Publication: Expression of SARS-CoV-2 entry factors, electrolyte, and mineral transporters in different mouse intestinal epithelial cell types
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2021-11-01
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2051817X
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Mahidol University
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Physiological Reports. Vol.9, No.21 (2021)
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Sarah C. Pearce, Panan Suntornsaratoon, Kunihiro Kishida, Arwa Al-Jawadi, Joshua Guardia, Ian Nadler, Juan Flores, Reilly Shiarella, Madelyn Auvinen, Shiyan Yu, Nan Gao, Ronaldo P. Ferraris Expression of SARS-CoV-2 entry factors, electrolyte, and mineral transporters in different mouse intestinal epithelial cell types. Physiological Reports. Vol.9, No.21 (2021). doi:10.14814/phy2.15061 Retrieved from: https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/123456789/75972
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Expression of SARS-CoV-2 entry factors, electrolyte, and mineral transporters in different mouse intestinal epithelial cell types
Abstract
Angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE2) and transmembrane proteases (TMPRSS) are multifunctional proteins required for SARS-CoV-2 infection or for amino acid (AA) transport, and are abundantly expressed in mammalian small intestine, but the identity of the intestinal cell type(s) and sites of expression are unclear. Here we determined expression of SARS-CoV-2 entry factors in different cell types and then compared it to that of representative AA, electrolyte, and mineral transporters. We tested the hypothesis that SARS-CoV-2, AA, electrolyte, and mineral transporters are expressed heterogeneously in different intestinal cell types by making mouse enteroids enriched in enterocytes (ENT), goblet (GOB), Paneth (PAN), or stem (ISC) cells. Interestingly, the expression of ACE2 was apical and modestly greater in ENT, the same pattern observed for its associated AA transporters B0AT1 and SIT1. TMPRSS2 and TMPRSS4 were more highly expressed in crypt-residing ISC. Expression of electrolyte transporters was dramatically heterogeneous. DRA, NBCe1, and NHE3 were greatest in ENT, while those of CFTR and NKCC1 that play important roles in secretory diarrhea, were mainly expressed in ISC and PAN that also displayed immunohistochemically abundant basolateral NKCC1. Intestinal iron transporters were generally expressed higher in ENT and GOB, while calcium transporters were expressed mainly in PAN. Heterogeneous expression of its entry factors suggests that the ability of SARS-CoV-2 to infect the intestine may vary with cell type. Parallel cell-type expression patterns of ACE2 with B0AT1 and SIT1 provides further evidence of ACE2's multifunctional properties and importance in AA absorption.