COVID-19 typically manifests as a respiratory illness, but several clinical reports have described gastrointestinal symptoms. This is particularly true in children in whom gastrointestinal symptoms are frequent and viral shedding outlasts viral clearance from the respiratory system. These observations raise the question of whether the virus can replicate within the stomach. Here we generate gastric organoids from fetal, pediatric, and adult biopsies as in vitro models of SARS-CoV-2 infection. To facilitate infection, we induce reverse polarity in the gastric organoids. We find that the pediatric and late fetal gastric organoids are susceptible to infection with SARS-CoV-2, while viral replication is significantly lower in undifferentiated organoids of early fetal and adult origin. We demonstrate that adult gastric organoids are more susceptible to infection following differentiation. We perform transcriptomic analysis to reveal a moderate innate antiviral response and a lack of differentially expressed genes belonging to the interferon family. Collectively, we show that the virus can efficiently infect the gastric epithelium, suggesting that the stomach might have an active role in fecal-oral SARS-CoV-2 transmission.

Giobbe, G.G., Bonfante, F., Jones, B.C., Gagliano, O., Luni, C., Zambaiti, E., et al. (2021). SARS-CoV-2 infection and replication in human gastric organoids. NATURE COMMUNICATIONS, 12(1), 1-14 [10.1038/s41467-021-26762-2].

SARS-CoV-2 infection and replication in human gastric organoids

Luni, Camilla;
2021

Abstract

COVID-19 typically manifests as a respiratory illness, but several clinical reports have described gastrointestinal symptoms. This is particularly true in children in whom gastrointestinal symptoms are frequent and viral shedding outlasts viral clearance from the respiratory system. These observations raise the question of whether the virus can replicate within the stomach. Here we generate gastric organoids from fetal, pediatric, and adult biopsies as in vitro models of SARS-CoV-2 infection. To facilitate infection, we induce reverse polarity in the gastric organoids. We find that the pediatric and late fetal gastric organoids are susceptible to infection with SARS-CoV-2, while viral replication is significantly lower in undifferentiated organoids of early fetal and adult origin. We demonstrate that adult gastric organoids are more susceptible to infection following differentiation. We perform transcriptomic analysis to reveal a moderate innate antiviral response and a lack of differentially expressed genes belonging to the interferon family. Collectively, we show that the virus can efficiently infect the gastric epithelium, suggesting that the stomach might have an active role in fecal-oral SARS-CoV-2 transmission.
2021
Giobbe, G.G., Bonfante, F., Jones, B.C., Gagliano, O., Luni, C., Zambaiti, E., et al. (2021). SARS-CoV-2 infection and replication in human gastric organoids. NATURE COMMUNICATIONS, 12(1), 1-14 [10.1038/s41467-021-26762-2].
Giobbe, Giovanni Giuseppe; Bonfante, Francesco; Jones, Brendan C.; Gagliano, Onelia; Luni, Camilla; Zambaiti, Elisa; Perin, Silvia; Laterza, Cecilia; ...espandi
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