that beside spike receptor-binding domain can significantly alter the host tropism of SARS-CoV-2. An examination of phylogenetic signals of transduction rates revealed that closely related taxa generally have similar susceptibility to MERS-CoV but not to SARS-CoV and SARS-CoV-2 pseudotyped viruses. Additionally, we discovered the expression of entry receptors, i.e., ACE2 and DPP4, shown poor correlation with susceptibility to infection across mammalian taxa. This study provides a basic documentation of likely susceptibility, variants, and molecules that underline the cross-species transmission of these coronaviruses.
Sample scope Multispecies
Release date 2023-06-12
Publication
PubMed ID Article title Journal name DOI Year
36690780 Comparative susceptibility of SARS-CoV-2, SARS-CoV, and MERS-CoV across mammals The ISME Journal 10.1038/s41396-023-01368-2 2023
Grants
Agency program Grant ID Grant title
National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) General Program 32070528
National Key Research and Development Projects of the Ministry of Science and Technology of China 2021YFC2301300
National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) 82050002
Beijing Natural Sciences Foundation JQ19022
The key program of Chinese Academy of Sciences KJZD-SW-L11
Submitter Xuming    Zhou  (zhouxuming@ioz.ac.cn)
Organization Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Submission date 2022-11-24

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CRA009056 Comparative susceptibility of SARS-CoV-2, SARS-CoV, and MERS-CoV to mammals